Getting to the Four Corners Biker Rally Hot Rod and Motorcycle Parade in Durango today may be half the fun: After all, is there a more iconic way to celebrate the last holiday weekend of the summer than to blast through the mountains, wind in your hair, riding your Harley?…
From swanky neon signs to the obvious remnants of an old cow town — including our awesome and never confusing two-grid street system — Denver’s past shows through her shiny exterior. But Denver is a city of transplants, and all too easily, much of that history gets lost. Phil Goodstein,…
If you’re one of the 200,000 people who moved to Denver in the last three years (thank you, U.S. Census Bureau), chances are you don’t know much about your neighborhood — at least not yet. Phil Goodstein, author, historian and walking-tour guide, is here to help. “One of the purposes…
We were warned about the Bonnie Knees Contest: there was sure to be bribery, kilted men and somewhat bawdy behaviour, Colorado Scottish Festival director John Thornton told us. Without fail, the contest was indeed all of those things. “It’s not really about who’s got the best knees,” explained contest judge…
Danielle Coughlin is a graphic designer and artist who creates online identities for other businesses at her design hub, www.dcmedia-design.com. “This is my passion,” says Coughlin. “But I’m not even a year old — I turn one next month, so I’m hoping to build this up.” Because we are so…
Denver Urban Gardens has over 100 gardens in and around Denver, so chances are, if you’ve live anywhere near or in Denver, you’ve seen one. Urban gardening provides community residents the oppurtunity to grow their own food, participate in urban renewal and to help local nonprofits out with home-grown produce…
Joseph Coniff’s about to experience his first solo art opening, This is What it’s Like , at RULE Gallery this Friday, August 5. He specializes in photography and sculpture, and his show will feature about eight pieces from both spectrums. What makes Coniff special, RULE owner and curator Robin Rule…
When I visited the Forney Museum of Transportation yesterday, the opening day for the Phenomenal Ford Falcon exhibition, I took an eight-year-old boy with me because no one is tougher to keep entertained. Upon leaving he turned to me and said, “That place was so awesome. First, from the outside,…
Everyone’s had their ass kicked at some point, whether in a Final Four pool or in a fantasy league, by the girl who couldn’t care less about whatever sport the betting relates to and instead picks winners based on team colors, mascots or how her hair would look in the…
While it may be true that the two reviews we’ve run on the Sarah Palin documentary The Undefeated have not been favorable, we didn’t mean to make the Teabaggers and Palin-supporters who have deluged us with angry comments so furious — we just thought the fact that Palin’s movie sucked…
Yesterday, Netflix informed its users that from September on, its services are going to cost more and offer less — a pretty harsh blow to its wide base of users. The move came as a surprise to many Netflix customers, who have flooded the Netflix Facebook page, blog and Twitter…
Hot enough for you? This weekend the temperature is expected to get back into the nineties, meaning that not only are wallets tight but comfort is a high priority when deciding what to do. Luckily there are plenty of things to do this weekend for ten dollars or less –…
It was former President George W. Bush who enacted the end of NASA’s space shuttle program, set for this year, but he did so in order to make way for a new program, which he promised would usher in new technology, bring humans to Mars and give new breath to…
This week the world mourns the death of Otto von Habsburg, who championed world unity, opposed the Nazi movement, served as a member of the European Parliament and was the last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary. You know, back when Austria and Hungary were hyphenated, in 1916. That means von Habsburg…
Going back to work after a three-day weekend sucks, so take a few minutes to deviate from your expected tasks and plan your evening. Today promises some exciting new releases, which translates to exciting new ways to bond with yourself, whether it be chillaxing in your hammock reading a new…
This 4th of July weekend, no one should be left watching the tube, sitting on the couch and drinking a Pabst Blue Ribbon all by themselves. No sir. There are plenty of things to do on this three-day weekend, and not all of them require patriotism (though a healthy dose…
With Canada Day (tomorrow, although celebrations are starting today) and the 4th of July (Monday) so close together, it’s important to do what Americans do best: compare our independence day to that of our neighbors and observe that once again, our shit kicks way more ass than other countries’ shit…
While we were researching asteroid movies for Monday’s honorary tribute to Earth’s near collision with an oncoming asteroid, one thing was pretty apparent: In the late ’90s there were a relative shit-ton of asteroid/meteorite/comet/basic space-junk-getting-hurled-at-Earth movies. Turns out, Michael Fairchild, author of Rock Prophesy, Hendrix researcher for the Experience Music…
If you’re an outdoorsy type, then summer’s the time for playing in the mountains, hiking the grasslands, surfing the Great Sand Dunes, etc. If you’re the nerdy type, then summer’s the time to climb into your hammock (couch, basement, whatever), curl up with a good book (movie, comic, video game,…
At 11:00 this morning, an asteroid 5-20 meters in diameter came within 7,800 miles of Earth. Asteroids and meteorites (ever wonder the difference?) make close calls with Earth all the time, but no time in the history of the world was so harrowing as 1997 and 1998, when the Earth…
House arrest isn’t just for political prisoners, Pol Pot and Ponzi scheme artists anymore. In the last few years, many celebrities have had the pleasure of serving hard time in the comfort of their own cushy homes — including Lindsay Lohan, who was placed under house arrest on June 17…
Bono recently took time out of his busy touring schedule to save his investment opportunity, Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark — a Broadway musical boasting tunes written by the investor himself, daredevil scenes of amazing acrobatics and, according to a November New York Times interview, “wows from the soul and…
