Author: John Moore

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save To call David Franklin an “artist” as a teenager in Denver would be to really say, “He was part of a graffiti crew in Denver.” (His official bio actually says that.)  That was before I got my mitts on him. “Oh, this one is going…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Smile.” Pop superstar Katy Perry’s Lifetimes Tour, unlike the Denver Nuggets’ playoff chances, is still breathing. And “By the Grace of God” – if not the Nuggets – Perry fans will finally get to see their hero perform at Ball Arena on Thursday night. The concert,…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “The UMS wants to have your babies.” It was a silly stupid thing to spray-paint onto a frayed piece of canvas, accented by hearts and stars. But, then again, it perfectly stated the naked, unapologetic sentiment Ricardo Baca wanted to put out into the world…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For 68 years, the Longmont Theatre Company has been the collective community heartbeat of downtown Main Street. But that heart has beaten largely unnoticed outside of Boulder County. That changed a year ago – and for all the wrong reasons: A public power struggle broke out…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Granted, there are seven classes of Emmy Awards. But Denver filmmaker Julian Rubinstein just won one of the big ones. On June 26, “The Holly” was named Outstanding Regional Documentary at the 49th annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards, hosted by The National Academy of…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Littleton’s Joshua Bess is on the kind of career trajectory that would have jetted most rising local actors out of Colorado “ages” ago. (It’s a pun. Wait for it.) The 2012 Columbine High grad recently played Roger in the 20th anniversary touring production of “Rent,”…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Move over, Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper. Hang ‘em up, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. Colorado’s Mandy Moore is now tearing up the dance floor with a couple of adorable teenagers named Benjamin Pajak and Trinity Jo-Li Bliss. Oh, and Tom Hiddleston and Annalise Basso,…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Curious cat dads and crazy cat ladies, unite. This is our time. We are Cat People. No more shame! I’m looking at you, lady in the park whose kids run happily up to my cat stroller to take a peek but when you realize that’s…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save If you have ever considered making a donation to the Town Hall Arts Center in Littleton, now might be a good time to click that link. Talk about an imperfect storm of suck. The acclaimed south suburban theater company and the city-owned Main Street building…