Today, pie-eaters, canners, crafters, foodies and the competitively hirsute head back to the Denver County Fair. With fourteen indoor pavilions, this year’s fair is a marathon of weird, old-fashioned fun, with performances, rides and competitions that anoint everything from the best beard to the best cake. Kids, geeks, drag queens,…
Jenny Lawson grew up in West Texas as the daughter of a taxidermist and a lunch lady -– a childhood that loaded her with bizarre experiences, from her father bringing home dangerous wild animals to using a dead squirrel as a hand puppet. And although she was often embarrassed as…
Wanting to stay relevant in response to the DIY, class-conscious London punk scene, the Rolling Stones’ 1978 U.S. tour was a bare-bones, music-focused affair that did away with the conceptual stage sets and inflatable penises of their previous visit to the States. Unseen for 33 years, a 16mm documentation of…
The overwhelming success of the first annual Denver Comic Con provides the perfect segue for Comic Con con Comedy, Theater Company of Lafayette’s new collection of fourteen original short sketches inspired by comic-book superheroes, spandex and competitive dressing up. The plays, chosen from hundreds of submissions from across the nation,…
This year, yoga advocate Erik Vienneau is taking his flagship event, Yoga Rocks the Park, to a whole new level. But current fans of the weekly yoga practice and concert have nothing to fear: The core idea, rotating instructors and musicians who provide a different vibe every week, remains the…
While many are counting the days until fall, others are still reveling in summer’s glory. Catie Long is one of those. We spotted her on South Broadway, where her fashions were a definite standout. Find out more about Long’s funky, vintage street style straight ahead. See also: What’s in your…
Charnival: Flaming Elitch Gardens; ash & acrylic on panel, by Eric Shumake. Plus Gallery. Unlike the Colorado Rockies, galleries near Coors Field have been knocking it out of the park this season. The Surface Beneath, at Robischon Gallery (open through September 1), is a must-see show featuring four artists, including…
It seems like every weekend in Denver there’s another fun run with a theme, which is great, really. Sure, there are themed runs (often involving beer before, during or after) in other cities, but probably not with the frequency, participation level or gusto as we can boast here in Colorado…
Joe Wandell spent a large part of his life wondering who he was, and in his one-man show, Mekong Joe, he invites you in on the search. This isn’t one of those all too common protagonist-finding-himself stories, because Wandell’s story is anything but common. In 1976, during the U.S. withdrawal…
Fear not, geeks (and geek-curious): The Geek Pavilion at the second annual Denver County Fair, which runs from Friday, August 10 through Sunday, August 12 at the National Western Complex, is in excellent hands. That’s because Dana Cain, the Denver County Fair’s director, is passionate about nerd life. “The Geek…
If you are one of the lucky people who snagged a ticket to The Book of Mormon’s first stop on its national tour before the Denver run sold out in under four hours, pat yourself on the back. If not, get in line now — or at least get ready…
The only naked bodies you’d ever expect to see in an art museum are the ones on the wall. But, as intimated by Cara a Cara, the show of folk-art masks currently on view at the Museo de las Americas, things aren’t always what they seem. Just as putting on…
There is no Denver Memorial Hospital. But if there were, we’d bet it wouldn’t be in Vancouver. Sadly, that’s where the upcoming CW television series Emily Owens, M.D., set at the fictional Denver Memorial Hospital, is being filmed. The show, which stars actress Mamie Gummer (Meryl Streep’s daughter) as a…
It’s the hottest ticket in town. The Tony award-winning The Book of Mormon opens its national tour at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House next Tuesday — creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are hometown heroes, after all — and all the seats were sold out the first day tickets went…
The Denver Comix Social Club Plus Drinking is a casual tight-rope walk of drinking and doodling. Officially an opportunity for illustrators to get together and chat about their craft, it’s also a chance to flex some creative muscles — often the only muscles that comic artists have. “It’s like a…
A few weeks ago, a man knocked on the door of my commune around 6 a.m. He was pointing at the street frantically, barely able to sputter out the words “You? Subaru?” Yes, I owned a Subaru, and yes it was parked on the busy thoroughfare I call home on…
With all the parties and workshops and roundtables mashed-up with the shows, there are more than 350 events at this year’s Boulder International Fringe Festival, playing out in twelve days at eighteen venues. So how do you choose what to see? Fringe frontman Dave Ortolano says this year offers at…
Comic Jeffrey Ross joked about the Aurora shooting during a Comedy Central roast of former Denverite Roseanne Barr — and then hurried to explain his comparison of Seth Green to James Holmes. “That is what the roasts are about,” he said. “That’s what Roseanne is about — unapologetic comedy. If…
Drinking games aren’t simply about who can drink the most the fastest; that would be silly and pointless. Drinking games are about who can drink the most the fastest…and then perform competitive dexterous feats. This past weekend, the Irish Rover hosted a flip-cup competition that was a benefit for the…
Countless workouts and diets promise results — and generally, the success of any regimen is up to you. But the town’s first TITLE Boxing Club, which opens in Greenwood Village this week, promises to help you break out of the box — with boxing. There are 47 other TITLE clubs…
The temperature was hot, the art even hotter. Brandon Marshall brings back these photos for Westword from First Friday on Santa Fe Drive on August 3, 2012. See Also: – Slideshow: First Friday on Santa Fe…
Ukulele Loki knows a thing or two about what makes a freakshow a freakshow. He’s been active in the circus and sideshow arts (yes, that is a thing) for years, honing his craft as a “talented talker” (or what the squares might call a barker, a term he rejects as…
