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Festivus

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    January 12, 2012

    Films for the Rest of Us

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    January 13, 2011

    Festival for the Rest of Us

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    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 >>

  • Culture

    December 23, 2010

    Vintage Theatre gets edgy for the holidays

    ​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 >>

  • Calendar

    December 23, 2010

    O, Festivus Pole

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    December 16, 2010

    A Festivus for the Depressed of Us

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    November 11, 2010

    The Gift of Giving

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    July 22, 2010

    FUNNY BUSINESS

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    January 14, 2010

    A Fest for the Rest

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    January 8, 2009

    Happy Festivus!

    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 >>

  • Dining

    July 6, 2000

    The Bite

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