Last week, we reported on the Rocky Mountain Book & Paper Fair’s challenge panel, an attempt to name the best author of the 20th century, and decided to hold our own contest. Which was, sadly, pathetically attended. My link to the article on Facebook got more comments than the actual…
The Mercury Cafe’s slam poetry team isn’t resting on its laurels. Many key members of the Merc’s competitive poetry team are still out of state, having earned a spot in the semifinals during the annual national slam poetry competition in St. Paul, Minn. that wrapped up this weekend. But the…
When the breakfast-themed kids’ play area at Cherry Creek Mall closed for a makeover July 28, General Manager Nick LeMasters told KDVR Fox 31 that parents would be “surprised and amazed beyond their wildest imagination” by the new design of the Rocky Mountain Play Park, which, as it turns out,…
Some people just stand out. Whether their style is cutting-edge, quirky or just well-executed, they make you want to know: How do they do it? Because we work for you, we’re finding out. Each day, we’ll hit the streets and talk to one person who catches our eye and makes…
What happens each First Friday on Santa Fe Drive never fails to amaze me: The whole street becomes this living, animal thing, as culture-goers snake this way and that on the overflowing sidewalks in long, organic conga lines of humanity. It’s a thing, Denver! Be proud. This past Friday, we…
Stephenie Meyers’ bestselling Twilight books and the blockbuster films they’ve inspired are all the rage these days, among a certain segment of our suck-susceptible citizenry, but she’s by no means cornered the bloodthirsty market. Stick a stake in me: It seems vampire literature is immortal, after all. Or at least…..
Laurence Fishburne is sad. It’s understandable: Probably anyone would be sad if their daughter announced she was making a porno, and they’d probably be even sadder she explained it this way: “I’ve watched how successful Kim Kardashian became and I think a lot of it was due to the release…
Tomorrow, in Boulder’s Chautauqua Auditorium, around two dozen of Colorado’s best minds are getting together to talk about big ideas at TEDxBoulder, the local, independently organized version of the renowned TED conference (read more about the TEDxBoulder event here). With so many options on the brainiac buffet, choosing who to…
First Friday in the dead of summer: What better time could there possibly be to get out and take in some art and socializing? Get our picks from around town after the jump…
If you were to walk up to us over here at Westword while we were partying, and you were to say something like, “Sir, I will pay you a large sum of money to mess around right now,” there is no doubt that we would staunchly refuse your offer, however…
Give local artisans your attention at one of two artisan fairs with a different look. Or drop by both: Today from 1 to 8:30 p.m., the Elati Garden Arts and Crafts Fair (the second of two hosted this year in the sunny confines of the Elati Community Garden, 840 Elati…
Denver’s a great place for fans of the big five of genre film (that’s sci-fi, fantasy, horror, exploitation and cult), as every week we get a generous helping of selections to choose from. As usual, we’re rounding up your options for the weekend to come and the following week, and…
How’s this for a hoary old marketing ploy: It’s the third in its series, so there’s a “3” at the end of the name, but wait… now there’s a dash… and a “D”… but what does it… O shit it’s also in 3-D! It’s almost like Hollywood is somehow contract-stipulated…
Some people just stand out. Whether their style is cutting-edge, quirky or just well executed, they make you want to know: How do they do it? Because we work for you, dear reader, we’re finding out. Each day, we hit the streets and talk to one person who catches our…
Here at Westword, we’re loving the new blog so much that we’ve decided to throw a launch party to celebrate with you, dear cyber-surfers, on Thursday, August 5, at Beauty Bar, 608 East 13th Avenue…
When most of us think of The Wizard of Oz, we generally think about Victor Fleming’s iconic 1939 film. Or maybe we think of L. Frank Baum’s original book, or, if we’re theater buffs, we might think of Tim Kelly’s popular stage adaptation. That last one was the one the…
Nancy Smith founded her aerial dance school Frequent Flyers Productions in 1988, expanded to a new studio in January, and now brings the 12th annual Aerial Dance Festival to The Dairy in Boulder this weekend, August 6-8. She’s been hanging around (as it were) in the aerial dance community for…
It was an ingenious idea — so straightforward it was almost forehead-slappingly intuitive: Comment on the dysmorphic appearance of extensive plastic surgery patients by monoprinting realist portraits of them on Silly Putty. “I can’t believe nobody’s done it before,” says Lori Kanary, the artist responsible. But as far as she…
The minute you step into Nicole Schaap’s brand-new vintage boutique Crème de la Couture, you know you’re not in Kansas anymore, and that this is not your everyday resale shop. It’s more like a museum, a neatly hung collection of the real stuff, where the mood is amply set by…
Some people just stand out. Whether their style is cutting-edge, quirky or just well executed, they make you want to know: How do they do it? Because we work for you, dear reader, we’re finding out. Each day, we hit the streets and talk to one person who catches our…
As Katy Perry sings, California “gurls” may be unforgettable with their daisy dukes, sun-kissed skin and Popsicle-melting abilities. But when the dough runs out, those gurls drop the “u,” head east and end up as Colorado Girls, according to the music-video rip-off below. This tune has it all: Coors Light,…
As the bassist of Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, Munly & the Lupercalians, and Tarantella, Daniel Grandbois has played a foundational role in Denver’s music scene–particularly the spookier, twangier end of it. A similar haunting Americana permeates his prose. Grandbois’ 2008 book, Unlucky Lucky Days, is a dizzying pot of surreal,…
