Colorado native Rebecca Shepard is a newly minted author, and she’s barely old enough to drink. Her book, Naked Came the Post-Postmodernist, already has the New York Times talking. Actually, make that the book in which she has a part. There’s a story to this Naked and it began when…
Now through December 1, giving also means getting at Fallen Owl Tattoo, 8789 West Colfax in Lakewood, where anybody who brings in a few unopened toys during the third annual Toys for Tattoos Toy Drive receives a gift certificate good toward a tattoo. See also: The Boulder Tattoo Project puts…
There’s the zombie, post-apocalyptic kind of cannibalism (good), and then there’s the kind that Stanley Tucci notices in Medora, a movie that’s been called the year’s most important sports documentary and, according to executive producer Tucci, “shows how America has cannibalized itself.” Davy Rothbart’s newest flick isn’t just for basketball…
Some estimates put the number of Colorado’s undocumented immigrants in the hundreds of thousands. But for all the debates on how to treat locals lacking papers, there’s still a lot we don’t know about the everyday lives of the people we won’t call citizens. Five Boulder County Latino youths, most…
“The people who don’t like science all have the same playbook when it comes to attacking it, and that playbook is borrowed from the Holocaust,” says author and geologist Donald Prothero, author of Reality Check: How Science Deniers Threaten Our Future. It was during the 2008 general election that Prothero…
Get ready to bribe, cheat, and drink your way to victory: the sixth installment of Metro Denver Promotion of Letter’s (MDPL) adults-only caper, Murder on Broadway, hits the Historic Baker neighborhood this Saturday, October 26. Registration for the fundraiser — a whodunnit escapade that’s part murder mystery, part dinner theater…
Some local moms — and other fitness enthusiasts, too — have been sweating potential changes to Denver Parks and Recreation’s permit-fee structure for almost a year, ever since DPR announced that all groups hosting exercise classes on the city’s turf would have to pay for a permit, regardless of whether…
In a much-welcomed break from all those damn Disney princess debates, Kelly Oliver, the W. Alton Jones Chair of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University, ponders recent fan favorites like Hanna, Winter’s Bone and The Hunger Games, Hollywood flicks featuring teenage girls hunting — even killing — animals. Why are these teen…
It’s like American Idol, only…good. Tonight marks the end of the first annual PlayOffs, an elimination-style weekly playwriting competition in which hand-picked playwrights produced new work based on top-secret prompts designed to “push them to create their best work at a breakneck speed,” says Michael Emmitt, co-founder with Sean Paul…
Perhaps it’s the “fantastic awfulness of Vegas” that makes it a fitting place for two strangers — a famous motivational speaker and a tollbooth collector — to kill themselves…together. That’s how the action goes down in Suicide(s) in Vegas, which opens tonight at Spark Theater. “With its seductiveness, spontaneity and…
It’s like American Idol, only…good. Tonight marks the start of the first annual PlayOffs, an elimination-style weekly playwriting competition in which hand-picked playwrights produce new work based on top-secret prompts designed to “push them to create their best work at a breakneck speed,” says Michael Emmitt, co-founder with Sean Paul…
Careful — fall out of your headstand too quickly, and you’re liable to tumble down a few hundred steps. This Saturday, August 3, Denver Arts & Venues and long-time partner CorePower Yoga will offer Yoga on the Rocks, a supplement to the popular HealthONE Red Rocks Fitness Challenge, a city-sponsored,…
Hate to eat and run? Problem solved: With bRUNch, you’ll run first, then reward your triumph with brunch fare while sipping drinks every Sunday, April through September, with Denver’s newest social running club, bRUNch. See also: – Patio of the day: MCA Cafe – Ten tequila drinks that aren’t margaritas…
There’s no shortage of local entrepreneurs who are tapping into yoga and nutrition. That’s why Kate Coleman, founder of Biophilia, wanted to carve out her own special niche. The certified-yoga-instructor-slash-nutritionist has been backpacking for nearly a decade, since a University of Iowa school excursion first sparked her interested in the…
Colorado: the eighth healthiest state in the nation — and gunning for number one. Home to Denver, a town that’s been nationally recognized for its low obesity rates, high level of physical activity, bird-like flocks of young people and, now, attention-grabbing headlines about the city’s purported distaste for group exercisers…
Noah Stephens, the mastermind behind Vert Kitchen, has expanded his business once again, this time taking his unique brand of slow-cooked, farm-fresh, French-inspired culinary goodness to local Natural Grocers stores. See also: – 100 Favorite Dishes: Watermelon and frisee salad from EDGE – Boulder Farmers’ Market, week fourteen: Corn, creativity…
Let’s be honest: children’s birthday parties suck. Especially the ones for really young kids, who are basically just a bunch of bald, mini-people who lack all self-awareness running into each other at a Chuck E. Cheese while a few pedophiles watch from the sidelines and parents are forced to eat…
Don your boots for a majestic journey through the alpine tundra when the Denver Botanic Gardens kicks off its annual series of Mount Goliath Tours in the Arapaho National Forest near Mount Evans. The day begins at the Dos Chappell Nature Center at the base of Mount Goliath, where experienced…
If you have older children at home who’d consider our earlier suggestions for offbeat summer fun just so much easy kid’s stuff, relax. There’s plenty of awesome, quirky and local shit stuff for pre-adolescents to do in Denver, too. Here’s our list of five great activities to enjoy this summer…
It’s time to embrace the longest day of the year, to celebrate the first day of summer and the fact that it’s still light enough to ride your bike at 8:30 p.m. and warm enough to eat ice cream all freaking night long. So let’s all work together to create…
Whet your appetite with a smorgasbord of distilled delights at tonight’s first annual Moovers & Shakers mixology competition at the Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut Street in Boulder. You’ll be courted by spirited local barkeeps — all looking to sway you (and your vote) while competing for the…
Calling all unicorns, jackalopes, mermaids, basilisks, abominable snowmen and New Jersey Devils! Grab a few s’mores, and settle in for a fun-filled night of theatrical mayhem as the Theater Company of Lafayette (TCL) weaves seven campfire-esque shorts all crafted to challenge preconceived notions, shatter misconceptions and keep you guessing long…
