Are you proud to be an American? Then grab your sunscreen, explosives, beer, bible, red meat and red, white, and blue bikini and meet us at any of these awesome places to celebrate this weekend. With everything from mountain festivals to urban parades to the biggest firework shows in Colorado, you’re guaranteed…
“Love is my religion,” says Sri Prem Baba. For decades Boulder has been a mecca for enlightened activities and spiritual awakenings, so it’s no wonder that the renowned Brazilian spiritual master will be back in Boulder for Yes to Love, a donation-based, weeklong festival hosted by nonprofit Path of the Heart. Prem…
Where’s the best place to go in Colorado in the summer? That depends on what you’re looking for. Fifty years ago, when the winter recreation industry was in its infancy, this state’s mountain towns were a scruffy assemblage of cranks and A-frame cabins. Now ski havens such as Telluride, Aspen and…
You can find art all over town — not just on gallery walls. In this series, we’ll be looking at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery businesses around town. Painter Mike Rogers has his talented hands in several things, and one…
Say so long to June at a free event that will send you into July with plenty of positive vibes — or just go for some easy laughs. Either way, you’ve got options this week, and you’ll find even more on the online Westword calendar. And if we missed any bargains,…
Hal Gould, who was a force of nature when it came to photography, died June 25 at the age of 95. A photographer and photo dealer, Gould was also an advocate for photography’s place in the fine arts — a campaign he led long before the idea became fashionable or…
Podcasts are in tune with the democratized spirit of Internet media; anyone with a microphone and a computer can offer their listeners unlimited hours of recordings, usually for free. Limited only by their imaginations, podcasters have a freedom of expression unrestricted by commerce, censorship or geography. Several great podcasts have…
Caitlin Doughty wrote the book on death: Last year’s Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, whose title references the popular Platters hit and the emotions associated therewith, but also ties to how actual smoke gets in your eyes when you’re cremating a corpse and have to go in there and stir the bones…
Last weekend artists were out in force for the Westword Music Showcase and Denver Pridefest 2015. One of the more eye-catching street styles we spotted was sported by Fort Collins-based electronic and French-pop artist WHITECATPINK, the music project of David Jacoby. Keep reading to find out where Jacoby shops, what subcultures…
Doc Twentieth-century art history often focuses on the Coasts, but here in Colorado a colony of artists, many of them well-schooled abroad before settling in the West, were producing quality — and in some cases, world-class — work. More than fifty of them, including such names as Paschal Quackenbush, Louise…
Best of Denver winner Whorl Shop, which teamed up with Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design on the successful FARMCAD, will launch its own private label, Imprints by Whorl, to be produced at RMCAD this fall. “We are so grateful for the continuous support we receive from our clients, business partners,…
Get up and get outdoors! Whether you’re a seasoned pro who has climbed dozens of Fourteeners or someone who just likes to stroll outside, there’s a trail along the Front Range calling your name. Here are ten of our favorites. Arthur’s RockLory State Park, Bellvue 970-493-1623 $7 for parking pass…
This weekend is going to go from 0 to 100 real quick with a vast array of festivals and events. Pack an extra water bottle because we’re racing bikes, partying (so much partying), and laughing with and at comedians like summer is going to be over tomorrow. There’s an overload…
Despite an evening rain shower, folks of all ages had a roaring good time Tuesday night at the Film on the Rocks screening of Jurassic World, complete with a pre-movie set by the School Of Rock All-Stars. Photographer Brandon Marshall brought back these images of all the prehistoric partying. Now see…
Yoko Ono is a towering figure in the twentieth-century art and music worlds. She was one of the main artists behind the Fluxus movement, and her performance and visual art and sound experiments had made her famous before she ever met her future husband, John Lennon of The Beatles. Lennon…
Well, it’s finally happened — long after I’m spry enough to take advantage of it. The hoverboard is here! Or nearly here. Supposedly there’s more info coming on October 21 (in honor of the day Marty McFly visited the future, natch) and there’s every reason to think it’s all some…
On this week’s Voice Film Club podcast, the LA Weekly’s Amy Nicholson and the Village Voice’s Alan Scherstuhl in New York disagree on just about everything in Ted 2 — except that it has a few very funny moments — but only after revisiting the impressive Inside Out, which is nearly…
Some movies are indefensible, and Ted 2 is one of them. Not only is this a movie about a libidinous, foul-mouthed stuffed bear; it’s the sequel to an earlier movie about a libidinous, foul-mouthed stuffed bear. But I laughed and laughed at Ted 2 — as I did at the…
The Aurora Arts Festival, an interactive, kid-friendly artistic adventure, returns to Fletcher Park on Saturday, June 27, with entertainment ranging from an array of dance, musical and poetry performances to the chance to watch an ambitious, eight-story work in progress by local artists Jonathan Lamb and Michael Ortiz, also known as…
The Sie FilmCenter was flooded with hundreds of television industry types and fans last weekend as SeriesFest: Season One, an ambitious new television and storytelling event, made its debut here in Denver. Programming included the latest offerings from some big networks, and audiences not only got a first peek at…
The year is 1517, the place Wittenberg, Germany, site of a famous university. The world is in turmoil in David Davalos’s play, Wittenberg, with new ideas swirling and old certainties dissolving. Martin Luther, priest and professor of theology, is composing his 95 theses, which challenge Johann Tetzel, a friar who…
The ritual involved blowing into the cartridge, then the console, then the cartridge again, and inserting the cartridge just enough so that it snagged the edge of the console on its way down into to the satisfying springform click of its bed. That was long ago, but Roger Norquist and…
