Ben Roy, the subject of this week’s cover story, has worked hard to establish himself as a unique voice in the growing Denver comedy scene. We recently spoke with several local comics who have a relationship with Roy both on and off the stage, some of whom were there at…
Reading theater reviews in the New York Times, you often find yourself suffering intense pangs of envy for those friends living there. You’ll never see this fiercely confrontational drama or that hilarious but profound comedy, you think wistfully. Everything exciting is going on miles and miles away. But year after…
The Edge Gallery is really living up to its name right now. Taking up the first member space is fox tales ft. 7 and marbles, an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink show by Estee Fox, who is a whirlwind of creativity. The artist has made videos, including one in which she convincingly pretends to…
John Crist has comfortably rooted himself in the world of Christian comedy, crafting niche-specific jokes that kill with the straight-laced Colorado Springs crowd. Yet somehow — miraculously! — he’s also cultivated a respectable reputation in Denver’s underground community, where the dirtiest of the dirty are constantly in search of socio-political…
Denver Comic Con streaked out the gate last summer in its inaugural year; in 2013, the popular fan convention is already on track to surpass last year’s success, at least from the looks of the guest list. Yesterday, DCC announced that New York Times bestselling graphic novelist and illustrator Chris…
Update: Congratulations to samlimanski and elishag86! You’ve each won two tickets to Artopia. Check your email for details on how to claim them. Original post: Westword’s annual Artopia takes place this Saturday, which means it’s time to start planning your one-night exploration of Denver culture right now. Split across four…
If you haven’t yet seen the first two seasons of HBO’s insanely popular Game of Thrones, then you’d best get in your jammy pants, order a pizza and get started now, since the much-anticipated third season begins on March 31. The show is taken from George R.R. Martin’s remarkable, detail-oriented…
Since 1990, Wits End Comedy Club has held down a corner of Westminster, nurturing the fledgling careers of local comedians while drawing only the heartiest or free-ticket-havingest of crowds to the north suburbs. Wits End claims to be the first comedy club in history opened by women, though sustained ownership…
Month of Photography 2013 officially begins on March 1, but Alicia Bailey’s tiny temple to book-art, Abecedarian Gallery, is getting a head start tonight, when Photo Book Works, an international exhibition of artists’ books incorporating photos and photographic processes, opens in conjunction with the Third Friday Artwalk on Santa Fe…
Michael Paglia visits Robischon Gallery and William Havu Gallery in this week’s review, “The Nature Lovers,” taking in a group show, an exhibit featuring both Sam Scott & Jim Waid, as well as a show from Homare Ikeda. These three shows are all heavily inspired by nature and the art…
The LIDA Project’s newest show, RUR/lol (opening tonight at work | space), tackles the ever popular topic of robots and apocalypse. Whether because of our inherent mistrust of technology designed to replace us, a deep-seated suspicion that our artificially intelligent creations are likely to outlive us, or just an intuitive…
The landscape has played a persistent role in providing themes for artists, not just in the expected neo-traditional categories, but also — and of more interest to me — in modern and contemporary art. As an example, “Western” art has recently been redefined so that it is no longer dominated…
Last night, Lotus Clubs celebrated Mardi Gras with a flame-friendly club crawl through Chloe, Oak Tavern and Suite Two Hundred. As you’ll notice from the scenes below, part of the club crawl featured actual crawling — though of the glamorous, variety, of course. Continue reading for highlights of the dancing,…
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…
