Author: John Moore
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The Shakespearean double life of CU heroine Mary Rippon
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As festival returns to improved amphitheater, a fresh look at its stage’s namesake Shakespeare would have loved Mary Rippon. She was a headstrong woman who rode sidesaddle. On her horse, Fanny – and throughout her unconventional double life. • Like Rosalind, she survived exile and meticulously engineered the ending of her own story. • Like Portia, she…
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Pay to play: Parents’ many summer options for budding high school thespians
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Our recommendations for programs that provide training and performance opportunities for area teenagers It started with a straightforward question from my boss: Can you recommend an enjoyable summer theater-camp experience for a 15-year-old boy in the Denver metro area? The thing about summer camps is that there are enough of them out there to fill…
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Largest-ever ‘X-Files’ reunion is happening in Denver
Linda Blair and Pauly Shore are among late additions to dizzying lineup of ‘LOTR’ and ‘Scream’ stars for Fan Expo Denver More than 100,000 pop-culture fans will gather downtown over the next four days, and there’s so much excitement already about the “Lord of the Rings” cast reunion taking place on Sunday that other huge…
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Flaming Lips, Death Cab for Cutie are heading Outside this weekend
Three days of music and more to promote outdoor industry is moving to Auraria campus This weekend’s Outside Days festival will deepen at least two iconic bands’ long roots in Denver and its surrounding areas. Notably, Wayne Coyne and the Flaming Lips, whose Saturday night appearance will mark the band’s 20th wild and hopefully wonderfully…
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Youth arts’ retiring commanders of chaos
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Northglenn Youth Theatre’s Forerunner of Fun and Colorado Children’s Chorale’s Monkey Queen changed lives for 64 years Two of the metro’s leading arts organizations for children are saying goodbye to retiring foundational leaders who mentored thousands of area young people over a combined 64 years: Kimberly Jongejan, the city of Northglenn’s Cultural Programs Coordinator; and…
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Goosebumps: Baseball legend Dick Allen gets his due
SeriesFest brought new series about Phillies star to Colorado, along with Goose Gossage, Ferguson Jenkins and the ‘Superstar’ of organists In his 74 years, Goose Gossage has been at a loss for words only for about as long as it took his 103-mph fastball to reach the catcher’s mitt in the 1978 All-Star Game. But…
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Boulder museum turns to Jill Desmond
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Arts news: Railbenders christen newest Soiled Dove; arts economy booming in Springs; Bright Eyes at Red Rocks The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art has named Jill Desmond to lead the organization as it prepares to transition into its new home in North Boulder. “Desmond is a seasoned arts professional with more than 20 years of…
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Colorado gives artists blank canvas to form corporations
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With Polis’ expected signature, the state will become the first to develop the A-Corp as a business entity for creatives The full Colorado General Assembly has now passed the Colorado Artist Company Act, with the state senate Wednesday joining the house in passing the bill on the final day of the session. Upon Gov. Jared…
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Pam Grier’s name gets top billing at Alamo
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‘I don’t want to miss a second of this,’ legendary film icon from Denver says before Friday’s rechristening of Littleton cinema At 76 years (and counting), the still-evolving Pam Grier story cannot be tidily reduced to that of a pioneering sex symbol turned feminist icon. She is both of those, to be sure – and yet,…
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SeriesFest honors pathmakers at gala gathering
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Honorees include actors Amy Seimetz and D’Arcy Carden, director Gia-Rayne B. Harris, and showrunner Patrick Macmanus The biggest winner at the SeriesFest awards gala on Friday might have been Nordstrom’s. “We bought this dress four hours ago,” “Bridgerton” director Gia-Rayne B. Harris said of her emergency trip to the department store with her Mississippi mother…