The sly galoot in the Big Suit was a hoot. Anyone who was at Red Rocks when Talking Heads singer David Byrne sauntered on stage the night of August 26, 1983, with his gassed-back hair, oversized outfit and white sneakers will probably agree that the concert was one of the…

Bob Finch learned to appreciate tools growing up in his father’s Wyoming workshop, where some craftsmanship apparently rubbed off: Finch worked his way through college as a carpenter. Now retired, the Lakewood engineer has renewed his passion for implements as a member of the Rocky Mountain Tool Collectors, and he…

When Mayor Wellington Webb trumpeted free tours of the 69-year-old City and County Building, he undersold a key point: the challenge of locating the tour’s start. Surely, the trickiest part of navigating this 450,000-square-foot structure is telling the first floor from the second. Strangers, scofflaws and other civic types coming…

As more people awaken to world music, transplanted artists from around the globe find ways to share their cultures locally. Two African groups will do just that when they perform this weekend. West Africa has always been a source of music and dance, and Boulder’s two-year-old Bantaba World Dance &…

The Aspen Shortsfest isn’t a Hollywood shmoozefest. Sure, this tenth annual competition is expected to attract a few film producers. But organizers insist that the festival’s purpose remains recognizing achievement. Guests, including bad-boy director John Waters (who will be featured during Saturday’s closing-night celebration at the Wheeler Opera House) and…

Helen Littlejohn had never dabbled in art until one day in the early 1990s, when her son brought home a mask-making project from his middle school. “He opened me up to something in the universe that has no limits,” says the public-relations professional. “I thought I would try it. And…

Sometime after 1 p.m. on Sunday, Barry “Wildman” Snyder expects to paste a few final decals — including a red-with-blue-striped Dole label and a classic Chiquita blue oval — on “My Sticka Zappa,” a thirty-by-forty-inch interpretation of the late rocker Frank sitting on a toilet. To create this masterpiece, the…