IN the wake of last weekend’s non-stop High Plains Comedy Festival, a host of top Denver comics took the stage Sunday for one last show at 3 Kings Tavern: Brain Aid, a community salute and benefit for local comedian and comedy booster Troy Baxley, who is recovering from a condition…
The other day, while talking with a friend, I referenced how some media outlets had botched coverage of Ferguson, half expecting said friend to agree with me. Instead, he asked me what Ferguson was. I’m used to this kind of interaction: most people I know don’t spend all day on…
Part of a crop of new galleries that have been sprouting up like mushrooms around town in the past few months, Michael Warren Contemporary occupies the storied Santa Fe Drive space that formerly housed the van Straaten Gallery, and before that, the Sandy Carson Gallery. The current exhibit, Introductions II,…
Why did so few people see Sin City: A Dame to Kill For over the weekend? That and other topics are discussed in this week’s edition of the Voice Film Club podcast with the Village Voice’s Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek, joined as always by Amy Nicholson of the L.A…
After mastering a grueling and spectacular seven-stage route through scenic valleys and over mountain passes, the cyclists of the USA Pro Challenge 2014 rolled into town for an urban finale on Denver streets. Not surprisingly, U.S. cyclist Tejay Van Garderen rode away with the overall title for the second year…
In rapidly changing neighborhoods, gentrification can lead to a lack of community unity. But small, physical projects can help give a sense of place — which is why Denver created the P.S. You Are Here grant program. And yesterday, city officials went to Whittier, one of those rapidly changing neighborhoods,…
Colorado’s celebrated Rocky Mountain Rollergirls skated into their tenth year Friday night with an anniversary double-bout at the Fillmore Auditorium. Photographer Brandon Marshall was there to document all the roller-derby action. Keep reading for a quick look. See also: Three Poetry and Book Events for the Week of August 25-31…
For filmmakers Faythe Levine and Sam Macon, an in sign painting was born one day when Levine happened to observe a sign painter changing the hours on a restaurant’s window with a paint brush. Through the film Sign Painters — which screens for one night only tomorrow evening, August 26,…
A collection of visionaries, luminaries and live-your-best-life movers-and-shakers met at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park this past week for the Wake Up Festival, which is orchestrated every year by Boulder’s own Sounds True media company. This year’s lineup included Elizabeth Gilbert (author of Eat Pray Love), k.d…
Most war games begin and end with combat, and in upcoming indie release Fritz, players get to do their fair share. They control the titular German soldier as he charges across the battlefields of World War I and grapples with the French army in the trenches. But it’s in between…
This week’s featured readings feature exciting new voices in fiction and an author whose riff on the new economy unfolds in novel form. And in the slam poetry realm, competition among local poets vying to represent Denver at the Individual World Poetry Slam in October is heating up with help…
“I’m really not known at all in the art tribe,” says Keith “Scramble” Campbell. “I’m more known in the music tribe, and I take my art like a musician does: live and on the road.” Often referred to as the “guy painting at Red Rocks,” Campbell has done more than…
There’s plenty of free fun on tap this week, whether you’re into learning, partying or both. Check out a ’90s hip-hop space talk, dance like it’s thirty years ago, or laugh at some comedy. You don’t have to work hard to have a good time before Labor Day weekend. If…
For Root Yoga, utilizing its own community of yogis to raise money and awareness for nonprofits has always had a local focus. Studio owner Lauren Turnage says that while she often sees others in the yoga community raising money for global issues, Root’s mission is to harness the power of…
Summer’s nearly over, as kids go back to school and vacations wrap up. This weekend, you can wander through a last summer festival before the fall grind commences, see what’s new on the contemporary scene or catch up with the co-ops. It’s all good. Here are some suggestions: See also:…
If you’ve ever wanted to get kinky, this is the weekend to start. Tonight Beyond the Bedroom will host Coming Out Kinky: A Grown Up Comedy at Shine in Boulder; tomorrow it will offer “Welcome to S&M: A Gentle Introduction” at Denver’s Dangerous Theater, with discussion/demonstrations of masochism, bondage, discipline…
Growing up in northwest Denver, Diann Kissell carried a terrible secret inside for more than half of her first thirteen years. Her father, an insurance salesman and the patriarch of a proud Latino family, had singled her out among his ten children for furtive and persistent sexual abuse. His demands…
This is your last chance before Labor Day weekend to enjoy the unofficial end of summer — and to keep those tans alive as long as possible. Most of the events going on this weekend are free, so there’s no excuse not to shoot some hoops, tell a secret or…
Beyond the Bedroom will host Coming Out Kinky — A Grown Up Comedy at Shine tomorrow night. Jean Franzblau’s comedy is about a woman’s path of sexual exploration; she plays twenty characters in the show. Beyond the Bedroom Executive Director Daka Dan describes the actress/playwright as “not a ‘full-time’ kinkster…
Photo by Phil Bray – © 2014 – LionsgateWell, who was it? Find out in this week’s pod.On this week’s Voice Film Club podcast, Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek of The Village Voice and Amy Nicholson of L.A. Weekly sift through the smoldering pile of action movie that is the…
When the phrase “buy local” is uttered, what does it really mean? Friends Deacon Rodda and Brok McFerron spent a long time thinking about the concept and saw many opportunities within the local business community to make “buy local” a true reality. So on Friday, August 22, Rodda and McFerron…
It’s time for something new. At the close of last year, I made a series of geek resolutions to guide me through the majesty of 2014. I’ve been slowly chipping away at most of them, but I’ve yet to touch one of the big ones: my resolution to take on…
