French illustrator Serge Bloch has illustrated more than 300 books, his editorial illustrations appear regularly in several newspapers around the world, and two of his book series have been turned into animated series. Starting at 11:45 a.m Sunday, November 4, the Denver FilmCenter will be screening a series of Bloch’s…
1515 Restaurant is turning sweet sixteen, and has given itself a birthday gift: new executive chef Garren Teich, who will give the classical French fare a twist and continue the restaurant’s focus on molecular gastronomy. As Teich settles in, he and owner Gene Tang are coming up with a new…
Almost two years after opening, Fleur Bistro officially closed its doors after brunch service yesterday. Today owner Andrew Esparza was packing up the tables and chairs. Despite a great Capitol Hill location, close to where he’s lived for thirteen years, he says that business was slow and the restaurant just…
When adults think about starting a business, they worry about loans and other terrifying prospects that often stop them from following their dreams. But young entrepreneur Lyla Padden only considered positive outcomes when she started her cupcake business, Flour Gal, at the age of ten. Maybe that’s why she has…
Two weeks ago Cinema Geeks, a Denver-based filmmakers’ group, was chosen as one ten teams tapped to participate in the International AR.Drone Film Festival. The teams were each given a theme, a genre (they could choose between action, commeday and suspense), three AR.Drone 2.0 quadricopters and ten days to produce…
El Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is all about honoring the memories of deceased loved ones by celebrating their lives, and for the past twelve years, the Longmont Museum and Cultural Center has been furthering this tradition, holding events during which the community can learn about…
Matthew Inman certainly has his own view of the world, and he shares it through the comics he draws and the quizzes he produces for his website, TheOatmeal.com. And people seem to appreciate that view. Last year, Inman drew a crowd of almost 300 people to the Tattered Cover for…
Free stuff: there’s no better way to celebrate a grand opening. And starting at 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 24, the brand-new Dazbog coffee shop on the Auraria Campus will give free travel mugs to the first 1,000 costumers. But since life is about more than just coffee, Dazbog will…
Eating healthy can seem easy when all you have to do is go to the store and buy the products labeled “organic.” But Pete Marczyk wants you to know where those products come from. On his new Rocky Mountain PBS show, Great Ingredients, Marczyk is traveling all over the state…
El Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a holiday that honors the dead through altars, offerings, sculptures and dances. For the Aztec, who had been celebrating this tradition for more than 3,000 years before encountering travelers from Spain, death was not the end but the continuation…
You can bank on Heist: Who Stole the American Dream? being different from other movies about the recent economic bust. The 75-minute film traces the crash of 2008 as far back as the ’70s. “A lot of times you see documentaries and they’re like, ‘Here’s this big problem, here’s who’s…
We’ve seen Stanley Kubrick’s iconic images hundreds of times; Room 237 from The Shining and the spinning bone that turns into a satellite from 2001: A Space Odyssey are just a few. But what if those images held secret messages? That’s what director Jay Weidner is proposing in Kubrick’s Odyssey,…
The Tarot is often seen as an obscure art, but Tarot Life Cards: Using Your Birthday to Chart Your Course, by Connie Lehman and Irene Clurman, makes it more accessible. Lehman has been drawing, sculpting, embroidering and curating in Colorado for decades. In 2004 she began illustrating Tarot cards for…
Fresh Nail, Wax and Dry Bar wants to change the business of nails and hair by delivering consistent service, high quality…and alcohol. Fresh is the first nail, wax and dry salon franchise in the country, and it got its start at Aspen Grove in 2010. A Cherry Creek location opened…
A sweet, springy cake, smooth frosting and colorful sprinkles — a cupcake can be so pure and simple. That’s how Porche Lovely, owner of Church of Cupcakes, likes to keep it. Her congregation worships cakes made from scratch with local, organic and sustainable ingredients, which are sacred to Lovely. See…
Denver-based Cinema Geeks was chosen as one of ten film-making teams from around the world to compete in the International AR.Drone Film Festival. Made famous on the Internet by the spoof film Hepmento, the Cinema Geeks have won awards from the Starz Film Festival, the Boulder Shoot-Out 24-Hour Film Festival…
Endless meats on a stick might be too much to hope for. But still, Fogo de Chão’s new happy-hour menu offers a viable option for those who want to enjoy the traditional churrasco without overdosing on seared flesh. With $8 dishes and $6 cocktails, this menu, which is only available…
Despite the “Cupcakes from the Crypt” title, this event is not an exhumation of thousand-year-old cupcakes, nor a Halloween-themed bake sale. No, Johnny “Cupcakes” Earle is in the T-shirt business, and he got his start over a decade ago selling shirts out of a suitcase in the trunk of his…
Paul Fiorino has been many things: a ballet dancer, the president of Golden Triangle Museum District, an unaffiliated candidate for governor in 2006 and 2010, and a candidate for mayor. Now he’s also Paul Fiorino the singer/songwriter, having just released his album Guitar and Voice on the CD Baby web…
Mixing steampunk with the surreal and combining opera, theater, dance and circus arts, Luminous Thread Productions wants to give Denver a kind of show that the city has never seen before. That’s what Mary Lin and Ben Sargent had in mind when they began dreaming up their unique production company…
To Kristy Greenwood, the equation is simple: love + cookies = victory. Since she was a little girl, Greenwood has loved to bake cookies and share them with family and friends. But it took a bout with breast cancer for her to decide that she would turn her passion into…
If you were watching the season premiere of The Amazing Race Sunday night, you may have noticed a team of long-haired, heavy-metal-looking guys. Mark “Abba” Abbattista is an entertainment lawyer who currently lives in Golden, and he partnered up with longtime friend and musician James LoMenzo — former member of…
