Twin sisters behind Lizzie Fortunato Jewels stop at Goldyn with Fall 2013 line

Lizzie Fortunato Jewels began when twin sisters Elizabeth and Kathryn Fortunato combined the former’s creative mind with the latter’s business savvy. Elizabeth designs and sources materials for the New York-based company’s eclectic seasonal lines of jewelry and handbags, while Kathryn keeps the numbers in check, making for a smooth-running family…

Kristin Rand and Mara Wiles debut Moxie, a new sketch-comedy duo

Now recovered from her kidney transplant, Mara Wiles is teaming up with fellow comedian Kristin Rand in a new sketch comedy group, Moxie!, which debuts Saturday at the Voodoo Comedy Playhouse. Although both Wiles and Rand are solo standup performers, they’ve also worked together before in the female sketch-comedy group…

Westword Book Club: Author Kenn Amdahl on algebra, self-publishing and daphnia

Kenn Amdahl is an author, an entrepreneur, and something of a homespun polymath based in Broomfield Colorado. Frustrated by difficulties getting his book, an educational manual leavened by bits of whimsy, Amdahl founded Clearwater Publishing in 1990. Since then, Clearwater has released 11 books from their humble press. Westword sat down with Amdahl to talk about math and science, self-publishing, his favorite books and being part of a community of writers.

100 Colorado Creatives: Satya Wimbish

#61: Satya Wimbish The vibe you get from Aurora artist Satya Wimbish is one of industry and, even more so, a great dollop of pure enthusiasm — a lust for life in small-town terms, a love for the people and places she walks by every day in her familiar milieu…

Photos: South Broadway’s facelift is finished!

The final phase of a three-phase construction project, giving South Broadway some more appealing aesthetic touches between Arizona and Yale avenues, was just completed. To celebrate the end of this seemingly endless facelift, Mayor Michael Hancock, Councilman Chris Nevitt and Denver Public Works Manager Jose Cornejo joined together to plant…

Colorado Book Award winners include Westword alum Harrison Fletcher

Colorado Humanities and the Center for the Book have announced the winners of the 22nd annual Colorado Book Awards from 170 entries, and “the level of talent in Colorado is astonishing,” says Christine Goff, Colorado Book Awards coordinator. The talent includes former Westword staff writer Harrison Candelarie Fletcher, whose book…

Car porn: Vintage Cadillacs from the Forney Museum’s new exhibit

Cars didn’t always seem as homogenous as they do today. And though you don’t often see seafoam green convertibles and rose-pink sedans rolling down the street, they’re not out of place at the Forney Museum of Transportation. Through August 31, the museum is featuring Fabulous Finned Cadillacs of the 1960s,…

3 things to do for free in Denver this week, June 24-27

Yeah, air-conditioning is nice. But this week is all about getting free from your house and enjoying the great outdoors — for free. You can watch Despicable Me in the park, catch a live dance performance, or see an HBO documentary on a farm. For more events, go to the…

Repertory Cinema Wishlist: L.A. Story

Steve Martin and I go back a long way. I remember Steve from his SNL days, playing the banjo with an arrow through his head, a wild and crazy guy who perfected his idiot role in such movies as The Jerk (1979) and Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982). Yes,…