Arts and Culture

Five places to shop for mom -- or just take her along when you go

By Susan Froyd Fri., May 10 2013 at 6:00 AM
Categories: Arts and Culture, Festivals, Motherhood, Shopping

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Dive into the truffles at the Colorado Chocolate Festival.
You really don't have to celebrate Mother's Day like everyone else. Modern moms are an independent bunch, and they may not want to spend their big day knitting by the hearth or enjoying whatever stereotypical pastime they're supposed to prefer. Moms just aren't like that anymore. Following are five places where you can take your fierce, witty, sassy, life-loving mom -- or just shop for her.

See also:
- Think Mommy Dearest was tough? Consider these divas of the animal world
- In honor of Mother's Day, a list of the music world's top five hottest mamas
- The thoughtful Motherhood Out Loud is hilariously quotable


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Festivals

The Body Electric Poetry Film Festival celebrates the merging of two art forms

By Bree Davies Thu., May 2 2013 at 9:48 AM
Categories: Festivals, Film and TV, Poetry

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From The Mantis Shrimp, a 2013 Body Electric Poetry Film Festival selection.
The idea for The Body Electric Poetry Film Festival began when poet and filmmaker R.W. Perkins realized he was the guy who could make it happen. "I'm a video poet and had a lot of success with my stuff overseas -- I was noticing a lot of really talented filmmakers being showcased in Germany and the United Kingdom," Perkins explains. "I'd seen a few of these (festivals) pop up in the U.S., but not too many. I was thinking, it would be kind of cool if someone would do that here -- and one day it dawned on me, I'm somebody."

Perkins acted on this revelation, and the result is Saturday's Body Electric Poetry Film Festival, a single evening in Fort Collins that will showcase short, cinematically-expressed poems from around the globe.

See also:
- From the Archives: the prison poetry of Minoru Yasui
- Slideshows: 2013 Women of the World Poetry Slam
- Poet Ken Arkind on the purpose of poetry in a music-driven world


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Arts and Culture

Five films to see during the XicanIndie Film Fest's quinceañera celebration

By Susan Froyd Thu., Apr. 4 2013 at 6:00 AM
Categories: Arts and Culture, Festivals, Film and TV, Performance

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"Delusions of Grandeur" is part of the XicanIndie Film Festival XV.

Su Teatro's XicanIndie Film Festival, now in its fifteenth year, is a pure distillation of what the Chicano culture center offers on its stages all year long. That almost guarantees a curated whirlwind of diverse Latin-American films, filmmaker appearances, parties and world-class live performances, all in the space of four days. But it also means there won't be a boring moment, and that music and humor will be part of the package.

See also:
- 100 Colorado Creatives: Anthony Garcia, Su Teatro
- Herbert Siguenza's A Weekend With Pablo Picasso is 45 years in the making
- Mi Casa es Su Casa

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GLBTQ

Denver PrideFest 2013 announces headliners Taylor Dayne and Martha Wash

By Susan Froyd Wed., Apr. 3 2013 at 6:00 AM
Categories: Festivals, GLBTQ

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Britt Chester
The middle of June isn't that far away, so it's not too early to begin planning for Denver PrideFest 2013, scheduled for June 15 and 16 this year in Civic Center Park. Sexy `80s pop star Taylor Dayne will headline the Center Stage on Saturday, followed on Sunday by sassy Weather Girl Martha Wash on Sunday. Bring your umbrella -- it'll be raining men!

See also:
- Photos: People in their undies at PrideFest 2012
- PrideFest 2012 weekend: hotter (and more sunburned) than ever
- Slide show: Sunday at 2012 PrideFest

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Interviews

Susan Claassen becomes a fashion icon in A Conversation With Edith Head

By Bree Davies Thu., Feb. 28 2013 at 11:01 AM
Categories: Festivals, Interviews

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Susan Claassen as Edith Head.
A Hollywood stylist before the term was even coined, costume designer Edith Head was the imagination behind the wardrobes for hundreds of films. For decades, the petite, behind-the-scenes boss oversaw a majority of Paramount's clothing-design work, dressing stars like Elizabeth Taylor and Bette Davis. She was the recipient of eight Oscars, wrote three books and was an influential voice for fashion on television long before couture went mainstream.

