Beloved Denver comedian Mara Wiles has received a heartwarming amount of support from the local comedy community in the face of her battle with lupus. Leading up to her kidney transplant last month, several benefit performances raised funds to help cover her mounting medical bills — and while everyone is…
Dan Sperry is the darker kind of magician. The self-labeled “anti-conjuror” says his magic is meant to test the limits of his audience’s comfort zone — and Sperry’s Marilyn Manson/Edward Scissorhands look alone accomplishes that. But while his tricks sit on the edge of shocking, the illusionist says his goal…
Update: Congratulations to ilikecatsyep and mzamethystcrow! You’ve each won two marathon passes. Check your email for details on how to claim them. Original post: Next Thursday, May 2, the Harkins theater in Northfield is celebrating the release of the third Iron Man movie with a Tony Stark-a-palooza — and we…
Update: Congratulations to colemarie22 and blair! You’ve each won two day passes to Loveland. Check your email for details on how to claim them. Original post: While most of us are ready for spring to hit full bloom already, Mother Nature (and let’s face it, a few of our friends)…
Dreamer, doer and Westword Mastermind Brandi Shigley is at it again, this time pairing up with restaurateurTony Pasquini. This Saturday and Sunday, Pasquini’s Tony P’s will host Paninaro Rewind, Shigley’s fashionable take on the restaurant’s already popular Discko Paninaro, an ’80s throwback dance party with an Italian flair. “This isn’t…
#76: Sahar Pazirandeh Sahar Pazirandeh left Iran with her family in the late ’80s, when she was nine years old, in the wake of changes that followed the ancient nation’s Islamic revolution. She’d spent her early years in the grip of Iran’s new fundamentalist face; her own mother, a former…
A lot of comedy audiences have an Us vs. Them attitude regarding what standups to like; they feel they have to decide between David Cross or Larry The Cable Guy. And while this attitude would usually push comedian John Caparulo into the latter category (he’s critical of healthy eating and…
Holy opportunity, Batman! Just in time for the second Denver Comic Con, Westword will publish its first Comics issue on May 30, 2013 — and we want you to be a part of it. We’re accepting submissions from any Colorado artist who’d like to create a cartoon about life in…
#77: Mark McCoin Experimental musician and multimedia artist Mark McCoin has paid his dues many times over, contributing a free-thinking, collaborative style of creativity to the Front Range scene over three decades. He’s worked with a who’s-who of the local avant-garde, and in the last of those decades, he honed…
Employing the tactic now known as the House of Cards method (after the Netflix-produced Kevin Spacey drama), Amazon has bankrolled fourteen pilots for its new Prime Instant Video service, taking a seemingly democratic twist on the TV-industry convention of letting the public decide which series ascend into multi-episode Heaven, and…
Mother Nature had a little fun with Earth Day yesterday. As environmental and community groups organized an Earth Day celebration at the Wellington Webb Building in Civic Center yesterday, snow fell around the event, which had been set up inside for that very reason. Westword photographer Danielle Lirette stepped out…
I’m naive to a fault. Last week, when my car was hit for a third time in eighteen months (the second time it was creamed while parked in front of my house), I was naive enough to tell the insurance company the truth. They are now doing $2,700 worth of…
Unless you’re new to the Denver scene, you’ve probably had a hazy night in the RiNo district — seeing a show at the Meadowlark or the Larimer, getting a taco at a food truck, stopping outside MegaFauna to peer in at the locally-made clothing, prints and assorted sundries. MegaFauna owner…
Yesterday’s snow put a damper on Earth Day festivities and sent would-be cyclists back inside. And while they were there, one reader discovered Josiah Hesse’s screed from last summer on why cruiser bikes suck. He didn’t appreciate it. See also: – Cruiser bikes suck: They attract Philistines and ruin cycling…
Green was a popular color over the weekend while smokers celebrated 4/20. Yet somewhere in the haze of green clothes and smoke, stylish people were on trend with color blocking. Over the weekend, we talked to musician and Idaho native John Missy Kidd about his style icons, his favorite tune…
While people puffed and passed in public and private this weekend, the Extravaganja (say that five times fast — without giggling) party lit up the Hoodlab over the weekend with a performance from Raekwon himself on Friday evening. Continue reading for scenes from the 4-20-friendly celebration, and visit our full…
This is the second installment in Susan Froyd’s weekly Repertory Cinema Wishlist. To be fair, you can’t really pick just one Robert Altman movie; the iconoclastic director’s prolific career — with its roller coaster of highs and lows, big and little movies, theater adapted to film, and sprawling collections of…
This weekend’s 4/20 celebration, which was marked by a shooting that left three people injured, gathered tens of thousands of marijuana enthusiasts together in Civic Center Park. Before the two-day party in the park was cut down to one this year, photographer Brandon Marshall captured these scenes of Coloradans participating…
The 36th annual StarFest Convention brought fans of science fiction, horror and fantasy together at the Marriott in the DTC for three days of games, costumes and celebrity sightings over the weekend. Westword photographer Danielle Lirette stopped by to capture the convention’s best costumes. Continue reading for a couple of…
Denver weather is unpredictable, as we all know with piles of snow landing on this city in mid-April, while lucky bastards in other places are already planting spring vegetables. And thanks to our local meteorologists, (who can’t predict weather any better than drunk psychic televangelists), we never really know what…
Whether you’re broke after a weekend of partying or simply a frugal, responsible adult who likes to go out for free, there’s plenty in Denver to do this week that won’t cost a dime. Choose to learn about green energy at the annual Earth Day celebration, watch a series of…
The Grawlix have been one of the brightest lights on the Denver comedy scene for a couple of years now, most successful comedy team not to come out of Denver — but to live in Denver. Their crowning achievement thus far, though, has got to be this past weekend’s premiere…
