Wrap up some fun this week before holiday obligations fill the calendar. You can celebrate the city’s best neighborhoods, get prepared for winter or chit-chat with a local comedy icon. Drop us a comment if you know any bargains we missed, and check out the Westword calendar for a complete…
There’s no question that Denver loves cosplay, with fans aping their favorite pop-culture characters with elaborate costumes that take months to perfect. Photographer Danielle Lirette caught some of the best on camera at fan conventions large and small held throughout 2015. Here’s a look back. Now see the full Best of…
Located just a few miles from Leadville, Ski Cooper is a little different from other resorts in that it is small, family focused spot and mostly affordable, with just as much terrain for beginners as for other skiers. Although the mountain has been open for a handful of days already,…
“We’re not in danger, but we need help,” says Alex Weimer, Bug Theatre executive artistic director. That job title sounds impressive, but Weimer is going on eighteen years as the guy who sweeps up, fixes the toilets and keeps the Bug going. And what is the Bug? “The quintessential community…
You can read about every Colorado ski resort in the Edge, our winter sports guide, as we roll it out online. Each description lays out what’s new, what the signature experience is, what to splurge on, how to go cheap and, of course, what to drink. Opening December 11 SUNLIGHT…
A jovial group of marijuana smokers and comedy fans romped their way through town last night on the maiden voyage of the MassRoots Tacky Light Tour, a more organized (but not much more) version of the impromptu light-and-light-up tours that Coloradans have taken on their own for generations. Sam Tallent and Aaron…
This fence just appeared in front of City, O’ City. It marks the start of a weekend full of events hosted by LINK (Letting in New Knowledge) Denver, which will bring together artists and activists “dedicated to showing the world that Art and Creativity are invaluable to freedom and the…
Life imitates art and art imitates life. We found proof of this with Denver native, digital designer and part-time haberdasher Brianna Corn, who delivered a contemporary take on Annie Hall at the 303 Fashion Weekend last month. Corn describes her style as “artsy, tomboy, grunge,” and while rands like Burton walked the catwalk, Corn…
Aspen Mountain and Snowmass opened for the season in November, and now its time for their neighbors, Aspen Highlands and Buttermilk to crank up the lifts. At Highlands, you’ll find more than 700 acres of terrain, or about 70 percent of the mountain. At Buttermilk, there will be morning treats…
As 2015 draws to a close, it looks like Walnut Street Galleries are focusing on one of the major themes of this year, when rampant redevelopment has changed the face of the arts-driven RiNo community. And at Leon in Uptown, street writer Jolt also chimes in on gentrification. Get a…
Are you sick of it yet? We are drowning in a tidal wave of promotion pushing Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It’s everywhere you look, and the premiere set for next Friday, December 18, is the anticipated film opening in history. Things weren’t always this way, though. Creator George Lucas was…
Add December 12 to your calendars as National Ding-a-Ling Day. It’s a day to get weird, cut loose and act a fool. The holiday might be on Saturday, but let’s celebrate it all weekend by sipping good beer, doing art for peace and laughing about drugs. Check out the Westword…
You slept in on Black Friday, skipped the crowds on Small Business Saturday and were still too tired to lift your pinky to shop online on Cyber Monday. Think of it this way: You were just waiting for a better shopping experience. Here’s where to find art and handmade wares…
The weather outside isn’t quite frightful, but don’t let that stop you from coming up with just the right event that will inevitably lead to cozying up with that special someone by the fire. If you need some inspiration to get started, here are five holiday-themed Denver date ideas. 5) Hammond’s…
What is the G-spot, and where is it? How important is foreplay? Is there a difference between sex and gender? Seventy-year-old sex educator/activist Joyce Lisbin, the focus of this week’s cover story, “Sex Marks the Spat,” and business partner Paul Froehlich, a 64-year-old videographer and producer in New York, want…
On the eve of what could be the most-awaited Star Wars film premiere of all time – Star Wars: The Force Awakens officially opens in theaters nationwide on December 18 – the Denver Art Museum just announced an out-of-this-world prize. A showy Smithsonian-curated exhibit, Star Wars™ and the Power of…
It was a generation ago, in the ’70s and ’80s, that the art of the Southwest — New Mexico, specifically — got hot. This led to a reassessment of the historic artists of Taos and Santa Fe and bolstered the careers of several contemporary artists working in that part of…
The latest entry in the Mad Max series offered a lot of great things — flamethrowers, fast cars and, of course, feminism. Yeah, you read that right: feminism. Now you can relive the glorious action-movie explosions and all the feminist subtext at “Feminism in the Time of the Apocalypse: Mad…
It’s hard to believe, considering all the work that goes into building a successful craft and flea market, but Amy Yetman’s picture-perfect seasonal Horseshoe Market only goes live for four days each year. Though she still stands by the one-day-only “get lucky” market model, Yetman began tossing around the idea…
Talk about a sign of the times! Like modern poets, some marquee writers are masters of minimalism, capturing our culture in a few giant, black block letters. Others create the equivalent of urban fortune cookies that we must crack. No matter the motivation, we always enjoy stumbling on clever marquee…
Shane Mauss has had a lively career since winning “Best Standup Comic” at the Comedy Arts Festival in 2007. With five appearances on Conan and a Comedy Central Presents special under his belt, Mauss set about creating thematically sound hours of comedy, first on the Netflix special Mating Season, then on his most…
“Have you heard of Gillette Syndrome?” That’s the question Cortney Stell, Black Cube executive director and chief curator, poses as she begins to describe this Thursday’s The New Denver + New Brutal discussion. “If a city grows really, really fast, a sense of community wanes. Gillette Syndrome is named after a…
