“Slam was created essentially to give the audience power,” notes Piper Mullins, slam-mistress at the weekly Sunday poetry slams at the Mercury Cafe. “That’s why it’s a competition: Whatever the poet is doing, it should be relevant to the audience.” The early success of the Denver slam scene (reaching the…
Return to Paris is the last opportunity to experience the Colorado Symphony’s musical companion program to the Denver Art Museum’s Passport to Paris exhibition. The concert, conducted by Jeffrey Kahane, features an homage to Baroque composer François Couperin, with music by Maurice Ravel and Thomas Adès. Accompanied by the orchestra,…
The largest show of its kind in the Rocky Mountain region, the International Sportsmen’s Exposition, which opens today at the convention center, is an outdoor enthusiast’s dream. Hundreds of vendors and merchants presenting the latest in hunting, fishing and camping technology and services will converge under one roof for a…
Cowboy poetry has long existed outside the confines of any venue or formal setting, with ranchers telling stories in kitchens and around campfires. Now in its 25th year, the Colorado Cowboy Gathering offers a space for cattlemen and -women to indulge in poetry, music and performances related to life on…
The concept of new beginnings in a new year follows form at local art galleries, too, particularly at the co-ops, where early January brings out celebratory group shows as well as solos with a special twist. For several years now, Denver’s oldest cooperative, Spark Gallery, has been opening the year…
Similar to the stories of the many African-Americans who fought in WWII, the role of black cowboys and cowgirls in the American West has been largely whitewashed from history. Today this tradition has been not only unearthed, but preserved, in the Martin Luther King Jr. African-American Heritage Rodeo, taking place…
Super Dogs, in performance today and tomorrow at the National Western Stock Show, is a twenty-dog ensemble that elevates jumping and retrieving — not to mention tunnel relays and maze mastery — to completely new levels. “They have Frisbee dogs and choreograph things with music,” explains National Western spokeswoman Karen…
Better known as his drag-wearing persona Divine than as a multifaceted actor, the late Harris Glenn Milstead spent the latter half of his short but notorious career trying to prove that he was more than just a queen. That effort is chronicled in I Am Divine, a documentary showcasing Milstead’s…
Before Allen Ginsberg became the famous Beat Generation icon who founded the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics in Boulder, he was a young poet and student at Columbia University. In Kill Your Darlings, which opens today in Boulder, Daniel Radcliffe stars as a young Ginsberg interacting with other future…
Evita, the famous story of Eva Perón, is a timeless tale about the First Lady of Argentina; it takes viewers from her life as a girl from a poor rural family through her rise as a political figure and spokeswoman for the underprivileged. Though Perón died at the age of…
Cutting-edge technology has always allowed National Geographic to take viewers deep into unreachable areas of the globe. Mysteries of the Unseen World 3D — starting its IMAX theater run today at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science — goes a step further: Instead of exploring the vast expanse of…
Named for some of the most pleasant weather on the Western Slope, Banana Belt Days in Buena Vista kicks off this morning with an invitation to experience what the town has to offer, even in the colder months. “We’re typically a summer tourist town, but we have some wonderful winter…
There’s a retro bug in all of us that never tires of things from the pop culture of the past. And for some, it’s a real memory, while younger folks are simply amused by the phenomenon of how people used to live in the decades before they were born. Both…
One of the best performances of the year was from the tiny lifeboat in Captain Phillips.On Thursday, this year’s Oscar nominations will be announced, also known as national Gah! What Were Those Idiot Voters Thinking Day. We can’t wait, so in the meantime, we give you this: 1. Marvel Films…
As the winter winds chill the Denver streets, many people are breaking out their favorite cold-weather fashions. One example is Selma, a paralegal who we spotted along the 16th Street Mall wearing furry earmuffs with a business get-up. Read here to find out her favorite color, accessory, and style mantra…
Earlier this week, we reported on Frederic C. Hamilton — the oil zillionaire whose name adorns the Daniel Libeskind-designed addition to the Denver Art Museum — who announced that he will donate his collection of 22 Impressionist paintings, which he acquired over the past forty years, to the Denver Art…
Some novels take a while to get going, and some give you an immortal dwarf, a time-traveling corpse and an alchemical mystery before the end of the first chapter, as City of Lost Dreams does. The follow-up to the best-selling City of Dark Magic finds protagonist Sarah Weston in an…
Best known for his roles in the John Waters cannon of cult films, Divine had a short career highlighted by his ability to play trashy women, wayward gals, doting matrons and overzealous sex pots. While he found fame in the seedy underside of Hollywood, the actor also worked to be…
#21: Jil Cappuccio & Kirsten Coplans Long before seamstress/designer JIl Cappuccio and upcycled-clothing designer Kirsten Coplans opened their South Broadway boutique SEWN, the two handy friends found ways to market their lines as a duo — at gift markets and craft fairs and special events they threw themselves. Then the…
Yesterday, while attempting to almost kill myself while sputtering onto the ill-designed Sixth Avenue freeway entrance at Lowell Boulevard, I zipped up behind an XTerra with a bumpersticker that read “Nope.” I always laugh when I see this political statement, mostly because it, too, is ill-designed — I mean, it’s…
#22: Mario Acevedo Mario Acevedo writes evil good stories about a soldier-turned-vampire detective named Felix Gomez, who tangles with zombies and werewolves and other more “exotic” monsters in books like The Nymphos of Rocky Flats and The Undead Kama Sutra. And they’re funny! His latest project is Good Money Gone,…
The National Western Stock Show kicked right off with all four hoofs in the air on Saturday, with bronco and bull riding, mutton bustin’ and trick-riding ladies. Photographer Brandon Marshall was there to capture the glory and the not-so-glorious action in the arena; a sampling follows. The National Western Stock…
