Christmas is just twenty days away, and if you haven’t yet been bombarded by the Pentatonix holiday album in your office, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to see Kris Kringle this weekend. You can even become Santa yourself — or at least get in the bag. Here are the four…
This fall Gear Junkie introduced us to the lumbersexual. Described as a flannel-wearing outdoor enthusiast with an unkempt beard, the lumbersexual can be found barhopping with his MacBook Air in tow. Since the term was coined, the world has become infatuated with finding these bearded men — and this obsession…
For anyone looking to stuff stockings with affordable handmade jewelry and pet treats, the second annual Small Business Saturday Artisan’s Market at Wazee Union has got you covered. More than forty local small businesses and artisans will come together in the heart of the River North Art District to sell…
At the Thanksgiving table, you can count on passing around dish after dish of food, filling and refilling cups with various types of booze, and getting stuck in endless awkward conversations. Here are eight of the most common things you’ll hear from family members tomorrow. See also: The Five Weirdest…
With the holidays approaching, these things are certain: Someone in the office will begin playing the Mariah Carey Christmas station on Pandora today, Black Friday deals will assault you via airwaves and billboards, and you will undeniably run into the following five people if you head home for Thanksgiving or…
Wrestlers and metal make for a mean combo — one that will totally rock the National Western Complex today during Rock ’N’ Rumble, a pairing of thirteen mixed-martial-arts cage fights and a concert by Christian nu-metal band P.O.D, “Chris Camozzi versus Jeremy Kimball is a huge fight for us and…
Have all your do-it-yourself projects been stymied by a lack of tools? A crowdfunding campaign that starts tomorrow is designed to built a bank account for the Denver Tool Library, a Blockbuster-like facility devoted to home improvement that could soon open on Santa Fe Drive. See also: Five Amazing Zines…
More than one hundred visual artists from around the country – and one photographer from Tokyo – are coming to Denver this weekend for the inaugural ArtDenver, a three-day indoor exhibition and more that will close out Denver Arts Week. The juried art show will feature 91 artists who have…
Beer and bacon lovers will unite to celebrate two of the best things in the world at today’s Bacon and Beer Festival. More than twenty breweries will be on hand to pair their beer with 26 bacon-filled treats from local restaurants. The event sold out in each of its first…
Some people get off to porn, other people get down to BDSM role play. And then there are those people who are turned on by bicycles. Bike Smut is a collection of short erotic films that have everything to do with bikes. This DIY bicycle-themed festival has been traveling across…
It’s not uncommon to see throngs of people, faces painted and food in hand, parading into cemeteries on November 1 and 2. Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), a two-day holiday that originated in Mexico, honors the dead through festivals and celebrations. It is believed that the dead…
Playwright, actor and “grand dame” Charles Busch has been commanding the stage for more than thirty years. A last-minute campy show he wrote and performed in the East Village of New York City in 1984 catapulted him to fame, and since then Busch’s plays have been performed on Broadway and…
With No Shave November just around the corner, celebrations of Colorado’s best beards and mustaches are already under way. The Boulder Facial Hair Club will be hosting its second annual Beard and Moustache Contest in Longmont tomorrow, October 25, at Dickens Opera House; this year’s competition will feature eight categories,…
Bearded men from across the country will flock to Longmont this weekend for the Boulder Facial Hair Club’s second annual Beard and Moustache Competition. “We have competitors coming from as far away as Texas and New York,” says Tobin Voggesser of the BFHC, who adds that an all-star panel of…
The Exotica Erotica Ball brings fire spinners, body paint and a “dungeon of desire” to its two-city double feature this weekend. The adult-themed and costume-required masquerade party, described by event curator Steve Wallis as looking like a “hybrid between burlesque and strippers,” has been showcased in Boulder for more than…
For years motorcycle culture has been a male-dominated arena; the roads have long been ruled by men on their “hogs.” But Shelby Rossi was getting sick and tired of riding on the back of her boyfriend’s bike — so she decided to form the Scarlet Headers, a women’s motorcycle group…
Lingerie competitions, bondage performances and boa constrictors are all part of the fifteenth annual Victorian Fetish Ball, happening tonight at the Diamond Cabaret. The event is “pure chaos,” says producer Kevin Larson — an “erotic tasting” whose mandatory-costume rule makes all patrons part of the fetish experience. “It’s my job…
For nearly forty years, the Rocky Horror Picture Show has been A popular cult classic. Originally performed as a musical and later adapted into a B-movie, midnight showings of the sexual comedy began in theaters in the ’70s and continue in some cities today. With audience participation and the opportunity…
On a typical fall Sunday in Denver, people in orange and blue flock to local joints that serve cheap Coors Light and burger combos and have TVs blaring. But not everyone wants to bump elbows with former high school athletes getting drunk and trying to relive the “glory” days. Some…
The tattooed and pierced beauties known as the SuicideGirls will bring their Blackheart Burlesque Tour to the Summit Music Hall tonight, and Missy Suicide, tour organizer and the group’s co-founder, promises that audience members are in for a show they can’t see anywhere else. The SuicideGirls will use striptease, music,…
The Horseshoe Market, Denver’s premier indie craft and vintage market, is gearing up for its fifth year with the first of four markets this weekend. Amy and Doug Yetman founded the indie market back in 2010 out of a desire to bring the community together in search of “creative gems.”…
The Hot Chocolate 15/5K Series, dubbed “America’s sweetest race,” kicks off in Denver today before continuing to fourteen other cities. While the race offers runners the opportunity to raise money for Ronald McDonald Charities and goodie bags complete with fleece-lined zip hoodies, Hot Chocolate Series organizers are most excited about…
