It stands alone, surrounded by a parking lot at the corner of Leetsdale and Exposition in southeast Denver. The little, tan-colored building is squatty and fairly nondescript — well, save for a big sign on its roof that says Planned Parenthood. Across the street is George Washington High School, my…
#15: Trine Bumiller Colorado artist Trine Bumiller, who’s originally from Cincinnati, schooled at the Rhode Island School of Design and is a member of the Robischon Gallery stable in Denver, has earned a national rep for her abstractions — or “distillations,” as she describes them — of images from nature…
In Diva Watch, we’ll profile the passionate, diverse and fascinating performers who light up Denver’s drag community. We’re expanding on our Diva Dozen list from earlier this year by asking a series of questions to get a peek underneath the make-up. The 9 p.m. Sunday slot at Charlie’s has been…
In the beginning, George Romero said, “Let there be ambulatory corpses hungry for the flesh of the living!” And there were, and it was good. No, forget that. It was fucking great. When Romero dropped Night of the Living Dead on audiences back in 1968, he didn’t know he was…
A new variety of animal will officially pop up at the Denver Zoo when Nature Connects, a collection of creatures constructed from LEGO blocks opens to the public on Friday, August 7, for a wild run through November 1. Here’s a sneak peek from photographer Brandon Marshall — can you tell the real animals…
For the last five years Diva Dozen member Ginger Douglas (aka Briceson Buck-Ducharme) has produced the party to end all parties: The Apocalyptic Ball, an annual fundraiser that raises much-needed money for the AIDS Walk Colorado. This Saturday, the sixth and final go-round, The Apocalyptic Ball: The Regression, will fill…
Skin Holistic Dermagraphic Clinic is trying to bring tattoo art back to one of its ancient uses: wellness and health. While today a tattoo is generally considered an artistic expression, clinic co-founders Gwynn “Wolf” Wolfstar and Tara Gray-Wolfstar believe it goes beyond the surface and can help heal external and…
The image I had in my mind of Las Vegas before I visited the city last week was a very different one from the city I actually saw. The strip isn’t really a glamorous walkway of lights and people like it’s presented in movies and popular culture; it’s more like…
#16: Toluwanimi Obiwole In Denver, we raise poets. Toluwanimi Obiwole is one of them: As a member of Minor Disturbance youth slam poetry team, she took the Denver city slam and became a Brave New Voices international slam champion; now a student in architectural engineering at the University of Colorado,…
The heat of August is upon us, but the fashion world is looking toward fall. If you are searching for a fresh new look or simply getting ready to head back to school, events this month should have you looking good. From fashion shows and sales to charity events and…
Geek culture is big, but even in the vast, loosely defined ocean of “geek” there are a few universal touchstones. That’s not to say that everyone agrees on them — hell, if you can get five geeks together in a room who agree on more than two separate geek-related things,…
In perhaps the greatest combination since chocolate met peanut butter, some great Denver drag performers are about to take on your favorite fairy tales. When the dust settles, who will be left — and what will be left of them? Daniella DeCoteau, one of our celebrated Diva Dozen, will be…
I only braved two of the four days of UMS this year, which is still a lot considering I was able to catch dozens of sets by some incredible musicians. Now in its fifteenth year, the Underground Music Showcase works to bring hundreds of acts to the multi-venue stage that…
Mairead Nye, who wrote and published Where’s My Football? when she was twelve, returns to her hometown for a special reading at BookBar from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 30. But she’s still too young to enjoy one of the spot’s best amenities: Happier Hour. On Thursdays, adults get…
The renovated Union Station opened last July, and for the past year it’s been the hottest spot in town. When we dropped by last week, we spotted local stylist and Pac Sun visual merchandiser Violet Kayaga with a hot look that suited her surroundings. “I’m from the UK originally but…
I’ve interviewed hundreds of people over the course of my career as a reporter. One of those people is Keith Garcia, a person who went from source and media contact to good friend over years of our not-so-secret recorded phone conversations. Now my friend — who in the last year…
Plenty has been said about the mainstreaming of geek culture — I reference it all the time, myself — and it’s easy to see why. Superhero movies everywhere. Grown men and women in business-casual reading Harry Potter on the bus. Ads for video games during everything from football games to…
Being a feminist in public often feels like shouting my cause into the void — whether I’m having a conversation with real humans or leading a discussion on social media about the concept of basic human rights for female-identified people, a very small percentage of folks I know actually want…
Following her recent pilgrimage to the Philippines, designer and Fashion Denver owner Brandi Shigley decided to move her company headquarters from 1070 Bannock Street into the Green Spaces, 1368 26th Street, a warehouse in the heart of RiNo. “The reason for our move is to simplify,” she explains. “We had a lot of…
If having the pants scared off you seems like a sexy proposition, get ready for your nightmarish dreams to come true. On Saturday Burlesque Nouveau will present The Dark Side of Burlesque, a terrifying tease show in which a bevy of talented performers pay tribute to the macabre with nods to…
Harry Potter has been gone long enough for a bit of reflection. The final book hit shelves eight years ago, almost to the day. The final film, four years ago. Since then, the world has been largely free of new Harry Potter material, apart from the reams of fan fiction…
#17: Jacquelyn Connolly Curators facilitate innovation in art, and as such, Jacquelyn Connolly has been a trendsetter in the field locally. Now the director and curator at Emmanuel Gallery on the Auraria campus, Connolly’s left a trail of past good calls at Denver International Airport, where she previously sculpted the…
