Photo by Hilary Bronwyn Gayle – © 2012 – OB Productions, Inc. All rights reserved. “I was appalled and disappointed,” says Village Voice film critic Stephanie Zacharek of Spike Lee’s Oldboy on this week’s Voice Film podcast. “I love [Park Chan-wook’s] original and watching Spike Lee’s version, there were big…
Ah, the blessed holiday known as Black Friday. It’s the day we celebrate what it means to be an American consumer. The doors to most stores will open at the crack of dawn and the deals will roll out, giving shoppers unbridled access to cheap stuff that will become our…
On Capitol Hill, we often see a particular blend of fashion: part-professional, part-funky. This week on the Hill we spotted Einstein shift manager and college student Ashley Tate, referencing her style icon, Audrey Hepburn. Keep reading to learn where she shops, her favorite accessory and her style mantra. See also:…
If all the pressure to maximize your gastro capacity isn’t bad enough this week, try explaining why you’ll need to wait 77,798 years — until after Voyager 1 passes Alpha Centauri — to again use the menurkey. In the meantime, you have to navigate the explosion of mediocre Thanksgivvukah mashups…
#30: Jaime Kopke Jaime Kopke hails from Massachusetts, but ended up in Colorado, bringing cultural gold in her pocket. She’s helped spark more than a few creative projects here, from the city’s ongoing Pecha Kucha series to the Denver Community Museum, a short-lived but brilliant pop-up people’s reliquary that threw…
With the holiday devoted to overeating upon us, we’re looking down at a full day of stuffing our faces, participating in awkward family interactions and probably even a little Tryptophan-induced napping. But since the extended Thanksgiving weekend technically begins tonight, there is still plenty of time to get out of…
Happy Thanksgiving, fellow geeks. Yes, it’s a day early, but you’d rather read this while you wait for work to end today than tomorrow while you could be eating, watching football or MST3K, or whatever it is you do on Thanksgiving. Still, day early or not, I’m going to do…
On Tuesday, November 26, NV Boutique opened its first-ever brick- and-mortar location in the Vistas at Park Meadows. Store manager Lisa Shipman gave us a guided tour of the store’s interior, decorated in subtle muted tones, chandeliers and soft light. The combination of upscale, elegant boudoir decor and the latest…
No Shave November has become a cult-classic in our chilly city. If you’re male, chances are you’ve participated at least once or twice — it’s an excuse not to shave for a whole month, so why not? But while the hair apparent is all over Denver this month, most people…
With Thanksgiving just days away, it’s time to think of all those other traditional activities of the season — like football watching and shopping. But if you’d rather avoid contact sports when you get your exercise, strap on a pair of skates and chill instead. Here are our ten favorite…
Knitting projects don’t have to be ugly sweaters or grandma scarves. Annie Watts, creator of Wattsolak Designs, brings new ideas to this ancient craft with knitting patterns that include mythological figures, mythical creatures and robots. She designs hats, mittens, scarves, soft toys and more, and shares the patterns with knitting…
Last month, Denver DIY house venue and show space Mouth House was shut down by the cops for good. As far as house venues go, it had a good, three-year run. Undaunted by surrounding gentification, Mouth House sat in the midst of Five Points, minding its own business in a…
Reading is about more than following a narrative or learning facts; it can also be a profound shared experience that culminates in a better understanding of ourselves and each other. In that spirit, welcome to the Westword Book Club, a weekly feature celebrating the books that inspire Denver artists.
Jeff Trujillo has been with the Colorado Aids project for almost six years. He started as the event coordinator for AIDS Walk Colorado, and when he took over the reins of other failing fundraising programs he decided that it was time to start fresh. The result was the Red Ball,…
Whovians are desperately loyal, and they have been for fifty years, ever since William Hartnell first hit the BBC as the original Doctor Who. Ten doctors later, with British actor Peter Capaldi set to become the twelfth Doctor beginning with this year’s Christmas special, the push to the future began…
In October I was booked for a one-night performance gig showcasing a Weeping Angel costume for multimedia artist Jenny Shumaker at a Denver RAW Artists event, dedicated to supporting emerging local artists. Based on an award-winning 2007 Doctor Who episode, “Blink,” the costume came with a fan base — which…
We all love Christmas. And we all hate Christmas. For the side of us that bitterly embraces the latter, David Sedaris’s The SantaLand Diaries essay is the ideal method for steeping in your own Scroogeness. Chronicling the true story of Sedaris’s move to New York, where he becomes depressed and…
On the heels of his dual reading with Lena Dunham in New York and a sold-out show in Denver last Monday, David Sedaris lit up the Paramount Theatre yesterday afternoon with his comfort-food storytelling style. Delivering stories from last summer’s’ Lets Explore Diabetes With Owls, as well as his recent…
Even as the weather gets colder, fashionable Denverites do not keep their style under wraps. We recently spotted the energetic menswear of musician Traveon Rippetoe, who takes fashion cues from the 1990s. Continue reading to learn where he shops, why the ’90s mean so much to him, and his style…
Rhonda Brown got the kind of reviews actors dream about for her work in last year’s one-woman play Red Hot Patriot: the Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins, and the production won a Best of Denver 2013 award for Best Political Theater. Produced and directed by Brian Freeland, it sold out…
You can only sit inside and watch A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving so many times without losing your mind. Fortunately, there are plenty of other things to do in Denver this week that won’t cost you a dime. Chill out with yoga, try your luck at drag-queen bingo, and catch a…
It was a hairy morning for runners at Stapleton Central Park on Saturday, but not because of the cold: The crowds who showed up at the Mustache Dache to raise funds and awareness for the men’s-health charity known as Movember donned facial hair both real and fake, and a good…