As part of the programming for 2013's Women + Film Voices Film Festival, Susan Claassen brings her one-woman show, A Conversation With Edith Head, to the L2 Arts and Culture Center this Sunday, March 3. Claassen's expertly researched, elegantly portrayed tribute to the fashion icon is so dead-on, friends of Head -- who passed away in 1981 -- have carried on conversations with the actress while in character.

In advance of this special one-night performance, Claassen -- who also wrote the play -- talked to Westword about the depths of her Edith Head research, the Academy's gracious help and why Head is important to contemporary fashion.

See also:
- Night & Day: A Conversation With Edith Head
- Night & Day: Women + Film Voices Film Festival
- Director of fashion documentary Versailles '73 on the runway show that changed history


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Today in Stoke

Breckenridge to crown 50th anniversary Ullr Fest king and queen on Sunday

By Colin Bane Fri., Jan. 4 2013 at 9:58 AM
Categories: Festivals, Skiing, Snowboarding, Today in Stoke

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In a year of big ski-town anniversaries -- including a 40th bash at Copper Mountain, 50th anniversaries at Vail and Steamboat and Eldora, the 75th anniversary celebration at Loveland, and the upcoming 100th anniversary of Steamboat Springs' Howelsen Hill -- the wildest party of all just might be this week in Breckenridge, where the town is marking the 50th anniversary of Ullr Fest. The festival, which dates back to 1963, is a downright pagan paean to Ullr (rhymes with "cooler"), the skiing, hunting, badass god of Norse mythology who has been adopted as the patron saint of winter revelry.

See also:
- Get the edge on winter fun with The Edge!
- Experts agree: Made-in-Colorado snowboards are the best
- Folsom Custom Skis, RMU, Icelantic dominate Freeskier Top 10 "Microbrew" list


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Festivals

Vail celebrates 50th anniversary by projecting films and photos on the Logan Ice Theater

By Nathalia Vélez Wed., Dec. 19 2012 at 1:27 PM
Categories: Festivals, Outdoors

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The Logan Ice Theater in progress.
Icy objects are familiar sights in Vail, but a ten-foot-tall wall of ice used as a projection screen is definitely a first in this mountain town. The Logan Ice Theater will be unveiled tonight at the Sixth Annual Triumph Winterfest, coming alive with videos and images of the past fifty years of the town, since the ski resort is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. And, weather permitting, the theater will stay in business through February.

See also:
- Ski porn pioneer Roger Cotton Brown on fifty years of filming at Vail
- Photos: Opening Day at Vail
- The Logan Ice Theater Grand Opening


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Events

Atletu (The Athlete) runs Tuesday at Comedy Works South

By Kalen Deremo Mon., Nov. 12 2012 at 1:00 PM
Categories: Events, Festivals

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Abebe Bikila was once the fastest long-distance runner in the world. He was so good, he could beat his counterparts -- while not wearing shoes. He set world records and reached unprecedented achievements in the Olympics. But then an auto accident left Bikila paralyzed from the waist down, never to run again.

The Athlete, which portrays his incredible roller-coaster ride of a life, will be shown at Comedy Works South on Tuesday, November 13, at a special red-carpet premiere that the film's star and co-director, Rasselas Lakew, will attend. The showing is part of Film Festival Flix's ongoing efforts to expose the country to lesser-known independent films.

See also:
- Cinemania
- National Sports Center for the Disabled hosts No Barriers Summit 2011 at Winter Park
- Marathon runner wants to help you make strides in the kitchen


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Film and TV

Starz Denver Film Festival's wonderful closing weekend: Silver Linings Playbook and more

By Michael Roberts Mon., Nov. 12 2012 at 8:52 AM
Categories: Festivals, Film and TV

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Tippi Hedren.
Although the variety of flicks at the Starz Denver Film Festival lets movie lovers tailor their own fest, the marquee events serve as signposts -- and this year's opening night feature, A Late Quartet, and Big Night spotlight, Quartet, underwhelmed compared to the $2.5 million gift from Anna and John Sie to buy Denver FilmCenter on Colfax. But the saying "It's not how you start, but how you finish" was proven true, with three successes on the final weekend.

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Starz Denver Film Festival weekend must-sees: Brit Withey on Virgin Tales and more

By Michael Roberts Fri., Nov. 9 2012 at 10:00 AM
Categories: Festivals

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Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest -- including many flicks that movie lovers might otherwise miss amid the flood of silver-screen goodies.

Here, he shares his takes on Friday's Virgin Tales, Saturday's Caesar Must Die and Sunday's Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters.

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