Denver Fashion Weekend lit up City Hall on Saturday and Sunday with fashion and hair shows that turned the spotlight on local talent. Photographer Jim Wills was in the house for opening night, capturing images from on the runway and behind the scenes. Following is a taste to get you…
Boulder-based photographer James Balog is an adventurer with a camera and a conscience who burst into the public eye last year with the release of Chasing Ice, a film about Balog’s ongoing project to document the slow melting of arctic glaciers brought on by global warming. He’s been around the…
The dynamic duo of Patrick and Mike Liberty, owners/designers of Akomplice Clothing, have teamed up with the Nature Conservancy to create a line of socially conscious streetwear. “Our partnership with the Nature Conservancy is right in line with our goal to deliver a socially conscious approach to streetwear,” says Patrick…
Lucky 20 Productions is a three-year-old Denver theater company, and tonight, its members will debut The Travesty of Lear, an update to the classic Shakespearean story. Samantha McDermott, originally from New York, has been involved in theater her entire life. Along with her mother Jeri Franco, they started Lucky 20…
Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest — including many flicks that movie lovers might otherwise miss amid the flood of silver-screen goodies. Today, Withey highlights three films: Friday’s The Search for Emak Bakia, Saturday’s…
Pro-wrestler Rob Ryzin is no stranger to the ring — but this Sunday, November 10, the local hero will be performing a fighting first. Going up against his wrestling hero, Matt Hardy of the WWE’s Hardy Boyz fame, Ryzin will take on the Sensei of Mattitude in Twist of Hate,…
It’s certainly the season for flannel, and luckily there’s an event that will celebrate this practical cold-weather fashion choice: the annual Lumberjack party. But even if Paul Bunyan attire isn’t your bag, there’s plenty to do in Denver this weekend that won’t completely annihilate your wallet. Drink free cider at…
Just a scant few years ago, “horror musical” wasn’t a big thing. Sure, you had your Rocky Horror Picture Show and your Little Shop of Horrors, but beyond those campy classics, there wasn’t much love for fans of both murder and singing who wanted to see those two things brought…
What do you get when you combine a street rider with Mother Nature? You get Deb Henriksen, designer and owner of Equillibrium Clothing, one of the featured designers at Denver Fashion Weekend that starts Saturday, November 9. See also: Charlie Price, producing style for 303’s Denver Fashion Weekend…
Both of Denver’s premier roller derby leagues will be competing at the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) Roller Derby International Championships this weekend in Milwaukee, hosted by the Brewcity Bruisers at the U.S. Cellular Arena, and odds are they’ll have to skate against each other in round two on…
This year marks the 36th opening night for the Denver Film Festival, and like the previous 35, last night’s kickoff event took place against a backdrop of glitter, glamour and anticipation. And if director Jason Reitman’s Labor Day, which unspooled at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House before many of the…
Michael Paglia visits William Havu Gallery and David B. Smith Gallery in this week’s review, taking in a group show focusing on close-ups of nature and featuring artists Jane Abrams, Jean Gumpper and Betsy Margolius. The show at David B. Smith Gallery is a solo showcasing works by Don Stinson…
The Halloween ghouls have all slunk back into their closets for another year, and that means — you guessed it — the holiday shopping season is upon us. And the urgency is amped up in 2013, thanks to an early Hanukkah (the first candles are lit on Thanksgiving eve this…
Do you like movies? Of course you do. What geek doesn’t? The good news is that for the next ten days the Starz Denver Film Fest, one of Denver’s premiere cultural events, is going to be bringing a lot of movies to town for you to watch. The less good…
Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest — including many flicks that movie lovers might otherwise miss amid the flood of silver-screen goodies. Today, he shares his take on Resurrection of a Bastard…
With Denver Fashion Weekend 013 just two days away, we spoke with Lindsay Maynard, editor-in-chief/fashion editor of 303, to get the scoop on this weekend’s events and her thoughts on the local fashion scene. See also: Meanswear Monday: Ulysses Gonzalez…
Barbara Carpenter and Janice McDonald. In the east gallery at Spark, Barbara Carpenter has assembled a large group of small photos hung in clusters, salon-style, for Walking Miss Daisy: Photographs by Barbara Carpenter. The Miss Daisy of the title is Carpenter’s dog, and all of the photos have been taken…
The reliable William Havu Gallery has hit a groove this fall by establishing a theme for a series of exhibits: regional subjects by regional artists. The season opener was Western Not Western, which featured varying interpretations of Western subjects. Next week, there’s a Jeff Aeling solo made up of neo-traditional…
The inability to have a child is often treated as a “white people problem,” the province of middle- and upper-class couples who end up resorting to expensive fertility treatments. But Andrew Dosunmu’s supple, observant drama Mother of George puts a different spin on this anguishing issue: What happens when a…
Among the Avengers, Thor should reign supreme. Sure, Captain America is the de facto leader, but even he — like the others — is just a jacked-up human. Thor is a god. Or if not quite a god, as he demurs, he’s the next best thing: a flying titan with…
Weight-loss and weight-gain performances are tricky things. Robert De Niro’s heavily mannered turn in Raging Bull just has to be great — he gained sixty pounds for it, didn’t he? For his role in The Machinist, Christian Bale dropped to a sub-skeletal 122 pounds — he looked like a walking,…
For a while I try to figure out why I’m enjoying Rancho Mirage — currently having a rolling premiere at Curious Theatre Company and a couple of other companies nationally — so much. True, the dialogue is swift and clever — as Steven Dietz’s dialogue always is — and the…
