The Narrators returns with real-life storytelling at the Deer Pile

After a hiatus, The Narrators is back. The monthly evening of truth- telling was started two years ago by writer and comedian Andrew Orvedahl at Paris Wine Bar (his efforts earned Orvedahl a MasterMind); he has now enlisted his friend and Narrators regular Robert Rutherford to co-host — and moved…

Reader: I love Molly Ringwald and all her characters

Molly Ringwald started writing as a child — before she became an ’80s teen icon who starred in such John Hughes films as Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink and The Breakfast Club . She says she never really thought she’d publish anything, though — but last year, she released her…

Molly Ringwald on writing and advice she got from Bret Easton Ellis

Molly Ringwald, who comes from a family of voracious readers, started writing as a child — before she became an ’80s teen icon who starred in such John Hughes films as Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink and The Breakfast Club — but says she never really thought she’d publish anything…

Photos: The best Lolitas at Nan Desu Kan 2012

Nan Desu Kan, Colorado’s annual anime convention, took the Marriott Hotel in the Denver Tech Center by storm (and in costume) this past weekend as fans from across the state flocked there to to live out their fantasies. Dreamers representing all walks of fiction made the three-day fest a circus…

Nan Desu Kan 2012: Next level anime convention awesomeness

I am in no position to call anyone a “nerd.” Coming from me — a mere observer/outsider at this past weekend’s Nan Desu Kan Sweet 16th annual Anime convention — that word would be derogatory…and wrong. Sure, anyone could snag a ticket (or a three-day pass, as I did) to…

Twenty messiest Jell-O wrestling moves at Lucha Rama

Lucha Rama mixes luchadores, Jell-O wrestling, dancing and drinking into some good, old-fasioned debauchery. Which means that on Saturday, minor minor mayhem ruled for several hours at Beauty Bar. Photographer Christopher Morgan captured the night in our full slide show, which raises some serious questions, including this: How does one…

A Day in Pompeii opens a window into another time

The Romans living in Pompeii in AD 79 were utterly unprepared for the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which buried the city in ash — and preserved it almost untouched for 1,700 years. In A Day at Pompeii, which opened this past weekend at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science,…

Ten most badass Bronies (and Pegasisters) at Nan Desu Kan 2012

Call it a stampede. This weekend, the Marriott Hotel in the Denver Tech Center was taken over by Colorado’s largest anime convention, Nan Desu Kan 2012, and the fantasy enthusiasts who both populate and propel it. In our full slide show of the weekend’s costumes, you’ll notice well-dressed fans of…

Five things we had to have at Nan Desu Kan

Nan Desu Kan is a world unto itself, and the culture of that world sucks you in. It’s something akin to jumping headlong into a manga book, and you begin to see things in terms of that skewed universe: Pink and blue locks, tails, huge eyes and supernaturally spiky hair…

Reader: No matter what you call it, the Sleeper house is a landmark

The Sleeper house, the Colorado home made famous by Woody Allen’s 1973 film Sleeper, is among our state’s most iconic buildings — and, according to a recent Forbes list, one of America’s ugliest mansions. The magazine claims “it’s perfect…for aliens” — but plenty of Coloradans love the place. Thumbnail image…