The chill is in the air. It’s not too bad yet, but it’s coming. So why not exercise both your brain and your civic duty — while enjoying warm cookies and beer? That’s just the start of the worthwhile activities in town this week — many of them free, and…
If you have been anywhere near the Internet in the past week, you’ve probably heard about Ello, a new social networking site that’s still in the Beta stage. But it’s picked up a lot of steam as Facebook users started jumping ship after Facebook announced its “real name” policy –…
This weekend, visit with an artist-in-residence as he paints, check out what’s new at the Denver Art Museum, begin a three-show odyssey with a top-notch Colorado sculptor or just have some fun with a local working collective. Keep reading for the details. See also: Taste of Iceland: Yarn Storming…
The Biennial of the Americas returns to Denver on July 14, 2015 — months away, but still NOW! That’s the theme for this third Biennial, which will feature festivals, exhibitions, events and dialogue over three themed days — Generation NOW, Business NOW, and Community NOW — culminating with Americas NOW!,…
Yarnbombing or yarn storming, as it’s called in places like the UK and Iceland, is an international revolution; here in Denver, the Ladies Fancywork Society’s work has brightened random street corners and local art museums alike. Now, Icelandic yarn stormer Linda Björk Eiríksdóttir, aka BarbaKnit, has come from Reykjavík to…
Erika T. Wurth, now a creative writing professor at the Western Illinois University, went to school in Idaho Springs. She already has one book of poetry under her belt and now a novel, Crazy Horse’s Girlfriend, set in the mountain town. She’ll be back in Colorado on Monday, September 29…
The Broncos have a bye this Sunday, so there’s no excuse to miss these events this weekend, from Day of the Dead celebrations to hugging an alpaca. There’s also comedy and improv going on, as well as a hunt for hidden treasures at the record collecting expo. But since we…
Taking a wardrobe staple for both men and women to the next level is a team effort. Luc Cisna, Josh Veryser and Andy Finley have created an alternative to shopping off the rack with Multiblazer a customized, multifunctional coat that is a must-have for fall. Multiblazer team member Finley stepped…
As Bob McCall in The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays a regular Joe who turns into an eye-gouging, brain-drilling nightmare for Boston’s Russian mob. At first Washington “toodles about a Home Depot-like store, helping customers, decked out in New Balance shoes and jeans so last-century you’ll be looking for pleats,” writes…
Pirate member Christine Buchsbaum invited her friend and fellow artist, Michael Bhichitkul, to help her curate Where You Begin, a group show in which artists employ ordinary subjects in unusual or extraordinary ways. Both Buchsbaum and Bhichitkul included examples of their own works, and both are genuine standouts. Buchsbaum’s is…
This week, Shakespeare goes to the ballet and the classic tales of Edgar Allen Poe go for a hike in Boulder, while Aurora’s Vintage Theatre brings back a poignant musical about married life. Continue reading for all the details. See also: Running Amok: The Denver Center Theatre Company presents Lord…
I’m a night owl. I love staying up until ungodly hours doing pretty much anything at all, then sleeping until noon or later. I’ve always been this way, thanks to my mom. She told me she used to keep me up late as a baby so I’d sleep in and…
As Optimystic Arts, artist Gemma Bayly works with many mediums. But when it comes to her intricate, hand-drawn mandalas, she recites a prayer with each line she creates. “Any time I approach a piece, it’s always with the intention of bringing a healing light that can rejuvenate and bring peace…
It’s the kind of forward-thinking experience David Bowie himself might have predicted. Just for one day, on silver screens across the country, a movie about a museum exhibition — featuring a rocker’s groundbreaking albums, outlandish costumes, and clips from his artistic videos — will briefly tantalize the world…and then be…
Surprisingly moving for a film assembled from such familiar scenes, Craig Johnson’s The Skeleton Twins mushes together queasy/quirky indie family drama and the beats of a romantic comedy. You know the outline just from eyeballing the poster: Kristen Wiig’s Maggie and Bill Hader’s Milo find their way toward loving each…
The Boxtrolls is a kiddie charmer that makes you laugh, cower, and think of Hitler. That’s an unusual trifecta, but then again, this is an unusual film. If the German expressionists had been skilled at stop-motion animation, they’d have already made it. This is cartoon Caligari, a fable set on…
Terry Gilliam is a gifted, ambitious filmmaker who, sadly, may now be more famous for being misunderstood and underfunded than he is for actually making movies. The Zero Theorem isn’t likely to reverse that equation. In this half-squirrelly, half-torpid sci-fi adventure, Christoph Waltz, with a shaved head and a face…
Far North & Outer Space. Far North & Outer Space, now at Goodwin Fine Art, features new work by Beau Carey and Lanny DeVuono, both of whom create contemporary paintings based obliquely on views of the landscape. Many of the Careys are snow scenes and were inspired by a National…
A Steady Rain. A Steady Rain tells the striking story of a rogue cop. Denny is not above petty infractions; he has his scams; he’s on the take from prostitutes. Yet in his own sick way, he’s committed to logic and the motto to “protect and serve.” At the play’s…
“Groupie” has come to be an ugly word, a misogynist dig that’s used all too casually by men and women alike. A groupie is a woman who doesn’t “do” anything; she gets all of her glamour via her association with a strong man, most often a rock star. How can…
Before its regular-joe hero gets bitten by a radioactive equation and becomes the Equalizer, who’s sort of the Rain Man of puncturing Russian mobsters’ windpipes with corkscrews, Antoine Fuqua’s eye-gouging, brain-drilling, crowd-pleasing latest gives you a reel or two to remember what movies felt like back when they were about…
Terry Gilliam is a gifted, ambitious filmmaker who, sadly, may now be more famous for being misunderstood and underfunded than he is for actually making movies. The Zero Theorem isn’t likely to reverse that equation. In this half-squirrely, half-torpid sci-fi adventure, Christoph Waltz, with a shaved head and a face…
