Whatever it is that Americans want out of life — and it’s not even something we can precisely define ourselves — it was nowhere in evidence on December 3, when a grand jury failed to indict the police officer whose chokehold killed Eric Garner in July. We all know we…
Chilling tales will be read under Christmas lights tonight at the Rocky Mountain Mystery Writers of America’s first annual Mystery and Mistletoe holiday showcase, featuring eighteen local mystery writers — including such longtime RMMWA veterans as Christine Goff — reading selections from their latest works. “This will be a great…
No matter the time or place, even in deep space or the far future, war is hell, and the little guy always gets the worst of it. But when that little guy is the hero of director Alex Cox’s adaptation of Harry Harrison’s Bill, the Galactic Hero, at least you…
One of the La Alma/Lincoln Park neighborhood’s most beloved holiday traditions, Luminarias de Santa Fe Drive, brightened up the now-chic stretch of Santa Fe between 5th and 12th avenues for more than seventeen years, beginning well before the street became the Art District on Santa Fe — a First Friday…
Attention, sugar hounds and holiday revelers: The annual Hammond’s Candy Cane Festival begins today. Hosted by the local confectioner, the fest features train rides and bounce castles, a cappella carolers and horse-drawn carriages, cookie decorating, games, crafts, even free photo opportunities with Santa and Mrs. Claus. Plus, first-time Hammond’s visitors…
Lori Muha started impersonating Elvis when she was just five years old. As she got older, she created the Shelvis persona and started entering contests — filled predominantly with men — and winning. Tonight, Shelvis will swivel her hips with her band the Roustabouts, bringing her special brand of Elvis…
A few years ago, the LIDA Project proved that an issue-based series of connected performances in peoples’ living rooms could attract a healthy audience; the six-part Now I Lay Me Dawn to Sleep, which focused on health care, was a roaring success. Now, with the help of six seasoned directors…
Denver’s Judaism Your Way strives to be all-inclusive during the holidays and all year long, which is just one way the alternative Jewish organization departs from the norm this time of year, when Jewish families are looking for a place to celebrate Hanukkah with others like themselves. “We’re not a…
Missed the trip to Sochi last winter? Nearly all of the Winter Olympic freeskiing and snowboarding medalists will be in Breckenridge this week for the Dew Tour Mountain Championships. It begins with the men’s ski slopestyle semifinals on Thursday at 9:30 a.m., featuring gold-medalist Joss Christensen, silver-medalist Gus Kenworthy and…
In the 21st century, some people don’t even know what a chestnut is, let alone what one tastes like when roasted on an open fire, notes Four Mile Historic Park spokeswoman Laura Hiniker. That’s one reason – of many – that the rustic living-history park throws its family-friendly A Colorado…
Over the years, fans of all ages have enjoyed Peter, Paul and Mary’s folk hits, from “If I Had a Hammer” to “Puff, the Magic Dragon.” Even after the passing of Mary Travers in 2009, the world continues to celebrate the group’s fifty-plus years in music. In response to those…
Just because Pluto was downgraded from full planet status doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot to learn from it. NASA’s New Horizons mission was launched in 2006 and is slated to fly by the icy dwarf planet early next year before continuing on to the Kuiper Belt to see what…
Reality shows indulge wannabe wishes all the time, and that’s why So You Think You Can Dance is so aptly named. But only a lucky, nimble-footed few actually get beyond the dancing-in-front-of-the-mirror stage and make it to the little screen to compete and be scrutinized in mid-foxtrot by millions of…
Denver artist Sarah Rockett’s roots and close-knit community in New Orleans were torn apart by Hurricane Katrina; now, as a transplant to the West, she’s been looking for ways to re-create the cultural solidarity she left behind. It’s no small task to bring people, specifically local artists, together from a…
Local theater companies large and small typically deck their halls with holiday fare around this time of year, including the umpteenth rerun of A Christmas Carol. But Bernie Cardell of Spotlight Theatre decided to buck the tried-and-true by picking Christmas Belles, a holiday comedy about three small-town Texas sisters putting…
Many would agree that the best way to get through the holiday rat race is by lightening up, and tonight, there’s more than one way to skin that cat. Come downtown to witness the spectacular Grand Illumination (see above), then head over to Bovine Metropolis for Red Is the New…
Watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas — whether you prefer the original animated version or the live-action remake with Jim Carrey from a few years back — has become a holiday tradition. And now you can add a live-action viewing of Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas, a musical…
Pulque, cerveza, mescal and tequila are just some of the stars of El Brindis Remixed, an exhibition opening tonight at the Museo de las Americas. But it is the relationship of these alcoholic beverages to the humans holding them that takes center stage in dozens of images from the last…
If you’re already tired of the holidays, Greater Than the Sum: National Collage Society Exhibition, a collaborative national show that opens today at Metropolitan State University of Denver’s Center for Visual Arts, will give your eyes a fresh outlook. Curated by local folks, including Spark Gallery director and collage artist…
Jill Hadley Hooper: Interiors Goodwin Fine Art 1255 Delaware Street Jill Hadley Hooper is nationally known for her illustrations, which have appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times. Around here, though, she wears many hats, and may be better known as the co-founder, with Tracy Weil, of the…
We begin this week’s Voice Film Club podcast with a Thomas Pynchon story, before hosts Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek of the Village Voice, and Amy Nicholson of LA Weekly, move onto Paul Thomas Anderson’s movie adaption of his novel, Inherent Vice. It’s “in some ways a godawful mess, indulgent…
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. Indeed, several great podcasts have blossomed from Denver’s own flourishing arts community. Here to celebrate them is Podcast Profiles, a new series documenting the efforts of local podcasters and spotlighting the peculiar personalities behind them.
