“Colorado Pride”: Is It Anything More Than a T-Shirt?

Colorado is an easy target. We’re America’s new hip spot to stake your claim and the things and experiences that supposedly identify us as “uniquely Colorado” are being exploited and worse, falsely portrayed as representative of who we are. Take the influx of Colorado-themed merchandise lately. We’ve always been CO…

Photos: Taking It Off at the Colorado Burlesque Fest

Some of the best names in burlesque paraded past in panties and pasties during the four-day Colorado Burlesque Festival, a gathering of burlesque stars from near and far, in Denver this weekend. Brandon Marshall brought back these images from the Friday-night showcase at Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret. Now see the full Colorado…

Another 100 Colorado Creatives: Tran Wills

#18: Tran Wills When Tran Wills won a Westword MasterMind award back in 2007, she was running the Fabric Lab, a boutique focused on local designers. That shop is long gone, but in the years since Wills moved on from East Colfax Avenue, she’s gone on to bigger and better…

Another 100 Colorado Creatives: Justin Beard

#19: Justin Beard Justin Beard is a forager — of food, materials, experiences and ideas. As an artist, he won’t be pinned down to one practice, and he works wherever his conceptual foraging takes him, from building sculpture created from things he’s found to performance art, a movement he’s working…

Getting Started With Magic: The Gathering

I want you to consider something stupid. I want you to consider a trip down the deepest, nerdiest rabbit hole you will ever find. I am here to convince you to turn pieces of cardboard sideways while pretending to be a wizard, and I can all but promise that if…

The Eight Best Fashion Events in Denver in July

July is here, and fashion is out in full force. This month is packed with everything from boutique launch parties to sidewalk sales; there is even a new Steampunk fashion festival. Here are our ten favorite fashion events for the month (so far), in chronological order. 1) Kismet at Cherry…

Photos: The Urban Slide Slips and Slides Through Denver

Forever young, reliving childhood memories, acting like a big child— all becoming a lucrative industry. Who doesn’t feel the desire from time to time to regress, to be flying down that slip n’ slide that you rode back in the day? A couple thousand Denverites made their nostalgic dreams a…

Photos: South Platte RiverFest Floats Over to Cherry Creek

Though the action had to move over to Cherry Creek due to unsafe conditions on the nearby Platte, the South Platte RiverFest went down without a hitch as summer-ready revelers tried paddle-boarding and other outdoorsy activities under cloudless skies. Here’s how RiverFest looked to photographer Miles Chrisinger. Now see the…

Five Top Colorado Mountain Towns for Summer Getaways

Where’s the best place to go in Colorado in the summer? That depends on what you’re looking for. Fifty years ago, when the winter recreation industry was in its infancy, this state’s mountain towns were a scruffy assemblage of cranks and A-frame cabins. Now ski havens such as Telluride, Aspen and…

Street-Style: WhiteCatPInk Sports a Purrfect Look

Last weekend artists were out in force for the Westword Music Showcase and Denver Pridefest 2015. One of the more eye-catching street styles we spotted was sported by Fort Collins-based electronic and French-pop artist WHITECATPINK, the music project of David Jacoby. Keep reading to find out where Jacoby shops, what subcultures…

Whorl Shop Will Launch a New Line, Imprints, With Your Help

Best of Denver winner Whorl Shop, which teamed up with Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design on the successful FARMCAD, will launch its own private label, Imprints by Whorl, to be produced at RMCAD this fall. “We are so grateful for the continuous support we receive from our clients, business partners,…

Ten Great Summer Hikes Along the Front Range

Get up and get outdoors! Whether you’re a seasoned pro who has climbed dozens of Fourteeners or someone who just likes to stroll outside, there’s a trail along the Front Range calling your name. Here are ten of our favorites. Arthur’s RockLory State Park, Bellvue 970-493-1623 $7 for parking pass…

Ten Weird Nintendo NES Games That Time Forgot

The ritual involved blowing into the cartridge, then the console, then the cartridge again, and inserting the cartridge just enough so that it snagged the edge of the console on its way down into to the satisfying springform click of its bed. That was long ago, but Roger Norquist and…