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Come Play in the Park
2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. June 21 - Create Denver Week is dead. Long live Create Denver -- all year long! Last week, while generating buzz for a new event called Come Play in the Park in Civic Center Park, the folks at the city’s Arts & Venues department announced the demise of Create Denver Week, which managed to squeeze...
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Westword Music Showcase
12:00 p.m. June 22 - Featuring 150 local bands and national headliners on thirteen stages, including Dada Life, Trampled By Turtles, P.O.S., Nick Waterhouse, The Mowgli's, My Body Sings Electric, the Colorado Symphony Orchestra plays Beck's Song Reader and more....
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Moovers & Shakers
5:30 p.m. June 24 - Whet your appetite with a smorgasbord of distilled delights at tonight’s first annual Moovers & Shakers mixology competition at the Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut Street in Boulder. You’ll be courted by spirited local barkeeps — all looking to sway you (and your vote...
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Aspen Grove Film Series - The Goonies
7:00 p.m. June 25 - With its story of lost pirate treasure, its great characters and its unforgettable dialogue, The Goonies is still a fan favorite nearly thirty years after its release. And the film’s perfect blend of high adventure and heart, not to mention a timeless message about perseverance a...
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Cactus Bike from Work Bash
5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. June 26 - It will feel good to leave the gas-guzzler at home and pull out your two-wheeler for Bike to Work Day today, but it will feel even better to stop by the
Cactus Bike from Work Bash, which celebrates healthy living, biking, and Colorado.
“This party is for all Denver bikers,” say...
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Figure to Field: Mark Rothko in the 1940s
Every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. from June 23 until September 29 - The familiar and evocative mature paintings of Mark Rothko channel pathos in their glowing blocks of color, but they did not leap onto the canvas automatically. The journey that took Rothko from more traditional roots to shimmering shapes is explored in a new exhibit opening today at the Denver Art ...
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Enviros/Around/Alrededor
Every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until September 22 - Museo de las Américas director Maruca Salazar wisely chose the work of five young Latin American artists to represent the museum during this summer’s Biennial of the Americas 2013. All of them, she says, are part of a new generation deeply concerned with environmental issues in a world ...
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Trax-n-Trails
10:00 a.m. June 22 - The annual cross-country mountain-bike race to benefit the National Sports Center for the Disabled takes on a new name and format this year with the inaugural
Trax-n-Trails Bike Challenge at Winter Park, featuring both competitive and recreational racing.
“We’re looking forward...
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Pandora's Best and Worst of Prom
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. June 23 - Prom is an event that most people dream about for years, but it rarely lives up to anyone’s expectations. Pandora on the Hill, however, has been helping Denverites exceed their gift-giving expectations for the past two decades by offering a dizzying array of funky, affordably priced options. T...
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Old Crow Medicine Show
8:00 p.m. June 25 - Old Crow Medicine Show has a dedicated, ever-growing fan base, healthy album and ticket sales, boatloads of critical acclaim and admiration from a legion of respected musicians across numerous genres — not to mention the talent and stamina he and his bandmates possess to play hundreds of rolli...
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Streetlight Manifesto
7:00 p.m. June 26 - Third-wave ska peaked sometime in the late 1990s, when bands like The Toasters, Save Ferris and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones achieved mainstream recognition. Times change and people move on, and now we're left with Rihanna searching for a rude boy. Thankfully, Streetlight Manifesto has been providing...
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Lighthouse Lit Fest Book Fair
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. daily until June 22 - The Lighthouse Lit Fest Book Fair began last year on a whim, says Lighthouse Writers Workshop director Michael Henry of the annual festival’s culminating event. “We thought maybe we could sell some books by partnering with the Tattered Cover and highlight the authors we have teach...
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Hannah Arendt
Daily from June 21 until June 27 - The writer-philosopher Hannah Arendt, who pounced on the opportunity to cover the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann, resulting in her controversial pronouncement about the disparity between “the mediocrity of the man” and “the horror of the deeds,” is brought to life by a mesmeriz...
