While some may prefer the fantasy, sci-fi or superhero aspects of Denver Comic Con, which wraps up today, you can’t totally geek out without a bit of blood-bursting horror. “I tend to think that comic-book and horror fans are often one and the same,” says horror comic artist Dan Crosier…
A decades-old tradition, the CHUN Capitol Hill People’s Fair at Civic Center Park is one of the largest festivals of its kind in the country. But the community gathering, which opens today, is far from old-school: This year the fair will offer its first-ever health and wellness area, devoted to…
In just its second year, Denver Comic Con is poised to take the pole position among the region’s many fandom conventions. Sporting a stellar lineup of geek-culture icons, including Wil Wheaton, George Takei, Colin Baker Chris Ware and last-minute guest William Shatner, hundreds of panels, cosplay, an independent film series,…
“Half a decade into being a vegan, I couldn’t have fathomed eating flesh again,” writes Tovar Cerulli in his memoir, The Mindful Carnivore: A Vegetarian’s Hunt for Sustenance. “And I certainly couldn’t have pictured myself eight years later plunking my first freshly eviscerated mammal down onto the kitchen counter.” His…
At last! A documentary about that underexposed group: the 1 percenters in their lair. In Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s, the storied store is presented in cinematic terms as ex-screenwriter Matthew Miele watches decorator David Hoey madly creating window displays of phantasmagorical “installation art” that moves. The film’s climax is…
Fans of cheeky British comedy don’t have to cross the pond to get a dose of Anglophile humor: The Equinox Theatre Company is importing it to the Denver stage with A Night at Fawlty Towers, which opens tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Bug Theatre. For this production, Equinox has…
The works of Parisian artist Amande In are long on concept and fleeting in execution, but they have a way of turning a viewer’s understanding of art upside down. Cortney Stell, curator at the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design’s Philip J. Steele Gallery, flipped the minute she saw…
Amazon gave the green light to several video series this morning, but Those Who Can’t, created by Adam Cayton-Holland, Andrew Orvedahl and Ben Roy of the Denver-based Grawlix comedy group, wasn’t on the list. Instead, Amazon will go forward with two other comedy pilots, Betas and Alpha House, as well…
When people dress for work, sometimes they sacrifice their personal style in the process. Luckily, that’s not the case with Kelsey Peoples, a local lease analyst who adds personal touches to her timeless Texan belle theme. Read here to learn her style mantra, style icons, and where she shops. See…
Calling all local artists, crafters, quilters and crocheters: The Denver Art Museum will be taking submissions for its Spun Community Quilt next Monday, June 3. The massive quilt — which will be built in panels along the four-story wall inside the museum — is part of the current exhibition, Spun:…
#66: Francis Roces Last week, we introduced Powerhaüs Artist-in-Residence (PAIR) Program fine-art resident Charlie Boots; now meet his fashion-designing counterpart, Francis Roces, a familiar face to those in Denver’s fashion scene. He’s been plying the needle and thread for nearly thirty years, and is best-known around here for his clothing…
When you accidentally sign yourself and your 29-year-old husband up for a YogaDates event for singles in their thirties and forties, you quickly realize it could be bad for the relationship. After our incredible YogaDates sunset yoga hike, I know that if my sweet Ben ever mysteriously “vanishes” (and I’m…
The Erotic Fan Fiction competition will bring its twisted competition to Denver this Thursday. Led by Bryan Cook, comedy writer for Joan Rivers’s Fashion Police, the contest tasks professional comics to arrive with their own piece of erotic fan fiction on anything from Facts of Life to Of Mice and…
It’s a common behavior of Star Wars fans: canonize the original trilogy, and get all hater-y on the screw-ups in Episodes I-III. But if the mistakes made in the second trilogy weren’t so completely soul-crushing and legacy-altering, then people wouldn’t be bitching about them to this day — and keeping…
The 16th Street Mall filled with music and people during the 2013 Denver Day of Rock on Saturday, May 25, 2013. More than twenty bands performed throughout the day, and Westword photographer Philip Poston was there to capture the action. For more photos, visit our full Denver Day of Rock…
For many artists, fashion can be an extension of their personal vision. Others dress minimally, so that their art can speak volumes. Local painter Marc Huebert falls into this latter category. Read on to learn how his street art plays a role in his street fashion, and to peep some…
#67: Emily K. Harrison Emily K. Harrison is a theatrical powerhouse: In addition to guiding and directing Boulder’s inventive square product theatre, she’s an actor, teacher and booster of alternative theater along the Front Range, forever advocating for her own company and others engaged in the same kind of newfangled,…
I’ve seen it happening already: the premature revealing of skin not quite ready for the summer sun. Considering that the summer solstice isn’t until June 21, shirtlessness is really, really hitting park paths and pedestrian thoroughfares early this year. But for me, the problem with all this skin isn’t not…
After ingesting almost nine straight hours of the newly revived Arrested Development series, I’ve come to two conclusions: 1) The cast and creators of AD still got it, and 2) This show was made for hermetic losers like me. The “story of a wealthy family who lost everything” was nothing…
If you want to go out without going broke, you’re in the right place. In Denver this week, you can see art and spoken-word performances, learn about local meats, and even win some money at trivia night. Share more bargains in the comments section below; and for more events, check…
In true Captain James T. Kirk style (or the style of whatever heroic character he’s portraying, for that matter), William Shatner has come through to save the day once again — taking the place of Denver Comic Con’s original guest of honor, Stan Lee. (The ninety-year-old comic icon had to…
Before the advent of online dating, people used to meet their dating partners in real life, making it slightly easier to get a feel for personalities, lifestyles, families, personal assets and compatibilities. Internet-based dating admittedly is a more convenient way to meet people, but it’s got its inherent pitfalls as…
