Scene – Category Archive – North Metro Diversions

Sanctuary.

What a strange word to have become so politically charged. When I was a child, I attended religious school every Saturday or Sunday (depending on how heavy the enrollment was) at Temple Emanuel in Denver. It’s the oldest Jewish congregation in Colorado. I started attending there before they built their additional, smaller sanctuary for the school, and the main one was was a massive

Spotlight: Maria Bamford

It's been 15 years since Maria Bamford's first comedy album dropped, and to say that's it's been a straight line from there to the success she enjoys today would be a misstatement. If you're fan, you know much of her comedy stems from her struggle with Bipolar II disorder, which led to a few hospitalizations in 2011 and 2012. She’s found an amazing way to present material that makes

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The Nutcracker at Ellie Caulkins Opera House A Christmas Carol. The sound of Salvation Army bell-ringers. The lights on the Denver City and County Building. The holiday season brings a slew of traditions to the Centennial State, but few of them are as enduring as the Colorado Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker. Named the best-loved Nutcracker in the U.S. in the 10th Annual

Krampus comes to life, courtesy of the 13th Floor [Last day: Dec. 15th]

Krampus. It's an ancient and terrifying holiday. Skip to a safer story if you’re squeamish or have an active imagination. This isn’t for you.

Boulder Opera is cultivating the next generation of opera lovers

Boulder Opera was launched with the desire to bring the age old art form of opera to all audiences and give it a modern spin. “Kids were our first focus - if we could produce opera that resonated with a young audience and their families, we knew that we could build a culture of opera lovers in Boulder.”

Troyboi blows Ogden Theater away

Okay, so this was a fun night. Troyboi came to perform in Denver at one of our paper venues, Ogden Theatre, and lay down his very specific brand of life-altering, world rocking trap music. Now while we've been hitting up EDM shows since Moon Tribes in the desert outside of Yuma, trap music is a little new to us. Still, from the openers on, this was a fantastic show.

OSHUN at MOONROOM: Afrofuturistic love manifest

I point out this semantic, etymological, religious history because, if there was anything more love and more sweet water and more goddess and more African than the band Oshun, who performed at Summit Music Hall’s Moon Room this past November 20th, I haven't found them touring through Colorado yet.

Opera Colorado Concludes Four Nights of Verdi’s La Traviata: Bravo!

La Traviata. The word traviata, from the Italian verb Traviare, means corrupt[ed] woman. Opera Colorado completed a four night run of the Verdi’s La Traviata on November 11th with an afternoon performance. We stopped in with a friend to take in the masterpiece that is considered “one of the cornerstones of the operatic repertory.

Lord Huron at the Ogden: Photos

Early in October, Lord Huron dropped into the Ogden Theater to what a appaeared to be a capacity crowd. We were there to take photos but we need to say: please see this band.

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Kyle Kinane at Comedy Works Kyle Kinane’s impressive resume includes TV shows like @Midnight, The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, Conan, Workaholics, This Is Not Happening, Not Safe with Nikki Glaser, and Comedy Bang! Bang! His breakout hit special, I Liked His Old Stuff Better, aired on Comedy Central in 2015 — and he followed up this year with a new one-hour special titled Loose in