Cirque du Soleil’s latest production, Corteo, is all about a dead clown. Or, to be more specific, a clown imagining his own funeral taking place in a carnival atmosphere and observed by angels. “It just promises to be really cool,” notes Doatsy Peifer of Peifer Communications. “It’s a different creative…

At this weekend’s Dog Daze in Belmar, participants can test their skills on a wheelchair obstacle course — which should give them some small idea of what it’s like to lose the mobility we tend to take for granted. And that’s appropriate, since all proceeds from Dog Daze benefit Canine…

I remember taking field trips to Sakura Square in elementary school. I always found it astonishing that a little segment of Japan flourished so beautifully in the center of Denver. The Far East culture there is so thick that it transports you across the globe effortlessly for as long as…

Sure, triathlons are awesome exhibitions of human endurance and strength, but what if you don’t want to swim, then bike, then run, in that specific order? Maybe you’d rather save that cool dip in the water for last, or perhaps you simply hate running and want to leave that part…

Tonight’s Gay on Santa Fay event, the official PrideFest kick-off party taking place from 5 to 9 p.m. on the 700 block of Santa Fe Drive, is simply part of a natural evolution. “Oh, man, this thing took on a life of its own,” says organizer Rodney Wallace. “The original…

My great-grandmother had a ticket to cross the Atlantic Ocean on April 10, 1912, on a ship that, allegedly, God himself couldn’t sink. But instead of setting sail with the Titanic on its maiden voyage, she decided to spend a few more days in Europe with her family. It was…

Although Tracy Morgan regularly acts like a crazy person on television (catch his character Tracy Jordan on 30 Rock if you don’t believe us), the comedian is truly just…normal. “Outside of show business, I live a normal life,” Morgan says. “I have my own friends that I’ve known for thirty,…

Farmers’ markets seem to be sprouting up all over town these days, some of them fabulous and some merely mediocre. But the Old South Pearl Street Farmers’ Market — located in the 1500 block of Old South Pearl between Florida and Iowa avenues and taking place every Sunday through October…

The fun starts as soon as the doors open tonight at 6 p.m. at Pandora Jewelry, 220 East 13th Avenue. “We’re immediately doing a free tote-bag giveaway to the first fifty people,” says owner Stephanie Shearer. Then Vivienne VaVoom from Burlesque As It Was (aka Westword contributor Michelle Baldwin) will…

Last time I checked, the beach was hundreds of miles away. Makes it kinda tough to lounge the day away on the sand, soaking up rays, cooling off in the water, catching up on summer reading and ogling the scantily clad hotties meandering past. But before you pack up the…

The journey begins in the courtyard of the beautiful sandstone Tudor-style building with 42 rooms, wrought-iron fencing and a dragon fountain. There, participants hear the history of the castle — how John Osgood made his fortune in coal and steel, and how he built the town of Redstone as a…

You’d think that life-drawing classes would be hot, hot, hot. Naked people surrounded by dozens of staring students trying to replicate the human form? Yowza! But the reality is often less than exciting: Models stare into space, pretending they’re not nude, while artists sketch their bodies, pretending there’s nothing sexy…

Downtown Littleton is so quaint and picturesque: perfect for a slow stroll on a beautiful summer evening. And what better time to take that stroll than during the Littleton Summer Art Walk Series, a monthly juried arts-and-crafts fair with additional goodies to supplement those wares? The series, which runs in…

What don’t Italians do well? Italian food is beyond delicious; Italian wines are full-bodied; Italian art has made the history books for centuries; Italian music gave us opera; Italians are renowned for being fantastic lovers…and Italian cars, with their sleek lines and purring engines, are unparalleled in the motor world…

“We were getting so many requests,” explains the Fabric Lab’s Tran Wills. “For different sizes, or ‘Can you put this design on a men’s collared shirt instead of a T-shirt?’ or ‘Can they print this design on a suit jacket?'” Not to mention the jewelry: “A lot of designers were…

I’m not thirty — yet. I’ll soon be passing from my mid-twenties into my late twenties, and I have a feeling that unlike eighteen or 21 or even 25, thirty is gonna sneak up on me and slap me upside my head. Then comes forty, then fifty — so, essentially,…

Homer Simpson might have once called them “cheese-eating surrender monkeys,” but let’s face it: When it comes to cuisine, the French blow the rest of the world — with the possible exception of the Italians — completely out of the water. My most memorable meals have been almost exclusively consumed…

Just look at that face — the sad eyes, the droopy lips, the furry cheeks. Your dog is trying to tell you something. No, he’s not hungry. No, she doesn’t need to go outside. It’s the loneliness, you ninny; if you can’t last six months without some kind of significant…

You don’t have to be a rabid feminist to acknowledge the simple truth that the expectations placed upon women in almost any society are difficult to meet. “I know a lot of female artists,” notes Kim Harrell, owner of East End Applied Arts, 1556 Florence Street in Aurora. “And I…