Deadpool has been doing big box office since its release three weeks ago — but while our critic appreciated the “relief from superhero solemnity,” he didn’t appreciate all the built-in commentary. Then again, one reader didn’t appreciate the critic’s commentary in his own review of Deadpool, and responded with this: Stop…
Throw on some tennis shoes, grab your water bottle and get ready to earn your Sunday Funday with Brewery Boot Camp at 38 State Brewing Company. The motto of Strength Train 4 Life owners Lindsay and Paul Chavez is “train hard, play hard,” and every weekend in March they’ll push people through…
Month of Printmaking: Mo’Print 2016 exhibits come into their own tonight, with lots of First Friday openings celebrating local artists and print techniques. Beyond that, this month’s citywide artwalk shows off old favorites, national stars, lovers of the natural world and emerging newcomers alike. Sushe Felix and Tracy Felix: Land Rhythms…
The 2016 theater season is off to a great start — but you’ll have to hurry if you want to see 4000 Miles, which closes this weekend. Keep reading for a capsule review of the Miners Alley production, as well as another worthy show, Fade. 4000 Miles. The plot of…
Springtime cometh! The inaugural Lantern Festival in Denver is a two-night event where people will light up the skies like in a traditional Chinese lantern send-off, but with a Mile High twist. The festival will be lifting off April 23 and 24 from the Colorado National Speedway, technically in Dacono, but the…
In March the weather can go from blue skies to blizzards real quick, so squeeze in as much fun as you can before we get dumped on. This weekend you can party with dogs, go for bingo or jam to a wide range of musical styles Check out the Westword…
The third season of Broad City (Comedy Central) opens with a toilet-centric montage that already feels like one of the year’s TV highlights. At once exuberant, absurd and all-too-real, a split screen reveals besties Ilana (Ilana Glazer) and Abbi (Abbi Jacobson) living their best lives in their respective bathrooms. They…
Geek culture is big, but even in the vast, loosely defined ocean of “geek” there are a few universal touchstones. That’s not to say that everyone agrees on them — hell, if you can get five geeks together in a room who agree on more than two separate geek-related things,…
Black Cube’s pop-up exhibition that opens March 5 in Texas will mark a lot of firsts for the nomadic museum. This will be the first time that executive director and chief curator Cortney Stell has taken Black Cube outside of Colorado, as well as her first time working in conjunction…
In Diva Watch, we’ll profile the passionate, diverse and fascinating performers who light up Denver’s drag community, expanding on our Diva Dozen list from 2015 and our new Freshest Faces list for 2016 by asking different queens — from established to ingénue — questions that take a peek beneath the…
The biennial event Mo’Print — Denver’s Month of Printmaking — is taking over the city and the Front Range in March and beyond with shows, tours, workshops and related events celebrating every aspect of printmaking, from nuts-and-bolts monotypes and woodcuts to the more complex realms of intaglio and lithography. For…
David Cross has built his career on the cutting edge of a comedy zeitgeist that is only now beginning to catch up to him. Though the anarchic Mr. Show with Bob and David never developed more than a cult following during its brief run on HBO, its influence on sketch…
Two movies, same scenario: Moments before a scheduled execution, just as the blade or gas pellet is set to deliver its fatal blow, the hero bursts into the room and carries the victim to safety. Banter is exchanged: “What took you so long?” “Traffic was a bitch.” “What took you…
Collin Parson, exhibition manager for the Arvada Center, has made highlighting Colorado art his prime directive. He did so with his first Art of the State in 2013, and now Art of the State 2016, a free-for-all juried show open to artists across Colorado, is on display in Arvada. From…
When the weather warms up enough to walk around Denver without a coat, it spurs thoughts of hopping on the mountain bike and getting in some early-season riding. The question: Where to go? No self-respecting mountain biker wants to muck up the trails for the rest of the season —…
Like a classic reel of 35mm click-clacking through a projector’s sprockets, film events keep unspooling across metro Denver. Even if the weather is great this month, you’ll want to head inside to catch the ten best film events in March, presented here in chronological order. 10. The Brakhage Center Symposium…
Poets with roots and others who wandered are both featured in this week’s literary events. Here’s where to have a listen — or go on a journey yourself. Third Annual Jake Adam York Memorial Reading with Natalie Diaz Tivoli Student Union, Room 640, Auraria Campus 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 2 Free Poet and professor Jake Adam York passed…
As the Ides of March approach, Denverites continue to enjoy a bounty of comedy shows: Classicists, alternative comedy purists and locavores alike will all find entertainment suited to their tastes. Whether you consult a Gregorian or Julian calendar, you’ll find plenty to keep Denver laughing from Nones to Kalends this…
The Special Olympics Colorado Polar Plunge series made a stop at the Denver Zoo Saturday for the Splash and Dash, which combined a costume-friendly 5K run with the event’s signature cool-pool dip and the zoo’s International Polar Bear Day activities. All photos by Miles Chrisinger. Now find yourself mid-leap in…
In Zootopia, animals do a lot of the things that animals in Disney movies usually do: They speak, to begin with; they walk upright and wear funny clothes; they exhibit attitudes that align or ironically misalign with their species’ appearance and reputation; they hold jobs; they experience outsize emotion and…
The title of Glenn Ficarra and John Requa’s strained dark comedy, in which the War in Afghanistan serves as the backdrop to an American woman’s self-actualizing journey, is the military phonetic-alphabet rendering of WTF. The mild Islamophobia and highly questionable casting choices in the film call to mind other texting…
Star Wars or Star Trek? Which side are you on? Over the weekend, local comedians argued the pros and cons of each in costume at El Charrito’s monthly comedy Nerd Roast. All photos by Danielle Lirette. Now see the whole showdown in the full Star Wars vs. Star Trek slide…
