Carrie Fisher was always smarter than the words and roles written for her, smarter than what Hollywood thought it wanted out of a princess. On Christmas Eve of the all-devouring Sarlacc that is 2016, after word had spread that Fisher had suffered a heart attack, a page from her original…
You forgot to book a sitter, and now you’re stuck at home on New Year’s Eve with your kids? Think again. We’re rounded up the top kid-friendly — and parent-friendly! — parties for families looking for one last bash in 2016. Keep reading for ten events on December 31, as…
Denver Arts and Venues has announced four opportunities to make public art in Denver.
Denver is a do-it-yourself town. The people who headed west after the gold discoveries in 1858 and 1859 were definitely DIY, determined to make new lives for themselves in the great unknown. When their claims didn’t pan out, some shifted course and became merchants, stocking supplies and offering services for…
Denver is the country’s fourth-best place for New Year’s Eve, according to WalletHub. Who tops the Mile High City? Orlando (number one), San Francisco (two) and Atlanta; Gilbert, Arizona, holds down the sad hundredth-best spot. The rankings are all based strictly on science, of course. “In order to identify the…
Ring in the new year with a tasty dinner at Cart-Driver, then put on your dancing shoes for Decadence 2016.
Theater companies are packing up the tinsel and fake snow for another season, but there are still a few more options on local stages. Keep reading for capsule reviews of productions around town, including one stunner that closes this weekend: The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess.
In order for artists to live in Denver, we need the city to be affordable, and we need to be able to create, practice, perform and gather in our spaces without fear of raids.
This week is your last chance to have fun in 2016 — and that shouldn’t be hard with these three events. You can peruse art, be part of a hysterical live audience or just play cards to rock and roll. Check the Westword calendar to see what else you can…
As if 2016 wasn’t twisted enough, the Coen brothers made a mediocre movie, and Blake Lively pleasantly surprised our critics.
From dogsledding to light displays, there’s no shortage of family-friendly activities around Denver in December. Celebrate the season of joy with your loved ones at a few of our favorite local events and institutions.
Artists scramble for funding on Art Tank, a show produced by the Colorado Film School, on Rocky Mountain PBS.
In the early scenes of the sci-fi drama Passengers, Chris Pratt gets to be every dope who ever woke up in the middle of the night, thought it was morning and started to make the coffee. Too bad for him, morning is still 90 years away, and the coffee sucks…
I shouldn’t have to explain why Fences, the August Wilson play set in the 1950s and now adapted for the screen, is important. If you’ve stepped anywhere near the theater — and I mean the playhouse here — you’ve read, seen, or heard about it. Wilson, who didn’t study theater…
Dutch provocateur Paul Verhoeven has dedicated his career to sifting through trash to extract ugly truths. He’s a former math and physics student who decided movies make more sense, but it’s hard to picture him crunching numbers and plugging in formulas and dealing with absolute answers, as his proudly pugnacious…
Goodwin Fine Art is hosting an elegant solo show in its main gallery, and a tidy little exhibit in the back, with both on view right up to New Year’s Eve.
Looking for some holiday fun? Here are ten things to do in Denver, and six of them are free.
Who has the most popular version of The Nutcracker? Colorado does.
Over the years and in its various incarnations, Rule Gallery has mined the rich veins of Colorado art history to showcase the work of established talents while also striking gold by introducing new players to the scene. With its current show, Form & Void, the gallery does both. The exhibit…
Broken Shovels Farm is a special place: Andrea Davis’s patch of land at 8640 Dahlia Street in Commerce City holds an artisanal cheesery, working goat farm, animal shelter, petting zoo, concert venue and rural pocket of love. On December 18, it was a very snowy, cold pocket — but the…
Books are, as holiday gifts go, some of the best things to give, and not just because they make you, the giver, look smart. (Though that’s clearly a plus.) They also carry meaning: you don’t just give someone any old book—you choose it for them specifically, because of their interests or because you and the recipient share some interest. Or, you know, location.With that in mind, here are ten great literary choices for Colorado gift-giving this year: from the poetic to the prosaic, from fiction to non, from the comic to works of sincere depth…they’re all books on the Mile-High scale of sublime.
Puzzah has established itself with its “puzzle rooms,” a variation on escape rooms that rely heavily on computer-controlled electro-mechanical puzzles custom-made in Denver. Now, the company is hoping its unique take on entertainment can find a fresh audience in the suburbs.
