Like that slow, satisfying burn of your favorite spicy foods, “The Book Handlers” at Buntport lingers with you long after you’ve left the theater and gets even better the more your mind dives into the juicy themes of the play. Seeming to draw inspiration from “The Twilight Zone,” absurdist playwrights like Eugène Ionesco (The Bald Soprano) and existential thinkers like Kafka, this show is a multi-layered piece about everything and nothing. Continue Reading
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The Great Leap: History Meets Humor Meets Basketball
“I am relentless. I am the most relentless person you’ve ever met. If you have met someone more relentless than me, tell me, tell me … .” Manford, the central character in the world premiere play, "The Great Leap," is a cocky Chinese-American teenager who talks his way onto the University of San Francisco’s basketball team in order to join them for a friendship game in China against Beijing University. Blending history, humor and the great sport of basketball, this play by Lauren Yee is fresh Continue Reading
Cleon Peterson: Shadow of Men
Powerful. Timely. Jarring, yet elegant. Artist Cleon Peterson’s exhibition at MCA Denver explores the shadow self and male violence through an incredible body of work that is boldly modern, yet evokes the style of classical Greek figures. Not created as a commentary on contemporary society, this is Peterson’s exploration of his own journey and the violence he feels inside himself. Through canvas works and ceramics, he gives form to his own ugly insides. Continue Reading
Happy Random Acts of Kindness Week!
Let's spread kindness! Observed every February, and celebrated this year from February 11-17, 2018, #RAKWeek is an annual opportunity to unite through kindness. Continue Reading
American Mariachi
Tender, touching (yes, I fought back tears, but half the audience was sniffing by the final scene too) and transportive, American Mariachi at Denver Center explores the powerful way music connects us to our culture, our families and to ourselves. Live Mariachi music is seamlessly woven throughout the 90-minute, intermission-free, performance as the audience joins Lucha, a young Mexican-American woman determined to found an all-female Mariachi band in order to connect, through music, with her Continue Reading