Entertainment
David Allan Coe’s stained legacy
David Allan Coe’s stained legacy When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy,” wrote William Hazlitt, “it ceases to be a subject of interest.” Apply that maxim to country music legend David Allan Coe, and you’ll get a mixed bag of love and hate. At one ...
The end of domination?
Art has come full circle for author Tod Davies, at least a portion of it has. This month, the fourth book in her History...
The truth about ‘On the Road’
In his latest book, Gerald Nicosia has unlocked the dynamic of Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady, and not a moment too soon...
Ecological disaster takes center stage in Butterfly Effect production of ‘The...
A great play should leave a mark. That’s the mission underpinning the Butterfly Effect Theatre of Colorado (BETC), whose name reflects the company’s desire...
CU NOW presents selections from new opera by Jake Heggie and...
ake Heggie, composer of the opera Dead Man Walking, and Gene Scheer, who wrote librettos for Heggie’s Moby Dick and It’s a Wonderful Life,...
TV drama ‘Alcatraz’ continues Hollywood’s fascination with legendary prison
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Sometimes, just a single word...
Black humorless
Low-brow. Just expect it from Gulliver’s Travels. When Gulliver ( Jack Black) first arrives at the kingdom of Lilliput and puts out a raging fire by dropping his shorts and urinating, I was astonished by the audience laughter. This is a film unabashedly aimed at teen...
Blues is the route
The music started about 40 years ago at a party at Mary Flower’s house in Denver. Singer Mollie O’Brien recalls the gathering in 1980...
The first rule of entertainment
Like Fight Club, entertainment has rules, and the first one is so fundamentally important it deserves to be the first two. The first rule...
Meat Puppets stage a hodown at The Fox
Moistboyz and Meat Puppets hosted a grungy, moshy hoe-down at the Fox on Tuesday, April 2...
