Amidst the music and partying of Westword Music Showcase 2012, eight artists showed off their talents by painting Westword news boxes. Below are photos of the work of artists Steven Kuc of Soldier Ink Design, 2010 MasterMind and self-proclaimed Art Pimp Eric Matelski, Scott LeFavor, Yeyo Mondragon of Certified Customs,…
Above the heads of passersby, James Bertini’s bees are flying in circles around the entrance to their new home: a small tube set in the red brick wall at Denver Urban Homesteading. Though the bees are still orienting themselves with the ins and outs of their glass-windowed beehive, soon they’ll…
We released our 2012 Summer Guide in June, including hundreds of events and opportunities to escape both in the city and in the great outdoors. Each Thursday, we’ll roll out the best things to do this week, making it easier for you to plan your summer. Among this week’s listings…
In honor of our annual Westword Music Showcase this weekend, we tapped Backbeat’s resident genius, cartoonist Noah Van Sciver, to consult the vast empirical recesses of his memory banks to assemble this helpful taxonomy. Prepare to be enlightened, astounded and perhaps, if you’re a little sensitive, even a little miffed…
The joyous weekend of PrideFest was not without its misfortunes, in the form of chance interactions and longing gazes that left one party wanting more, but not knowing where to find it. Enter Craigslist Missed Connections, questionably the only matchmaking tool worse than The Bachelor/Bachelorette TV series, but nonetheless entertaining…
Michelle Obama, who is making two campaign stops in Denver’s suburbs this morning, backs “Let’s Move,” an anti-obesity program with the lofty goal of solving the “epidemic of childhood obesity within a generation.” Her glowing physique and enviable shoulders dressed to perfection, she’s often pictured doing calorie-burning activities with kids…
What better time to strip down than on a hot June weekend? And what better place to do it than at Denver PrideFest, where we found attendees fighting for their right to get nearly naked all weekend long, from Friday night’s Drag Nation at Tracks nightclub through the Pride Parade…
The Vans Warped Tour made its stop in Denver on Sunday, June 17, 2012 at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Aaron Thackeray brings back these photos for Westword. See also: – People of Warped Tour 2012 – People of Warped Tour 2011 – Day in the Life: Andrew W.K.’s…
The stereotype of comic book readers as overweight, nerdy men has been pounded into bits since Comic Book Guy made his debut on The Simpsons more than 20 years ago. That much was evident this past weekend at the first-ever Denver Comic Con, held at the Colorado Convention Center. Christopher…
In its first year, in Denver Comic Con put on quite a show at the Colorado Convention Center this past weekend. Amidst the celebrity guests, trade expo and Jedi training sessions we found a ton of memorable comic costumes. Page down for photos of some of our favorite superheroes, villains,…
For this week’s Westword review, Laura Shunk visited Karl’s Deli in Centennial, which specializes in German and Austrian food, including a wurst platter. “The fat, fennel-infused pork sausage exploded out of its casing when cut, oozing juices into a bed of sauerkraut,” she writes. “Although the wurst needed nothing to…
We released our 2012 Summer Guide last week; it listed hundreds of events and opportunities both in the city and in the great outdoors. Each Thursday, we’ll roll out the best things to do this week, making it easier for you to plan your summer. Among this week’s listings are…
It’s Flag Day — an oft-overlooked day of national pride. Some of which is demonstrated in very strange ways. Modern interpretations of Betsy Ross’s design can go beyond cloth and, depending on your point of view, beyond good taste, too. Here are ten nontraditional but memorable uses of America’s stars…
“Snowflake,” by Bryan Nash Gill, pine. Michael Paglia’s review of Material Abstraction at the Robischon Gallery (through June 30) and Bryan Nash Gill: Cut Wood at Goodwin Fine Art (through June 22) explores contemporary abstraction while showcasing pieces by regional and national artists. Both shows, he writes, help “to prove…
Instagram is the latest, and obviously the hippest, photo-sharing app; it allows anyone with a smartphone to play amateur photographer, transforming regular old snapshots into filtered, fogged and color-tinted works of art at the touch of a finger. Search “Denver” on Statigram, one of the app’s web-based viewing platforms, and…
