Adam Lichty wants Denverites to walk more — and see a lot more. That’s the motivation for Denver Streetheart, which collects street art from around the city and shares photos on Instagram with Lichty’s 1,500 followers. But he doesn’t want the experience to stop there. He wants people to go…
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.
#46: Dave Ortolano Dave Ortolano is both a theater Renaissance man and a friend of theater. Naropa-trained and a collaborating member of Boulder’s Band of Toughs company, his first love and major creative focus is his role as executive director of the Boulder International Fringe Festival, which kicks off another…
After all the flooding of the past week, it was uplifting to see the sun shining on a Monday morning. So was the sight of local student Jovan Bridges, rocking a style that could have pushed passersby out of their comfort zone. Read on to learn about who inspires his…
It’s not powder season quite yet, but on Saturday, a pack of pro snowboarders made the streets of Denver their own personal terrain park at Snowboard on the Block. The board-centric event featured a rail jam with riders including Scotty Vine and Tim Humphreys, as well as music and snowboard…
Looks like Kelsie Huff will be just as funny in the afterlife as she is in her real life. “My tombstone will read: Kelsie Huff. Not buried here. We decided to go in another direction,” she said in her Twitter feed last week. Huff hails from Chicago, where she’s a…
MegaFauna, the award-winning boutique/gallery/coffeeshop, is moving to a new home later this month. It’s not going far — from 2701 Larimer Street to 3102 Blake Street — but it’s upgrading quite a bit. “With the lease coming up, we had an opportunity. Do we expand? Do we consolidate? What happens?”…
Decisions, decisions. All day long, we struggle to make decisions: what to wear, what to eat, what to watch. We used to have to make these decisions on our own — until we realized the power of social media. Now, thanks to the new app Bedloo, we never need to…
The lights and the camera, the big stars and the director’s chair — these are the icons we associate with filmmaking. But the magic on the silver screen wouldn’t happen without such key players as casting directors and producers. Local filmmakers and fans can learn about the people behind the…
Whether you want to travel to the early-1930s glamour of Josef von Sternberg’s Blonde Venus, celebrate the music of Amy Winehouse, or enter into an artistic exploration of an empty room, there are plenty of ways to escape the reality of dreary Denver this week. And these three are completely…
For a newbie, the myriad characters portrayed by cosplayers at the anime convention Nan Desu Kan are far more esoteric than those you’ll see at a regular comic convention: Anime and manga — Japanese cartoons and serial comics — form a subset all their own, and their fans seem just…
No, Dave Chappelle did not get sick of his “Rick James, bitch!”-shouting fans and disappear into Morocco. The Oddball Comedy and Curiosity Festival, scheduled for tonight at Fiddler’s Green, has been postponed due to the massive flooding and rainfall that Denver and other cities have endured over the last few…
Mexican Independence Day might take a lower profile than Cinco de Mayo here in Denver, but that doesn’t mean our Latino community — and the rest of the town — doesn’t kick up its heels for El Grito de la Independencia: Mexico’s real independence day (as opposed to Cinco), which…
Celebrating seventeen years as Colorado’s premiere anime convention, Nan Desu Kan opens its doors today, taking over the Marriott DTC for a cosplay-packed weekend of fun. With voice-actor guest speakers, educational panels on the industry, cosplay contests and late-night dance parties, NDK has packed Friday, Saturday and Sunday with cool…
Boulder-based filmmaker Nick Waggoner premieres Valhalla tonight in Denver at the Paramount Theatre as the local ski porn season kicks into full swing. The follow-up to Solitude, Waggoner’s grim, gritty, and award-winning meditation on death and skiing in South America, is the opposite of all of that. See also: Sniagrab…
Spend your money on an umbrella so that you can get out and enjoy some bargain entertainment in Denver this weekend. From drag bingo with the Denver Cycle Sluts to an art-themed yoga class set to live music, there’s plenty to do this weekend — indoors and out. (For outdoor…
If you missed the big announcement of Off-Center@The Jones’s upcoming programming at the theater’s season opening event last night, you also missed a big party with lots of free beer. Under wraps until the live trailer show commenced, the venue’s third season of nonconformist theater can now be discussed, and…
Denver has a Second Saturday, and though it often seems to take a back seat to First Friday, the alternative art-night has its advantages. You won’t have to elbow your way through crowds of sidewalk revelers, hawkers and buskers to get to the art, and you’ve also had a day’s…
This just in: Due to the unpredictable forecast we are cancelling the ‘outdoor’ portion of the FRIDAY THE 13TH event, here’s what we’re doing so you can still watch this chiller classic on the day it was intended to be seen: >Alamo Drafthouse Littleton will be screening FRIDAY THE 13TH…
What helped Rebecca Rosen out of her deep depression wasn’t Zoloft or visits to a therapist. It was guidance from her dead grandmother. The then-college student prayed for help and started communicating with the beyond, which led her to write her first book and heal herself. Since then, Rosen has…
Christie zumBrunnen and Nicole Lowery started their Hey! Party Collective business as a way to bring together fellow wedding and big-event innovators, in order to throw the perfect party. Almost two years later, the Hey! Party Collective is throwing its own party, Rebel Bells at Artwork Network on Sunday, September…
Visit Denver’s Denver.org website has inspired several recent posts saluting the city, including lists of best free attractions and tours, the top eleven hidden tourism gems, the thirteen best free day trips from Denver and the perfect gay-friendly weekend. Today, you can visit Visit Denver’s six top “Shop ‘Til You…
