SAT, 6/11 Denver’s Baker Neighborhood is one of those nostalgic-home neighborhoods that people from other places never seem to understand. “Wait — it’s a neighborhood right in the heart of the city, with actual houses and everything, not skyscrapers?” they ask. Exactly. The eclectic area is a hodgepodge of quaint…

FRI, 5/27 It was the summer of ’81. My best friend, Ron, had just graduated from high school; I’d tossed my cap the year before. We were cruising down the highway in his black 1971 Volkswagen Beetle, windows down, singing at the top of our lungs (me, totally off-key; him,…

SAT, 5/21 Madeline and Sylvia, two New York senior citizens enjoying the challenges of continuing education, are on a field trip with their junior college’s Women’s Studies class. They walk into Las Hermanas, a feminist-lesbian health-food restaurant. “Oh, Mad, look at this floral watercolor. It’s so vibrant,” says Sylvia. “I…

THURS, 5/12 Meet Murray, a teacup Chihuahua with a tiny, quivering nose, bat ears and deep, mooning eyes that could launch a thousand Keene portraits in a single wink. He greets you with his sliver of a tail tucked daintily between matchstick legs and tender pussywillow paws, looking jaunty, if…

FRI, 4/29 Need to brush up on your Klingon? Have a hankerin’ to gorge on Gagh? Then don your best Starfleet dress uniform, strap on your Jedi Knight light saber, and beam yourself up to the Marriott Denver Tech Center, 4900 South Syracuse Street, for this weekend’s Starfest 2005. KathE…

SAT, 4/9 What’s worse than a cheap cigar? A cheap dildo. Thankfully, you won’t find any of those at Hysteria, a new “feminist, progressive, sex-positive boutique” that opens at 11 a.m. today at 114 South Broadway. Wife-and-husband team Elizabeth Hauptman and Pete Yribia modeled their shop after the internationally known…

THURS, 3/31 The Yard Dogs Traveling Road Show is rolling back into town, ready to prove that a Yard Dog can, indeed, learn new tricks. “Nail your hat to your head and hide the wine,” says the carny’s barker, Eddy Joe Cotton. “Did I mention the Œdancing girls, dancing girls,…