Vintage Theatre presents “The Roommate,” January 13 through February 19

Sharon, in her mid-fifties, is recently divorced and needs a roommate to share her Iowa home. Robyn, also in her mid-fifties, needs a place to hide and a chance to start over. But as Sharon begins to uncover Robyn’s secrets, they encourage her own deep-seated desire to transform her life completely. A dark comedy about what it takes to re-route your life—and what happens when the wheels come off.

Vintage Theatre presents the Denver premiere of “The Roommate,” January 13 through February 19 at 1468 Dayton St. in Aurora. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2:30 p.m. and Monday, January 23 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets ranging from $20 - $34 are on sale by calling 303-856-7830 or online at www.vintagetheatre.org.

Meet the 2022 Gay Travel Awards Nominees

Now in its seventh year, The Gay Travel Awards support and promote LGBTQ+ travel and tourism. 

Place your vote for this year's nominees and check out the past winners who lead by example and help inspire others to follow their inclusive spirit.

WalletHub: Denver Ranks in the Top 20 Best Cities for Christmas

Source: WalletHub

With spending over the winter holidays projected to be between $943 billion and $960 billion this year, the highest amount ever, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2022’s Best Places for Christmas Celebrations, as well as expert commentary.

In order to determine which cities will offer a holly jolly holiday even amid the stresses of high inflation, WalletHub compared the 100 biggest U.S. cities based on 32 key indicators of a safe and affordable Christmas. Our data set ranges from the availability of Christmas traditions to the percentage of residents who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to the city’s overall generosity.

Celebrating Christmas in Denver (1=Best; 50=Avg.):

• 17^th – Percentage of Residents Who Are Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19
• 7^th – Christmas Tree Farms per Capita
• 1^st – Number of Affordable, High-Quality Restaurants  
• 34^th – Average Beverage Price
• 7^th – Food Banks per Capita

National Council on Aging Launches Coordinated Effort to Promote COVID and Flu Vaccinations

The National Council on Aging (NCOA), the national voice for every person’s right to age well, has received a $50 million grant from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, to implement a nationwide campaign to ensure older adults and people with disabilities get the latest COVID and flu vaccines.

 

The grant is the largest in NCOA’s history and comes at a pivotal moment as older adults and people with disabilities face the continuing threat of COVID and the winter flu season, with masks and social distancing far less prevalent. Today, nearly nine in 10 deaths from COVID are among people 65 and over, and 70-85% of seasonal flu-related deaths occur in older adults, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

“There’s no time to waste in ensuring everyone gets these lifesaving vaccines,” said Ramsey Alwin, NCOA president and CEO. “We are enlisting our national network of senior centers and community-based organizations to make it as easy as possible for older adults and people with disabilities to get their shots and protect their health.”

 

Research shows COVID vaccine uptake has slowed among older adults. While 71% received the first recommended booster, only 44% have received the second one, the CDC reports. A study from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 43% of people 65 and over were “not sure” or responded “no” when asked if the booster dose was for them.

 

Under the grant, NCOA will provide funding and technical assistance to hundreds of diverse community-based organizations, enabling them to conduct tailored outreach, host vaccine clinics, and offer services many older adults need to get vaccinated, such as transportation and assistance in scheduling appointments. Interested organizations can learn more about the competitive grant opportunity at https://www.ncoa.org/page/covid-19-and-influenza-vaccine-uptake-initiative.

 

NCOA also will launch a national awareness campaign to educate older adults about the vaccines and dispel misinformation. Culturally sensitive approaches will target populations most at risk, including people of color, those who are homebound or living in rural areas, and LGBTQ+ individuals.

 

“Our local partners in the aging network are trusted messengers in their communities,” Alwin said. “We will work in partnership with them to ensure all have access to these important vaccines.”

