Over the first two Hunger Games films, we’ve watched coal miner’s daughter Katniss Everdeen become the pawn, then the pest, of the Capitol, whose President Snow (Donald Sutherland) has enslaved the adults of the twelve poorer Districts and annually commanded that they together sacrifice 24 of their children to probable…
Writer/director John Herzfeld (15 Minutes, Two of a Kind) earnestly tries but spectacularly fails to dilute the acrid pretentiousness of Reach Me, an everything-is-connected melodrama, by cutting his characters’ pseudo-enlightened philosophizing with goony broad humor. Herzfeld wants ideal viewers to identify with Roger (Kevin Connolly), an online yellow journalist who…
Chihuly. For the past several years, the Denver Botanic Gardens has used its 24 acres of landscaped grounds as a setting for outdoor art exhibits. All have been popular, but none more so than Chihuly, which has attracted well over a million visitors to date. Artist Dale Chihuly, who emerged…
Garfield creator Jim Davis is well aware of the Internet’s cat obsession. In fact, he’s got an upcoming strip about it. “But if I told you the joke, I’d have to kill you,” he deadpans, before cracking his paternal composure with a chuckle. (He did tell me, and I’ve chosen…
Once a year, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science takes its popular Science Lounge series, which offers adults the chance to enjoy science, food and libations in a fun atmosphere, to an off-site location. Tonight’s Science Lounge: Experiencing the Speakeasy will take place at the Savoy at Curtis Park,…
Wrestlers and metal make for a mean combo — one that will totally rock the National Western Complex today during Rock ’N’ Rumble, a pairing of thirteen mixed-martial-arts cage fights and a concert by Christian nu-metal band P.O.D, “Chris Camozzi versus Jeremy Kimball is a huge fight for us and…
Susan Lyles of And Toto Too theater company, an ensemble dedicated to presenting work by women playwrights, was looking for something different to fill the final slot of the season. “I got to thinking about what might happen if I got a group of playwrights together and had them all…
Boulder-based Warren Miller Entertainment, the granddaddy of all ski-film production companies, is celebrating 65 years in the business this week with its latest film, No Turning Back. Think about that for a minute: Warren Miller began making ski films in 1949. And while Miller himself is no longer directly involved…
There’s no shortage of fun in Denver for comics lovers, but at some of the bigger cons, local creators can get lost in the shuffle. Not so at the Cowtown Comics Fest, hosted annually by Kilgore Books. “The thing that I love about Denver is that, because as a city…
Before singer-songwriter-performer Amanda Palmer was known for her music, her day job was working in Boston as a “living statue,” dressing up in a wedding dress and handing people flowers. In her time as a street performer, Palmer learned to ask for help and later applied that to her music…
’Tis the season to shop for holiday gifts, and the semiannual Sugar Plum Bazaar has all the bases covered. Already a top spot for finding local and one-of-a-kind presents for kids, friends, co-workers and grandparents, the Sugar Plum has doubled in size this year, offering more than eighty pop-up shops…
When the Starz Denver Film Festival starts to roll tonight for its 37th year, diversity will be the first thing you notice: The 2014 edition not only features a variety of red-carpet celebrity events (Victor Levin’s 5 to 7 and Frank Whaley’s Like Sunday, Like Rain are among the 2014…
What makes holiday teas at the historic Cherokee Ranch and Castle so special? The list goes on and on — just like a ten-year-old’s Christmas wish list — but it starts with the charm of the castle in the foothills, which offers Front Range views that stretch from downtown Denver…
“If you want to wear a prom dress, you’re more than welcome to. Same goes for a banana suit — it’s not mandatory, but encouraged,” says Gretchen Wodniak, co-organizer of tonight’s Dong Gong Show. But off-the-wall costumes are just one part of this yearly adult-themed extravaganza, which blends a costume…
Anyone familiar with the delicate yet explosive artistry that comes out of Dale Chihuly’s internationally known glass studio in Washington state will immediately get what might happen when a large-scale collection of Chihuly glass takes over the Denver Botanic Gardens for the summer. But if that’s mind-boggling to think about,…
As part of every season, Denver’s lauded Curious Theatre Company commits to at least one rolling world premiere of challenging work from the National New Play Network. This year, it’s Robert Caisley’s black comedy Lucky Me, the story of Sara Fine, a woman whose life story seems to unfold under…
“Race is not biology. There is no biology that separates us,” says History Colorado’s JJ Rutherford. That statement provides the basis for the museum’s upcoming traveling exhibition, Race: Are We So Different?, which shatters the notion that racial identity is born from our genetic makeup. The exhibit looks at the…
Bob Knox and Michael Clapper William Havu Gallery 1040 Cherokee Street Don Quade & Brandon Reese Walker Fine Art 300 West 11th Avenue Considering the nature of physics as it relates to rooms, it’s easy to understand why gallery directors like to pair a painter, whose works can cover the…
Have all your do-it-yourself projects been stymied by a lack of tools? A crowdfunding campaign that starts tomorrow is designed to built a bank account for the Denver Tool Library, a Blockbuster-like facility devoted to home improvement that could soon open on Santa Fe Drive. See also: Five Amazing Zines…
There’s always a lot of fake blood — and spare body parts — at the Denver Zombie Crawl, which runs down the 16th Street Mall every year. But the ninth annual incarnation of the event, which took place on October 18, ended with some real blood and plenty of pepper…
No film festival is complete without a few sweet parties, and the Starz Denver Film Festival is no exception. If you’re only going to hit up one of those parties, make sure it’s the one with classic arcade games, DJs and an open bar, all in honor of an award…
A photography exhibit opening this weekend offers rare glimpses of an arduous journey: The long road taken by displaced people from Bhutan, many of whom have spent years in refugee camps awaiting resettlement opportunities, to strange new worlds — like Aurora, Colorado. The images were taken by young refugees themselves,…
