Instead of staring into the empty abyss of your wallet, get out of the house and have some fun for free. From listening to a lecture by an esteemed art critic to watching a 35mm film to ice-skating in your pajamas, there are plenty of options out there. Look at…
Crowdfunding is no longer an interesting anomaly: It’s become a part of life in the new economy, and often a reliable way for artists and creatives of all kinds raise money to fund special projects. The latest artist in town to kick off such an effort is Lauri Lynnxe Murphy,…
Tonight, Cherry Creek’s 7dancers, a nonprofit professional dance company, will perform its newest performance piece, “Celebrate 7,” at the Denver Performing Arts Complex’s Studio Loft. The ambitious choreography makes for a diverse show, with elements of seven styles of dance: jazz, tap, ballet, hip-hop, lyrical, modern and musical theater. As…
With Denver’s local comedy scene finally beginning to catch up with Comedy Work’s national acts — in terms of both talent and swelling audience numbers — we figured it was time to assemble some of our favorite standup shows for the coming month. As we salivate over the smorgasbord of…
Finally, something floating around the cesspool of Facebook that we can care about enough to actually unify over. The “Judgmental Denver map” appeared in my newsfeed yesterday and has since been reposted at least forty times by people I know — people who either think it’s funny or are pissed…
It’s on your mind. You can’t stop thinking about it. Your blood starts to pump. Your mouth begins to water. And while the buildup lasts for days, the actual live action (from start to finish) only lasts about ten minutes. No, I’m not talking about sex; I’m talking about the…
Did you pay your rent yet? Since it’s the first of the month, we’re celebrating tight pocketbooks everywhere by featuring nine events this weekend that are totally free. Whether you attend a Screw Your Resolutions party or sample the wide variety of First Friday art openings, there’s plenty to do…
As we head into the Super Bowl, most Broncos fans are still smarting from our defeat by the Ravens, who are playing in our place. And we’re asking ourselves, “What do we need to get over the hump next year?” Another running back? Sure, that’d be good. Maybe some help…
February is the month of the Super Bowl, Mardi Gras and Valentine’s Day, but there’s really only one holiday that counts: Groundhog Day. Not because we take that shadow stuff seriously, but because Groundhog Day is silly, and silly things — especially those having to do with Groundhog Day –…
After 33 years, Boulder’s Left Hand Books is closing its doors. Since it was founded in 1979, the bookstore has offered alternative books and periodicals by such noted authors such as Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky. According to Louise Knapp, a member of the bookstore collective, closing the store became…
Update: Congratulations to starlette490, danmtzsr and Elizah Leigh! You’ve each won two tickets to Whiteout. Check your email for details on how to claim them. Original post: February’s Whiteout Fashion Show is Westword’s newest signature event, and it’s a big one. On February 7, we’ll take over the McNichols Building…
It’s more than a little eponymous when three Westword MasterMinds decide to share a studio, but that’s just what’s happened: Fine artists Lauri Lynnxe Murphy and Jimmy Sellars and fashion designer Mona Lucero, all in a state of career flux, have thrown their fortunes together at Powerhaüs Studios, where they’ll…
Baby-faced Rory Scovel has been lighting up the comedy world with his classic observational humor, mixed with context-free voices that he applies randomly to no particular jokes or bits (he’s been known to drift into a German accent at random points in the show, and may or may not continue…
“Mustang,” Luis Jimenez’s giant blue horse with the glowing red eyes, was installed outside of Denver International Airport on February 11, 2008. Neigh-sayers started complaining almost immediately, demanding that the city put the horse out to pasture. But city officials responded that according to Denver public-art policy, a piece had…
Laura Norman is one of the more talented actors around, subtle and intelligent, capable of deep emotion but never sentimental or hackneyed. She can rescue a mediocre play and add a very specific kind of shine to an excellent one. In 2005, she received a Best of Denver award for…
I’ve been a longtime admirer of Dave Yust’s work, so I knew I had to take the time to drive north to see Dave Yust: 40+ Years of Printmaking: A Retrospective, now in its final weeks at the Loveland Museum/Gallery. Given the topic of this large show — there are…
20th Century Modernists. For her first show, Thérèse O’Gorman — who moved from Santa Fe to become the exhibition director at David Cook Fine Art in LoDo — has put together 20th Century Modernists, which highlights abstraction done in the West. The show proper, in the street-level space, is dedicated…
Ed, Downloaded. Michael Mitnick’s Ed, Downloaded, which was commissioned by the Denver Center Theatre Company, had a reading at last year’s New Play Summit and is currently receiving its world premiere. It tells the story of a young man with a terminal illness who is engaged to an intellectual Englishwoman,…
The most talked-about piece of public art at Denver International Airport kicked up plenty of discussion even before it was installed on February 11, 2008. DIA was still years from opening when the city’s blue-ribbon arts panel gave a $300,000 commission to Luis Jiménez to create “Mustang,” a 32-foot-high fiberglass…
When “Mustang” was erected on a patch of dirt outside Denver International Airport in February 2008, you could almost hear the residents of Colorado exclaiming in unison, “What is that thing?” Just what was this massive, bright-blue, anatomically in-your-face horse sculpture with demon red eyes doing in sunny, charming Denver?…
Public art is defined as artwork that has been commissioned by a government agency — but there are plenty of paintings, sculptures and other pieces that are displayed in public places, even if they have been paid for by private entities. The following is a list of ten controversies surrounding…
From its first moments, the wish-fulfillment political-campaign comedy Knife Fight serves as an accidental demonstration of the value of staying on message. After introducing us to Rob Lowe as ace political fixer Paul and Jamie Chung as an assistant made queasy by the pragmatic cynicism her job demands, the film…
