Thanksgiving has passed, which means that we’re now in the midst of what’s unofficially known as “holiday month,” the month where we’re relentlessly barraged with red and green strobelights and the not-so-subtle message to buy, buy, buy. But there’s more to holidays than just buying stuff, and it can be…
Geeks Who Drink, the quiz night empire based here in Denver, knows how to make shit talking an art form. The company’s Geek Bowl, the largest live trivia challenge anywhere in the country, will, like usual, probably quickly sell out when tickets go on sale on December 15 for the…
On what basically amounts to a national holiday dedicated to crass commercialism — Black Friday — at least a few people were gathered to do something at a mall that did not involve hemorrhaging money: It was the Black Friday Flash Mob and Silent Dance Party, where folks converged in…
The custom of watching The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, as Kiernan Maletsky pointed out the other day, is one of our more bizarre holiday traditions: There is almost no cultural event more boring than a parade in real life, but watching one on TV? Coma-inducing. Still, for lack of much…
Local events promoter Dana Cain has locked down the time and place for the brand-new Denver County Fair. The event, envisioned as a hip, urban version of the classic rural-style county fair, will be held July 28-31 at the National Western Stock Show complex. Cain and cohorts Chandler Romeo and…
There’s nothing Hollywood loves more than taking a universally beloved story or concept and remaking it — after all, what’s a more surefire moneymaking bet than something that’s already proven to be universally beloved? In that remake process, these five steps are generally observed: 1. Strip the story or concept…
Every once in a while, crowded train stations have been known to break into song and dance and then disperse as if nothing happened. Large groups of people freeze for a period of time and then continue walking with onlookers amazed. Choreographed ninja fights happen out of the blue for…
For all those who give pom-pom critters for birthdays, feel an urge to stick googly eyes on everything or just occasionally get a twitch to fold some origami, we bring you “Gettin’ Crafty” where we feature a craft you can easily make with minimal supplies and limited finances. So stop…
Singer-songwriter and social activist Michael Franti will headline tomorrow’s Harvest Ball at the 1stBank Center, which will feature a morning yoga workshop, an early afternoon (and sold-out) matinee concert, and an evening concert to help celebrate the end of the harvest season — plus, he’ll be appearing today from 4…
Thanks to the Our Journey museum tour, Front Range residents now know much more about Colorado’s central plains. “But the museums are only open in the summertime,” points out Jo Downey, administrator for the Prairie Development Corporation, “and a lot weren’t open on a daily basis. So we decided if…
Though it strikes us today as being ultra-traditional, Western art dates back to a little over a century and a half ago — not very long in the art world. A new exhibit devoted to Charles Deas, who’s been called the Vermeer of Western art, sheds some light on the…
Architect Eero Saarinen’s Gateway Arch in Saint Louis still looks futuristic even though it was designed over a half century ago. The same could be said for his classic furniture. The chairs and tables Saarinen designed look like they came right off the deck of a space-ship, and they’re more…
There seems to be steady stream of green men gracing the Buell this season. First it was the big green guy who was “Puttin’ on the Ritz” in Young Frankenstein last summer, and now the beloved ogre Shrek will turn the place into a swamp when the touring company of…
When Telemark Skier magazine editor Josh Madsen set out to explore the history of his sport in order to provide some contrast to the terrain-park tricks and extreme backcountry skiing that were the hallmark of his first Freeheel Life film, he was surprised to learn that there wasn’t much contrast…
Unless you’ve got the creativity gene of Martha Stewart, building gingerbread houses is better left to the experts. Luckily for you, the confectioners at Jill’s restaurant, in Boulder’s St Julien Hotel, are masters of sugar, spice and everything nice. As part of the hotel’s annual Gingerbread Tea service, which gets…
Flash mobs are groups of people coordinated through the Internet who meet in public, do unusual things and then disperse like nothing happened, making the event appear magical to onlookers. Today, on the busiest shopping day of the year, the magic will have a festive feel in Cherry Creek North…
“The list of things I’m thankful for this year begins with the piles and piles of early-season snow we’ve been getting this month,” says Winter Park spokeswoman Mistalynn Lee. “It’s looking especially white and wintry up here considering it’s only November.” To help keep your holiday celebration from interfering with…
The merchants of the Tennyson Street business district, which stretches along Tennyson from 38th to 52nd avenues, already offer unique merchandise, friendly service and a cozy mom-and-pop ambience to die for. But this holiday season, they’re stoking the pot with just a little more incentive. The neighborhood’s Jingle and Mingle:…
I have a memory of going to see Carrie, second run, at the Mayan Theatre in the late ’70s. I think it was a fifty-cent movie night, and I remember sitting there with the salt of the earth in the steep balcony’s ripped, broken, red-plush seats that were sticky with…
Whether you’re looking for wholesome family fun or campy holiday weirdness on Thanksgiving, chances are you’ll find something at the 37th annual Mile High United Way Turkey Trot. “Each year we have a handful of really serious runners, but the vast majority of people are families who have done the…
Drums of the World is an all-percussion performance incorporating a wide range of strikeable instruments, from the snare drum to bizarre African instruments, tom-toms, tin cans and the tambourine. “In a typical year, we have 150 to 200 percussion instruments on stage,” says William Hill, principal timpanist with the Colorado…
When three-man comedy troupe Fried Nothing came together in 2006, its members went straight for the built-in audience YouTube could provide. Jordan Wieleba, C.T. Polson and Tom Van Meel, friends from college, put their standup-comedy heads together to create dirty Doritos commercials, political ad campaign spoofs and a theme song…
