Denver Comic Con was filled with characters, each embracing their own theme and costume. One of the more creative characters we spotted was teacher Rebecca Haines, a Denver native, dressed up as Hawkeye. Keep reading to find out how she made her costume, which comic-book title inspired it, and what…
Mestre Acordeon brought capoeria, an Afro-Brazilion form of martial arts, to America from Brazil decades ago. Starting in September, three days after his seventieth birthday, he’ll undertake a journey to spread capoeria around the world, on a year-long, 14,000-mile bike ride from Berkeley, California to Bahia, Brazil that’s been dubbed…
Brad Wilson had exactly one week to finish his custom-design guitar for a commissioned birthday present and, at that moment, he was thinking about starting over. The guitar still needed a camouflage paint job, a Colorado design for the pick guard, a painted neck and all the wiring — basically,…
Sarah Kate Baie has seen Mixed Taste — the recurring lecture series kicking off tomorrow at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver — grow exponentially over the last nine years, from its early days at Belmar to its current, summer-season mainstay status at the MCA. Programming curator Baie and her…
For any local comic who has yet to appear on Conan or negotiate a sitcom, the New Faces Competition at Comedy Works is the ideal way to gain recognition and earn some cash with your humor. Winning first place in the four-month tournament not only puts a thousand bucks in…
Fans of HBO’s Game of Thrones could use some levity right now: The latest episode, “The Rains of Castamere,” was rough in the way that a bunch of beloved characters were completely and utterly slaughtered in such a shockingly revolting manner that fans who haven’t read the books are still…
#64: Betsy Tobin Betsy Tobin’s multidisciplinary theater works unfold unlike just about anything you’ve seen before, blending offbeat techniques with an old-world aura. With her Boulder-based Now or Never Theatre, she produces visually stunning pieces that incorporate puppets, live actors, dance, shadow theater and video in a sophisticated way. Some…
It’s time to gear up for the third annual Denver County Fair, which is aiming to make its trifecta year the best ever. Got a cherry pie to die for? An elegantly stitched quilt? A hen that struts like nobody’s business? You have until midnight on July 26 to enter…
This year’s Denver Comic Con took over the Colorado Convention Center last weekend, and thousands of costumes filled the huge arena. Amid the superheroes and fanboys were pop-culture references from the 1980s, including at least one Mr. T doppelgänger. Information technologist Andy Gray dressed up as the television icon. Read…
As I sat in a coffee shop yesterday, camped out with my laptop and a mission to actually get some writing done, I knew full well that I wouldn’t really get anything accomplished. Not because I’d be distracted with the mundane cruising of Facebook for hours at a time like…
For Westword’s first ever Comics issue, on stands now, we invited artists across the city to submit comics channeling Denver in some way — and the results tackled a diverse range of what we love (and laugh about) in our town. Although only eight could fit in the print issue,…
On last Thursday’s Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, comedian Jim Norton got in a verbal sparring match with Jezebel writer Lindy West. For the most part, their positions were fixed and predictable — but rarely have two people in the reactionary careers of standup comic and feminist author achieved…
Civic Center Park played home to the 2013 People’s Fair over the weekend for two days of food, entertainment and art. Keep reading for a few highlights from photographer Kyle Huninghake, and visit our People’s Fair slide show for more photos. See also: – Fifty best costumes of Comic Con…
Best known for his hit Comedy Central show Insomniac, Dave Attell is an all-around beloved character in standup comedy. While often edgy and at times arrogantly confrontational, his razor-sharp wit gives him an everyman-at-the-bar diplomacy. During nearly three decades in the business, Attell has seen the ebb and flow of…
The Phipps IMAX Theater at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science officially replaced the old Phipps Auditorium thirty years ago this summer, and quickly became a must-see addition to the museum experience. Over the years, even IMAX technology has reinvented itself, amplifying the already-dizzying visuals on the four-and-a-half-story screen…
When the small bump appeared on artist Julia Watkins’s hand, she dismissed it as a pimple. But after a couple of itchy weeks, her hand swelled, sending her to the emergency room — where she discovered the bump was a symptom of Methicillin-Resistant Staph Aureus, which could result in amputation…
Over the weekend, Denver Comic Con turned the Colorado Convention Center into a spectacle of costumes and colors as thousands flocked to the three-day annual event. In our full Denver Comic Con slide show, we chronicled more than 250 costumes, but we’ve narrowed our favorites down to the top fifty…
Earlier this year, Marion Street Tattoo was officially certified as a green business by the Denver Department of Environmental Health. The only tattoo shop in the city to currently hold the title, the business hopes to set an example for other tattoo shops. Owner and artist Ryan Willard and says…
This year’s Denver Comic Con returned to the Colorado Convention Center Friday through Sunday with thousands of people in glorious costumes. The week before the con, ticket holders were hit with sad news — that Marvel mastermind Stan Lee would no longer be appearing — but those frowns turned upside…
The disappointing news that the Grawlix pilot got the thumbs down from Amazon didn’t keep Adam Cayton-Holland down for long. Just days later, he announced the August 23-24 High Plains Comedy Festival, which will raise the bar on previous summer comedy jams like Laugh Track and Too Much Funstival by…
Summertime, and the living is easy — and easy on your wallet. Whether you want to see a campy horror flick about supernatural sorority sisters, watch Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy or attend a vintage fashion trunk show, you can do it all for free this week. Share more bargain free…
Movies, like pop music, often seem more momentous in the context of their times. That’s especially true in the case of The Harder They Come; the film, which first screened in the U.S. in 1973, hit at a time when reggae music was not yet a big part of the…
