Autumn means crunchy leaves and golden sunshine, frosty mornings and the annual Fall Studio Sale at the EvB Studio storefront that clay artist Marie Gibbons calls her home away from home. And it’s all good, especially the sale, which begins tomorrow and runs through Sunday. See also: – Reader: Marie…
What does the future of global energy look like? If we really knew the answer to that, we wouldn’t be sitting here writing this blog post. But we know it’s an important question, and if you agree, keep reading: That question also forms the central impetus of Switch, an exploratory…
The inaugural Art Meets Beast at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver was a surprise hit in 2010, featuring local chefs and arts enthusiasts in a mashup of mammoth proportions. And now the beast is coming back, with a two-day exploration of art that will culminate in a bison feast…
Led by title performer Merry Widow, Merry Widow’s Artisan Operetta features a rotating cast of local burlesque and theatrical talent that performs a variety of experiments, sketches and song-and-dance numbers at the Voodoo Comedy Playhouse on the third Monday of every month. Photographer Brandon Marshall caught up with the group…
I know. There are already whole blogs and books and television channels devoted to showing Americans how to organize, store and even get rid of their crap because, let’s face it: We are a culture of crap. We’re obsessed with crap, we watch shows about people bullying other people into…
I journeyed to Victor this past weekend wanting to believe. The old mining town sits near Cripple Creek, and though it’s still partially inhabited, many of the old buildings are completely abandoned. In other words, it was the ideal setting for the first-ever Spirits of Victor Paranormal Convention, which brought…
Melissa Borrell has been making jewelry for years — stylish, lightweight metal or 3D-printed nylon necklaces and dangling earrings in clean, sculptural shapes. But recently, she’s had a hankering to create something larger and less functional. The result goes on display at PlatteForum when her installation, tessellate, opens tonight with…
What scares you? That’s what we asked in last week’s contest that gave away tickets to Haunted Mansion and 13th Door. Most answers focused on most common fears: spiders, zombies, alien attacks, being chased, the current presidential campaign. One more original answer didn’t win those tickets, but it definitely won…
Arapahoe Basin CEO Alan Henceroth announced today that the ski area’s Black Mountain Express lift will start turning at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, October 17 to mark the start of the 2012-2013 ski and snowboard season. See Also: – Level 1 Productions, Stept, MSP clean up at IF3 International Freeski…
As the temperature grows colder, Denver’s days are darkening earlier, which can only mean one thing: It’s prime haunted house season. Aaron Thackeray, Westword’s expert on all things horrific, has been patroling the city’s finest (and spookiest) scarestablishments and chronicling the chilling stories behind each one. Continue reading for photos…
Denver has become the leading destination for all things related to the marijuana industry, especially now that Colorado sits on the precipice of a decriminalization law with Amendment 64, and a cutting-edge show by Dampie, a progressive artist who specializes in hemp-culture art, just opened at HoodLab, the gallery located…
After last week’s trip down memory lane for the thirtieth anniversary of the 16th Street Mall, I started to think about all of the places around this city that I’ve never visited. Since I’m a Colorado native, I’ve find it easy to all but ignore attractions that seem to be…
One of the great historians of our time, Dustin Lance Black is responsible for some great dramatic portrayals of our country’s past. Whether his subject is Harvey Milk, J. Edgar Hoover or the California State Supreme Court, Black is painstakingly thorough with his research and masterful with his storytelling. While…
Journey with Jane Fonda this week to a sci-fi world — for free! That’s just one of the artistic trips you can enjoy this week without having to open your wallet.For a full list of events, visit the online Westword calendar, and if you know of any other free events…
What is dasHAUS? Created in Germany, the compact pavilion demonstrates the most up-to-the-minute green technologies in home-building, from the sleekest of sustainable materials to renewable energy systems. Packed full of bright ideas, dasHAUS started a fourteen-city tour of the U.S. a year ago; now it’s at home in Denver’s Sustainability…
Mimi the elephant passed away at the Denver Zoo last week, without getting to really appreciate her new home in the Toyota Elephant Passage, which opened just over four months ago. Mimi had been at the zoo since 1961; she was a gift from Helen Bonfils, owner of the Denver…
To celebrate the Great American Beer Festival, which is in town right now, and the release of its newest beer, End of the World Midnight Wheat, the Shock Top division of Anheuser Busch hired artist Stan Herd to create a massive piece of crop art in Lochbuie, near Denver International…
Fresh Nail, Wax and Dry Bar wants to change the business of nails and hair by delivering consistent service, high quality…and alcohol. Fresh is the first nail, wax and dry salon franchise in the country, and it got its start at Aspen Grove in 2010. A Cherry Creek location opened…
The lineup for the 35th Starz Denver Film Festival, which runs November 1-11, was announced this morning, a slate that includes more than 225 films — sixteen of them local — from forty countries. See also – The 35th Starz Denver Film Festival is looking for volunteers – The Artist…
This coming Monday, the American Council of the Blind of Colorado (ACBCO) challenges you to step out of your comfort zone — and into the shoes of a visually impaired person. In honor of White Cane Day, the council is holding its first-ever Raisin’ Cane event. At the crack of…
They’re out of their gourds! For the eleventh year in a row, the City of Aurora is hosting its Punkin Chunkin, an event that features pumpkins being catapulted, shot, Gallagher-ized and mutilated in all sorts of ways. Aurorans take their punkin chunkin’ seriously, and the city expects 10,000 people to…
The tradition of the small-town social is vanishing even faster than Colorado’s small towns. All the more reason to head out to the eastern plains this weekend for The Big Feed, a unique blend of art show, county fair, hoedown and foot-stomping celebration of rural culture unfolding at the rodeo…
