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Subject: Alexis Johnson

  • A parkour-fueled tour of Denver's APEX Movement

    This week's cover story, "Colorado's Parkour Pioneers are Running With It," is all about APEX Movement, the new facility opened by parkour experts Ryan Ford and Matt Marshall that's the largest parkour gym -- anywhere. To experience APEX for yourself, here's a video tour of the place -- featuring lots of freewheeling action -- shot and edited by Westword multimedia superstar Alexis Johnson. Sit back and enjoy the ride.

    June 3, 2009
  • Last Night: Animal Collective at the Boulder Theater

    Alexis Johnson Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 The Boulder Theater, Boulder Better Than: Most shows going through Boulder these days. Brooklyn's Black Dice opened this show in what has lately become their typical fashion. Long gone, I suppose, were the harsh, brutally abrasive textures of old, replaced by something more, well, musical. Nonetheless, you're not likely to hear Black Dice on commercial radio anytime soon, because the threesome still blasted out sculpted chunks of jagged white noise, the g

    June 3, 2009
  • Over the Weekend: The audacity of (football) hope

    Photo by Alexis Johnson See photos of the Broncos Fan Fest, the Larimer Square chalk-art fest and more coverage of the weekend at westword.com/slideshow.

    June 8, 2009
  • Video: Teens spraypainting Rude Rec Center! And that's a good thing....

    I got a call a few weeks ago from Jolt, local graffiti OG and head of the graffiti advocacy group Guerilla Garden. "Hey, man," said Jolt, aka Jeremy Ulibarri. The background was noisy, like a freight train or an... indoor swimming pool? "We're doing that project I was telling you about today. You should come down and check it out."

    June 17, 2009
  • What's Cooking? The Marczyks' fried chicken and potato salad

    Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They usually bring a selection of some of their market's choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast fit for kings ... or at least patrons of Marczyk. Every week, we'll be sharing their recipes on the Cafe Society blog. And this week, a threefer that's perfect for July 4th: Fried chicken two ways, and Pete's Mo

    July 1, 2009
  • What's Cooking? Marczyk's Hawaiian-style pork chops

    Alexis Johnson Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They usually bring a selection of some of their market's choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast fit for kings ... or at least patrons of Marczyk. Every week, we'll be sharing their recipes on the Cafe Society blog. This week, Hawaiian-style pork chops. See Pete's recipe, more photos and a vide

    July 16, 2009
  • American Idol Auditions: Singing in the parking lot

    Video by Alexis Johnson

    July 17, 2009