Dixie Longate doesn’t need real fireworks to light up the stage, and neither do you. In fact, there are plenty of ways to dazzle this summer without fire and have just as much fun as the host of Dixie’s Cherry Bombs & Bottle Rockets, playing at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House on July 8. While […]
Few writers have been as universally celebrated as William Shakespeare, and even though one may feel they know the Bard’s prose well, it never gets old. Nor does watching the plays live, hearing his sonnets and enjoying interpretations of the stories through countless means. Whether heading to a live performance, planning the next character study, […]
Perhaps Theater of the Mind was your first taste of immersive experiences or you may have been an early adopter when DCPA Off-Center launched in 2010/11 with The Ultimate Wii Baseball Game and Hip Hop Jambalaya. No matter your original entry point, you’re likely hooked…or soon will be. If you aren’t family with immersive experiences, […]
Please note: Restaurant hours, locations, and menus are subject change, so please visit the restaurant website or call in advance of visiting. Miss Rhythm: The Legend of Ruth Brown – playing May 6 through October 15 at the Garner Galleria Theatre – encapsulates the life and times of R&B singer Ruth Brown as a symbol […]
From the archives: this post was originally published on December 14, 2021. People have been buying alcoholic drinks in England for more than a thousand years in taverns, ale houses, coaching inns, and grog shops – but what we think of today as a typical English pub didn’t happen until 1830. To counter distilled spirits […]
The International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) was an idea hatched in 1988 by some of the country’s leading dance companies and artists to preserve and promote dance by people of African ancestry. Denver’s own Cleo Parker Robinson was one of the five founders of IABD who helped form and shape it into a […]
Some of the world’s worst criminals reside at Florence’s supermax penitentiary , the nation’s most secure federal prison, including Mexican drug lord El Chapo, Al-Qaida cofounder Mamdouh Mahmud Salim and FBI agent-turned spy Robert P. Hanssen. But the Centennial state has its homegrown ‘heroes,’ as well. Running from the law is a time-honored Colorado tradition, and […]
Please note: Restaurant hours, locations, and menus are subject change, so please visit the restaurant website or call in advance of visiting. Thanks to Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel Les Misérables and the May 10-21 production of the musical at the Buell Theatre, we have classic French food on the brain. Think coq au vin, escargot, […]
TW: This article contains content that some readers may find distressing, including mentions of abuse. Those familiar with Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Color Purple, are familiar with the abuse Celie suffered at the hands of her father and husband. It went beyond physical to sexual, mental and emotional abuse. According to a 2020 […]
Please note: Restaurant hours, locations, and menus are subject change, so please visit the restaurant website or call in advance of visiting. For those who have not seen Les Misérables yet, we don’t want to spoil anything, but let’s just say that a loaf of bread is crucial to the entire story. Is there bread […]