Yesterday on the Pepsi Center grounds, Cirque Du Soleil raised its blue and yellow Big Top tent in advance of its latest show, Amaluna, which debuts on July 18. The Big Top is nineteen meters high and has a diameter of 51 meters. It will be secured to the ground…
Colorado Native Noah Dorsey will release his first solo comic, Saint Chaos, today with production help from Mile High Comics and illustrations by Zsombor Huszka. Dorsey took time out from preparing for his comic’s release to answer a few questions about how he got into comic book writing, his partnership…
Six college students are pedaling for a purpose for 3,200 miles for Bicycles Against Poverty, and on Wednesday the team will make a pit stop at the Denver Bicycle Cafe. Bicycles against Poverty (BAP) is a non-profit organization that distributes bicycles to low-income entrepreneurs in Africa who pay for the…
Looking for a place to view fireworks in honor of July 4, but don’t want to drop a paycheck for Colorado Rockies tickets? Check out the fourth annual Independence Eve celebration at Civic Center Park. The evening will offer a light show, fireworks, and a patriotic concert by the Colorado…
People who own dogs know that furry friends are more than just pets: They’re family. And sometimes it’s difficult to leave the pups at home, especially when you’re almost out the door, and they turn those big brown eyes on you. Tonight, thanks to the Denver Outlaws, you can attend…
Elitch Gardens Historic Theatre is bringing back its Film on Fridays series this year, beginning tonight with Forbidden Planet, starring Walter Pidgeon, who performed on the Elitch Gardens stage in Take Her, She’s Mine, back in 1964. “All of our films feature Elitch stars in some of their best movie…
Rockmount Ranch Wear clothing has been sighted on celebrities around the globe. And now, in honor of Spun, its textile exhibition, the Denver Art Museum has stocked an entire corner of its gift shop with items from Rockmount. We grabbed a few minutes with Steve Weil, president of Rockmount, to…
Randy and Jason Sklar make a living off of their “twinning” jokes. The Sklar Brothers will be at the Comedy Works for a three-day run that starts June 27; in honor of their appearance in Denver, here’s our list of the ten best sets of twins in pop culture. See…
Take Your Dog to Work Day began back in 1999 as a way for professional to bring their furry helpers with them one day per year. And the holiday continues in tomorrow, June 21. But at Kyjen, founded in Centennial by Kyle Hansen every day is Take Your Dog to…
It will feel good to leave the gas-guzzler at home and pull out your two-wheeler for Bike to Work Day today, but it will feel even better to stop by the Cactus Bike from Work Bash, which celebrates healthy living, biking, and Colorado. “This party is for all Denver bikers,”…
“This is the only time I will ever promote drinking and driving,” says Ben Lochridge, a bartender at Park House, which will kick off its first Mario Kart 64 Tournament tonight on a big-screen TV. Combatants will battle for various prizes, including bar tabs and bragging rights. “Mario Kart is…
Dogs just want to have fun — and fortunately, Denver has no shortage of places where you can take your pet. The Mile High City has dog-friendly salons, bars, stores and parks, of course. Here are ten places you and your dog will love this summer: See also: – Photos:…
On June 6, 1933, a group of people in Camden, New Jersey each paid 25 cents to park their cars in front of a movie screen to watch the British comedy Wives Beware. Eight years later, the tradition of drive-in ovies is still alive, if not exactly thriving. Seven functioning…
“Over hill, over dale, thorough bush, thorough brier/Over park, over pale, thorough flood, thorough fire/I do wander everywhere….” Take it from A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Exercise and Shakespeare go together. The Denver Botanic Gardens and Theatre-Hikes Colorado will prove it this summer with their second season of themed Sunset Strolls…
Mestre Acordeon brought capoeria, an Afro-Brazilion form of martial arts, to America from Brazil decades ago. Starting in September, three days after his seventieth birthday, he’ll undertake a journey to spread capoeria around the world, on a year-long, 14,000-mile bike ride from Berkeley, California to Bahia, Brazil that’s been dubbed…
When the small bump appeared on artist Julia Watkins’s hand, she dismissed it as a pimple. But after a couple of itchy weeks, her hand swelled, sending her to the emergency room — where she discovered the bump was a symptom of Methicillin-Resistant Staph Aureus, which could result in amputation…
Rockmount Ranch Wear has a slew of regular and returning customers. Among the latest: the Arctic Monkeys! In town this week for a show last night at the Ogden Theatre, the band stopped by Rockmount. Again. Last time the guys were in town a year ago warming up for the…
The University of Denver School of Music will rock the house tonight at the legendary Herman’s Hideaway. Along with the four bands all made up of DU music students, there will be a light show and video shoot featuring Ooh La La Burlesque. See also: – Win tickets to see…
Denver has a new piece of public art, 14th Street Overlay, which comprises 23 optic-based sculptures by artists Merek Walczak and Wes Heiss. “We are very excited to dedicate this piece as part of the greater 14th Street improvements,” said Michael Chavez, manager of Denver’s Public Art Program, at yesterday’s…
Between last summer’s devastating wild fires, the Aurora shootings and other high-profile news stories, Colorado has had a rough year. It is difficult to find a way to express the emotions that these events have evoked, but the Damsel Dance Company is trying to do that by communicating Colorado’s fear…
David Anfam, who’s been involved with the Clyfford Still Museum since it opened, has just been named senior consulting curator. The only scholar given access to the late artist’s collection by his widow, Anfam now plans to focus on realizing the museum’s goal of having a research center, as well…
Tonight The Office bids farewell after eight seasons and 200 episodes. Series finales have a complicated history; final episodes have left viewers with tears of joy as well as fists of fury as beloved characters have ended up in prison, happily in love, having mental breakdowns…or alone. Keep reading for…
