Elitch Gardens opens today for its 122nd season, but you wouldn’t know this institution is that old by looking around the current park. With 25,000 new flowers, three new shows and three new rides, it looks as though this season’s opening could be its grand opening. “We’ve been doing a…
Our list of “Five Kentucky Derby parties that will have you off to the races” offered an array of activities, but didn’t include the 2012 Derby Party, which bills itself as “a Colorado tradition” and is an annual fundraiser for the Sean “Ranch” Lough Memorial Scholarship. The party has been…
“What type of Wash Park fitness weirdo are you?” That was the question posed by Bree Davies in her post on people-watching in Washington Park — the greatest sport of all. Bree, for example, is a Wandering Talker. This type comes in pairs or gaggles of women (men don’t fall…
When the sun goes down, nocturnal Denverites emerge and turn up their style swagger. Take a look at this week’s trendsetters and rule-breakers — caught in their natural environs of East 13th Avenue…
Things have changed quite a bit on the strip of 13th Avenue between Washington and Pearl streets over the last few decades. (Even mainstay Kelly’s Superette closed up shop last week.) But even with all the ebb and flow of gentrification, Fashionation has maintained its black-painted storefront at 613 East…
Dan Landes loves sci-fi. And he’ll prove it on Friday, when he hosts May the Fourth Be With You — a sci-fi extravaganza complete with costume contest, live music and movies — at his restaurant, City, O’ City. Landes wouldn’t reveal what costume he’ll be wearing, but in anticipation of…
It’s pretend summer in Colorado! You know, that time of year (read: every single month) when it gets up to 80-plus degrees for a few days, long enough to make you forget that it’s probably going to still snow-out your cousin’s wedding in June? Last week, when we experienced one…
Not enough history for you in History Colorado? Did you want more context in the exhibit devoted to the Sand Creek Massacre? That was one of the complaints in the New York Times piece on the new facility — which echoed some of Michael Paglia’s criticisms of History Colorado. There…
The criticism of Michael Paglia’s review of the History Colorado Center, and his subsequent suggestions for “Ten shows the History Colorado Center should have opened with,” are getting pretty colorful. Says Guest: I don’t understand why you don’t just open your own musuem! I’m quite irritated that you are discounting…
Michael Paglia loves the new History Colorado building — but the exhibits inside it, not so much. And yesterday, as a followup to his original review of the place, he suggested “Ten shows the History Colorado Center should have opened with.” Says Dana: These are brilliant ideas!!!! Love ’em!!! Hopefully,…
Update: Congrats to “denverfour,” you’re our winner of the LEGO KidsFest passes! Your video — as seen above — melted our icy hearts. Check your e-mail…
The brand new History Colorado Center opens on Saturday. Last week, in my column about the wonderfully-designed museum, I pointed out how poor the two debut shows, Colorado Stories and Destination Colorado, are. Rather than trying to elevate the discussion, the museum and History Colorado chief operating officer Kathryn Hill,…
Does a bear shit outside the woods? That question was answered by the pranksters who placed a pile of blue poo under “I See What You Mean,” better known as the Big Blue Bear, which stands outside the Colorado Convention Center. That prank inspired another former Westword art critic Renna…
It could be a holdover from Earth Day — or even 4/20. This week we spotted many people on the street sporting the color green. But more savvy fashionistas looked to film or music for inspiration…
Like vinyl records and postcards, pinball simply will not die. Despite technology providing plenty of digital alternatives to the quarter-hungry beasts of the 1970s, the public’s interest in these anachronisms doesn’t seem to be waning, says Dan Nikolich, co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown and Gameroom Expo…
Sometime this weekend, a prankster added a new element to “I See What You Mean,” the sculpture outside the Colorado Convention Center. Suddenly, the Big Blue Bear had taken a big blue dump. And one good turn definitely deserves another…
I’ve never played Draw Something for the same reason I’ve never tried cocaine: I know that if I did, I would become immediately addicted, drop out of society and ruin what’s left of my life. If you’re not familiar with Draw Something, it’s an app that, according to the App…
Because this planet’s the only one we’ve got for the time being, you can never really celebrate Earth Day enough. But there’s no rule that says you have to be all self-righteous and earnest or even new-agey about paying homage to Gaia. It’s okay to have fun, too, and that’s…
The lineups are now complete for Denver’s big slam poetry teams: Mercury Cafe, Slam Nuba and Minor Disturbance. These contemporary poets are very at home on the range — and a real asset to Denver…
Feminism & Co. sells out at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver; the biggest swingers’ outfit in the country, Scarlet Ranch, now occupies the former Northwoods Inn. Alt-sex marks the spot in this city — which, by dint of altitude alone, also happens to be the easiest urban spot in…
Last night’s Titanic-themed Frock Out fashion fete at the Denver Central Library was a subdued affair, especially when compared to the last one two years ago, which was both a fashion show and a good-humored freak show, and maybe a little too messy for some people’s taste. But the styles…
For some, it was a depressing example of how debased humanitarian causes had become in the age of social media; for others, it was a sincere call to arms against a foreign tyrant. Either way, the Kony 2012 movement will be remembered as the most successful online campaign in the…