BODY PARTS | New Documentary Featuring Jane Fonda, Joey Soloway and More on Feb 3

Filmmakers Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and Helen Hood Scheer investigate the past in order to push towards a more equitable future for women in front of and behind the camera. Body Parts traces the evolution of "sex" on-screen from a woman’s perspective, exposing the uncomfortable realities behind some of Hollywood’s most iconic scenes and celebrating the bold creators leading the way for change.

Innovative and incisive, Body Parts explores the evolution of desire and “sex” on-screen from a woman’s perspective. Demystifying the often invisible processes in creating intimacy for film and television, the documentary sheds light on the most closely-guarded secrets of an industry now at a crossroads.

Body Parts features candid interviews with actors and creators who are advocating for real change, including Jane Fonda, Joey Soloway, Angela Robinson, Karyn Kusama, Rose McGowan, Rosanna Arquette, Alexandra Billings, Stacy Rukeyser, Emily Meade, David Simon, and Tanya Saracho. Deftly illustrated with movie clips stretching back to Eadweard Muybridge’s motion studies, Body Parts is part film-history lesson on the dominance of the heterosexual male gaze and part clarion call for employing intimacy coordinators across the entertainment field. It neither shies away from uncomfortable conversations nor ignores imagemakers trying to set a higher, more inclusive bar on set and on screen.

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'Of An Age' In Select Theaters on February 10

 

OF AN AGE is set in the summer of 1999 as a 17-year-old Serbian born, Australian amateur ballroom dancer experiences an unexpected and intense 24-hour romance with a friend’s older brother.

DJ Hanzel Confirms Debut Album 'anti everything' Out January 20

The ubiquitous yet ever-elusive superstar DJ Hanzel confirms his debut album, anti everything, is out January 20. Today, he unveils a new track from the album, “Take A Little Bit”—listen here.

The new album also features previously shared singles “Gumby,” which Dancing Astronaut called his “deepest and heaviest cut,” “Make Me Feel” and “Talkin,” all of which found Hanzel doubling down on his overarching mission to “go one deeper.”

Born on Christmas Day, something he has always resented, Hanzel was raised on an owl farm in the outskirts of the Black Forest in Germany before he and his family relocated to Düsseldorf. Hanzel spent many hours each day away from his parents due to their grueling work manually moving the hands of the town square’s giant clock. This lack of supervision allowed Hanzel to wander the streets of Düsseldorf and become enamored with the underground art scene. On one fateful night, he saw a show that would forever change the course of his life. It was the final night of Düsseldorf’s annual Oktoberfest celebration, and Hanzel found himself inside a small, dimly lit bar, where he and a small crowd caught a late-night set from techno pioneers Kraftwerk.

While most didn’t quite know what to make of the soon to be legendary group, Hanzel understood what Kraftwerk was doing right away—and he hated it. He hated their little suits. He hated their podiums. He hated their obscene swagger. But most of all, he hated that they did not “go deep enough.” For months he wrote letters to the German government asking them to arrest Kraftwerk for wasting his time. After not receiving any responses, Hanzel decided to take matters into his own hands and become a musician out of spite, vowing to make music that would always go “one deeper.” While many were unsure of what that meant, his journey began nonetheless.

Hanzel spent the next several years grinding away in Düsseldorf’s club scene while supporting himself with a corporate day job as a composer at a marketing firm writing jingles. His music was heard by happy children across Germany, which greatly depressed him, but it was at his darkest hour that Hanzel finally had his big break. During a late-night set at a club in Stuttgart, a Rottweiler ran on stage and tore off DJ Hanzel’s clothes. German music kingpin and head of Soft Pretzel Records, Uli Ziegler, saw footage of the event on Germany’s number one primetime show and Ziegler immediately offered Hanzel a multi-million Deutschmark record deal. All Hanzel had to do was sign, but right before he could, he realized something—the fewer people that hear his music, the more power it can hold. He decided not to accept the contract and instead create music with the intention of no one ever hearing it. He now labors tirelessly to one day write a song that even he himself has not heard, while at the same time fending off the inferior American DJ Di**on Fr***is from interfering with his work. Hanzel continues his commitment to true art while always pushing himself to go “one deeper.”

