100 Colorado Creatives 3.0: Gemma Danielle

#74: Gemma Danielle Artist Gemma Danielle’s intricate mandala work intersects with her mastery of the healing arts as a Reiki practitioner. For her, both are spiritual, referencing inner energies and meditational journeys. And now she shares these visual therapies on a larger scale in public murals, most notably her Urban…

Three Things to Do for Free in Denver, July 5-7

The Fourth of July flew right by, so there’s no time to waste if you want to enjoy the summer. This week’s calendar boasts plenty of free fun and games, including a movie at Denver International Airport. Check out the Westword calendar for even more events, and let us know…

Have a Blast at These Family-Friendly Fourth of July Events

The Fourth of July lands on Monday, which means a long weekend of celebrations this year. There are dozens of ways to fill the time, from serious fireworks displays and red, white and blue picnics to neighborhood block parties and choral-themed festivals. Here are our thirty favorite parties and places…

Bud+Breakfast Opens Fourth Pot-Friendly Spot in Grand County

Bud+Breakfast is opening a new location in the mountains of Grand County this weekend, marking the company’s fourth marijuana-friendly bed-and-breakfast in Colorado. Located about an hour and a half from Denver in Parshall, Camp Bud+Breakfast was set up in partnership with Aspen Canyon Ranch, in a ranch setting where guests…

Six Things Stoners Can Enjoy Over Fourth of July Weekend

As weed-smokers across Colorado prepare for a long weekend of revelry and patriotism, here are some ideas for how to create some new Fourth of July traditions to make your holiday an elevated experience. Water Indica users in particular will understand this: There’s nothing like diving into a pool or…

The Ten Best Comedy Events in Denver in July

As Denverites roast their way through international hot dog month during the high plains heat, opportunities abound to chortle away the evenings in air-conditioned comfort. Fittingly for a month named after an Emperor, July has a legion of comedic delights ready to lay siege to our city’s sweaty audiences — everything…

Tonight Colorado Inside Out Travels Back in Time to 1876

The Emmy award-winning Colorado Inside Out is offering another blast from the past at 8 p.m. tonight on Colorado Public Television with “Time Machine Special: Circa 1876.”  Colorado became a state in 1876, the same year the nation celebrated its centennial — which explains this state’s nickname. It’s a little…

The Ten Best Geek Events in Denver in July

Sure, July is all about fireworks and celebrating the launch of the American endeavor, but when it’s time to take a break from all the backyard pyrotechnics and flag waving, you’ll be happy to find a month well stocked with geek fun. From the greatest fan film ever made to…

The Ten Best Film Events in Denver in July

Hot dogs, hamburgers, fireworks and heat will always stamp our memories of summer, but it may be those moments we spend inside the refuge of our favorite movie theaters — scientifically cooled by refrigeration — that leave our minds and imaginations racing like a kid headed toward a water slide…

Launch of Outdoor Film Series at Denver International Airport Postponed

The Alamo Drafthouse is flying high this summer, with a new partnership with Denver International Airport calling for Alamo to produce a free, four-film-series this year, Film on the Fly, which will show off the new open-air plaza that connects the iconic Jeppesen Terminal with the Westin Denver International Airport. The series…

As This Raiders Remake Proves, a Geek’s Passion Is a Beautiful Thing

Passion. That’s what lies at the heart of the geek experience. Spaceships, wizards and monsters may be its signifiers, but what really drives geek culture is passion. Crazy, all-consuming, unbridled passion, the kind that drives people to reread dozens of thousand-page tomes, argue minor plot points endlessly in online forums,…

100 Colorado Creatives 3.0: Arturo Garcia

#75: Arturo Garcia Activist, workingman, writer and painter of animals and people, Jaliscan emigre Arturo Garcia also partners with the Boulder-based Americas Latino Eco Festival as steward of Graficomovil, Mexican artist Artemio Rodríguez’s mini-museum and community printmaking studio on wheels. This summer, Garcia is on the road with Graficomovil, making…

And Now a Few Words from Josh Viola of Hex Publishers

Josh Viola, the award-winning author of The Bane of Yoto, founded Hex Publishers last year and promptly released a horror anthology, Nightmares Unhinged. This November, he’ll publish Cyber World, a steampunk collection. But in the meantime, he has another project: Words, a free online zine for junkies looking to load up…

Léa Seydoux Enthralls in a Patchy Diary of a Chambermaid

Octave Mirbeau’s The Diary of a Chambermaid, a 1900 novel about the depravities in all social strata written from the point of view of a servant named Célestine, has famously been adapted twice before, by two of cinema’s immortals. Benoît Jacquot’s uneven take on the material won’t challenge the stature…

Bonkers New Doc Tickled Digs Into the Strangest of Cover-Ups

In a stark white room, four boys huddle on a mattress, addressing the camera. They’re athletic, the picture of youth and every Abercrombie & Fitch catalog. A blond boy says, “We want to thank Jane O’Brien Media for this opportunity,” and they all smile and wave. They’re about to take…