Entertainment
Choose your own adventure
The line is hundreds deep, snaking around a dark parking lot lorded over by armed men in military riot gear atop the warehouse loading dock. One by one, they check IDs and tickets, then give attendees a gun and push them through the gates of hell...
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Sunday, April 6 Arvada Kite Festival. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Stenger Soccer Complex, 11200 W. 58th Ave., Arvadaa, 720-898-7000. What better way to celebrate the beginning of spring than to hang out outside and enjoy a nice breeze? The Arvada Kite Festival is celebrating ...
We was smart once
Modern Americans re-elected a man who plunged the country into two wars, tortured people and destroyed our economy, all because George W. Bush was the kind of guy you’d “like to have a beer with.” But for a brief moment in 1972, America rooted for the smart guy. To ...
A common theme
Listening to a young band can be as fun as opening the door of an outhouse. Unfocused songwriting and lackluster instrumentation, spoon-fed by the blind adoration of equally young, equally uninformed fans, can make for an unpleasant experience, to put it mildy...
Growing pains
Many artists are drawn to the theater because it fosters a sense of community. So when a playhouse announces its closure, the creatives involved...
Review: White Denim and Moon Taxi at the Fox Theatre, 1/28/14
Like most alternative bands these days, White Denim has been described with at least eight different combinations ending in the word rock. From psychedelic, blues, punk and progressive to soul, jazz and experimental, the group truly does encompass small elements of...
Seth Rogen had a superhero vision few shared, but he made...
LOS ANGELES — It's not easy being a hard-luck hero. Just ask Seth Rogen...
You’re gonna carry that weight a long time
The world has not been kind to Troy Maxson (Denzel Washington). Though he had outstanding talent on the baseball diamond, he couldn’t break the...
Nobody puts Falstaff in a corner
Now in its 57th season, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival is enjoying a wellearned renaissance. The 2014 CSF is full of interesting, high-quality offerings, chief of which is the uproarious The Merry Wives of Windsor. During the 12 years I have had the privilege of ...
Grammy nominations sidestep older performers
At the 52nd Grammy Awards on Jan. 31, it’ll be kids’ night — at least by the staid standards of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences...
He came, he saw, he kvetched
Imagine if, by some twist of fate, Brad Pitt accepted an invitation to dinner at your home some wintry evening. Further imagine that as Mr. Pitt was reaching for your doorbell he slipped on a patch of ice and broke his hip...
Building power
If you live in Boulder County, you’ve probably heard the story of Zayd Atkinson and John Smyly. On March 1, 2019, Atkinson, a Naropa...
