Last night was the first of a few pre-parties Westword is hosting in advance of Artopia, which goes down February 19 at five venues in the Golden Triangle neighborhood. (All the Artopia details, including available tickets are here: Artopia Denver.) Last night’s party was at Beauty Bar, 608 E. 13th…
There’s no place like home. It’s where you wind down, where you keep your stuff, where you can be away from the world and all the pressures that come with it — it’s the most intensely personal location in anyone’s life, the ultimate refuge. The best horror movies play off…
We’re #1! Come see the best roller derby league in the country in action when the Rocky Mountain Roller Girls (2010 Women’s Flat Track Derby Association national champions) open their 2011 season on Saturday at the Fillmore at 7 p.m. The bout pits two of the league’s teams – Dooms…
After a week of cold and snow, Friday couldn’t have come soon enough. It’s a good thing it’s the first of the month too, because that means there is plenty to do for folks willing to venture off into the chilly night. It also means it’s Super Bowl weekend, and…
Matt Doubek and Sam Mobley work in unique, yet aligned styles: In addition to painting and silkscreening, both do graphic design work; Matt also builds and installs custom wood architectural details for homes, and Sam creates forward-thinking one-of-a-kind furniture. Put them together — something that happens at least once a…
Last week, Sammi and JWoww made amends, everyone got drunk, and Deena’s taste in men’s backsides was the rumor around the barbershop. Basically, business as usual. This week, we join up with the Jersey Shore crew as they’re doing the usual group drunk walk home from the club. Actually, drunk…
Say what you will about Google’s increasingly alarming ability to document everything with its all-seeing eye, but there’s no denying that the corporation is doing some wicked cool stuff with its Big Brother-ish technology. It’s latest, which it revealed this week: Art Project, an offshoot devoted to cataloging the world’s…
Red Bastard comes to Boulder this weekend for some of the character’s final shows before creator Eric Davis heads to Cirque du Soleil. A huge part of the Red Bastard show is engaging the audience in sometimes uncomfortable ways. Interacting with the audience in ways that range from challenging to…
Superman, the ideal representation of truth, justice and the American way, is now being portrayed by Henry Cavill, a Brit. While I don’t think it’s xenophobic to have a problem with that, I do think that if it’s a punishment, it’s one we deserve. An American icon, Superman was created…
We’ve always been fascinated with risky jobs, but there are few in the world more insane to anyone with a fear of heights than a high-rise window washer. There is no amount of money you could pay us to rappel off of a giant glass building. Thankfully for people who…
If there’s one thing we’ve proven time and time again, it’s that Denver loves its burlesque. What better way to show your appreciation for the timeless act of girls seductively removing their clothes and dancing than to learn a little about the history? You can do so this weekend at…
For hipsters, the formula for having fun is simple, yet elegant: Take an aspect of the ’80s-baby childhood experience, add Pabst Blue Ribbon and take it really seriously — that’s pretty much the logic behind every kickball league, Portlandia’s recent and disconcertingly accurate sendup of competitive hide-and-seek and (though it…
Boulder-based cartoon company Mighty Fudge Studios revels in hijinks and notoriety, whether its producing spots for The Spike & Mike Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation or creating animated attacks on Jay Leno. No wonder the operation seems to be bursting in pride over the fact that their classic animated…
Husband-and-wife photography team Brian Mohr and Emily Johnson are doing things the hard way with their Wild People, Wild Places project: For their most recent adventure, featured on the cover of Wend Magazine’s January 2011 issue, the duo toured Norway’s Arctic Alps for a month using only skis and bicycles,…
Last Sunday, the Denver Art Museum’s American Indian Art Galleries suddenly got a whole lot more personal: That’s when DAM native arts curator Nancy Blomberg unveiled a whole new way of looking at Indian art to the public, by celebrating the individual talents of heretofore unrecognized artists and craftsmen. The…
After a cold snap this week brutal enough to turn otherwise burly men into simpering babies, it’s finally supposed to warm up to a balmy 32 degrees today, which is at least on the cusp of not freezing. But now we almost wish it wouldn’t, since we saw this video…
What kind of mini-golf course requires you to sign a liability waiver? Well, traveling art/mini-golf/drinking lounge Smash Putt! Miniature Golf Apocalypse, for one. “We want to make sure everybody stays safe and nobody sticks their hands into the robot drill press,” says Jeremy Franklin-Ross, part of a group of artists…
With the inflated set of societal expectations that accompanies them, holidays in general can be a setup for disappointment, and Valentine’s Day is probably the worst. On no other day can a bouquet of roses smell so suspiciously of desperation; even if you have a special someone, you spend the…
South Broadway craft and clothing staple Fancy Tiger has new digs, and the store is celebrating with a free grand reopening tonight. The evening will start much like Fancy Tiger’s other First Friday Denver Made showcases, featuring local jewelry, bath and beauty products and a print line. Later, DJ Andy…
Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation, published in 2001, arguably began the current debate about our broken food system. Schlosser has since written a book for children, and one about marijuana titled Reefer Madness, and he is working on an investigation into nuclear weapons called Command and Control — but Nation…
The Denver Zine Library’s Super Bowl Chili Cookoff started as an alternative to the year’s most popular football game. But over the years, explains Kelly Shortandqueer, who’s been part of the event since its inception in 2006, “it has actually attracted people who were look-ing for something else to do…
The Great Depression left America in ruins, but out of those ashes rose a star like none the country had seen before: Gypsy Rose Lee. A bawdy stripper and burlesque performer, Lee rose to the top, embodying the very nature of the American dream. Author Karen Abbott uses Lee’s story…
