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…
For seven seasons and over 248 episodes, In Focus — Eden Lane’s weekly show on Colorado Public Television — has been covering this state’s flourishing arts community with in-depth interviews and spotlights of new exhibits and events. But now the show is looking for a little financial help to keep in…
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…
#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…
Cathy Morrison heralds from small-town Texas, where she spent summers on a family farm surrounded by big flowers and indigenous plants. So moving from Denver to Livermore – “Northwest of Fort Collins, sort of in the middle of nowhere, with a lot of environmentalists around us,” Morrison says – wasn’t…
Hot fashion can strike at any moment, and stylish people can look great even while doing mundane things. We spotted this nautical look on Christine Dan, who works at the Hyatt Regency Denver, while she was waiting for the bus on 15th and Glenarm streets. We stopped to chat with…
For more than eighty years, Collins’ Bicycles was a staple on East Colfax Avenue — but in recent years, its fate started to look uncertain. Owner Tito Collins — the third generation of the Collins family to run the shop since its 1934 start — had fallen ill. Neighbors and…
#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…
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…
I got my first job when I was fourteen. I was a gymnastics instructor during the school year and a camp counselor in the summer at a place that was nice enough to employ a cigarette-smoking teen like me (which still surprises me to this day).So during those non-school months,…
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…
Childhood is terrifying and awesome, and few films capture that dichotomy as well as Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The candy-colored fantasy of the film grabbed my imagination as a child in a way that few other films did, and my fascination with it didn’t wane as I became…
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…
This past weekend, my sister was visiting from Seattle. With a new boyfriend in tow, she wanted to show him all of the must-see Colorado sites possible during the quick, three-day trip they had planned. Of course, this miniature See Denver! excursion included visits to Lakeside and Casa Bonita. When…
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…
A combination of multicultural performances, live street art, music and recycled goods helped demonstrate the unique urban flavor of downtown Aurora over the weekend at the Re-UP! Aurora Arts Festival. Photos by Scott Lentz. Now see the full Aurora Arts Festival slide show…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Well, it’s finally happened — long after I’m spry enough to take advantage of it. The hoverboard is here! Or nearly here. Supposedly there’s more info coming on October 21 (in honor of the day Marty McFly visited the future, natch) and there’s every reason to think it’s all some…
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…
