The Ten Best Places to Swim in Metro Denver
Denver, it is hot. So hot, in fact, that there’s really nothing to do but find ourselves a body of cold water and take a plunge.
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City of Ghosts Lays Bare the Terror of ISIS’s Syria – and the Courage of Citizen Journalists
What might be most horrific about the horrors exposed in Matthew Heineman’s overwhelming City of Ghosts is their familiarity. The film documents the efforts of citizen journalists to alert the world to ISIS’s ravaging of Raqqa, their Syrian hometown, which Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi and his extremist followers seized four years…
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Brings the Laughs to Denver
Earlier this year, Mystery Science Theater 3000, the popular movie-riffing television series that started nearly three decades ago, was revived on Netflix, thanks in part to $6 million that was raised on Kickstarter in 2015.
Ten Things to Do in Denver for $10 and Under (Five Free)
As another weekend approaches, many Denverites may find themselves searching for something to do yet despairing over how to fund their fun. Fret not, fellow poor, for Colorado’s creative community has yet again scheduled enough free or cheap entertainment to keep locals giggling and wiggling for the next five days.
Documentary Team Covers the Mixed-Race Experience in “Mixed Up”
The short documentary “Mixed Up” will delve into the experience of being a mixed-race person in the United States.
100 Colorado Creatives 4.0: Steven Dunn
Steven Dunn landed in Denver after ten years in the Navy, where, between drills, he was bitten by the lit bug and decided to become a writer. That led him to study creative writing at the University of Denver, and he’s now the author of an acclaimed small-press novel, Potted Meat, with more on the way.
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Not Like MTV: Julia Rose Morgan’s Mural Shares Stories of Teen Moms
Florence Crittenton, an alternative high school for teen moms, just commissioned a mural by Julia Morgan for its 125th year.
Superheroes Are Invading Denver at Marvel Universe Live: Age of Heroes
Marvel superheroes have all but hijacked multiplexes during summer blockbuster season for more than a decade. And for good reason. Iconic characters like Spider Man, the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy have been fodder for jaw-dropping epic stories, new myths that friends, parents and kids can bond over in air-conditioned, dark theaters with buckets of popcorn.
Netflix’s Gorgeous, Despairing Chasing Coral Bears Witness to the Planet’s End
Chasing Coral premieres July 14 on Netflix. In February of 1995 Charlton Heston called Rush Limbaugh’s radio program to read from Jurassic Park – the book, not the movie. In his best Old Testament boom, Heston declaimed a speech about man’s hubris that Michael Crichton had written for Dr. Ian…
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Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s Hadley Kamminga-Peck on Its Female Hamlet
A tragedy centered around a woman fighting for political power may give audience members a stinging sense of deja vu, but the play in question is not about the 2016 presidential election. Rather, it’s Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s production of Hamlet which makes a bold choice: portraying the titular character as a woman.
Netflix’s To the Bone Offers a Uniquely Honest Look at Eating Disorders
To the Bone premieres July 14 on Netflix About 10 minutes into Marti Noxon’s eating-disorder drama, To the Bone, Ellen (Lily Collins) sneaks away from her overbearing stepmom, Susan (Carrie Preston), to chug warm water from a public-bathroom faucet (a trick to fool the body into thinking it’s full so…
Five Arty Things to Do This Week Around Denver
July blazes on with art in all the right places, thanks to lots of new work, new ventures and new spaces. Get your fill at these five events.
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Is a Movie Enough? Chasing Coral’s Jeff Orlowski on Trying to Film Our Dying Planet
Jeff Orlowski grew up wanting to be a nature photographer. But like so many in that field, his work now focuses less on capturing Earth’s natural wonders than it does on cataloguing their steady demise. “This is an entire field of professionals who are witnessing firsthand the falling apart of…
City Approves Deaccessioning Michael Singer’s Interior Garden…With Stipulations
At the July 11 meeting of the Denver Commission on Cultural Affairs, Kent Rice, executive director of Denver Arts & Venues, announced that he had approved the airport’s request to deaccession Interior Garden, with eleven stipulations.
Review: Adam Milner: Desirable Objects Lives Up to Its Name at David B. Smith
Adam Milner: Desirable Objects, now on display at the David B. Smith Gallery, highlights recent works by Adam Milner, an artist who lives in Pittsburgh but is still well remembered in Colorado for his time here. Many of these pieces hark back to the kind of personal things Milner has…
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Twenty-Two Mind-Bending Quotes, Facts and Songs From TEDxMileHigh
Roughly 2,400 attentive faces took in 18 minute or shorter lectures and performances – as well as an adorable video of dogs shaking off water in slow motion at TEDxMileHight: Point of Departure at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House.
The 21 Best Events in Denver, July 11-17
It may be hot as hell outside, but don’t let that deter you from great events this week, like Mason Jar’s Seasonal Pairing Dinner that celebrates cannabis, great food and summer. If being inside is more your thing, don’t miss the Sci FilmCenter’s Sci-Fi Film Series or Slow Food Nations,…
Why Pigeonholing Hari Kondabolu’s Jokes as Political Commentary Bugs Him
An accomplished TV writer and former correspondent on the unfortunately canceled Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell, Hari Kondabolu has emerged as one of the sharpest political commentators in comedy – even if it’s a label that bums him out.
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Like Its Characters, Tech Comedy Loaded Is a Little Too Listless for Greatness
The new tech comedy Loaded (AMC) opens seconds before the finalization of the sale of a game app called Cat Factory for £300 million. Confirmation from his bank that his account balance has gone from several hundred quid in the red to David Cameron’s tax bracket propels lead designer Josh…
Review: Terrence McNally’s It’s Only a Play Creates a Hilarious Night of Theater
Terrence McNally knows theater — as do the folks at Spotlight and Vintage Theatre — and his It’s Only a Play, which the two local companies are producing together, flays the skin off that lunatic, star-studded, crazily artificial yet deeply heartfelt profession.
John Cleese Is Bringing Monty Python and the Holy Grail to Denver
John Cleese is one of the funniest actors alive. Known for his work with Monty Python and in A Fish Called Wanda, Fawlty Tours and so many more films and television shows, the performer is headed to Denver to tell stories from his life and career.
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Comedian Nick Offerman Is Bringing His Full Bush to Denver
If you don’t follow comedy closely, you probably best remember the hilarious comic, woodworker and author Nick Offerman for his curmudgeonly man’s man role, Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation.