Metro started classes yesterday, with a big new name — Metropolitan State University of Denver — as well as new buildings (including a hotel filled with art by Metro students, faculty and alumnae) and new programs. But the recent death of musician/composer Marvin Hamlisch brought a blast from the past…
If you live or work downtown, you probably drive by Minoru Yasui every day. Not the man himself — he died in 1986, after serving more than four decades as a lawyer and cultural leader in Denver — but the spot bearing his name: the Minoru Yasui Plaza, at 303…
This weekend marked the opening night of Burlesque on BROADway, which runs every Friday through the end of the month at Lannie’s Clocktower. Presented by Tatiana TaTa and Honey Touche, the show features a score of routines dedicated to the Broadway hits of yesteryear — albeit with significantly less clothing…
Metropolitan State University of Denver — which starts a new round of classes today — keeps expanding its scope, adding new buildings, programs and even a new name. The latest addition: a hotel on campus. The Springhill Suites Marriott not only creates a place where hospitality students can learn the…
The stated purpose of NEXT Gallery’s new show, “Beyond Erotic,” was for viewers “to experience sexuality as more, to set aside negative associations, and to question the ascription of taboo.” The perceived purpose, however — judging by all the penises and vaginas at Friday’s reception at this co-op gallery in…
When Denver’s acclaimed Curious Theatre Company kicks off its new season on September 1, there will be at least one big change that’s not obvious onstage. The troupe will head into autumn with several new members and a new company model that Curious founder Chip Walton hopes will eventually be…
Cruiser bikes have been all over Denver this summer, and so have critics of Josiah Hesse’s “Cruiser bikes suck: They attract Philistines and ruin cycling for the rest of us.” But as it turns out, those commenters were just getting rolling. Even as the USA Pro Challenge starts today, showing…
NBC and NBC Sports will be airing thirty hours of USA Pro Challenge coverage next week as the country’s biggest pro cycling event returns to Colorado for its second year, but die-hard fans will want to see the action firsthand, and it’s a great excuse to see some of Colorado’s…
You may have seen Randall Paetzold’s work and just not know it. “I shoot a lot of food photography, so this is really off-kilter for me — some of my recent clients have been Root Down, Yours Truly, Cupcake, City, O’ City and WaterCourse Foods,” says the photographer. But when…
IndyInk gallery and print-shop will celebrate its tenth anniversary tomorrow, and over fifty local artists will be contributing work for the show that marks the event. This collection of artists represents just a fraction of the many Denverites who owe a debt of gratitude to what IndyInk has done for…
Face it: You’re not going to see The Book of Mormon this weekend without dropping some serious cash for scalped tickets…and even if you get lucky in the daily lottery, you’ll pay $25 for that seat. But there are plenty of other entertaining activities in town that you can enjoy…
To call the work of Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki fairy tales would be simplistic; his films (and to some extent those made by others in his fold) pit the forces of nature and the manmade world against one another in fantastical and sometimes strange and confounding ways. But despite the…
Blockbuster has joined forces with Dish, and with that move Colorado gains a new corporate headquarters: This week Governor John Hickenlooper cut the blue ribbon to Blockbuster’s shining new offices in Douglas County. In her piece reporting on the Blockbuster ceremony, Natalie Gonzales linked to an earlier post by Jef…
How’s your unearthly moan? What about your awkward, broken shuffle? Do you feel comfortable working while covered in blood (okay, fake blood)? Elitch Gardens is looking for a few good zombies — along with a handful of werewolves, ghosts, devils and other evil dead things, too. See also: – Elitch’s…
Blockbuster, now a subsidy of Dish Network, yesterday officially opened its international headquarters in Colorado — specifically, at the Meridian International Office Park in Douglas County. The move comes with the possibility of $2.5 million in Job Growth Incentive Tax Credits from the Colorado Economic Development Commission, since Blockbuster promises…
The Denver Cruisers have been known to get wild and wacky on their weekly Wednesday rides. (On their website, however, they will warn you: The group is not intended for hook-ups.) Last night’s celebrity theme brought out the troops once again, this time in easy-to-recognize (and occasionally, impossible to peg)…
During her career as a performer, Gemma Wilcox has played dozens of intelligently crafted characters. The U.K.-born, University of Leeds trained actress is a one-woman cabaret of personas, and today she spends most of the year taking her shows on the road across the country and through Canada. She tries…
In times of economic turbulence, you really see how much a local business means to a town. Faceless shops will be passed over by budget-conscious Walmart shoppers, while more memorable stores will flourish and become staples of a community that embraces them. This is certainly the case with IndyInk, the…
The Old South Pearl Street retail empire of 5 Green Boxes has long had Westword’s vote for best window displays, and now the shop — actually two stores on the same block — is upping the ante to ensure that we never change our minds. See also: – Best Window…
Open for Design , a new exhibit at the Denver Art Museum, has given power to the people. A community challenge asked citizens to create visual models showing how they would improve their neighborhoods, and the result was an abundance of design ideas — some serious, many whimsical and all…
The Denver Art Dealers Association, known as DADA, recently asked its members to participate in “Introductions,” a citywide event in which artists who are either new to the galleries or new to Denver are being featured. Tina Goodwin, owner of Goodwin Fine Art, selected Rosane Volchan O’Conor for its Introductions…
Fluid, open-ended documentaries that demand more of an audience than foregone assent or fleeting bouts of passive outrage are rare these days, which is what makes Malik Bendjelloul’s Searching for Sugar Man such a gift. In telling the tale of Sixto Rodriguez, a Mexican-American balladeer from Detroit who cut a…
