Artist Dražen Grubišić and film producer Olinka Vištica were in a relationship for four years, and then they broke up. But their relationship didn’t end there — instead, they entered into a unique partnership by founding the Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb, Croatia: a heart-wrenching, funny and very personal…
During Westword photographer Brandon Marshall’s visit to the Monster Jam at the Pepsi Center this weekend, he might have photographed, once and for all, the world’s cutest monster truck fan. He also, of course, captured scenes of some serious smashing, jumping and crushing, including shots of professional driver Nicole Johnson’s…
Update: Congratulations to crazeeehoteee! You’ve won two tickets to tomorrow’s Die Hard marathon. Check your email for details on how to claim them. Original post: On February 13, the Harkins theater in Northfield is celebrating the release of the fifth chapter of the Die Hard franchise with a marathon of…
Yes, yes, we all know him as The Weasel, the speech-impaired, blank-eyed wonderboy who confused parents and enthused Gen X-ers in films like Encino Man, Son in Law and Bio-Dome. But Pauly Shore’s revival as a standup comedian is more than just a ’90s novelty act: Descended from Mitzi Shore,…
This one’s officially for the kids, but it’s really about the whole world, and the suffering of people in other nations. As part of its ongoing Monthly Creative Literacy program in collaboration with the Denver Public Library, RedLine will host the second of two One Million Bones art events in…
Georgia O’Keeffe in New Mexico: Architecture, Katsinam and the Land, a touring show from the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum that opens Sunday at the Denver Art Museum, is a beautiful and subtle exhibition with new revelations, even for the most advanced O’Keeffe-maniac. Incredibly, this is the Denver Art Museum’s first-ever major…
You don’t often hear throat singing — a traditional vocal technique for singing in overtones. Generally the domain of goat-herding Tuvans or Tibetan monks, it’s rarely performed by Americans. But you’ll get your chance tonight when cousins Andy and Kurt Bauer perform their world music live at the Swallow Hill…
Brittany Gould has been making art in various mediums for a decade in Colorado. From tangible paper-made objects to beautiful vocal loops created live as her audience watches, the Washington, D.C., native’s temperate approach to art comes through with a fierce individuality. One of a handful of artists, architects and…
It all began with a photograph, taken more than thirty years ago on an auspicious occasion. It pictures a smiling who’s who of a generation of Chicano artists working in Denver in the late 1970s, and at their center, seated on a couch, the great Mexican artist Francisco Zuñiga. He’d…
The University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus has a futuristic quality, what with its gigantic neo-modernist buildings, all of them dedicated to medical science. But at the north end of the campus, finishing off one side of the Boettcher Commons, there’s a scrupulously detailed little jewel of a building dedicated…
After staring at the Judgmental Denver map for a good twenty minutes late last Thursday night, I decided to write some thoughts on the neighborhood(s) I call home, and salute the map’s then-unknown creator — who then contacted me. And a few days ago, I called Trent Gillaspie, a technology…
As Tod Davies describes it, she’s “been a kazillion things” over the years. From work as a film producer (of Revengers Tragedy and Three Businessmen) to a screenwriter (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) to her current role as publisher of the independent press Exterminating Angel, Davies has been involved…
Westword photographer Christopher Morgan stopped by the second First Friday art walk of 2013 and brought back these scenes of the art, the food, the music and the people. Continue reading for a few highlights, and visit our full slide show for more. See also: – Slide show: First Friday…
My disdain for American football knows no bounds, and I don’t believe in wasting my Sundays watching testosterone-addled meatheads run up and down a field with the hopes of placing a ball. In honor of yesterday’s Super Bowl game — as well as all the attendant hoopla — I created…
Ben Kronberg could be the most successful comic to come out of the Denver comedy scene recently. Crafting Mitch Hedberg- style micro-jokes, delivered with a creepy dead-pan stare, Kronberg has developed a style all his own that’s gaining some national recognition. After showcasing on Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham series,…
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,…
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…
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 –…
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…
