Although sports stars get all the attention, Denver’s artists are the real hometown heroes. So in 2005, Westword started the MasterMind Awards as a way to not just recognize the aesthetic adventurers who are changing the cultural landscape of this town — who are literally creating Denver — but reward…
Breakfast! It’s what’s for dinner! That’s the siren song of this year’s Breakfast for Boobs, a benefit to battle breast cancer. The fundraiser, which takes place from 4:30 to 8 p.m. at Hot Cakes Diner, 1400 East 18th Avenue, is hosted by the Denver chapter of Ladies United for the…
The Auraria Campus Spring Sustainability Fair, a project of the Colorado Public Interest Research Group (CoPIRG) and the University of Colorado Denver’s CoPIRG student chapter, Sustainability Minor and Sustainable Campus Program, kicks off today on the Auraria campus with “carbon-free concerts,” all of which are powered by solar generator; interactive…
There are these two guys, you see, named Gustave and Nhar. One of them is Belgian, and one of them is mute. And then…well, as noted by TimeOut New York, “you just had to be there.” The creations of traveling New York neo-vaudevillians Harrington and Kauffman, appearing for a three-night…
Four days a week, 52 weeks a year, Satchel’s Market is a small, quiet, relatively “upscale-casual” restaurant tucked into the Park Hill neighborhood. Now and again, however, owner Andrew Casalini likes to “push the envelope of what people expect” from him, he says, and unleash “Satchel’s alter ego.” That ego…
“If there is any city in the United States that has benefited from cannabis in a positive way, it’s Boulder,” says Dale Bridges, an organizer for the inaugural Boulder Cannabis Festival. “We wanted to celebrate the culture, the politics surrounding it, the medicinal qualities of cannabis — all those things.”…
Some things never get old. Case in point? Winter Park closes out its seventieth anniversary season today with the 42nd annual Spring Splash, and the spectacle of skiers and snowboarders hucking themselves over an icy pond and into the drink in full gaper gear is still hilarious. “Though most end…
By all rights, Colorado should have hosted the Winter Olympics by now. Alas, we blew our big chance: Colorado voters balked at the bill and rejected the award after winning a bid for the 1976 games, and we’ve been trying to get back in the International Olympic Committee’s good graces…
On June 2, 2006 Ben Bradley set out from his home in Tabernash, CO with a rare Never Summer split snowboard, some winter gear, his thumb, and not much else, hitchhiking his way to Jackson, WY to meet friends for some late-season snowboarding. He never made it, and his body…
As you head into Boulder Canyon, the first series of rocks you pass on the right includes the Elephant Buttresses and the Dome. The Dome is one of the most popular formations in Boulder, with excellent moderate climbs on smooth granite. On the right side of the formation is one…
Summer is not only road-work season in the Rockies, it’s also trail-work season. In the latter category’s equivalent of a T-REX project, Hanging Lake Trail east of Glenwood Springs is shutting down from mid-May to mid-September for a major rebuild.From an Aspen Times story by Dale Shrull: The closure is…
Whether your sport is backpacking, climbing, kayaking, skiing, or even just camping, if you’re going into the backcountry, it’s best to prepared. That includes knowing basic first aid procedures. While dramatic backcountry rescues often make the news, you can’t always count on timely response from rescuers to find you if…
So it’s that time of year again: On Saturday, the Summit Rotary Club delivered a big red device to the middle of Lake Dillon via hovercraft and start taking bets on when it will drop into the watery depths.If you didn’t make it to the Dillon Marina Saturday morning, you…
The Denver Roller Dolls throw down for their second bout of the season this weekend (April 17) at the 1st Bank Center, but first they’ll be taking center stage tonight at Benders Tavern for the Karaoke Gong Show. Each $3 donation to the Roller Dolls (a non-profit organization, the Dolls…
STOP…Hammertime! Try Again Teaser from SixEleven on Vimeo.Colorado snowboard film crew SixEleven Productions dropped a new trailer for its forthcoming flick STOP… Hammertime! this week, and while the film itself promises hammers galore, this clip’s all about the less glorious side of putting in work with a video crew. Ouch!…
Under beautiful blue skies, Snowmass officially called it a season Sunday, but thanks to the dumper the week before, Aspen Mountain is re-opening for the next two weekends, with antiquated lift ticket prices of $39 ($29 if you have a pass to any other Colorado resort), and all sorts of…
For many skiers, April 18 marks the end of the ski season. It’s the last big weekend of resort closings. After Sunday, only three more resorts, Echo Mountain, Arapahoe Basin, and Loveland, will be open regularly, with Aspen Mountain opening for two more days the following weekend. Six resorts will…
The day was all bluebird at Loveland until the powder turned into half-dried cement sometime around 2:30 p.m. The latter interpretation of snow grabbed my skis while my body kept going more times than I could count. My ankle was already sore from a drinking injury — now the rest…
Mount Sopris, at 12,965 feet high, dominates the view as you drive south to Aspen from Glenwood Springs. The twin-summited peak rises over 6,000 feet above the valley, making it look taller than it actually is. Lou Dawson, one of the godfathers of ski mountaineering in the U.S., writes of…
This week Copper Mountain and the United States Snowboard Association (USASA) close out a week of snowboarding and freeskiing competition with the winter events of The Alt Games College Action Sports Championships on Saturday April 10 in the Catalyst Terrain Park.Colorado colleges represented in the event include University of Colorado,…
The last week or so not withstanding, given the challenges the Front Range resorts have had with snowfall this season, it seems appropriate that Arapahoe Basin is promoting environmental consciousness. This Saturday, the Basin will host its second Save Our Snow celebration, a fundraiser for the High Country Conservation Center…
The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) brings its Lucas Oil Motocross Championships back to Lakewood’s Thunder Valley on June 26 for the fifth of eleven stops on the 2010 AMA schedule, and tickets went on sale this week at ExtremeTix.Thunder Valley — Westword’s Best of Denver 2010 pick for Best Motocross…
