Burlesque emcee Cora Vette has been shaking up Denver with her Burlycute darlings for some time now, hosting shows at an array of locations and featuring stripping zombies, a marijuana-centric show and this season’s Naughty Noel. But she’s got a new idea now: Weekly boylesque nights at the Compound, aptly…
There once was a Grinch who hated Christmas. By extension, he also hated a group of creatures called Whos who loved Christmas, and so one night he snuck into their village and stole all of their Christmas presents, which did not deter them from celebrating Christmas anyway, and then the…
Since 1998, Bryce Widom has been creating the chalkboard art at Mountain Sun Pub and Brewery, as well as its sister restaurants, Southern Sun and Vine Street Pub. Given the directive to “do something with the seasons,” Widom created an artistic vision — a world of nature, magic, myth and…
If you’ve been bitching about the freezing temperatures this week here in Denver, get a dose of perspective tonight at 7 p.m., when Outside Magazine will be presenting the online premiere of Anson Fogel and Cory Richard’s award-winning film Cold at OutsideOnline.com…
While many people might recognize Bill Pullman as Lone Starr in Spaceballs or the President in Independence Day, the movie star is also an accomplished stage actor who’s passionate about helping the performing arts. He’ll be at the L2 Arts & Culture Center tonight to support Visionbox, the Denver actors’…
Yes, Virginia, you still have time to make a holiday gift that comes straight from your heart. Or, if you’re the industrious type, you can swap your handiwork for something equally wonderful. AIGA Colorado and Fancy Tiger are hosting tonight’s Craftworks Trading Party, which mashes up the making and the…
When John Moore took the buy-out from the Denver Post, he left a gaping void in the Denver theater scene — a void that will be tough to fill, if it can be filled at all. Longtime Westword theater critic Juliet Wittman talked about Moore’s departure with many people who…
Artists from the metro area and across the nation will all be represented in Light Supply, a new offering opening today at the Museum of Outdoor Arts, which joins other local museums (the spring exhibit Blink! at the DAM and the MCA’s current show, Another Victory Over the Sun) in…
There’s a first time for every drag queen — and king. The inaugural edition of I’ll Be Ho Ho Ho…Mo For the Holidays: A Drag Football Story rolls out its sequined carpet tonight at X Bar for a whole new kind of drag show. Men and women from the Denver…
Johnny Morehouse likes numbers. In the past, he’s presented joints like The Traveling Super 8 Sideshow, the 5 Minute Film Fest, and an art show titled 4X4X400. This time, the lucky number is ten. Morehouse describes tonight’s event, the Ten Under 10 Film Show, as a “short-attention-span film fest.” Films…
Though actor Bill Pullman is now well known for his vast array of stage and screen roles, including parts in Independence Day, Torch-wood and Spaceballs, he got his start in New York, learning and performing with the Image Theater. “It was very helpful to have a training area and an…
The word “latke” comes from the Hebrew levav, meaning “heart” and those luscious little potato pancakes are traditional Hanukkah fare, but Temple Micah’s congregation is once again lighting a fire under convention and holding its annual cook-off to reward the best and most innovative recipes. Some past winners of the…
If winter clothing and technical mountaineering gear don’t exactly scream “sexy” to you, let the hard-bodied models–male and female–in Neptune Mountaineering’s first-ever winter fashion show, Neptune’s Paradox: What’s Hot for the Cold, tempt you into the backcountry to see what you’ve been missing. “We have nineteen models each doing two…
Max Mackissock has emerged as one of the Mile High City’s most formidable culinary wizards, but when the Squeaky Bean, the irreverent Highland restaurant whose diminutive kitchen he trailblazed, closed several months ago, the chef left the line–which isn’t to say he’s been twiddling his toes. Not only has he…
When Collapse opens tonight at Curious Theatre, it will actually be the second premiere of the new play by continuing Curious collaborator Allison Moore — evidence of the troupe’s ongoing commitment to producing fresh material as part of the National New Play Network’s rolling world-premiere program. The first premiere of…
Hammond’s Candies, makers of unusually large candy canes, is upping the ante on the usual factory tours again this year with its eleventh annual Hammond’s Candy Cane Festival, where the public will be treated to trolley rides, holiday arts and crafts, face-painting, caroling, cookie decorating and face time with Santa…
So-Gnar’s Mighty Midwest Snowboard Camp Tour and Shred Circuit terrain-park competition kicks off this weekend at Echo Mountain with an amateur contest on Saturday at 9 a.m. ($20) and a two-day camp on Saturday and Sunday for snowboarders looking to improve their freestyle skills ($179 includes lift tickets, instruction, and…
There’s no need to look outside the state for one-of-a-kind wearable gifts this winter. Fashion Denver’s holiday market, Tinsel, will shine today, featuring twenty local designers peddling everything from clothing to jewelry to handbags. Set in the historic Grant-Humphreys mansion, the event will present three fashion shows throughout the day,…
Leave it to burlesque madame extraordinaire and bad-ass emcee Cora Vette (aka Reyna Von Vett) to step outside her sparkle-vinyl box for a new show. “I felt like there’s so much burlesque happening in Denver, and so many different groups, that it was time to do something different,” she says…
Writer and storyteller Charly “The City Mouse” Fasano is no stranger to mingling with musicians. The spoken-word artist has shared the stage with the likes of Lucero and Drag the River, has released collaborative work with bands through his own label, Fast Geek Press, and regularly performs live with instrumental…
Christine Lavin, a born storyteller and good ol’ gal, is all about the people she entertains. “I get people together, shake things up and leave town,” she said in a 2004 Westword interview, and that’s sure to happen again when she stops over tonight at the Oriental Theater with her…
If you’re one of those bleeding-heart liberal types who thinks no human on the planet needs to own a gun, Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World is probably not the place for you. I ventured into this dead-animal party in search of Santa for the first installment of this year’s Santa…
