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John Wenzel

Denver

Reporter and Critic at The Denver Post

Freelance Writer at Freelance

A&E for @DenverPost. Words @Esquire @RollingStone @TheAtlantic. He/him. No longer active here. Try [email protected] or https://t.co/EoYmgG6pqp on Bluesky

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  • 1 week ago | denverpost.com | John Wenzel

    After decades of darkness, the Federal Theatre will relight its neon sign this summer as the city’s newest mid-size music and entertainment venue. The 650-capacity theater, which was built in 1923 as a movie house, stopped showing films in the mid-1970s, said co-owner Scott Happel, and has essentially remained the same since then.

  • 1 week ago | denverpost.com | John Wenzel

    Science FrictionThrough June 28. It’s not too late to catch titles from this month’s Pride-themed Science Friction series at Denver Film’s Sie FilmCenter, which kicked off with screenings of “Cloud Atlas,” “Barbarella,” “Earth Girls Are Easy” and more queer-friendly flicks.

  • 2 weeks ago | denverpost.com | John Wenzel

    Yoga + puppies at the StanleySaturday. Forget goats: rescue puppy yoga has all the animal goodness of that formerly trendy activity, but with the scrappy cuteness of puppies. The first of three Puppy Yoga with Soul Dog Rescue sessions starts Saturday, June 14, at Aurora’s Stanley Marketplace, bringing pups in need of adoption to the vendor-driven venue’s Sky Rink (on the south side of the building).

  • 2 weeks ago | denverpost.com | John Wenzel

    Loading your audio articleA proposal to use shuttles to help expand RTD public transportation from Denver into the Jefferson County foothills — including Red Rocks Amphitheatre — is getting new life as backers look for $1 million in funding while planning a September pilot weekend.

  • 2 weeks ago | denverpost.com | John Wenzel

    (Editor’s note: This is part of The Know’s series, Staff Favorites. Each week, we offer our opinions on the best that Colorado has to offer for dining, shopping, entertainment, outdoor activities and more. We’ll also let you in on some hidden gems.)Summer calls for bright flavors, and for many of us that means adding fire-roasted green chiles to our paper-plate meals.

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6 Dec 24

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21 Nov 24

RT @denverpost: “Confederates” takes us two steps forward, one back, at Curious | Theater review https://t.co/tM1EmbNvoy

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John Wenzel @johnwenzel
21 Nov 24

RT @VP: Every person should be able to live free from violence and discrimination. On Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember those w…