Auctions

R.I.P., Roy Waines: Royz House tonight to celebrate life of beloved scene icon at the Church

Update, 5 p.m. March 3: Some sad news to share if you haven't heard yet, Roy Waines passed away on Friday night. Tonight's Royz House benefit will still be taking place as originally planned tonight at the Church in support to Roy's family, and it will also now serve as a celebration of his life wit ... More >>

Coors Western Art Show sets new sales record

Yee-haw! While galleries across the country have had a tough time in recent years, the Coors Western Art Show at the National Western Stock Show Complex got off to a fast gallop last week, selling more than $800,000 worth of art at the Red Carpet Reception three days before the show officially opene ... More >>

Class Act

Movember starts today with a kickoff party at Rackhouse Pub

This is the first day of Movember, the perfect excuse for men around the world to let their mustaches grow wild for a good cause. Businesses around town are joining in this hair-raising movement, donating funds to Movember and Sons, which distributes the money to various prostate and testicular canc ... More >>

The Cat's Meow

Ready for the Mile High Club? The Denver Roller Dolls date auction is live now

Attention, would-be skater daters: The Denver Roller Dolls' Mile High Club all-star roller derby team is putting its "Real men play with Dolls" slogan on the line this week with a "help us kick butt all over the country" date auction to raise travel funds for the team. Bids start at $50, with the wi ... More >>

First Spicy Pickle store has closed

There has been no sentimentality in the Spicy Pickle chain's fall from grace -- no extra effort to save the shop that started it all. While much of the rest of the city was pretending to be Irish and getting plowed, the original Spicy Pickle location at 988 Lincoln Street closed its doors on St. Pat ... More >>

Delightful Dishes & Dreamy Getaways at the Brown Palace Hotel

Need a quick getaway? The Brown Palace Hotel, 321 17th Street, is the site of Delightful Dishes & Dreamy Getaways, an event organized by the Colorado Hotel & Lodging Association that benefits Food Bank of the Rockies and the Readiness Fund. The fun starts at 6 p.m., and includes 120 silent and live ... More >>

Project Safeguard throws a Valentine's Fling with former Bronco Reggie Rivers

Project Safeguard, a non-profit organization that provides free legal services to victims of domestic violence, has partnered with former Bronco Reggie Rivers on its Valentine's fling. "We're so excited to have Reggie Rivers joining our event," says Shelly Schreiner. "With incidents of domestic vi ... More >>

From The Heart

Richard Heene's $1 million charity balloon sale reportedly nets $2,502 (VIDEO)

Video below.​Shockingly enough, the latest crackpot scheme by Richard "Father of Balloon Boy" Heene didn't exactly go as planned. As we reported last month while designating Heene Shmuck of the Week, the former Fort Collins resident planned to auction off his "experimental craft" to earn mone ... More >>

Garden Spot Cafe closed, up for auction

The Garden Spot Cafe has shut its doors.​A sign on the Garden Spot Cafe at 3163 Larimer Street indicates that the restaurant has shut its doors and will be put up for auction on May 18 at 10 a.m. The City and County of Denver seized the place due to unpaid taxes. ​ The building itself w ... More >>

Tonight: Bachelorette Auction at Twisted Pine Brewing Co.

These girls won't be at the auction -- but ladies like them will be!​Hey, fellas: Need a date for Valentine's Day? Twisted Pine Brewing Co., 3201 Walnut Street in Boulder, has you covered: At 7 p.m. tonight, it will host a Bachelorette Auction, with seven lovely women on the auction block for ... More >>

Carmelo Anthony selling Baltimore-themed car in Denver: Readying for big move? (PHOTOS)

Big pics below.​One clue that Carmelo Anthony might actually stay in Denver: He hasn't reduced the price of the house he's selling. But heis lightening his load, by selling a cherry '71 Chevelle on eBay to benefit his charity, just as bride LaLa Vazquez did last year with a pink SUV. Look belo ... More >>

Turn on Your Love Light

Wearing Goodwill on Your Sleeve

Quiet Riot

Dances With Dogs

Making the Zine

RANCH WARES

La La Vazquez wants to sell you her Jimmy Choos. For charity.

From iamlala.comNot for sale: Melo.​ La La Vazquez, Carmelo Anthony's soon-to-be-wife and sometimes-Colorado resident, wants to sell you the gold Gucci heels off her feet. To end poverty. Vazquez is auctioning off her goods on eBay to benefit Oxfam America, a nonprofit aimed at ending injusti ... More >>

Wheeling and Dealing

Tonight: Haitian food and culture for a cause

A Flickr photo.​There are many local events benefiting Haiti in the wake of the recent earthquake; you can find our round-up here. But while most of the fundraisers include music or some other cultural aspect that tie them to Haiti, none have gone as far as the Tribute to Haiti, starting ton ... More >>

Golfin' for good (with good eats)

​Sometimes hitting a ball with a stick is just hitting a ball with a stick; sometimes it is more. On Sunday, August 23, the Lake Valley Golf Club (located at 4400 Lake Valley Drive in Longmont) is hosting the Danan Schufman Open, a benefit for The Danan Schufman Fund. Schufman was a practicing pro ... More >>

The Color of Music

Fine artists pull strings for local young musicians.

Win a dinner cooked by a Top Chef contender

Melissa Harrison, a contender on last season's Top Chef, didn't win the big prize -- that went to Hosea Rosenberg, a fellow Big Red F chef -- but now you can win an eight-course dinner that Harrison will cook at your house.A Harrison-cooked meal is one of the auction items being offered at the April ... More >>

Something Old, Something New

The Harris Park Art Cooperative goes green.

Brats for a good cause, and other Saturday events

Today, March14, Sunflower Farmers Market at 1980 East County Line Road in Highlands Ranch is hosting March Madness, firing up the grill and selling brats to benefit the Make a Wish Foundation. For info, call 303-243-5060. The Kitchen Table Cooking School at Landmark in Greenwood Village will put out ... More >>

Start the party early at Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret

  It's New Year's Eve Eve and you're stuck in that mid-holiday rut? Whether you're hoping to celebrate early and avoid the NYE debauch or just want to dig yourself out of the house, a glitzy night of Broadway standards, delivered by a crack cast at Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret, might be t ... More >>

Board Room

AIGA Colorado melds skateboarding, graphic design and a mentoring program.

The week ahead: and the rest is history

Be a Society type. At 5:30 p.m. today, the Colorado Historical Society will host a public confab on the new History Center project, to be built in the 1200 block of Broadway – and not smack-dab in the middle of Civic Center Park, the original scheme when the entire 1300 block of Broadway, whi ... More >>

Denver Men with Heart auction gets pumping

Lost something at DIA? After four weeks, it's gone forever

Every Dog Has Its Day

Fido Fest raises funds for shelter animals.

A Glass Act at Morton's

Shakedown Sequel

Mile High Shakedown is back for more.

On the Wall

Top of the Town

Curious and the curiouser mingle at a Denver Stories benefit.

Kick In

The Commish and pals want you to play along

Best One-Stop Garage Sale

Joy's Consigned Furnishings

Best Example That the Lord Will Provide

The Word of Jesus Christ Church

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Off Limits

Sic transit gloria

Nest Western

The Botanic Gardens’ Birdhaus Bash is a real tweet.

Best Swan Song

Lonnie Hanzon's haircutting ceremony

Cure for the Common Cody

The Bills are really piling up around here!

A Blanket Indictment

Off Limits

Catch a Falling Star

GOING, GOING--GONE