The basic Goodwill business model — which relies on people cramming a bunch of garbage bags full of random shit they don’t want anymore and giving it to Goodwill to sort and sell for cheap — offers two major benefits: 1) You can get the shit for way cheaper than…
AnomalyCon 2012, Denver’s “first and only steampunk convention,” came down March 23 through March 25 at the Tivoli Student Union. The highlight of the weekend-long string of conferences, celebrity appearances and networking was Saturday night’s Grand Ball; Emily Driskill brings these photos back from the party. See the full slide…
A new MCA Denver satellite show, Richard Peterson and the Art of a Warrior Tribe, opened on Friday, March 23, at the Gildar Gallery, and will be up through April 20. Curated by the MCA’s Adam Lerner, it’s one cog in the machine called Search & Destroy, an exploration of…
That Minnesota slam poet Sierra DeMulder commands an audience is a given: The high-ranked word-slinger helped the St. Paul Poetry Slam Team take the nationals two years in a row, and that’s the top line on a list of kudos she’s received over the last few years. The author of…
Many of Denver’s smaller companies got together last week to talk about recent developments on the local theater scene, and how they could work together better. The conversation was largely positive, attendees reported…
The idea is “to turn the inside of Rhinoceropolis into a temporary fantasy village,” says Colin Ward of the art installation Fantasia 2012, which he’s organized along with Stephan Herrera. “We want to pack paradise into one night; like a magic spell and welcoming of the springtime.” That night will…
While I think I have taste, I’m just another plebe at the Yves Saint Laurent show, wandering through the DAM, slobbering and snorting smelling salts to keep from fainting at each new discovery. So when it came time to pick favorites, I asked someone with a more sophisticated eye –…
It must have been tough for Denver designer Mondo Guerra to keep a secret for so long, but on Thursday night, the reality-show contestant could finally let it out: He was the winner of Project Runway All Stars. In a watch party held at the Exdo Event Center, Guerra had…
On a particularly frigid night in the winter of 2009, Weslie Coleman, Kate Pleuss and Ben Turk were sitting in their collective home and talking about how cold they were. Incredibly cold, they decided. So the three members of the revolutionary theater group Insurgent Theatre decided to plan an escape…
Spring is finally here, and that means that more people are touring this way, more patios are opening, and there are plenty more ways to get out and have fun. But just because you’ll be going out more doesn’t mean you have to part with your hard-earned cash. From ’80s-themed…
“This year the Colorado Mountain Club is celebrating its hundredth anniversary, and it’s also a big anniversary — the tenth — for our annual Mountain Fest outdoor education event,” says CMC spokeswoman Rachel Scott. “We have a great program on Saturday and six other big events this year as part…
The Hunger Games leaves fans of the book hungry for more, says Melissa Anderson in her review of the movie; “at the risk of indulging in tired, pointless debates about page versus screen,” she writes, “it is impossible for this movie to ever hope to match the fury of the…
Chess comes with almost as many stereotypes (the nerd, the genius, the poorly adjusted savant) and cliches (the pawn, checkmate, knights and chivalry) as it does pieces. But director Rod Lansberry isn’t interested in any of them. Tomorrow, he and the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities will launch…
The Vail Valley Foundation’s 2012 Korbel American Ski Classic gets underway today at 4:30 p.m. with the Volvo Legends of Skiing Giant Slalom competition on Vail’s Golden Peak, followed by a free concert at 6:30 p.m. featuring G. Love and Special Sauce, marking the 30th anniversary of “America’s original celebrity…
A group of local theater owners, actors and the newly-minted president of the Colorado Theatre Guild met at Denver’s Dangerous Theatre Sunday night to share ideas on how to work together to share resources and information. This wasn’t an official Colorado Theatre Guild meeting, but rather a gathering inspired by…
For a milestone like a quinceañera, youth-centered non-profit Friends First knows the kind of pressure young girls and their families are under. “We started the Quinceañera Fair program because we were being told that quinceañera was becoming the stereotype of prom, and we wanted to associate it with responsibility,” says…
Will Mondo get robbed again, or will he finally triumph? That’s still the big question on the minds of loyal fashionistas across the very universe. But either way, we already know that Mondo Guerra has a bright future ahead of him…
William Shatner came to town Tuesday night to perform his one-man show, Shatner’s World: We Just Live In It. To help introduce newbies to the delights of the versatile Star Trek/TJ Hooker/Boston Legal/Priceline commercial star, Jenn Wohletz offered her guide to five things Shatner hasn’t done. Some fans weren’t pleased…
Ever wondered how to crystallize Parmesan cheese or deconstruct a sweet potato? Epicurean artistry via documentary film is what the Denver Film Society is serving up with El Bulli: Cooking in Progress, the Gereon Wetzel film showcasing a year in the life of three-star chef Ferran Adria — the godfather…
Before he was known as one of Colorado’s most promising fiction writers, Articles of War author Nick Arvin worked as a forensic engineer, analyzing data from automobile accidents to figure out what went wrong. The job required precision, imagination and an inherent understanding of plot, and it foreshadowed Arvin’s current…
Black Box Burlesque is moving to once-a-month Fridays (that’s right: a weekend night!) at Bar Standard, and to celebrate, the troupe is presenting My Teen Angst Bullsh*t: Striptease to ’80s Movie Soundtracks. “As scary as it is, ’80s is now vintage,” says Reyna Von Vett, aka Cora Vette, Black Box…
This isn’t your eight-year-old’s magic show: Kevin Spencer, one half of the husband-wife duo behind Spencers: Theatre of Illusion, says the act was designed to keep both kids and adults entertained and in awe. “As a magician, I can take my audience on an incredible journey right to the brink…
