Though its creations can make or break the look of a production, the costume shop at the Denver Center Theatre Company might go unsung most of the year, cranking out fancy duds for characters both Shakespearean and contemporarily urban: kings and clowns, beggars and bellhops, showgirls and sad old men…
Philip Dawkins’s Edward Gorey-esque musical fable Failure: A Love Story tells you right off the bat that three central characters — the Fail sisters — will all be dead by the end of the show. In a new production by Boulder’s Catamounts, this news is delivered by a chorus of…
“I’m so happy to be here tonight,” said W. Bruce Cameron as he took the podium at the Tattered Cover in LoDo last night to address roughly fifty fans, many of whom sipped on plastic cups of complementary wine or nibbled at various cheeses and fruits through his talk. Tattered…
It’s no secret that Denver’s comedy scene is thriving, and today the seventh annual Denver Improv Festival begins a five-day run of shows, workshops and parties that has attracted comedians from across the U.S., including Convoy from Los Angeles and Switch Committee from Chicago. See also: James Clark of Governor…
It’s probably the biggest cliche in the history of dating: You’re looking for someone with a sense of humor. But since it has nothing to do with money, social stature or good looks — things people are often most insecure about in dating — why is humor such a big…
Under the name The Oatmeal, Matthew Inman has made a career out of making absurd, hilarious comics. Whether the subject matter is mundane (grammar, cats) or bizarre (the sex lives of angler fish, utilikilts), his particular genius lies in tapping into the Internet zeitgeist and delivering the kind of belly…
The Halloween season isn’t just about candy and costumes — there’s a supernatural side to the holiday, and Colorado is full of great ways to get spooked. From cemetery walks to haunted wild West town tours, here are ten of the best opportunities for scaring up a good time (and…
Colorado roller derby fans will have plenty to cheer about when the Roller Derby World Cup rolls into Dallas in December 2014: Team USA announced on Tuesday that five skaters from the Denver Roller Dolls will be among the 32 skaters on the roster. “I’m shocked,” says Julie “Angela Death”…
Brian Corrigan and the Denver Theatre District have big plans to turn Champa Street between 14th Street and the 16th Street Mall into a life-sized video game arcade next summer, combining a number of media platforms to bring people together through gaming in the streets. Called OhHeckYeah, it’s a big…
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.
Tata Harper’s father was diagnosed with cancer in 2005. During her meetings with doctors, Harper was asked to list all of the different things her father came in contact with on a daily basis. She gathered vitamins, food, lotions and anything else she could think of — and in doing…
#38: donnie l. betts donnie l. betts quietly gets things done, while wearing every hat in the store: actor, director, filmmaker, African-American historian and radio-play producer. In his spare time — if you can believe he has any — he even markets a sculptural dog-waste receptacle called Paws Here. See…
I’ve thought about what it would be like to be famous — a lot. Being the self-absorbed person I am, one who grew up with parents telling me how great I was at everything I did definitely made me into an adult who wanted nothing more than total stardom. Since…
It’s been a long ride since last spring, when the Comedy Works New Faces Competition 2013 began. And now, with 130 comics eliminated, we’re down to the final ten, who will compete tomorrow night for a cash prize and the prestige of joining the ranks of previous winners, including Ben…
Zombie season is just beginning to amp up in Denver, and the Shoppe on East Colfax Avenue dug up a few undead beauties to strut the catwalk — and drop a few body parts — under the stars this weekend at the street’s monthly Second Saturday Block Party. Photographer Ken…
With its rough aesthetic, punk fashion demands attention on the streets. But there is also something very personal in the way that people create their outfits to suit their tastes. One prime example of punk menswear comes from London Slaughter, a local student who embellished his own jacket. Keep reading…
Science fiction can refer to space travel, time travel, futuristic technology, mutations and any other scenarios loosely based on science. 40 West Arts District will be exploring these different interpretations of sci-fi at its second annual Fall Arts Harvest exhibition, which opens tomorrow, October 15. “We have scientists who are…
What could else could Donna Karan do to make us look like runway models without resorting to dieting? Try asymmetrical, draping jersey knits, a little shoulder exposure teamed with a stunning neutral pallet of makeup from Bobbi Brown. Curtis Farnham, Donna Karan director of retail stylist, and Liz Boyle, freelance…
The circus from town is coming to town! The Squirm Burpee Circus: A Vaudevillian Melodrama features Denver’s own Handsome Little Devils Productions. Starting October 16, this troupe will be offering its memorizing cirque/vaudevillian act at the Lone Tree Arts Center. “We call it a vaudevillian melodrama,” says Mike Huling, actor…
For those who grew up in the decade between 1985 and 1995, there was no cooler destination in TV Land than Nickelodeon. Free of the artificial constraints of edutainment, the network delivered just what kids wanted: crass, silly shows bathed in torrents of slime. Unlike the safe, sanitized territory of…
Maybe you blew all your cash on the Great American Beer Festival or a weekend of leaf-peeping. But there’s plenty you can do in Denver this week — for free. You can catch a movie, check out local poets or see new photography by Kristen Hatgi-Sink at Goldyn, the high-class…
Many a Monopoly game has been upended over an accusation of cheating — but what would happen if cheating was a predetermined part of the game? Tonight’s Warm Cookies of the Revolution session, “Realistic Monopoly and Other Games,” is based on the findings of a study conducted by psychologist Paul…
