Style Strike debuted yesterday in the plaza of the Denver Pavilions. In this home-grown reality show, host Samuel Schimek — of the I Heart Denver store in the Pavilions — chooses audience members with old, out-of-style accessories to “strike” and replace with new items that are actually in “style.” Every…
This Saturday, when the Run For Your Lives 5K race comes to Denver, the fast and wary will survive. The rest will be zombie fodder. That’s right — at long last, someone has combined a 5K obstacle-course race with the walking dead. Or in this case, the running dead. Sure,…
The Colorado Burlesque Festival returns to Denver today for a third annual twirl of the tassels. Shotgun Willies? Think again. This event isn’t about scantily dressed ladies. The art of burlesque will be showcased with performances by some of the top women in the field: over 75 performers who have…
Cool or crap? Yesterday two Show and Tell writers offered a point/counterpoint on cruiser bikes. But while Britt Chester has been cruising with his “Cruiser bikes rule” piece, Josiah Hesse’s “Cruiser bikes suck” seems to have hit a brick wall…of criticism…
Editor’s note: Cruiser bikes have become a fixture in Denver, especially on Wednesday nights when weekly Cruiser Rides take over the streets. In fact, it’s hard to imagine a time when there wasn’t one on every corner. But the culture that comes with cruisers can be polarizing, and Westword contributors…
The summer continues to be a scorcher, and while many of us are too hot to do anything useful, cooler heads are using this time to plan ahead for the future. Take a look at this week’s street-style subjects, who prove that you can be productive and look good at…
Flash mobs are so yesterday. Get ready for cash mobs! Rather than inciting a riot or inspiring a funky dance, these mobs encourage people to throw money at local businesses. As Samuel Schimek, who will be hosting the first installment of Style Strike at the Denver Pavilions at noon today,…
Colorado’s splendid scenery seems like an ideal backdrop for movies. But while a handful of films have been made here over the past few decades, many movie crews actually use stand-ins for scenes allegedly set in Colorado. Melanie Asmer detailed some of these stunt doubles in “Ten movies and TV…
Every heard of Extreme Makeover? How about Say Yes to the Dress? Well, the Denver Pavilions debuts its own series tomorrow from noon to one in the plaza. With the tagline “If you don’t like it…STRIKE IT!,” Style Strike replaces outdated accessories with new, trendy items hand-picked by style host…
Coco Chanel once said, “A woman who doesn’t wear perfume has no future.” I ensured my future when I married my perfume in 2008…literally. Since I had to spend a year jumping through the FBI’s hoops to have my last name legally changed to Davies, I decided to add a…
You say tomato, I say tomato — either way, it hurts like hell when you’re hit by a green one. And it smells worse when you’re hit by a rotten one, as Natalie Gonzales learned when she joined in the Colorado Tomato Battle this past weekend. The event brought back…
Truth is definitely stranger than fiction — especially when it’s all gussied-up in a bridesmaid’s dress. In honor of Bridesmaids, the featured movie at Film on the Rocks tomorrow (the festivities will also include the premiere of the Nix Bros.-produced video for T.J. Miller’s Denver), we asked people to bring…
Jose Antonio Mercado is a man with a big, big dream — to renovate the Historic Elitch Theatre, a dilapidated Denver landmark with a rich history, and refurbish both the building and its legacy. And Mercado, an actor, director and teacher made famous on the local level for his work…
While others were out celebrating the Fourth at picnics and barbecues, one lone protester held a silent vigil on the 16th Street Mall. See also: Reader: Summer 2004 was the best! Reader: Colorado is definitely the Suburu state! Reader: Welcome to Goose Poop Pond…
While there have been fires in the forests and fireworks in the sky, the streets are also on fire — with hot, hot fashion. Check out this week’s eclectic mix of frontwoman and skater styles. See Also: What’s in your bag? Anime and spray paint at PrideFest and Comic Con…
Christian Ellis, a Marine, survived a tour of Iraq where he saw many of his comrades die. But life back in the States was tougher. Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, Ellis attempted suicide four times before he finally found something to live for: music. And now Ellis, who has moved…
The Clyfford Still Museum and Swallow Hill Music Association are teaming up to bring art enthusiasts and music lovers two free lawn concerts this summer, starting this Friday, July 6. FaceMan and Rubedo will provide the entertainment at the inaugural event…
Are we the only country in the world that dresses up like the country’s own flag to celebrate independence? It seems strange that we would honor the U.S.A. by draping ourselves with trashy, mocking versions of our own global visual representation — but that’s what we do. And while I…
The Aspen Art Museum will unveil its “Levitating Mass” float, featuring the work of Los Angeles-based guest artist Mungo Thomson, in Aspen’s Fourth of July parade tomorrow. Thomson’s “Levitating Mass” is a playful take on artist Michael Heizer’s “Levitated Mass” installation, a 340-ton granite megalith at the Los Angeles County…
The tiny town of Glendale has been doing a bang-up job of celebrating July 4th for years — though its festivities never a actually fell on Independence Day, since that would have competed with other municipalities that shot off their own spectaculars on the holiday proper. And a few years…
Talk about hot! We posted a slide show of the 2013 Colorado Firefighters Calendar photo shoot yesterday, and most readers appreciated the effort. But where there’s smoke, there’s ire…
The Denver County Fair — version 2.0 — is coming back to the National Western Complex on August 10, just over five weeks from now. We’ve just come from a mind-blowing powwow with DCF masterminds and will soon share all the fair’s new twists and turns. But first, there’s news…
