Arts & Culture
Tapping into history
Eighty-eight-year-old Harriet Butcher vividly recalls Sammy Davis Jr. tap dancing on the stage of the Roxy Theater in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood. Butcher takes a deep breath and closes her eyes as she recalls swooning over the legendary performer...
Reality is the New Fiction
Art is not just a painting on the wall anymore (though some may argue it never was). Today, what we consider art is as diverse as a subway station at rush hour. Due to the technological globalization of our world, a hybrid reality has been born—a place where the ...
Home is where the art is
Selling art out of your house has certain virtues. Art in a gallery can look distant and cool, far too impressive for living room walls. But bring paintings home and they seem to change shape, take on greater intimacy, join the family and get comfortable on the ...
The reintroduction of Clyfford Still
Even art enthusiasts who believed they knew the work of leading American abstract expressionist Clyfford Still had surprises waiting when the museum of his work opened in Denver. But for everyone else, it was a surprise just knowing the man existed at all...
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 says this is World War...
The drama surrounding Modern Warfare development studio Infinity...
Art in all forms
For many, ballet might seem inaccessible, even intimidating. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Denver’s Ballet Nouveau Colorado, entering its 10th season, aims to appeal to a wide audience in various ways, says the group’s artistic director, Garrett Ammon...
Surreal oddities
Goldilocks enters the three bears’ home with an excited curiosity; she sneaks around knowing she doesn’t quite fit in, but enjoys the exploration nonetheless...
Holy sheet
After having visited Bloodshed / The 13th Floor, and Zombieland / Asylum, my Halloween Haunted House Tour had immediately gone from happy-go-lucky, and "phew, my pants are still on," to "I will never be able to sleep with the lights off again, and my goodness how is ...
Fear and Laughing
Next up on my Halloween Haunted House Fest: Primitive Fear and 13th Street Manor (just north of the dog track at 5155 E. 64th Avenue, Commerce City, CO 80022). Â Same building, different haunted houses. Â Well, more like one absolutely horrifying house, and one ...
Gears of War 3 ends trilogy with great story, action
It’s been about three years since Gears of War 2...