Spoiler alert: Project Runway fan favorite and Denverite Armando T. “Mondo” Guerra finished second on the reality show to Gretchen Jones, as revealed on Thursday night’s season finale…
It very well could be. Flickr user How Brown Met Blue has shared this photo of a Calvin and Hobbes mural with the world, and for that, we’re grateful…
Danny Newman is pretty confident Denver will become zombie capital of the world. No, he’s not predicting an outbreak of a government-created virus that turns the populous into shambling (or running, whichever you prefer), flesh-craving monsters, but he does think that this past weekend’s “Zombie Walk” on the 16th Street…
It was perhaps a more altruistic time, or maybe one that just relied on telvision more. The era of after-school specials, from 1972 to 1997, was a time when these shows caused so many awkward moments at the dinner-table, but admittedly were also the teacher of life lessons mom and/or…
The Loveland Ski and Arapahoe Basin Ski areas opened on Sunday, October 24, and Monday, October 25, 2010 respectively, ushering in another season. Soren McCarty brings back these photos from the slopes. See the full slideshow here: Opening Days! Loveland and A-Basin…
If you’re looking for something to do this Halloween weekend but enjoy good food over dipping a ladle into a bowl of spiked punch with eyeballs floating in it, these parties may be just right for you. (Don’t see your Halloween food event listed here? Hype your party in the…
Vandals reportedly attacked the Denver County GOP headquarters twice over the weekend. Who’s to blame? Radical anarchists like Maurice “Ariel Attack” Schwenkler, charged with vandalizing Democratic HQ last year? Republican operatives? Drunk teens who randomly selected the building to test out some power tools? As they say, we report, you…
Sure, this guy’s yelling and off-beat drum-hitting is annoying, but does the passerby in flip-flops really need to take it upon himself to yell “shut the fuck up!” at him? No. At any rate, that’s just one of the Youtube Zombie Crawl videos (see our full 2010 Denver Zombie Crawl…
Update: 5:32 p.m. This contest didn’t have as large of a participation level as our past giveaways, but Show and Tell readers proved themselves horror experts here. Great responses. Here are our top five comments:…
He beat out the hulking man who trained by eating a burrito for lunch. He beat the showman with the luchador mask who was seen sipping Tecate in preparation. He beat a guy simply known as “Kook,” who had one of the most energetic cheering sections…
A reader passed along this photo of a Taco Bell sign in California. No doubt that legalizing marijuana in the state would help business at the fast-food chain. Below is the full version of the sign…
We’re inside two weeks until Halloween. Have you been to any haunted attractions yet? No? Well here’s a preview of the Field of Corpses in Arvada, shot by resident haunted house fanatic Aaron Thackeray. We’re going to nail a contest to the bloody corpse of this blog post…
Of the countless contributions heavy-metal music has made to modern society — leather pants and corpse paint not least among them — perhaps the finest addition to this often crunchy, driving genre of music has been the focus it’s put on Satan. Yes, he’s known by many names, but without…
From 8 p.m. to midnight on Friday at Hinterland, 3254 Walnut Street, fans of Denver’s fans of Harajuku fashion got together in the same room for a party put on by Gimme Gimme Pillow Toast. Photos by Kate Levy. Below are a few highlights (see the full Harajuku Street Fashion…
The so-called “Orange Ride,” a large group bicycle ride wherein Broncos fans dressed in their favorite team gear went down on Sunday morning, with Mayor and Democractic candidate for governor John Hickenlooper leading the way. Westword photographer Hunter Stevens was there and brings back these photos: Orange Ride to Invesco…
As you might have heard or read, Social Distortion was in town over the weekend, playing Friday and Saturday night at the Fillmore Auditorium (Read our review of Social Distortion at the Fillmore on Saturday.) Photographer Aaron Thackeray, ever a man of the people, brings back these photos from Social…
The unemployment rate remains over 9 percent — about the same as it was a year ago. But you already knew that, educated readers of Cafe Society. What you didn’t know, or maybe haven’t thought about, is what you shouldn’t eat if you find yourself in that third or fourth…
Fresh off two successful nights at the Fillmore, DJ Deadmau5, aka Joel Zimmerman, rocked Beta on Thursday night. Photos by Soren McCarty. Here’s the full slideshow: Deadmau5 at Beta. Below are a few highlights…
Update: 10:17 a.m., November 8: Congrats to our winners! We’ve contacted you. Keep reading Backbeat for info on how to win more free stuff. So, according to votes cast by fans on The DJ List, Dutch-born DJ Tiesto is the best DJ on the planet. Agree? We’ve got several pairs…
Over the weekend, NBC summer show America’s Got Talent held open auditions here, attracting, well, all sorts of people. You know, the kind of people you see on America’s Got Talent. We sent intrepid photog Britt Chester to the auditions for the purpose of taking pictures of twenty randos in…
For the next few weeks, our favorite candy companies — or at least the ones that spend the most on TV advertising — will be shoving their chocolate-, peanut butter- and nougat-filled ads down our throats. Yes, it’s the high season for candy advertising — already weird enough, but even…
Even though the Day of the Dead is not until November 2, Vain Salon got the season started on Saturday night with work by 25 local artists, music, drinks, face paint and incredible hair. See the full slideshow here: Dia De los Muertos at Vain Salon…
