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The best EDM in Denver this weekend

SUB.MISSION ANNIVERSARY @ BOPPO! | SAT, 4/6/13 Sub.mission knows dubstep, and to mark another year of its devotion to the true sound, Nicole Cacciavillano and her crew are hosting a real U.K. underground-style throwdown with V.I.V.E.K., who performed at last year's party. He's set to perform alongsi ... More >>

100 Colorado Creatives: Evan Weissman

#93: Evan Weissman Evan Weissman already deserves the Colorado Creative designation as a member of the wildly creative Buntport Theater (the whole troupe was honored as such when they received a Westword MasterMind award back in 2005 as part of the inaugural class). But then, late last year, he cam ... More >>

The Politics of LEGOs

Five toys for girls that need a gender makeover

Hasbro's Easy-Bake Ovens are getting a masculine makeover fifty years after the toy was introduced, thanks to a market-savvy thirteen-year-old girl in New Jersey who wanted to buy her little brother one as a gift -- and found only purple and pink ovens. Her campaign got a media-smooch after a handfu ... More >>

The Big Build-Up

LEGO Kids Fest: Whatever it is, they will come to build it

You can't take apart the LEGO sculptures at LEGO Kids Fest. I know, because I tried: Turns out the pieces are all glued together, presumably to protect them from assholes like me. Still, that's about the only thing you can't do at LEGO Kids Fest (held over the weekend at the Colorado Convention Cent ... More >>

Win two passes to this weekend's LEGO KidsFest (which is not just for kids anymore)

Update: Congrats to "denverfour," you're our winner of the LEGO KidsFest passes! Your video -- as seen above -- melted our icy hearts. Check your e-mail.

Stoner MacGyver review: Heady Glass vapor dome set and Ti Power nails

Now and then, companies send us medical marijuana-related products ranging from vaporizers to board games. We showcase them in our quasi-regular product review section, Stoner MacGyver. The latest? Heady Glass vapor dome set and Ti Power nails.

The Spice of Life

12-year-old sexual abuser moves back home after treatment, victims' families not notified

Roxborough.​When child sexual abusers return to their old neighborhood, the families of young victims are supposed to be notified in advance, so they have some time to ready themselves and prepare their kids. But that didn't happen in the case of a twelve-year-old who came home just seven mont ... More >>

How to get my job: LEGO Builder

Emily Walker​Did you know that you could build things out of LEGOs for a living? We didn't either, which is why we caught up with local builder Duane Hess to talk about his unlikely career. It's probably one of the coolest jobs we've ever heard of, and while it certainly takes a ton of creativ ... More >>

Photos: 43,000 pounds of turkey legs ingested at A Taste of Colorado

​Turkey legs. Everyone was eating them over the weekend at A Taste of Colorado at Civic Center Park, where the meaty beasts are downright ubiquitous. On Monday, Taste officials released their cutely named "festimates" of food consumed at the festival, which you can see below, in addition to ma ... More >>

Best of Build-A-Brickbuster: The LEGO movies that made us laugh, cry and nod politely

Rocking out in LEGO land.​This summer, dozens of grown adults spent hours upon hours of valuable time playing with LEGOs toward the goal of winning mild fame and glory in Build-A-Brickbuster, an international film festival and contest celebrating the art of making stop-motion animation with ti ... More >>

Animation, epilepsy and all the things you can do with LEGOs

Whoa, shit just got crazy meta.​There are a lot of things that LEGOs are known for: building elaborate worlds and models with small blocks, providing meticulous, mildly OCD adults with a pastime, getting caught in the throats of small children. But it's that second subset that's creating a leg ... More >>

15 coolest résumés list includes Kendra Wiig's LEGO fish, despite not getting NetDevil job

​Getting rejected by a potential employer is disappointing. But getting rejected after building the company's logo out of LEGO pieces and submitting it as your résumé is even worse. Thus was the case with Kendra Wiig, who applied for the job of community manager last September for LEGO Unive ... More >>

LEGO Universe: Want to work for the online LEGO game developed in Louisville?

LEGO Universe​A while ago, we profiled NetDevil, a Louisville game developer hard at work on LEGO Universe, a massively multiplayer online game based on LEGO bricks. LEGO Universe was a critical hit on its release late last year, but since then NetDevil's collapsed, leaving just a bare-bones L ... More >>

The Las Vegas Lady Liberty and five other ways the Postal Service could stamp itself as a shmuck

​What does it say about the U.S.A. in 2011 that our Postal Service accidentally used the replica Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas rather than the real thing as a model for its stamp honoring Lady Liberty's 125th anniversary? For one thing, it says we Americans love our landmarks so much that we ... More >>

Green Valley Ranch library: Denver opens impressive new facility despite staffing crunch

​Amid ribbon-cutting and speeches, balloon hats and live raptors, the Denver Public Library held a grand opening for its newest addition Saturday: the Green Valley Ranch Branch Library. The $11.4 million project, paid for out of bond funds authorized four years ago, arrives at a time when DPL ... More >>

NetDevil and LEGO Universe: Louisville game developer changes hands in internal shake-up

​Last January, we looked at the high stakes for NetDevil, a Louisville game developer building LEGO Universe, a massively multiplayer online game based on LEGO bricks. Building a successful MMO can be risky, much less one based on one of the most revered toys of all time. As it turned out, LEG ... More >>

