You might think of it as a New Mexican Christmas pageant, but the tradition from which Luis Valdez’s adaptation of La Pastorela comes goes back centuries, all the way from Europe to Mexico to New Mexico to the San Luis Valley of Colorado…and now, to the stage of Su Teatro…
Ana Penalba is a triple threat: She’s an architect, urban planner and artist, but sees no delineation between the three. “It’s all just thinking,” she says. Penalba, who hails from Spain and now lives in New York, has called Denver home for the past couple of months. She’s the current…
Colorado has a rich history, influenced by many cultures, and the Tesoro Cultural Center aims to preserve and celebrate those influences with community-based events, music and re-enactments. Tonight at the Fort Restaurant in Morrison, the organization will host its annualLas Posadas procession — a Spanish- and Mexican-themed Christmas tradition honoring…
E-3 Events has been bringing Denver’s Jewish community together for two decades in the form of Heebonism, an annual Christmas Eve tradition that’s also the largest local gathering of young Jewish professionals all year — and an event where every dollar raised goes back into the community, to fund future…
Jews generally don’t have much to do on Christmas Eve, which is why Jim Bailey and Lost Tribe vocalist/guitarist Hal Aqua started Klezfest two years ago at the Mercury Cafe. This year’s edition will showcase three groups, each with a different approach to klezmer, which is a kind of Jewish…
The Christmas spirit manifests itself in many ways, but for the average Denver barfly, December 25 is just another excuse to haunt his or her local public houses like the ghost of Jacob Marley. As usual, 3 Kings Tavern, one of the city’s stalwart rock-and-roll dives, will not only be…
The annual Blossoms of Light and Trail of Lights at the Denver Botanic Gardens’ two locations have been holiday traditions for years, and with each turn, the displays have gotten bigger and better. And although both include hundreds of thousands of LED lights, each display still has a distinct feel…
What goes on behind the scenes at an art museum usually stays behind the scenes. That’s about to change as MCA Denver turns its local-themed Critical Focus series spotlight on its own installation team. The exhibition, Critical Focus: MCA Installation Team, which opens to the public tonight, consists of diverse…
The Stop the Presses series at the Alamo Drafthouse, which celebrates the media in movies with screenings of such classics as Sweet Smell of Success and concludes with the premiere of Anchorman 2, has inspired a lot of conversation about the relationship between journalists and the movies that portray them. While inspirational tales of dedicated investigators may go on to win awards and persuade young idealists to pursue a career in the news, movies about journalists who suck at their jobs are often much more entertaining. The worst newsmen in cinema are united by their blinkered narcissism, which bleeds into their work life in fascinating ways. Read on for a list of movies that herald wildly unprofessional behavior, and stay classy, Denver.
It’s always fun to run into other writers and photographers while scouting for street style. And when they are fashionable, it is even more exciting. This was the case with travel journalist Sharron Xu, who we spotted in pink along South Broadway. Continue reading to learn where she shops, what…
Artist House Tour Series featuring Jill Mustoffa.
Reading is about more than following a narrative or learning facts; it can also be a profound shared experience that culminates in a better understanding of ourselves and each other. In that spirit, welcome to the Westword Book Club, a weekly feature celebrating the books that inspire Denver artists.
Tucked away in the wealth of holiday programming at the Alamo Drafthouse this week are two linked films with very different takes on the season. One, A Christmas Story, is an almost universally beloved seasonal classic, filled with nostalgia, warm fuzzies and just enough edge to keep it from getting…
Early in 2013, the artists of Powerhaüs Studio announced their idea for the Powerhaüs Artist-in-Residence Program, a juried three-month residency at the studio facility for one fine artist and one fashion designer. Along with that call for applicants, they named David Dadone of the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art and…
On New Year’s Eve, the Longmont-based Oskar Blues brewery will open the latest in its ever-expanding empire of craft-beer-themed restaurants and businesses. Cyclhops Bike CANtina, at 600 Airport Road in Longmont, will be a Mexican-style restaurant with twenty beers on tap, along with 43 premium tequilas and room for 300…
While I was resting for eight minutes naked in the public space of a tanning bed last night, I started to think about my 33-year-old life up until that point. While tanning beds don’t seem designed to be places of deep contemplation — they have a spot to plug in…
The Stop the Presses event at the Alamo Drafthouse, a programming series that celebrates the news in cinema through screenings of classic tales of journalism like Sweet Smell of Success and All the President’s Men has inspired a lot of conversation about the relationship between journalists and the movies that portray them. With barely enough titles to qualify as a sub-genre, movies about the news often become indelible documents of the time and place that created them, going on to win Academy Awards and inspire future generation of filmmakers and reporters alike. However, many films about the news tend to gloss over the un-cinematic tedium of the work itself, which is understandable given how much of a journalist’s life is spent sitting at a keyboard. The qualities that make a movie character dramatically compelling are often totally at odds with the qualities that make a good journalist, so when a truly entertaining movie about an admirable journalist gets made, it deserves some attention. The following list celebrates movies about journalists –both real and fictional– who live up to the highest ideals of their profession.
#26: Beau Carey Modern landscape artist Beau Carey goes about his business — painting — quietly, but at the same time, he’s earned the quiet respect of his contemporaries. Carey’s been a RedLine resident and boardmember, a drawing and painting teacher, and a gallery artist at Goodwin Fine Art; he…
It’s easy to pass by the Mayfair Center on East 14th Avenue and Krameria Street and not take a second look. Over the past several decades, the strip mall has fallen victim to disrepair, transient tenants and a crumbling parking lot — all of which has left the space worse…
It’s Monday, which means it’s time for the city to get back into work mode. We spotted entrepreneur Davon Williams, an up-and-coming businessman, fashion designer and DJ, displaying some stand-up street style. Keep reading to learn his favorite accessory, where he shops, and what cities inspire his fashion sense. See…
New York designer Geoffrey Mac was the official headliner at Fashion Feast last Thursday night at the Exdo Event Center, along with local wonders Melissa May, Tess Vigil and Rachel Marie Hurst. But no one could upstage the antics of emcee Sharon Needles, of RuPaul’s Drag Race fame. Westword contributor…
You’ve seen their work lining the walls of your favorite coffee shops. Maybe you’ve done a double take while sipping your double latte, admiring — or perhaps despising (sad emoticon) — a certain piece that you spy from your seat. But what you probably haven’t seen are the faces behind…
