Although last year’s Burlesque, starring Cher and Christina Aguilera, contained no real striptease, BurlyCute’s Cora Vette (aka Reyna Von Vett) says it brought a whole new audience to the art — an audience that is sometimes surprised. “Since it didn’t have any pasties or G-strings involved in it, we have…
The late-1970s dawn of the VCR was a strange time: All of a sudden, people had a ton of freedom to put whatever they wanted on video and watch it at any time, and the market was flooded with weird experiments to determine just what type of shit people would…
To call Frisco’s annual Colorado BBQ Challenge a regular three-ring circus would be putting it lightly: The action at the three-day food fest never stops, although the main attraction is, and always will be, the barbecue, which you can taste in copious amounts from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. tomorrow…
Native American-built kayaks kicked butt in the early days of Salida’s FIBArk Whitewater Festival, which dates back to a 57-mile downriver race from Salida to Canon City in 1949, evidence that Colorado’s wildest whitewater freaks have been getting their splash on in the Arkansas River for centuries. The tradition continues…
The combination of Josh Blue and PHAMALY is pretty much the Voltron of disabled people — or maybe more like Captain Planet, except the kid in the wheelchair gets all the powers instead of just the lame-ass power of “heart.” At any rate, that’s what you’ll get from the 2011…
PrideFest aims to offer something for everyone. From the kids’ petting zoo and face-painting opportunities to performances by RuPaul-sanctioned drag queens, one and all are invited to participate in the annual downtown celebration of diversity. But the 2011 edition of PrideFest is dedicated to the hard work of those in…
When comedian Marc Maron launched his podcast, “WTF With Marc Maron,” two years ago, it helped bring his dark comedy to a whole new group of fans. His early career in standup, print, television and radio certainly helped build momentum, but the podcast took him over the edge and introduced…
The annual 1940s WWII Era Ball gets bigger and better every year — and if you were at the first ball, which featured vintage military vehicles and uniforms, aerial burlesque, a barbershop quartet, a big band, a costume contest and dancing, then you know that’s really saying something. This year,…
Stan Winston, silver-haired demon and chief architect of nightmares the world over, died in his home in Malibu on this day in 2008, hopefully after transferring his consciousness to an ageless state-of-the-art animatronic he developed in his spare time that continues to work in secret, creating the scariest robots in…
What better way to start off a new month than with a photo of a seductively-clad lady? The Colorado Burlesque calendar will do just that with its 2012 incarnation, to be released Thursday night at Bender’s at 8 p.m. The calendar features twelve of Colorado’s dazzling burlesque stars in action,…
We rather liked the first K.O.L.M. when it was released earlier this year, so when we fount out Anthony Lavelle had released the second one, aptly titled K.O.L.M. II, we got a little excited. First off — the sequel takes place immediately after the first one, so if you haven’t…
The new U.S. Freeskiing National Team announced its first official team roster today, following April’s news that Ski Halfpipe will be an Olympic medal sport at the 2014 Games in Sochi and that Copper Mountain will host the first Olympic qualifier for the event in December 2013. Three of the…
In this week’s edition of Gratuitous Randomness, we examine the antidote to the Scumbag Steve (and Scumbag Girl) meme — which rocketed to popularity with online communities like 4chan and reddit — Good Guy Greg. Here’s a curated list to get you up to speed on Good Guy Greg’s good…
Back in April, dancer Tara Rynders produced You & Me, a two-day, multi-artist performance piece that took place in and around her Denver home. As the final part in the completion of her MFA in dance and video performance from the University of Colorado at Boulder, Rynders set up the…
When we search for things on the Internet, a number of variables determine what we end up finding. Whether it’s the configuration of our computers, the location, or our past search history, the information we get is filtered and changed to match our record. When these same algorithms start determining…
For my dad, it’s Some Like it Hot. For me, it’s The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. They’re catnip movies: the films you’ll watch when they come on TV no matter how many times you’ve seen them before. Commercials? Yes. Edited scenes? Yes. I don’t care. Hand me a…
Today is the deadline to vote for the next pick in the One Book, One Denver program. Your options: Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, The Art of Racing in the Rain, and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Jef Otte wasn’t thrilled by the choices, following in…
Denver-based cyclist and University of Colorado grad student Mathew Arnold may be the only competitor working on his thesis in the middle of the 30th annual transcontinental Race Across America (RAAM) bicycle race from Oceanside, California, to Annapolis, Maryland, next week: Arnold and his SIMPLE Mobile Team partner David Preston…
It’s not every day that you see a cow in an inner tube. Of course, it’s also not every day that records are broken. No word yet on whether Water World helped break the Guinness world record today for the largest swimming lesson, but one thing’s for sure: the attempt…
Face it, we never really get rid of our toys after we grow up. They morph and change shape a little bit, but they’re still toys, though perhaps imbued with a different, more complex meaning. As kids, we play because it helps us learn to navigate the world. As adults,…
Five years ago, Denver-based Runner’s World writer Dimity McDowell and her Portland, Oregon-based running/writing partner Sarah Bowen Shea successfully pitched an article to the magazine, proposing to write about their post-pregnancy training in the lead-up to running the 125-mile TransRockies Run together. Then they immediately decided they wouldn’t actually be…
British actor Mark Rylance won the best actor Tony Award on Sunday night for his role in Jersualem — watch here as he trolls the audience (and everyone watching at home on TV) with this acceptance speech wherein he expounds on the finer points of walking through walls. We knew…