LEGO my library: Imagine Rigney's cool homage to Michael Graves

​Kids do the darnedest things with LEGO bricks and games, as Joel Warner pointed out in this feature last January. But few projects are quite the labor of love involved in one fifteen-year-old devotee's astonishing replica of the Denver Public Library on Broadway: 7,000 bricks, two solid weeks ... More >>

Denver Zoo's Zoo Lights is one of the best holiday lights displays in the world, says Bing

Dave Parsons/Denver ZooThis dragon is en fuego.​ What does the Denver Zoo have in common with Jerusalem? How about with a thirty-foot tree made entirely of Legos? Or a bridge in Branson, Missouri, a city best described as Las Vegas for Christians? Stumped? We'll tell you. Bing (if you don't kn ... More >>

LEGO Universe: Local developer NetDevil's new online game wows critics

​Last January, we looked at the high stakes for NetDevil, a Louisville game developer chosen to build LEGO Universe, a massively multiplayer online game based on LEGO bricks. Building a successful MMO can be risky, and NetDevil's previous attempt had fizzled. But judging from LEGO Universe's r ... More >>

New Ancient Astronauts invoke the ancient days of our youth in this week's flier

​There's a lot to like about this week's flier. First off, who doesn't love LEGO? And can we get a "hell, yeah" for the way the New Ancient Astronauts have cleverly incorporated the LEGO Space Authority's orbiting rocket symbol into the Colorado state flag? Even the eye-bleed-inducing color sc ... More >>

LEGO Universe just got trickier: Judges rule LEGO bricks can't be trademarked

​In our feature story about Louisville company NetDevil's attempt to fuse the magic of World of Warcraft and LEGO into a massive multiplayer online game called LEGO Universe (slated to be released next month), we looked at how respecting "the sacred language of LEGO" added extra challenges for ... More >>

Ian Kleinman puts on a chilling performance at hushDenver

Air Force Reserves Super Bowl Commercial allegedly rips off White Stripes. While they're sorting that out, have you seen the Reserves' other PSA? Sounds a lot like the Who.

There was something funny going on in the Super Bowl commercials this year, and it wasn't those stupid Bud Light ads. Nope, this one wasn't supposed to be funny at all. It was supposed to inspire you to join the Air Force Reserves, but instead it had us thinking about Lego's. By now, you've hea ... More >>

LEGO Universe -- even adults think it's out of this world!

"It's LEGO, not LEGOs," and other tidbits from LEGO fans

Apparently, early Colorado LEGO builders had troubles putting the blocks together.​Last week's cover story on LEGO Universe, an ambitious online LEGO video game being developed by Louisville company NetDevil uncovered lots of intriguing tidbits about everybody's favorite plastic building block ... More >>

LEGO Universe' new game trailer is, um, sorta scary

As we noted in this week's cover story, Louisville game developer NetDevil is hoping to hit the big time with a family-friendly version of World of Warcraft thanks to its upcoming game, LEGO Universe. Most of the game's development has been hush-hush, though the company released the first official ... More >>

LEGO Universe — colorful plastic's answer to World of Warcraft — is the brainchild of Colorado-based NetDevil

Brick by brick, turning Westword's logo into LEGOs

Mark MangerA LEGO Westword, created by Duane Hess​ The idea was so delightful we had to give it a shot: For this week's cover story, which details how local video game developer NetDevil is creating a LEGO version of World of Warcraft with the game LEGO Universe, why not transform Westword's signa ... More >>

Kenny Be's Hip Tip: Sarah Palin's Going Rogue -- the memoir, the movie and the merchandising

Sarah Palin's Going Rogue Lego Systems moose-hunting snowmobile helicopter... ​ Assembly required. Choking hazard.

Bat'leth not the only creative weapon for would-be criminals

Usually when someone wants to commit armed robbery, he'll bring along a weapon that combines stealth, convenience and anonymity -- a small gun, for instance. Not so one enterprising Colorado Springs man, who this week brazenly robbed one area 7-Eleven store (and tried to knock over a second) armed ... More >>

Spotted: more residential architecture atrocities

What's up with Colorado and crappy houses these days? The multi-unit rectilinear abominations sprouting up in West Highland and Sloan's Lake led to a neighborhood-splitting battle last spring about how to stop them (to get a taste of what we're talking about, here's a gallery of some of the most hid ... More >>

Blast Works makes blowing stuff up DIY-friendly

Building Blocks

Duane Hess recreates a painting using LEGOs.

Haunted DIA Strikes Again, Befuddles David Byrne’s WiFi

American Gladiator Auditions the Best of the Worst

If your wife can kick your ass, you might be an American Gladiator.

The Sun's Day

SunWorks celebrates the life-giving fire in the sky.

The Devil’s in the Details

Turning LEGOs into a massively multi-player online game.

Leggo my LEGOs

The Nifty Fifties

Listen Up

Fast reviews of recent releases

Best Summer Camp -- Indoor

Bits, Bytes & Bots

One Night in Bangkok

The new Thai Basil has a way with translation.

Brick by Brick

A little bit of LEGO lands in Denver

Life Before Frisee

A meal at Bang! takes you back to simpler times -- and tastes.

Backwash

The Down-N-Outs call it quits, while Turnsol turns over a new CD.

Best Kids' Outerwear

Little Mountain Outdoor Gear for Kids