Denver Life

Look out! You may be the next fashionista spotted on the streets of Denver. On a recent trip downtown, we found two individuals whose eye for assembling an outfit deserved special attention:…

Half the fun of Frock Out is just getting there: The occasional fashion extravaganza hosted by the Denver Public Library Friends Foundation and Fresh City Life will return on April 19 with a romantic Titanic theme. But before that ship sets sail, you can get onboard…

Boo Boo Radley took the trophy for Best Roller Derby Nickname award in our Best of Denver 2012 — but these athletes have been on a roll while picking their monikers, and Melanie Asmar came up with ten more great roller derby handles in “Denver’s eleven best roller derby nicknames.”…

How the presence of an official Dog the Bounty Hunter merchandise store within 3.5 miles of my home has escaped my knowledge until now, I’m not sure. I’ve always had an affinity for the show, which is unexplainable by any stretch of the trashy imagination. But, man, do I fucking…

In advance of his April 1 appearance in Boulder, Bree Davies interviewed Mike Doughty about his life after Soul Coughing, his solo work and his new autobiography, The Book of Drugs. She attended Doughty’s show at the Fox Theatre Sunday night, and wrote about that. And then we received this…

The West Coast punks are pogoing into town this spring at MCA Denver, Gildar Gallery, the Colorado Photographic Arts Center and other locations, for a series of shows falling under the aegis of Search & Destroy. So-named for the San Francisco ‘zine or the ’70s), the ring of satellite shows…

Mike Doughty, who was in town last night to talk about his life and the autobiographical The Book of Drugs, was once the leader of Soul Coughing, the New York-based art rock band that found MTV-ish success with “Super Bon Bon.” Which is a song he will never, ever play…

Telluride just announced the focus of its 34th annual Mountainfilm festival program over Memorial Day weekend — and it’s the population explosion. One reader is ready to make some space here on Earth:…

I had my doubts about Craftsy. I’m protective of crafting; my grandmothers taught me how to bead, knit, and sew, and I’ve always felt crafts were a sacred space, an internal domestic community of passed-down knowledge. So I was wary of a website infringing into that personal sphere. I’m also…

Skateboarding legend Stacy Peralta came to Auraria on Monday, where he talked about movie-making, skateboarding and politics, telling the crowd, “When parents tell me their kids are skateboarders, I tell them, sorry, your kids are Democrats.” But Milton puts the brakes on that:…

A roller derby nickname must be several things. Among them: short, clever and intimidating. This year’s winner of “Best Roller Derby Nickname” in our 2012 Best of Denver issue is all three: Boo Boo Radley of the Denver Roller Dolls. But there’s more cleverness and badassery to go around. Here,…

Our coverage of a recent meeting of the minds between theater producers discussing the state of theater in this town inspired a harsh response from Jack, who said that “anyone with even a modicum of taste and refinement is getting out of town before you beer-swilling losers stink up the…

Which is better: the hamantasch or the latke? That simple question is suddenly not so simple when placed in the hands of the Buntport Theater crew and faculty members of the University of Denver’s Center for Judaic Studies, who are preparing to debate the issue — for the third year…

Mondo Guerra was the undeniable star his first round on Project Runway. Even though he didn’t win the competition, he won hearts with his admission that he’s HIV-positive. And last Thursday night, he got his sweet revenge by winning Project Runway All Stars , which came with a hefty load…

Madrid, Paris, Denver.What do these three locations have in common? They are the three sites selected by the French fashion house to host Yves Saint Laurent: The Retrospective, which opened yesterday and runs through July 8 at the Denver Art Museum. As if you needed added incentive to see this…

The basic Goodwill business model — which relies on people cramming a bunch of garbage bags full of random shit they don’t want anymore and giving it to Goodwill to sort and sell for cheap — offers two major benefits: 1) You can get the shit for way cheaper than…

Many of Denver’s smaller companies got together last week to talk about recent developments on the local theater scene, and how they could work together better. The conversation was largely positive, attendees reported…

It must have been tough for Denver designer Mondo Guerra to keep a secret for so long, but on Thursday night, the reality-show contestant could finally let it out: He was the winner of Project Runway All Stars. In a watch party held at the Exdo Event Center, Guerra had…

The Hunger Games leaves fans of the book hungry for more, says Melissa Anderson in her review of the movie; “at the risk of indulging in tired, pointless debates about page versus screen,” she writes, “it is impossible for this movie to ever hope to match the fury of the…

William Shatner came to town Tuesday night to perform his one-man show, Shatner’s World: We Just Live In It. To help introduce newbies to the delights of the versatile Star Trek/TJ Hooker/Boston Legal/Priceline commercial star, Jenn Wohletz offered her guide to five things Shatner hasn’t done. Some fans weren’t pleased…

We now take a break from all the Zak Bagans is/isn’t a douche discussion to salute a real arts happening in this city: The Bringing Back the Arts concert Sunday night at the Bluebird Theatre, a project spearheaded by First Lady Mary Louise Lee that featured eight groups from Denver…

Raise your hand if you’ve had this (or a similar) experience before: You walk into a retail store and approach a group of salespeople. They are talking to each other in their seemingly normal voices, but when you ask a question of the group, you get a response from one…