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Seriously, Adam Sandler Triumphs in Netflix’s The Meyerowitz Stories

By Bilge Ebiri

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) premieres on Netflix Oct. 13 Adam Sandler’s core as a performer has always been his self-loathing. In his best comedies, he weaponizes it with humiliating ruthlessness. (In his worst ones, it wafts pathetically off him like the day-after stink of a drunkard.) Now, he’s…

The Homey, Polyamorous Pleasures of Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

By April Wolfe

Writer/director Angela Robinson’s Professor Marston and the Wonder Women is achingly normal, in a good way. Robinson has proven herself capable of melding her sincere and often endearingly campy sensibilities to any cinematic style — spy spoofs (D.E.B.S.), Disney family flicks (Herbie: Fully Loaded), comic-dramas (The L Word), sexy vampire…

The 21 Best Events in Denver, October 10 Through October 16

By Westword Staff

The spooky season is upon us, with Halloween parties and Day of the Dead celebrations crowding the calendar. But Mother Nature has already shown us a few tricks, and benefits for victims of earthquakes and hurricanes are flooding the town, too. Here are the 21 best events in Denver for October 10 through October 16, 2017.

Review: A Delicate Balance Tips a Family Into Turmoil at Edge

By Juliet Wittman

We’ve all hosted an unexpected guest, someone who, as Coleridge said of old age, lingers after he “hath outstayed his welcome while/And tells the jest without the smile.” But in Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance, now at Edge Theater Company, two unanticipated guests create chaos.

100 Colorado Creatives 4.0: Arlette Lucero

By Susan Froyd

The Chicano art community runs deep in Denver, and Arlette Lucero has been on the front line for decades, quietly educating children in the arts and illustrating storybooks, while also painting powerful women, using imagery rooted in mestizo culture with modernized focal points.

Lawrence Argent, Legendary Denver Sculptor, Has Died

By Michael Paglia

Lawrence Argent, one of Colorado’s most successful and well-established artists, died suddenly in Denver on October 4, 2017. Argent’s most famous local commission is “I See What You Mean,” on the 14th Street side of the Colorado Convention Center. The piece, which was done in 2005, immediately earned an endearing…

Ten Things to Do in Denver for $10 and Under (Three Free)

By Byron Graham and Others

The weekend is nigh, which is generally cause for jubilation – unless a person is too broke to have fun. Happily, the Mile High City’s creative community hustles to produce a litany of fantastic ways to experience Denver’s cultural scene while still pinching every possible penny.

Podcast Profiles: Paul Karolyi of Changing Denver

By Byron Graham

The crown jewel of Denver’s podcast scene, Changing Denver is a living chronicle of a city in flux. Host Paul Karolyi consults local artists, historians and other experts to trace the evolution of the Queen City’s character, one neighborhood, landmark or personage at a time.

100 Colorado Creatives 4.0: Lynne Collins

By Susan Froyd

The way Lynne Collins, artistic director for the Arvada Center’s Black Box Theater, has transformed the venue’s second stage is genius: Flying in the face of theatrical cutbacks at a time when even the Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company no longer supports an in-house repertory company, she’s done just that — brought back the idea of the old-school ensemble, using local talent and a collaborative ethic.