Festivus

Best of Denver 2013 Readers' Poll: The first round of Arts & Entertainment finalists

For the first time in the thirty-year history of Westword's Best of Denver, we've split the Best of Denver Readers' Poll into two rounds, giving you the chance to look at the leading vote-getters and then vote again for your favorite galleries, theaters and entertainments in metro Denver. And the re ... More >>

Three local film fests are lighting up screens in Denver and Boulder

A Screening Good Time

Medical marijuana dispensary review: Nature's Best Alternative Medicine in Glendale

'Twas a few days before Christmas and all through the town, there was a lot of medical herb being sold -- likely a few pounds. People were stocking up, patients like me -- to deal with our in-laws as stoned as can be.

Ten of the best (and highly giftable) wines of 2012

Last week, we poured out a little guidance on what you might sneak under the tree (or Festivus Pole, or whatever) that would add a little splash of joy in the lives of any wine lover on your list. But we failed to include any actual wine in that grouping, because we believe it deserving of a special ... More >>

Photos: Scenes from the first ever Denver Beer Festivus

The first Denver Beer Festivus filled the renovated McNichols Building on Saturday with a real craft-beer festival for the rest of us. With its focus firmly on Denver, the event featured more than twenty local brewers and their drafts. For more photos, visit our full slide show. See also: - Slide ... More >>

Huge holiday seasonals, ugly sweaters and a Yeti sighting in this week's beer calendar

Here are two beery deadlines to note: If you are entering a home-brewed stout into the Mountain Sun/Vine Street Pub Stout Month contest, the deadline is Saturday, December 16. The winner gets to brew the beer at Mountain Sun and have it served in February alongside all of the brewery's other beers. ... More >>

Works in progress: Behind the scenes at the revived McNichols in Civic Center Park

At 11 a.m. today, a small group of dignitaries led by Mayor Michael Hancock will gather at the McNichols Building at the edge of Denver's Civic Center (just named a national landmark) to cut the ribbon on the classical structure's new lease on life. Built in 1910 as a Carnegie Library, the open, spa ... More >>

Denver beer culture will meet the city's history with Festivus, an all-Denver beer fest

Old, new and local -- really local. That's the only way to describe Denver Beer Festivus, a new craft-beer festival set for December 15 that will feature Denver breweries only, something that makes sense now that there are more than twenty of them -- eight having opened in the past year alone. That ... More >>

Ten strange items FOUND Magazine found in Colorado

FOUND Magazine, and the books it inspired, are exactly what they sound like, except more glorious and way more voyeuristic. Fans send in context-free notes, letters and photos created by strangers and discovered in classrooms, on street corners and spaces in between -- and our fair state fares swimm ... More >>

Weekend's best live bets: Fitz & the Tantrums, Machine Head and more

For whatever reason, you'll notice that this Saturday night, aside from the second night of STS9's two-night stand at the Fillmore, there aren't too many must-see shows. This is mere speculation on our part, but we're guessing that might have something to do with a certain sporting event taking plac ... More >>

Films for the Rest of Us

Hey, hot tranny: Where'd you get that sparkly tank top?

OMFG, it's almost New Year's Eve!​Long, long ago, in the fashion lexicon of yesteryear, satin meant "fancy." But today, in the modern world of casual-everything, sequins mean "fancy." How fancy? Fancy, as in what you can wear with jeans to a holiday party. This is where sparkly tank tops com ... More >>

The Nix Bros. on comedy, short films and what funny really means

​This is one in a series of posts in honor of Denver Arts Week that salute some of our favorite people and places on the arts scene. The Nix Bros. have been busy the last few years doling out comedy films of all shapes and sizes, from the patently absurd Rainbow Chasers, to the music ridiculo ... More >>

Reader: Was Post writer blind drunk before he wrote blind-item column?

​On Wednesday, regular readers of the Denver Post food section were startled to find a column devoted to blind items -- and no answers. Was it a bid to get comments? If so, it failed there -- but the comments have been flying here since Lori Midson posted Leigh Sullivan-Guard's response to ... More >>

David Sirota post-Jared Loughner attack: "Fight Club Friday" becomes "Festivus Friday"

David Sirota.​Jared Loughner's murderous attack in Arizona last weekend has prompted soul searching among assorted media types, who wonder if the polarized political climate somehow made such an act not just likelier but inevitable. That includes columnist and AM 760 radio host David Sirota, ... More >>

Festival for the Rest of Us

Five great looking clips from Festivus Film Festival

​The Festivus Film Festival is getting ready to kick off tonight at the Bug Theatre, and we figured it was as good as time as any to dig into the festival schedule and try to find some stuff worth seeing. With somewhere around 60 films on display, there should be something for everyone, with l ... More >>

Johnathan McFarlane on wanna-be celebrity hype, Festivus Film Festival

Festivus Film Festival founders Tim DeMasters and Johnathan McFarlane want to offer films for the rest of us.​When Johnathan McFarlane and his partner Tim DeMasters created the Festivus Film Festival four years ago, they had trouble attracting audiences to all of the screenings at the Oriental ... More >>

Denver Art Talk: April Hoy on costuming, Burning Man and the fine art of corset-making

​The newly rehatched Denver Art Talks, hosted by Eric Matelski, will hit the new year running by featuring designer/seamstress extraordinaire April Hoy as its first guest of 2011. Hoy has stitched her way through many behind-the-scenes professional layers: She's a stage costumer, a corset-mak ... More >>

Playwright Frank Oteri on jaded Santas, local theater

​There aren't enough opportunities for local playwrights to please Frank Oteri. It's a shortage that drove Oteri create A Very Dark Holiday Playwright Festivus at the Vintage Theatre, a showcase that spotlights work from six local writers. The show includes an original comedy from Oteri titled ... More >>

Vintage Theatre gets edgy for the holidays

O, Festivus Pole

Festivus and ten more made-up holidays for the Holidays

​Tomorrow, Rick Gold will host a traditional Fesitvus celebration at the Shag Lounge. There, you can commune around the Festivus pole, air some grievances and perform some feats of strength. There will also be a ($5 maximum) gift exchange. In honor of disillusionment everywhere, we present 10 ... More >>

The twelve wines of Christmas 2010: Part two, the best of the rest

​With only a few days to go until Christmas, it's time to 'fess up: Have you been naughty or nice? For your sake, here's hoping you've been good enough throughout the year to merit yourself worthy to partake of some seriously good juice between now and the new year. Read on for the continua ... More >>

A Festivus for the Depressed of Us

Festivus meals not likely in Denver jails

Festivus faith earned one prisoner better meals​It was a Festivus miracle for one prisoner in an Orange County jail. For two months, a convicted drug dealer received meals free of the salami he didn't like by claiming devotion to Festivus, the holiday celebrated by the Costanza family on Seinf ... More >>

The Gift of Giving

FUNNY BUSINESS

A Fest for the Rest

Happy Festivus!

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