Denver Comic Con is hyping its upcoming summer festivities by collaborating with Space Creators for a Second Saturday Denver Comic Con Art and Comic Walk tonight at Wazee Union. “We liked the idea of making a mash-up for this event: a comic-book festival meets artwalk to create a comic artwalk,”…
For being a “show about nothing,” Seinfeld was a very big something during its glory days on NBC. Tonight at 8 p.m., join Geeks Who Drink, the nationally known bar-quiz crew, at Three Lions Pub for The Contest: The Third Annual Seinfeld Quiz, a night of Seinfeld trivia. Geeks Who…
Things that intrigue me are my job. If something is problematic or beautiful, it is my job to discover why and write about it,” author Chuck Klosterman told a crowd Tuesday at the Auraria campus, home to three colleges. “Now I get to come and speak at colleges like this,…
Charlie Murphy is returning to Denver with Charlie Murphy’s Acid Trip Tour for a three day stint at the Comedy Works in Larimer Square. Westword recently spoke with Murphy to see what he enjoys most about comedy…
With his art, Phillip Potter investigations the correlation between interior design, home decoration and fine art. His current show, The DavenPort Collection , which runs through February 26 at Edge, is a subtle nod to the role of fine art in America’s consumer-minded society, a slight satire on how visual…
With the forced sentiments of love looming in the air before Valentine’s Day inevitably descends upon us, some may choose to escape the cheesy romantic comedies and societal pressures by examining l’amour from an artistic standpoint. You can do this at Zip 37 Gallery’s Lovesick, a multimedia exhibit that showcases…
Artist Heather Doyle-Maier is stripping a common ritual to its most basic components. In two current shows in the Navajo Arts District, she explores the meaning of getting dressed and undressed. Doyle-Maier is featured in Lovesick at Zip 37, and she has an installation in the back room of Edge,…
It was a clothes call, but the results are in: Last month Meghan Throckmorton, owner of Rakun, issued an open call for local design students to submit original, custom-crafted women’s looks. She’s now selected the top three garments, and is encouraging people to stop by Rakun, her shop at 1147…
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, as Friedrich Nietzsche observed. And for Ryan Ashley Knowles, that adage rings painfully true: He lost his mother to domestic violence when he was fourteen. But while his upbringing was filled with grief and tragedy, he is determined to carve out a career…
Love was in the air on Friday night at Zip 37 in the Navajo Street Art District, where the show LoveSick opened to the public. The exhibit, which features nine artists contemplating the meaning of being lovesick, was curated by artist Katie Hoffman, who unveiled her own piece, Heloise and…
“A tigalo is what happens when a tiger and a buffalo get funky together,” explains Matthew Brown, owner of Fancy Tiger Clothing (and the partner of Jaime Jennings, who runs Fancy Tiger Crafts), which recently settled into new digs on Broadway alongside the craft store and Buffalo Exchange, which has…
Get ready to place your paws on DIBS, or Denver Independent Boutiques, this Saturday. Because come sunshine or snowfall, DIBS creator and Rakun owner, Meghan Throckmorton, along with her contemporaries, will host an event called Sweetheart Boutique Crawl. “This event is one way that we can encourage shoppers to buy…
Why do photovoltaic cells have p-type and n-type layers? * What causes stars to twinkle?* If you know the answers to these questions, you might qualify for the winning team of the Colorado Science Bowl. You might even be smarter than a Cherry Creek High school student!…
UPDATE: This event has been postponed due to the weather. “A Tigalo is what happens when a tiger and a buffalo get funky together,” explains Matthew Brown, owner of Fancy Tiger Clothing and Fancy Tiger Crafts, both of which just settled into new digs on Broadway alongside Buffalo Exchange, which…
Fashion Denver owner Brandi Shigley encourages others to do just as she is doing: “Focus on your focus.”…
Meghan Throckmorton, who opened Rakun at 1147 Santa Fe Drive last June, has designs on Denver: She’s holding a fashion competition for students, asking them to create a woman’s look. “As long as you’re in school and sew your own clothes,” she says, “we want your submissions!” But you’ll need…
