Doesn’t sitting in a clubhouse while you listen to women talk about their work in rocket science, forensic art and animal disease detecting sound just awesome? That’s what kids who attend Saturday’s Girls and Science event at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science can expect. “We initially thought about…
Two Hands Paperie, a Boulder-based retailer that specializes in paper wares, was the perfect fit for Beyond Words: Contemporary Book Art, the show at Foothills Art Center through March 22. “This is our first time doing a pop-up shop,” explains Ro Medina, outreach director at Foothills Art Center. “It seemed…
Once upon a time, T.Williams (performing at Beta tomorrow night), who’s known for his underground house/bass production and sets, partnered up with S.E.F. to found the Deep Teknologi label. “We came to a point with that label when that U.K. deep house thing was going on,” he explains, “and my…
Evan Weissman, one of the programmers behind the civic health club Warm Cookies of the Revolution, says he and his cohorts have wanted to create an event about how busy everybody is for quite some time. “We were talking about this idea that everyone is so busy — or feels…
“There’s so much of me out there that one could wonder, ‘What am I going to get seeing him in person?’” says astrophysicist and all-around science guy Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. “What I do know is that when I’m on stage, it’s almost like we’re one on one.” So if…
What will audience members experience at “An Evening with Neil deGrasse Tyson” at the Buell this weekend that they wouldn’t get from Tyson in another medium? “There’s so much of me that’s out there, one could wonder, what are you going to get seeing me in person?” he acknowledges. We…
Fine-art photographer Michael Soluri was invited to step inside the world of NASA and apply his eye to a mission to repair the Hubble space telescope, and he published a book of those photographs — Infinite Worlds: The People and Places of Space Exploration. Sounds pretty amazing, right? You can…
Michael Soluri’s book Infinite Worlds: The People and Places of Space Exploration is full of gorgeous imagery that is only possible when a fine-art photographer is allowed unprecedented access to a NASA mission to repair the Hubble space telescope. In other words, his book is unique. “My goal was to…
The future and the past collide in this unique performance. Featuring a concert of ancient instruments by Gong Synergy, and a multi-sensory future light art exhibition. Sat., Jan. 17, 8-11 p.m., 2015…
“Ullr Fest celebrates everything snow,” notes festival spokeswoman Rachel Zerowin, “and fat bikes have been seen in Breckenridge and all over the state this winter.” Fat bikes are the ones with enormous tires that you can ride in the snow, and this year, Ullr Fest planners added a Fat Bike…
Melanie Crowder was inspired to turn her research about women’s suffrage into a historical young-adult novel when she learned about Clara Lemlich, who’s best known for standing up at a mass factory workers’ meeting in New York in 1909 and motioning to strike: Lemlich was a labor activist before she…
Everyone in the industry is gearing up for 2015, so grab those datebooks and start marking your calendars. And get ready for another round of national press, as Colorado marks the end of its first year of legal recreational marijuana sales. Among the reports you can expect is CNBC’S “Marijuana…
The last time we talked to Guy Gerber (in 2012), the up-and-coming electronic music producer and DJ told us about his new project with P.Diddy, 11:11 — which was just released this year. Gerber will be back in Denver to play a show at Beta this Saturday night, December 20;…
Even if you were just at the Denver Botanic Gardens to catch the final days of the Chihuly exhibit, there’s no reason to skip your trip to the Blossoms of Light display, because it really does get better each year as the DBG adds more and more lights and features…
Many cultures that originated in the Northern Hemisphere have solstice celebrations to mark the changing of the seasons. While winter is beginning in earnest, the days will only get longer for the next six months. There are many ways to celebrate the solstice, but only the souls at the Mercury…
The R.O.U.S. (Rodents of Unusual Size) in The Princess Bride are little people in ridiculous rubber costumes. Andre the Giant really could drink a small pond’s worth of alcohol without falling down or even stumbling. And author William Goldman, who wrote the book on which the movie is based, nearly…
Things have slowed down on the cannabis-events front, apart from the usual classes and tours — but there are some things planned for later this year and early in 2015 that you’ll want to pencil into your datebooks. See also: Introducing Nug Hunt, Denver’s First Marijuana Scavenger Hunt…
Watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas — whether you prefer the original animated version or the live-action remake with Jim Carrey from a few years back — has become a holiday tradition. And now you can add a live-action viewing of Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas, a musical…
Wednesday’s the big day for pot events this week, between a responsible vendor training program, a film screening and cannabis business awards. Hopefully you’ve got some idea of where you’d like to be — and if not, keep reading. See also: Charlotte’s Web: Untangling One of Colorado’s Biggest Cannabis Success…
Everyone has seen A Christmas Carol — probably more than once. But no one has seen that story as it’s told in An Improvised Christmas Carol. “When I was in Seattle last year, I saw fliers for An Improvised Christmas Carol, and being an actor-producer-improviser person, I went to see…
Tonight is the fifth annual 1940s White Christmas Ball, and as befits an event that was put together to commemorate and celebrate the past, organizer Khyentse James is getting even more nostalgic than usual. “We’ve always thought of doing something completely different from the ‘White Christmas’ theme,” she says, “but…
If you have an opinion about how cannabis edibles should be labeled and packaged, then you’ve got just a few hours left to share your views with the state. Or you can listen to reggae with like-minded growers, sign up for a glassblowing class and more. See also: Pot-Related Souvenir…
