Today the Denver Film Society releases the full schedule for the 39th Denver Film Festival, taking place November 2 - 13 at the Sie FilmCenter, Ellie Caulkins Opera House and the UA Denver Pavilions Stadium. With over 200 titles representing local, national and international independent films — as well as industry panels, workshops,...
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Tension and release is the driving principle of a tearjerker, where every good fortune is countered by something worse. And as dismissive as critics often are of the genre, it’s actually quite difficult for a director to make people cry en masse and genuinely feel things. Derek Cianfrance’s foreboding melodrama...
Clarinetist Ben Goldberg, a Denver native who has been a longtime Bay Area resident, has worked in the avant-garde world heavies like John Zorn, Nels Cline and Myra Melford. He also formed the New Klezmer Trio in 1992, was part of the acoustic chamber group Tin Hat and has led...
Colorado may be the “Napa Valley of craft beer,” but our three major sports venues have always been more like the Death Valley of craft beer: although you can find a can or a cup of something from a local independent brewer if you look hard enough at Mile High...
September should just be called urban art month in the Mile High City because there are so many amazing, mural-centered events over the next few weeks. The biggest and best is always saved for the end of the sunny season: The Crush, the annual repainting of RiNo, this round featuring...
Last year, Governor John Hickenlooper signed into law a bill that made DUIs a class 4 felony under certain circumstances. Among them: The violation must occur after three prior convictions for DWAI, DUI or DUI per se and the offender's blood alcohol content has to be at least .15 —...
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In the shadow of the State Capitol, at the intersection of Sherman Street and Colfax Avenue, sits a handsome limestone edifice with brass doors and tall Corinthian columns, home to the Colorado Department of Education. Inside the heavy doors, a hushed great hall beckons. A peaceful place, its cool marble...
As we reported, Saturday's 4/20 Rally at Civic Center park was postponed "due to weather and circumstances beyond its control." The latter reportedly involved one of the event's headliners — marquee names were Wiz Khalifa and Lil Wayne — being unable to get to Denver as a result of the weekend's crazy...
Looking back at this dismal summer of superhero adaptations, I am reminded of something Chris Rock said during the 77th Academy Awards: “There are only four real stars, and the rest are just popular people.” This was February 2005, mind you — a few months before Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins...
It's legal for women to be topless in Denver, as evidenced by the hundreds who marched along the 16th Street Mall as part of Go Topless Denver Day this summer. But as we've reported, the laws are different in Fort Collins, where an organization called Go Topless Fort Collins has spent...
Musician Lizzy Allen is now based in Seattle, but she spent most of her life in Colorado. As lead singer and multi-instrumentalist for indie-rock band Vitamins, Allen made a mark in the Denver scene as a talented vocalist. In 2010, a random encounter at a Tame Impala show between her...
Through two weeks, the Denver Broncos' season has been marked by victories and the broken hearts of opponents' fans. Game one found Denver duplicating its Super Bowl win over the Carolina Panthers in a manner that left Cam Newton loyalists feeling thoroughly pissed off. And a similar shudder of despair went...
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The weekend shooting at 18th and Market, which killed one person and injured another, took place in a parking lot that's long been known by Denver police as the worst place to be during let-out for area bars and clubs. Plenty of drivers would agree. Multiple cars in the lot were...
Left Hand Brewing in Longmont and River North Brewery in Denver are both releasing major new beers in their year-round and seasonal portfolios over the next few days and weeks. Left Hand will debut three seasonals. Hard Wired Nitro is part of the brewery's nitrogenated bottle series and has flavors...
It's been a while since music fans depended on TV channels like MTV to get their fix of new and favorite music. Today devices like Roku and Apple TV are becoming increasingly popular as people realize that the big cable companies are charging a hell of a lot of money for...
The LoHi neighborhood welcomes a new kind of tap room with the opening of American Cultures. This watering hole isn't your typical craft brewery tap room; instead, the cool and newly renovated spot on the corner of West 32nd Avenue and Tejon Street pours kombucha. Stop in for a glass,...
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Yes, tourists are coming to Colorado for the weed — but just not as many as you might think. In fact, according to a state-subsidized survey, only 12 percent of visitors to this state visit a dispensary. Although tourism boosters shied away from discussing marijuana right after recreational use was legalized,...
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A recent report from the city auditor's office found several weaknesses in the way that Denver Parks and Recreation handles its contracts with private companies — particularly in its concession agreements on city-owned golf courses, which appear to be at odds with established city practices and offer wildly varying terms...
The latest data obtained by Westword from the Denver Police Department shows that enforcement of Denver’s unauthorized camping ordinance – better known as the “urban camping ban” — remains at elevated levels since regular sweeps of the homeless began in March. Here is the updated chart: The urban camping ban...
“Gentrification is such a big, scary word,” said Katherine Agular to a crowded gymnasium at Manual High School. “It angers me to see my friends and neighbors pack up and leave. But they have no choice, they can no longer afford to live in our neighborhood,” she continued. “It angers...
Poetry flows from Chicago hip-hop artist and Talib Kweli protege K'Valentine. Whether she's rapping about fucking while hip-hop plays on a stereo, her longing for Atlanta (a city she likens to a guy with nappy hair and gold teeth), the anti-Chi-Raq movement, mentoring a new generation of artists, her family...