Less is more, observed Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the architect widely regarded as the father of the modern steel-and-glass skyscraper, and it’s likely Frank Chimero agrees; working with simple shapes and a pristine minimalist aesthetic, the illustrator and graphic designer creates compelling visuals that are easy to immediately interpret…
In the stressful urban commuting environment, bicyclists and drivers are often a lot like the Sharks and the Jets: They just do not get along. Bicycle Colorado is one of the many fine organizations working to change that, educating cyclists and drivers alike on how to share the road in…
As long as you’re stuck wandering around in the desert for forty years, you might as well do some partying. Actually,the New York-based Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad has only been on its Passover Tour for a couple of months, but that provided no less reason to party when the…
Hollywood is prone to recycling the same tropes over and over again, and there are no shortage of obnoxious ones to choose from — but certainly one of the most nauseating is the black-male-actor-as-fat-sassy-black-woman. To that tiresome formula, the trailer for Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family promised to add…
It’s been over a decade since the Columbine High School shootings, but the wounds are still pretty raw for a lot of folks out there; certainly they are for the people of 13 Families, a documentary that looks at the coping process of the families who lost kids to the…
Thank you, Easter bunny! Copper Mountain’s Spring Sunsation festival and 2010/2011 ski season winds up this weekend with a world record attempt on Saturday at 10 a.m. “Time to break out those swimsuits and sunglasses, because we’re going to be trying to break the world record for most people to…
It’s long been our position that the Evil Blue Horse that guards DIA is pretty much the baddest-ass public art maybe anywhere in the world — what other city would put something that fucking METAL right outside its airport? — and so when we put together a list of best…
For obvious reasons, many indie games tend to look the same. They’re simple, often created with pixel art and tend to attempt to showcase an idea more than graphical prowess. For those willing to deal with a simple look, Convergence is a very quick experience that fits into the indie…
Some people are bad winners. You know the kind: They win one thing and they get all gloaty and in-your-face and won’t shut up with their stupid self-aggrandizement. You know, people like us. In our post yesterday about Denver Roller Dolls B-team Bruising Altitude’s win over the Rat City Roller…
For all those who give pom-pom critters for birthdays, feel an urge to stick googly eyes on everything or just occasionally get a twitch to fold some origami, we bring you “Gettin’ Crafty,” where we feature a craft you can easily make with minimal supplies and limited finances. As fun…
Contrary to popular cultural belief, not all cosplayers are mouth-breathing weirdos with no social skills — in fact, the vast majority of them are just normal folks who like to represent their fanhood by dressing up, and what’s so strange about that? That’s the gist of Thorin Klosowski’s post yesterday,…
Presumably because of the large cross-section of Star Wars and Star Trek fans within the nerd community, StarFest is at least in name dedicated to the stars — but if the costumes on display this weekend were any indication, it should probably just be called “EverythingFest.” Literally every type of…
In addition to no tomorrow, what you got at Denver’s Fashion First: A Weekend of F.A.M.E. at Suite 200 this weekend was (pay attention to the acronym here) Fashion, Art, Music and no shortage of Entertainment — and contrary to David Bowie’s well known assessment, it was not hard to…
Beaver Creek, Silverton Mountain and Echo Mountain all called it quits for the season yesterday, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t still perfectly good skiing and snowboarding to be had: Copper Mountain, Vail, Winter Park, Aspen Highlands and Snowmass are all throwing rites of Spring bashes this week and Easter…
Anthony Michael Hall defined a subculture for an era once, back in the days of the Brat Pack, when over the course of two great years and three great movies he pretty much single-handedly made it (sort of) okay to be a nerd — at least, that’s what I argued…
If you’ve ever wondered what the future meets the past looks like, you might call to mind the antics of Marty McFly and the wonder DeLorean in the middle of the wild, wild west, or perhaps a robot tromping through the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. You’d be right on…
Now that IKEA and H&M have both signed on the dotted line in metro area, folks who’ve waited patiently for their first chance to walk in the door of either of those trendy Scandinavian outlets will finally have their day. But after those open, and we’re all done dancing in…
After nearly four months of intense contention, the semi-coherent debate continues to rage over Bree Davies’s assessment of the first episode of the MTV version of the popular U.K. series Skins, now drawing opinions from as far away, apparently, as Portugal. Yesterday, Portuguese reader (we’re just kind of excited about…
Although a date hasn’t been confirmed, the internationally renowned clothing store H&M is set to take over the current Nike Town location of the Denver Pavilions on the 16th Street Mall, Pavilions owner Gart Properties announced at a press conference this morning. Being in the heart of downtown Denver and…
Hands down, the Pierley/Redford Personality Test is the weirdest personality test out there. Showing you a series of shapes that blink softly like an old film projection, the test purports to ascertain aspects of your personality by asking you questions like “which shape wants to hurt you” and “where is…
Before there was Lesbian Spider-Queens of Mars, there was Wizard of Wor, but nobody remembers that game, so instead we all get to smirk about what may end up being the best game title of year. It’s hard not to have a knee-jerk reaction to a title that includes the…
Samuel Schimek’s newest pop-up incarnation, I ♥ Denver, opened its doors over the weekend in a newly painted second-floor suite at the Denver Pavilions that’s been slicked up with serene ice-blue Scandinavian highlights befitting a city about to welcome IKEA and H&M into its retail fold. Unlike the previous Pavilions…
