Denver-based poet Mathias Svalina, a sometime teacher and small-press editor, lately devotes himself to delivering writing and delivering dreams to doorsteps by bicycle when he isn’t writing his own poetry by the volumes and keeping track of fellow souls who’ve also chosen the road less-traveled.
Despite the many troubling trends in our media culture, the movies’ response to the Iraq War has been (gasp) surprisingly admirable. Since the mid-2000s, a steady stream of films have artfully addressed war’s aftermath and the homefront — from Stop-Loss and In the Valley of Elah, to Grace is Gone…
… In Three Billboards, where livid, grieving mother Mildred (Frances McDormand) taunts the local police for not solving her daughter’s rape and murder (by being burned to death) from nine months prior, McDonagh has taken on a situation that demands we take it seriously.
The Colorado Symphony, led by its ambitious new music director, Brett Mitchell, will be performing the score of Star Wars: A New Hope, alongside two fortieth anniversary screenings of the film, in March 2018.
Don’t let money get in the way of you enjoying yourself this week. Here are five free things to do from November 13 to 16.
From Hillary Clinton to Michael Hancock hosting Claudia Rankine, here are the best literary events in Denver November 13 through November 19.
Veronica Nichols is an artist and fixture in Denver’s underground music scene. When we spotted her at First and Broadway in this red, white and black outfit, with lots of texture as well as animal accents, we stopped to ask Nichols what inspires her look and where she shops.
Denver seethes with theatrical talent, even if local companies are often in flux. Here are ten shows to watch for this fall and winter, in chronological order.
Lots of Denver-area markets in November are ready to ease you into the business of choosing gifts, well before the holiday rush, with fresh merchandise from upper-echelon artists and makers. Hop to it! These ten markets will help you on your way.
It’s officially Movember, meaning mustaches and beards were stripped a week ago in support of men’s health awareness issues, like prostate cancer, testicular cancer and men’s suicide for the entire month of November. While the team at UCHealth appreciates the support of their furry-faced friends, they want men’s health to be a priority that lasts beyond just a month. The launch of MANtenance campaign is just that, taking aim at the “maintenance” of men’s health
Again this year, Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest — including many flicks that movie lovers might otherwise miss amid the flood of silver-screen goodies. Today he spotlights a selection for November 10, 11 and 12: Quality Time, AlphaGo and Easy.
The Body of an American, now receiving a regional premiere at Curious Theatre Company, isn’t large enough to hold its own ambitions.
Looking for free and cheap things to do this weekend? Here’s your guide.
Things are popping in Denver’s art scene this week, as Denver Arts Week continues and new fall shows hit the galleries. Put on your jackets and come out into the cold for these November art events.
JonBenet’s Tricycle, the debut film from local renaissance-man Andrew Novick, has its world premiere this weekend at the Denver Film Festival.
An unusual fine-art venue just opened at 1412 Wazee Street; Abend, Gallery 1261 and the new K Contemporary have joined forces in a co-op of galleries.
Despite the bright cinematography, there’s something quaint and comforting about this film and its brand of old-fashioned storytelling …
Basalt’s nonprofit cultural center Art Base has created a project in which youth from the town’s Latino immigrant community create their own dream homes through art.
Call Libby Barbee an artist moved to help other artists and, in her own practice focusing on human interaction with the landscape and environment, the entire world.
“This is one of my favorite films in the festival,” says Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey about Under the Tree. “It’s an Icelandic and Danish coproduction by the same producer who made Rams, which won as our best feature film in 2015.”
Hello Again tasks its cast with impassioned miming of a panoply of sex acts, the singers conjugating each other like verbs in foreign language class
When I first saw Brett Morgen’s 2002 documentary The Kid Stays in the Picture, I was shocked that the film somehow matched the rollicking, mercurial energy of its subject, producer Robert Evans. Morgen reimagined the use of archival footage and voiceover, and the style he pioneered has now been mimicked…
