Entertainment
Unbridled art
When the tight squeeze of Communist regime censorship applied itself to art in Poland, trained artists turned their hands to the unmonitored medium of poster production. Communist leaders believed that posters for cultural events, like film, opera, theatre and the ...
Charles Bukowski uncovered
Absence of the Hero, Vol. 2, the latest book of uncollected Charles Bukowski writings, begins with “The Reason Behind Reason,” a poignant tale of a professional baseball player who has somewhat of a psychotic break while playing the outfield. In the middle of a game...
Kobayashi Magoo
If modern nerd culture has a “patient zero,” it was Mr. Trekkie (or Miss Trekker, if you’re nasty). Their legendary attention to detail is exceeded only by their willingness to speak Klingon in the most intimate of settings. And they’re really, really going to hate ...
Mamma Roma
Few filmmakers are as divisive as the great Italian Pier Paolo Pasolini. He was a novelist, a poet and a provocateur even before he...
Applauding all abilities
In Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, the song “The Farmer and The Cowman” claims the differences between the two shouldn’t prevent them from becoming friends....
‘Natural woman’
Colorado is known for its breathtaking natural beauty, but because of our hectic daily schedules, some of us might not always take the time...
An insider’s perspective: the making of a Fringe Festival act
I never thought that I would write a play about healing from sexual abuse, but as I was driving to Winnipeg to perform another play, scenes for just such a play kept popping in my head. I pushed them away and told myself that if I get into the Victoria Fringe ...
Studio Project reminds visitors animal rights are ‘No Joke’
A multi-colored snake twists up the stairwell of the Firehouse Art Center, some sections of its body exposed revealing a spine and heart, its fangs...
‘The Vow’ Earns a Record $11.6 Mil on Valentine’s Day
The Rachel McAdams-Channing Tatum romantic drama easily posts the best midweek gross ever for the sweetheart holiday...
Zombie Shoot
Make all your zombie movie and haunted house fantasies become a reality at the Zombie Shoot in Longmont, where participants will be transported to a zombie apocalypse and have to fight off the living dead themselves. Paintball-style handguns, live zombie actors and ...
Theater | Week of April 23, 2015
Ain’t Misbehavin’. Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora, 303-856- 7830. Through April 26...