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Hats Off to Dr. Seuss!
Daily from June 21 until July 14 - Bill Dreyer has one of the best jobs in the world: He’s the curator for the secret art collection of the beloved children’s author Theodor Geisel, more widely known by his pen name, Dr. Seuss. Because Dreyer has spent so much time in the Geisel home, he’s familiar with something th...
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Punk Rock Karaoke
7:00 p.m. June 20 - Calling all rebel girls and rude boys! Tonight’s Punk Rock Karaoke is a sing-along with a circle pit tailor-made for you. A traveling collection of studio-recorded karaoke tracks, the Punk Rock Karaoke Collective brings classics by Bikini Kill, the Clash, Descendents and more to the sta...
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Make Music Denver
8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. June 21 - The 16th Street Mall will come alive with the sound of music this afternoon when Denver musicians — performing in conjunction with musicians in hundreds of cities around the world — will gather to celebrate World Music Day with an eclectic variety of instruments and styles.
“Mus...
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Fall Out Boy
8:00 p.m. June 23 - Patrick Stump's ferocious, proto-Glambert shriek, Pete Wentz's lacerating text-message bon mots, exhausting song titles: The mid-00s emo-punk answer to hair-metal pomp is back in business. Glossy and lupine, Fall Out Boy have long felt like a clash of contradictory forces. Vital, hungry, polished to...
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Portland Cello Project
7:00 p.m. June 25 - While there a number of string quartet tributes to rock artists out there, Portland Cello Project, a group of cellists, percussionists, and horn players who take the whole thing to a much more exciting, enjoyable conclusion by tackling such works as OutKast's "Hey Ya," Pantera's "Mouth for War," Bri...
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Fabulous Finned Cadillacs of the 1960s
Every Mon., Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat. until August 31 - Cars today aren’t made the way they used to be, laments the Forney Museum of Transportation’s Christof Keim. “Our society, as far as automobiles go, has sort of dulled down and become conformist.” But that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the cars of yesteryear in all...
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Bob Schneider
8:00 p.m. June 20 - Austin-based singer-songwriter Bob Schneider may be one of the hardest-working men in the music biz. And that should work in his favor, because it takes seeing the guy live to appreciate his spastic energy....
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Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks
8:00 p.m. June 20 - Dan Hicks is one of those artists you're pretty sure was never in it for the money. It's not that he doesn't take his craft seriously; it's just that his formula — a combination of just about everything under the sun — is a guarantee for cult status. In that arena, Hicks has few peers. T...
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Snowden
9:00 p.m. June 20 - Snowden's Jade Tree debut, Anti-Anti, instantly transports listeners to the dark, electro-infused '80s rock of Joy Division, Bauhaus and the Cure. So, naturally, comparisons to Interpol, She Wants Revenge and the Editors are inevitable. However, none of that name-checking helps much, except t...
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Richard Thompson
8:00 p.m. June 21 - Richard Thompson probably isn't the first name that comes to mind when listing the greatest guitarists of all time, but it should be. In his seventh decade of existence, Thompson is a respected figure among those who appreciate superb musicianship informed by a rich imagination. Thompson first came ...
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The Voodoo Organist
9:00 p.m. June 21 - The late Screamin' Jay Hawkins once declared, "I'd rather sing opera than be a black Vincent Price." And though he's better remembered as a novelty performer who rose from a coffin, foisting a skull on the end of a stick, Hawkins possessed an astounding vocal range that would have made Puccini proud...
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Crookers
9:00 p.m. June 22 - Crookers may have hit the radar for some with a mean remix of Kid Cudi's "Day and Night," but he's been on the radar for the heads for quite sometime. He adapts hip-hop roots with modern club spins and always keeps your feet moving with uptempo tracks and low-down bass. (Catch Crookers with Ginger P...