Lone Tree Arts Center Presents 'Home for the Holidays'

Holidays are about traditions, so continue yours with this hometown favorite! What better way is there to celebrate the holidays than with LTAC family favorite Home for the Holidays? 

There’s something for everyone in this beloved holiday spectacular: dancers, singers, holiday songs, and, of course, celebrity appearances by Santa and Mrs. Claus. With an updated storyline for 2022 and a few spectacular surprises, Home for the Holidays is sure to delight and put you in the holiday spirit.

R&B Girl Group Flo Release "Losing You"

 

London-based girl group FLO release their new song “Losing You” today for fans this holiday season.

"It’s fitting that ‘Losing You’ is being released this time of the year as it’s all about going through a loss but somehow being comforted by it. It reminds you of how content you are by yourself and finding that cheerful spirit during a tough time,” says FLO on the track.
 
British R&B girl group FLO have made history in the past month by becoming the first group to ever win the prestigious BRIT Rising Star Award, following in the footsteps of global superstars including Adele and Sam Smith. Believing in their “vision from day one,” FLO has become the most hotly tipped British and US music act this year, shortlisted for the BBC Sound Of 2023, nominated for Best Newcomer at the MOBOs and making their sublime debut TV Awards performance, as well as winning cult platform No Signal’s Yearbook Top Of The Class accolade, breaking records with thousands of votes. FLO’s debut single “Cardboard Box” has now amassed over 40M global streams, with their debut EP The Lead reaching 100M streams to date. But at the heart of FLO are three ambitious young women - 20 year-olds Renée and Jorja and 21-year-old Stella - whose immaculate three part harmonies, contemporary take on 00s R&B and era-defining music videos have connected with hundreds of thousands of R&B fans globally. Wanting to thank fans for their unparalleled support this year, FLO release “Losing You” this holiday season, an R&B slow jam that showcases three voices so connected with each other and their growth as the most remarkable vocalists coming out in music scene. With a video directed by Meekz and Frost (Pa Salieu, Headie One, SK), “Losing You” is a beautiful love letter to 2022, ending FLO’s astonishing debut year and signaling the start of a global superstar girl group. 

Slamdance Premiere: A Perfect Day for Caribou

A Perfect Day for Caribou tells the story of just one day in the life of Herman, Nate, and Ralph. Herman is an alcoholic with a depleted appetite for life. Nate is an anxious young father reckoning with his past so he might move further into the future. And Ralph is a misunderstood child truly off in his own world… 

It’s early morning and Herman speaks into a tape recorder, dictating a final message to his estranged son, Nate. As he rambles on about the last Caribou herd in North America, his mobile phone rings – it’s Nate, all these years later. That afternoon, they meet up at a cemetery on the edge of an unknown town. Nate brings his own boy along, a six year old named Ralph, who carelessly plays and runs around in the distance as Herman and Nate stumble through ten years worth of conversation. 

They navigate hills and valleys, forests and open plains. All the while, in an uneven and awkward pattern, they attempt to connect with one another. They have until nightfall to do so, and for Herman, today might be his last. For Nate, it could be the start of a new beginning. For Ralph, who knows – perhaps he is just another Caribou. 

Bo Burnham Releases Limited-Edition 'Inside' Deluxe Vinyl Box Set Today

Three-time EMMY Award winner Bo Burnham has now released the limited-edition 3LP INSIDE (Deluxe) Vinyl Box Set of his award-winning special INSIDE. Get the INSIDE (Deluxe) Vinyl Box Set— HERE. 

This all-encompassing package features the music from INSIDE and THE INSIDE OUTTAKES, including “Welcome To The Internet”, “Bezos I”, “All Eyes On Me”, “Microwave Popcorn”, “5 Years”, “1985” and “The Future”. A limited number of RGB colored autographed versions are also exclusively available on his official web store. Also, fans may now purchase exclusive colorways at Target in opaque white and Urban Outfitters in crystal clear.

