“Out West, people don’t parade their eccentricities. Down South, we put them out there for everybody to see,” explains former Southerner Charlotte D’Armond Talbert. Six years ago, the North Carolina theater teacher got together with former student Tessa Carr (now a fellow theater Ph.D.) to create an annual show that…

As an artist, Eric Matelski is always looking for new ways to promote his work. After attending classes through Denver Urban Gardens, he came up with the idea to merge two of his passions into a series of garden shows called Art Farm. “It’s pretty cool, because it’s just a…

My dog hates children. Their loud cries, sudden moves and strange, short figures freak her out. She will happily lie on her back and beg to have her belly rubbed for any adult human, and she’ll tolerate most dogs — as long as they stay away from her food, property,…

Ten million children in sub-Saharan Africa have lost both of their parents to AIDS. “You read the statistics, but because the numbers are so huge, it doesn’t register until you can personalize it and see the life of one child,” says Kathy Burr, outreach director for Cherry Hills Community Church…

Gary Pera had been whitewater sledging for several years near his home in New Zealand when he met a girl from Aspen, Colorado. “A woman enticed me over here, and we decided to check out the rivers,” Pera explains. “I didn’t even know there was a ski resort, but I…

There’s a lot of love on Colfax Avenue, especially inside the Neopolitan Gallery, where the Colfax Cruise Picture Show is currently on display. Brought to you by Taj Moore — the same guy who created ColfaxLove.com — this exhibit covers a day in the life of the very special place…

What’s the only thing that could possibly be more fun than an elementary school field day? An adult field day — with beer — to raise money for a good cause. “We wanted to do something that stood out,” says Eva Magdalenski of the MS Young Professionals Network. “You know,…

If you’ve never experienced the cute mountain town that is Crested Butte, now’s your chance to take in its rich backdrop of snowcapped peaks and pines and aspens again — and again and again and again. The Bridges of the Butte 24-Hour Townie Tour is not a race. It’s a…

The topic of tonight’s Chautauqua forum, “The Future of Transportation: How Will We Get Around When Cheap Oil is Gone?” is more relevant than ever, even though the “when” might already be outdated. People like Karen Worminghaus, co-founder of Boulder CarShare, see a silver lining to soaring gas prices: It…

Dr. Neal Baer, a Denver native and executive producer of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, became interested in participant photography when he met Jim Hubbard, who in the late 1980s gave cameras to homeless kids and taught them how to photograph their lives. Baer wanted to do the same…

Joel Heath founded the Teva Mountain Games seven years ago as a way to fuse athletics, art, music and mountains into one event. Today, the festival in Vail is the biggest outdoor adventure event in the country. “You can do anything from watching athletes to learning from some of the…

Richard Brenne, author of the upcoming book The Truth About Everything, calls Al Bartlett a prophet of what should be common sense, but too often isn’t. Bartlett, a professor emeritus of physics at the University of Colorado and a friend of Brenne’s, has been documenting the effects of exponential population…

I’ve never had a massage. I’ve always thought of spa services as a luxury for the rich, which I am not. I’d feel too guilty spending that much money on something I couldn’t at least wear or digest. But Massage for the Cure gives me an excuse to splurge on…

Everybody can run a mile. The goal for the inaugural Mile High Mile is that participants will actually run — as fast as they can. No jogging, no pacing yourself, no dogs or strollers: This is a race. But don’t feel intimidated, says Cindy Shoemaker of the Greenway Foundation, which…

With a whole year to evaluate last year’s foibles, a cleaner, prettier, more convenient Colfax Marathon race course — which sidesteps much of the 26-mile street the event was named for — awaits today’s 6,000 runners. Marathon co-founder Jean Townsend says she and the rest of the event staff listened…

Four Mile Historic Park is a twelve-acre piece of the Old West left intact in the middle of the city. And tonight you can experience its rustic grounds under the moonlight, with food and drink in hand, while helping preserve its unique character. The fifth annual Colorado Corks and Cuisine…