The Day of the Doctor is upon us, and it has been fifty years in the making. The longest-running sci-fi series in television history, Doctor Who is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary with a cinematic event that will screen in theaters across the country, including nineteen theaters in Colorado on Monday,…
Time and space will converge today as theaters across the country celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Doctor Who. The BBC series has been a household name in the U.K. since it premiered in 1963 and the U.S., after it began airing here in the ’70s. When it was relaunched in…
Z Davis Robison loves anything and everything that is cool. He collects vintage furniture, local art, antiques, products from local brands and all other items that fit his definition of “cool” to stock his shop, Curating the Cool, in Lafayette. Robison wanted to give customers a place where they could…
Denver once billed itself as “Paris on the Platte,” so the Paris Holiday Market is the perfect place to do some holiday shopping for the Denverites on your list. Although this is the market’s third year, it’s the first to be held in conjunction with the Denver Public Library’s Fresh…
It’s common for artists and designers to rent studio space in a shared building, where they can work undisturbed without necessarily interacting with any of the other tenants. The Studio in Boulder hopes to combine the idea of separate spaces and a community atmosphere in a new type of shared…
The 40 West Arts District invites you to “get your galactic groove on” with its sci-fi-themed Fall Arts Harvest Exhibition, opening today in Lakewood. The intergalactic display will showcase artists who are interpreting space travel and scientific innovation through paintings, glass art, sculpture, photography and digital art. “We have scientists…
Share Denver is a community space dedicated to learning how to do new things — from crocheting to small-business accounting. Founders Becky Hensley and Anne Davidson not only share their own crafty knowledge, but invite members of the community to do the same, resulting in an array of classes catering…
For fine art students at Metropolitan State University of Denver, graduating involves more than taking a couple of finals and ordering their cap and gown. A group of fourteen soon-to-be grads are preparing thesis presentations at the Center for Visual Art, putting together the show Level Up, which opens on…
Science fiction can refer to space travel, time travel, futuristic technology, mutations and any other scenarios loosely based on science. 40 West Arts District will be exploring these different interpretations of sci-fi at its second annual Fall Arts Harvest exhibition, which opens tomorrow, October 15. “We have scientists who are…
When Adam Sikorski designed the first Coloradical T-shirt four years ago, he intended it to be just one more thing in his repertoire of designs. He didn’t suspect that it would become his best-selling design, let alone that it would become a brand of its own. “It’s been a really…
The first thing the Mythbusters say before starting an experiment on their television show is, “Don’t try this at home.” Fans of the show will finally have an opportunity to disregard this advice and try their favorite experiments at Mythbusters: The Explosive Exhibition. The interactive exhibition opens this weekend at…
Perhaps even more than the cooling weather and pumpkin spice lattes, the Horseshoe Fall Market marks the beginning of autumn. And this year will be the biggest fall market yet, with 117 vendors selling everything from local crafts to antiques, mobile boutiques, a Halloween costume swap and other community-driven activities…
Aly Barohn landed in Denver this summer after living in many cities across the country. And everywhere she’s been, she’s collected pieces of vintage clothing that she would then sell on-line. But now, after five years of running a virtual shop, she finally has a brick-and-mortar location — right above…
A third of the food we eat comes from pollinated plants, from the apples in our pie to the asparagus on our grill, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. And since honeybees are responsible for 80 percent of that pollination, they’re helping to put that food on our tables…
Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five, Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series are only a small sample of the top 100 banned or challenged books of the past decade. Banning books might sound like a problem of the past, but there are still attempts to…
Adam Lichty wants Denverites to walk more — and see a lot more. That’s the motivation for Denver Streetheart, which collects street art from around the city and shares photos on Instagram with Lichty’s 1,500 followers. But he doesn’t want the experience to stop there. He wants people to go…
The lights and the camera, the big stars and the director’s chair — these are the icons we associate with filmmaking. But the magic on the silver screen wouldn’t happen without such key players as casting directors and producers. Local filmmakers and fans can learn about the people behind the…
Ever since the rumor was confirmed that Voodoo Doughnuts will open its first location outside of Oregon at 1520 East Colfax Avenue, the chain’s owners have been inundated with questions about when. Although weary to give an exact date, co-owner Tres Shannon says they hope to be open around Thanksgiving…
Josh Schwab’s doughnuts may be glazed, but he’s not confused about where his business is going. After nearly a year of selling doughnuts at farmers’ markets and a few cafes, the owner of Glazed and Confuzed Doughnuts is ready to open the doors of a new brick-and-mortar shop this fall…
When Erika Righter opened Hope Tank a year and a half ago, she thought Denver’s Arts District on Santa Fe would be the best place for the charitable boutique. But this year she made the move to Broadway, where her original idea continues to grow, with more events, bigger names…
There are time-honored traditions that define a good whiskey, from the type of grain used in the mix to the type of barrel in which it’s aged. But Lenny Eckstein, owner and head distiller of Deerhammer Distilling Company in Buena Vista, is not afraid to mix tradition with new practices…
It’s one thing to know that you should be eating healthier, and another to have the time and money to prepare healthy meals. Saloni Doshi and Chelsea Katz, co-founders of Fresh Takes Kitchen, are working to make healthy, affordable meals accessible to the community. Their goal is to become a…