San Diego's Mrs. Henry Release Part II of Epic Rock Opera Trilogy

Today San Diego rock band Mrs. Henry unleashed Keep On Rising - Act II : Faith, Fate and Hope in The Land of Nothing Matters, the second part of the band’s three part album and rock opera series Keep On Rising. In the storied tradition of grand, epic trilogies like Star Wars or Lord of the Rings, Keep On Rising follows the hero’s journey by doubling down on a frenzied, manic darkness, while amplifying the twists and turns in the band’s expansive narrative scope. 

As bassist Blake Dean remarks “This is our Empire Strikes Back, 6’ o'clock - The Underworld.” The album moves in a serpent-like manner; it gleefully sheds its skin to reveal new identities and movements for the audience to gaze at in a hypnotized stupor. With incredible highlights and dynamics ranging from monster fuzz jams to orchestra ballads, Act II loudly kicks the door back open, and highlights the group’s knack for heady studio wizardry, compelling sonic dynamics, and an all-encompassing narrative vision. “Act II is a rollercoaster ride through heaven and hell,” says Mrs. Henry’s Dan Cervantes, and centers itself around the transformation of character, while embracing the rules of reality.

Act II picks up where Act I ends: the titular hero of the story Mrs. Henry has crossed the threshold of The Sex Sells, Love Drugs, Rock N Roll Society and is born again in The Land of Nothing Matters. Traversing the powers of Faith, Fate, and Hope, Mrs. Henry and Act II present a staggering album rich with equal measure of suspense and humor, and an enticing rabbit hole for listeners to wholeheartedly leap into and get lost within. The music and the lyrics don’t waste time in taking you into the hallucinations, the fantasies, and the psychedelic state of The Land of Nothing Matters. The militant march of in the crescendo-ing intro song “Delivery Room of the Morning Sun” bubbles and boils before reveling in the frenzied garage-rock/psychedelic fervor of “Here I Am.” A haunting voice beckons for Mrs. Henry to rise, who returns the request with a bone-chilling primal scream, a declaration of existence. “Here I Am” growls our protagonist, accepting the call before hurling into the unknown.

“Musically, we are exploring orchestral and operatic themes that really start to take shape. We used the studio to the fullest on these songs - layering parts in brass, strings, woodwinds, vibes and percussion using a Mellotron,” says Cervantes. “The goal of this album was to make something that was purely Mrs. Henry. No guest performers, everything is us.”

MMAA: Enter to Win a Family Camp Adventure!

Love the idea of a fun bonding experience with your family and community? Modern Military Association of America is giving away a scholarship to cover tuition for one family of four to attend Brave Trails Family Camp!

They have two sessions: one for LGBTQ parents and their children, and one for LGBTQ kids and their parents. These programs provide a safe and adventurous community space for LGBTQ kids and families. Enter by Jan. 30!

Cheers to 25 Years of the karpel group

December marks the 25th anniversary of the karpel group and to celebrate the milestone — and the holiday season — from Dec 1-25 they are donating $250 each day to an LGBTQ organization. Take a look below at some of the amazing non-profits they have supported so far and head to their Instagram Stories for further updates each day. 

Be sure to click through and check out each org and the fantastic work they do to support our community:

December 1: Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
December 2: Sylvia Rivera Law Project
December 3: Hetrick-Martin Institute
December 4: Latino Equality Alliance
December 5: National Center for Lesbian Rights
December 6: Trans Women of Color Collective
December 7: GLAAD
December 8: Matthew Shepard Foundation
December 9: Bi Resource Center
December 10: Ali Forney Center
December 11: PFLAG
December 12: National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance
December 13: Transgender Law Center
December 14-25: See our Instagram Stories for details each day.