Settling in to write about my feelings on this year’s Denver PrideFest, I was interrupted by a text message from my friend David, a grown man I lovingly refer to as Liza, my “gay husband.” His texts, like his real life persona, are always worth my undivided attention: He thinks…
While he may be world-famous and seven years sober, the streets of Bed-Stuy Brooklyn still ring in the voice of Tracy Morgan. Coming from a childhood of poverty and crack-dealing, Morgan built a respectable career in standup, performing on HBO’s Def Comedy Jam before reaching TV mega-stardom on Saturday Night…
Sure, Colorado is landlocked — but that doesn’t mean you have to spend your summer high and dry in the sweltering, 90-plus degree heat. We don’t have an ocean, but there are rivers, reservoirs, pools, water parks and many more places where you can immerse yourself this summer. So dig…
#63: Kate Petley Kate Petley’s lush and color-dominated resin panels contradict as they encapsulate gesture and motion in elegantly formal terms; she creates equally sophisticated sculptural and installation works that have garnered recognition across the West. An NEA Rockefeller Foundation grant winner, Petley is a full-time artist whose work can…
The people who lined up outside the Seawell Grand Ballroom to purchase tickets for The Book Of Mormon’s second Denver run may have been the lucky ones. At least they could hold onto their purchases. But dozens, if not hundreds of people, who tried to buy online at the Denver…
The free, Outdoor Family Film Series at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will start off with a bang this summer, when David “The Bullet” Smith Jr. launches himself into the sky with his human cannon. The Alamo Drafthouse is an eat-and-drink movie theater that usually only allows patrons eighteen or older…
They can’t fit in your pocket and they are not considered “smart,” which is why pay phones no longer have a home on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall. Is this just another sign of the changing times? The phones disappeared when new information kiosks came in, according to Boulder Downtown and…
Shanti Medina dreamed up the first Women’s Summer Solstice journey while having tea with another female yoga therapist. “We were talking about how the yoga business in general doesn’t really support a lot of collaboration,” she remembers. “It was very, ‘I have my class, you have your class.’ So we…
Over 15 percent of inmates in the U.S. prison system report having been homeless at some point in the year before their incarceration. This statistic from a 2008 Yale study is cited by Cycles of Street to Prison / Prison to Street, an original collaboration between the LIDA Project and…
It’s magic! This week, you can experience magical entertainments without having to open your wallet. The free fun includes everything from a screening of Christopher Nolan’s magician movie The Prestige to getting a peek inside the Governor’s Residence to a free outdoor concert. Share other free events in our comments…
No movie musical says summer better than Grease, which makes it a perfect choice to open the season at Infinity Park’s Monday Movie Madness summer series of free family movies. See also: – Grease and ennui: My date last night – Repertory Cinema Wishlist: Robert Altman’s Nashville -Repertory Cinema Wishlist:…
While he’s definitely a throwback to another era of standup comedy, Dave Attell’s debased style of humor still resonated with the crowd at Comedy Works South Saturday night. Deadpanning about vegan strip clubs, Chinese youth assembling sex toys, and what illegal Mexicans can bring to the game of baseball, Attell…
The wheels are always turning in Denver, which just won the REI Cycling Town Showdown as the country’s bike-friendliest city. Denver not only has great places to ride your bike, it also has great places to ride your bike to. Here are ten of our favorites for this summer. See…
Local athlete-turned-model-turned-jewelry-designer Megan Kaltenbach brings a lot of love to the work she creates. For MKaltenbach, her handpicked line of necklaces, bracelets and earrings, the craftswoman makes sure each piece of agate, turquoise, onyx and amber is to her standards. “It’s a long process, because I’m very picky; all of…
The final ticket deadline for TEDx Mile High is today. This is the third annual Denver-centric version of TED, which has been touting “Ideas Worth Spreading” since the non-profit organization started bringing the best and brightest minds of the world together back in 1984. See also: – Obama’s 2012 DNC…
Summertime, and the living is easy: sit under the stars and watch Steven Spielberg’s E.T., attend a few art shows, catch a production of Hairspray. There’s lots to do in Denver this fun-packed weekend — and many of the best possibiities are free. For more entertainment opportunities, visit the Westword…
In each piece of theater she creates, Betsy Tobin tries to find an unusual way to present her work. For her newest show, METAPHOR, she delves into the complicated realm of relationships using circus arts, puppetry, video projects and more to portray the tangled webs woven by human interaction. In…
Nick Cave moves elegantly, like a dancer or maybe a panther; when he’s in a room filled with his work, you can feel the reciprocal magic of a man communing with his own creations. Famous for his Soundsuits — fanciful sound-making costumes for dancers, on a variety of themes –…
Denver Comic Con took over the streets of Denver near the Colorado Convention Center last weekend during three days of celebrities, events, panels and displays. We’re still reeling from it all — and you might be too. While you plan the early stages of next year’s costume, check out our…
Summer’s a great time to spend quality time with the kiddos. But by the time it officially starts, you’re already tired of the typical hangouts — the Denver Zoo, the Children’s Museum. That’s when it’s time to break out of the ordinary: Here’s are five off-the-beaten-path activities, each particularly well-suited…
Dogs just want to have fun — and fortunately, Denver has no shortage of places where you can take your pet. The Mile High City has dog-friendly salons, bars, stores and parks, of course. Here are ten places you and your dog will love this summer: See also: – Photos:…
On June 6, 1933, a group of people in Camden, New Jersey each paid 25 cents to park their cars in front of a movie screen to watch the British comedy Wives Beware. Eight years later, the tradition of drive-in ovies is still alive, if not exactly thriving. Seven functioning…
