Lykke Li

There is no one box to check for Lykke Li: Part pop star, part soul singer and partially just her own weird and appealing self, the Swedish performer can place her voice into any fold and command the instruments around it. Only two full albums into a relatively newborn career,…

Dirt Nasty

In the early ’90s, when he began his pop-culture career, Dirt Nasty was better known as Simon Rex — a super-tan MTV VJ and the occasional star of screwball comedies and prime-time teen shows. Around 2007, Rex went in a new direction: He adopted the Dirt Nasty moniker and became…

Hey, Colorado Mills: I’m a sore loser and I want my $250

I spent a week capturing myself on Macbook-style film for Colorado Mills’ “Week of a Woman” photography contest earlier this month. Yesterday, I received a phone call yesterday letting me know that I did not win. In fact, no one did.  The contest was cancelled because of a lack of…

Ke$ha rules, journalism drools

There are two distinct periods in the average American’s life: high school and not-high school. For me, the farther I get from those formative ninth-through-twelfth-grade years — 1994 to 1998 — the cooler they seem to have been. Today, when I look back at say, 1995, my eyes glaze over…

Friday in the Park With Spooks

Dress up your Dachshund in his finest hot-dog-imitating apparel; it’s time for the twelfth annual Scream Scram race at Wash Park. Okay, so the run isn’t just for masquerading pups: Kids, adults and seniors are also invited to participate in this evening’s 5K run to benefit the Boys & Girls…

When a booty call calls, do you answer?

I got a third-party booty call last week. It started with a text from a friend, asking what I was up to. On a Thursday at 11:30 p.m.? I wanted to say, “I’m at Bardo’s, staring down an attractive barista man who was probably born in the ’90s, instead of…

Turning Japanese

Curious about how to perfectly prune your bonsai? Ever wonder what it takes to make a taiko drum? Japan America Society of Colorado will have the answers to those questions and many more at today’s Harvest Moon Festival, a seasonal gathering celebrating Japanese culture and traditions. Along with information sessions…

Orange Is Your Color

Editor’s note: Regrettably, this event hosted by Elitch Gardens, the Center and CAP has been canceled. And unfortunately, we only received word of this cancellation after the item was printed in our issue dated October 6, 2011. Take an amusement park after dark, add three haunted houses, two stages and…