I’m a terrible vacation planner. Deep in winter, I’ll turn to my husband and say, “Hey, let’s drive to Taos this fall.” Or one fine, rainy spring day, he’ll turn to me and ask, “When was the last time we went to San Francisco?” Yes, yes, yes! We’re both all…
Movie production schedules can sometimes drag on and on, with endless delays and reshoots, script changes and editing fights. That’s not the case with 48 Hour Film Project entrants. These aspiring filmmakers, actors and writers are faced with the daunting task of picking a genre out of a hat, then…
As a thirteen-year-old skate punk, I didn’t care about anything but my deck and how cool it looked. Comprising everything from surrealism to pop art, abstract to tribalistic primitivism, it shaped my taste in art. Tonight, Plastic Chapel and Indy Ink take skate art to the max with the Skate…
More than a decade ago, actor Robert Dubac launched a one-man, multi-character comedic performance on gender issues titled The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron. After taking that show around the world, the Telluride resident is back with a sequel: Robert Dubac’s Male Intellect: The 2nd Coming, which begins a one-month engagement…
While today’s Spare Parts event is thrown together by teenagers and their advocates, it’s not a haphazard hodgepodge. The skateboarding competition/battle of the bands is the fruit of months of brainstorming by one Douglas County mom and a handful of young people bored with their town’s options. Amy Mays, director…
After my first year in college, I came home to find a pot of rotting food in the corner of my family’s kitchen. According to my long-haired vegetarian brother, he was “like, composting, dude.” Although he taught me a little more about what it takes to save the planet, it…
Artists have long been attracted to Colorado for its magnificent views and crisp, clear light. For Landscapes of Colorado, curator Ann Daley chose contemporary paintings, drawings and photographs that are unique to the West, giving those works a place among the state’s rich art history. With 51 artists, the exhibit…
“I photographed a lot of big bands early on, and a lot of other ones at their peak,” says Chris Deutsch, whose snaps are at the center of Front Row Classic Concert Photography, an exhibition that opens tonight. “Twenty years later, quite a few of them — Metallica, Van Halen,…
Interning at Westword has played an important role in my evolution as a journalist. Without this position, I never would have learned to be creative and take initiative in a professional setting. And I’ve only had to get my editor coffee once. The same goes for the interns at +…
“I look at the way that sports and politics collide in society — sometimes with very gruesome results, and sometimes with very inspiring results,” says author Dave Zirin of Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics and Promise of Sports. “But the book focuses more on the gruesome.” How could…
If you’re the type of person who ransacks your parents’ closet in search of Christmas presents or looks at the end of a book before you’re through the first chapter, then you’ll be overjoyed to know that the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center’s Extremely Grand Opening is throwing a little…
Out & About Show Home: Tour the the world’s first urban home built exclusively by GLBT and GLBT-supportive contractors, suppliers and tradespeople. Proceeds benefit the Alexander Foundation. Fridays, 3-7 p.m.; Saturdays, Sundays, 12-5 p.m. Starts: Aug. 3. Continues through Aug. 18…
American-born flamenco expert Pablo Rodarte spent nearly 25 years in Spain, studying and perfecting every nuance of the fiery Spanish dance. And now that he’s settled here, you don’t expect the man to cool his heels, do you? In hopes of encouraging dance enthusiasts to learn flamenco, Rodarte is offering…
Sometimes I dream that inanimate objects come to life and walk around, carrying on like it’s no big deal, like they have been sentient the whole time and I just never noticed. And I’m not talking about Michael Bay-style transforming robots. I mean late-night dream sessions about books sprouting legs…
Ever heard the sound of yoga? And no, not the grunting noise that comes with down-dogging. If you listen to local music therapist Susan Hess, the ideal sounds to accompany yoga are deep toning and chanting that evoke earth, water, fire, air and space. Want to know more? Come to…
There was an old woman who lived in a boot. But some around town thought she was an old coot. So they all got together and they auctioned her house off and gave the money to charity, thereby rendering her homeless. And every year after that, twelve artists made new…
At over 10,000 feet, Leadville is the highest incorporated city in North America, which means the sky’s the limit for this weekend’s Boom Days — the 57th annual celebration of Leadville’s mining heritage. The food and crafts fair that opened yesterday will continue today, with such Boom Days mainstays as…
It’s no secret that wine and food become more potent at a high altitude: The buzz goes straight to your head, while the flavors mingle more heavily. That’s possibly why attending the ultra-luxe Steamboat Wine Festival, held at 6,728 feet, leaves you feeling something like a bee drunk on rum…
At the Crested Butte Reel Fest, small really is better. Set in one of Colorado’s sweetest little resort towns, the five-day juried showcase of one-reel films is a cozy affair, where everyone knows everyone else by the time it’s all over. And it’s fun, too, offering such programs as Films…
Best-selling author Lisa See admits she’s obsessive, but in this case it’s her ace in the hole: A scholar who calls herself a “research fiend,” See has always been a master at weaving fascinating fact into fluid prose, beginning with her 1995 family memoir On Gold Mountain and continuing on…
I was so fortunate to grow up with a mother who had the yard everyone wanted. Women would walk by, then stop and swoon, blathering litanies of oohs and aahs. And every time they’d fawn, she’d smile and pretend that it was nothing to create such an earthly paradise. For…
Cat was going to write about all the fall shoes she wants, but she got completely distracted by cowboy boots. Cheese Bikini had sent her the link to Old Gringo Boots a few months ago, and she just got around to kicking the dust up on the site. These are…
