Inspired by an astronaut’s description of the profound experience of seeing Earth from outer space, violinist Kenji Williams wanted to share that unique perspective with people without having them blast off in a rocket ship. What emerged was Bella Gaia, a planetarium show that overlays scientific data on images of…
What would you do if a strange couple walked up to your door and asked to peek inside because one of them had supposedly grown up in the house? That’s just one of the questions you’ll still be pondering when The Ding Dongs (or What Is the Penalty in Portugal?)…
If you don’t love the idea of a horror-film festival inside the haunted hotel that inspired The Shining, you don’t really love horror. Clearly, the people behind the Stanley Film Festival do, because that’s exactly what they’ve delivered with this inaugural fright fest. “It’s more than just showing films; it’s…
Dive into a world of sky pirates, menacing cephalopods and bustier-clad lasses in Queen Victoria’s Floating Garden of Secrets and Natural Wonders, the world’s first full-length steampunk opera. Set in a dystopian future, the show tackles issues such as climate change while mashing up influences from Jules Verne to Gilbert…
Though his career started with an Internet explosion, Bo Burnham, who appears tonight at the Boulder Theater, quickly found his way to the real-life stage, as a comedian who cleverly uses music as the main source of his show. The 22-year-old Massachusetts native’s humor-driven songs about everything from girls to…
Sugar is everywhere: From obvious sources like candy and cookies to such hidden culprits as bread and crackers, the white stuff wreaks havoc on the human body. Sugar Blues — a free lecture tonight led by nutritional consultant and health coach Kim McCormack — will drill down into America’s sweet…
Denver photographer Randall Bellows sometimes works through life changes with images he’s gone on to show in galleries here and in New York. But this time, he’s chosen a more dramatic route: Bellows looked around and decided he needed to see the world — while possibly finding himself. So he…
Standup comic and Parks and Recreation star Aziz Ansari hates texting girls. “There’s always miscommunication,” he says. “I’ll text a girl, she texts me back right away, I text her back right away. Then I’ll say something like, ‘Cool, you wanna get pizza on Tuesday?’ And I don’t hear anything…
One Colorado, the state’s most formidable LGBTQ-rights organization, hosted the Civil Soiree at the McNichols Building on the eve of the civil unions bill going into action across the state. Only hours later, many supporters traversed Civic Center and headed to the Wellington Webb Municipal Building to take steps toward…
Before the snow came back, people were enjoying the nice spring weather in Denver. This week, we spotted nurse Veronica Morris on Market Street sporting a Louis Vuitton handbag and mint-green high heels. Continue reading to find out which family member inspires her style, where she shops, and what her…
With the closure of Smiley’s Laundromat and last month’s bust and subsequent shuttering of Kitty’s East, Colfax Avenue lost a little of its glittery seediness. Progress is a constant along this main drag, and has been for life of the city — but still, Colfax isn’t known for its betterment…
The 2013 Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown took over the Sheraton Hotel in the Denver Tech Center from April 26-28, as arcade gaming fans and collectors converged for the three-day festival. Westword photographer Danielle Lirette stopped by to capture the lights and music of the region’s pinball wizards in action. Continue…
One reason we return to Facebook again and again is to look at the pictures –and to share them, too. But when artists join in that endlessly unfolding online scrapbook, things really start to get interesting. Following are some of our favorite FB portraits of Colorado artists. See also: -…
In 2013, being called a nerd isn’t the insult that it once was. Practically no one uses the term negatively anymore, and there’s no shortage of people who proudly wear the nerd badge as a cultural identity. But if there’s still such a thing as a king of the nerds,…
Yoshi Saito’s sculpture is a little bit wacky, but in the most delightful and natural way. His new show at Ironton Gallery — currently on view through May 18, with a reception on Friday, May 3, from 6 to 9 p.m. — offers new insight into what’s in Saito’s mind…
Friday’s Rock & Runway party, presented by Denver Gives at the Fillmore Auditorium, paired local style and sounds to benefit Denver charities. Backed by soundtracks from bands including Rachel & the Kings, models strutted down the walkway wearing designs from Infernal Contraptions, 927 Designs, Andreas Tsagas, Jump of Joy, Fashion…
On Saturday night, Conan O’Brien took on hosting duties for the second time since 1995 at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and apparently his years on network television have not affected his ability to skewer politicians and pundits with some unrelenting jabs at the most sensitive news of the…
Ah, prom season. That time in life when you get to publicly display your teenage awkwardness by wrapping it in a sequined nightmare from Dillard’s and parading it around in a limo that costs as much as your first semester at community college. Or maybe that was just my own…
The Denver Roller Dolls’ annual Colorado Cup competition brought roller-derby teams from across the state to the 1STBANK Center over the weekend. And at the end of the hard-fought tournament, the Boulder County Bombers were crowned the winners of the Cup. Continue reading for some highlights from the three-day event,…
Now that we’ve finally eked our way into the warmer weeks of spring (fingers crossed), it’s time to get off the couch and head out into the fresh air to get to May’s ten best comedy events. We’ve got albums being recorded, albums being released, two Latino-themed shows, nerd heroes…
#74: Nancy Smith The sky’s not the limit for Frequent Flyers founder and director Nancy Smith, who literally hangs around most days at her Boulder aerial-dance studio: teaching, choreographing, visualizing, directing and dancing, sometimes in an upside-down position. It’s a rare profession, with one hand reaching clear up into the…
Thirty-three and a third isn’t just the number that School House Rock introduced you to back in fourth grade. And it’s more than the culmination of a film trinity that made an entire jury say, “Hey, wait a minute. Funny OJ from those Naked Gun movies? Let the man walk!”…
