Update: Congratulations to colemarie22 and blair! You’ve each won two day passes to Loveland. Check your email for details on how to claim them. Original post: While most of us are ready for spring to hit full bloom already, Mother Nature (and let’s face it, a few of our friends)…
Dreamer, doer and Westword Mastermind Brandi Shigley is at it again, this time pairing up with restaurateurTony Pasquini. This Saturday and Sunday, Pasquini’s Tony P’s will host Paninaro Rewind, Shigley’s fashionable take on the restaurant’s already popular Discko Paninaro, an ’80s throwback dance party with an Italian flair. “This isn’t…
#76: Sahar Pazirandeh Sahar Pazirandeh left Iran with her family in the late ’80s, when she was nine years old, in the wake of changes that followed the ancient nation’s Islamic revolution. She’d spent her early years in the grip of Iran’s new fundamentalist face; her own mother, a former…
#77: Mark McCoin Experimental musician and multimedia artist Mark McCoin has paid his dues many times over, contributing a free-thinking, collaborative style of creativity to the Front Range scene over three decades. He’s worked with a who’s-who of the local avant-garde, and in the last of those decades, he honed…
I’m naive to a fault. Last week, when my car was hit for a third time in eighteen months (the second time it was creamed while parked in front of my house), I was naive enough to tell the insurance company the truth. They are now doing $2,700 worth of…
Yesterday’s snow put a damper on Earth Day festivities and sent would-be cyclists back inside. And while they were there, one reader discovered Josiah Hesse’s screed from last summer on why cruiser bikes suck. He didn’t appreciate it. See also: – Cruiser bikes suck: They attract Philistines and ruin cycling…
Green was a popular color over the weekend while smokers celebrated 4/20. Yet somewhere in the haze of green clothes and smoke, stylish people were on trend with color blocking. Over the weekend, we talked to musician and Idaho native John Missy Kidd about his style icons, his favorite tune…
The 36th annual StarFest Convention brought fans of science fiction, horror and fantasy together at the Marriott in the DTC for three days of games, costumes and celebrity sightings over the weekend. Westword photographer Danielle Lirette stopped by to capture the convention’s best costumes. Continue reading for a couple of…
Denver weather is unpredictable, as we all know with piles of snow landing on this city in mid-April, while lucky bastards in other places are already planting spring vegetables. And thanks to our local meteorologists, (who can’t predict weather any better than drunk psychic televangelists), we never really know what…
Whether you’re broke after a weekend of partying or simply a frugal, responsible adult who likes to go out for free, there’s plenty in Denver to do this week that won’t cost a dime. Choose to learn about green energy at the annual Earth Day celebration, watch a series of…
Update: Congratulations to amyreannie and caseyvg! You’ve each won two tickets to Wanderlust. Check your email for details on how to claim them. Original post: Despite today’s weather, the season of wanderlust is on its way, and with summer comes the big-W Wanderlust festival at Copper Mountain. The annual event…
Tuesday night’s Shear Styles 2 hair competition at Suite Two Hundred gathered stylists from across the city to craft brazen and creative hairdos (while avoiding hair don’ts). Egypt, Latin, Roman and alien looks all crossed the runway during a night of great hair teased to great heights. Continue reading for…
At this year’s Frock Shop Spring Sample Sale, savvy shoppers will get to browse though pieces by both established and up-and-coming designers in Colorado. Now in its second year, Frock Shop — the brainchild of Colorado State University apparel and merchandising graduate Katie Gartner — brings together items from a…
With the recent onslaught of snow hitting Denver, many people are dressing for warmth and comfort instead of a stylish spring. Still, a few women managed to inject some fun into their snow-day looks. Continue reading to see a sampling of frosty female fashion, and what practical accessories these ladies…
Update: Sad news, everyone. Stan Lee announced this morning that he will not be returning to Denver for this year’s Comic Con, due to a scheduling conflict with one of his forthcoming cameos. Check out the Denver Post’s full story for more information. Original post, April 17: Our Spidey senses…
When Sarah Fox began Fox Art School in 2010, she wanted to fill what she saw as a hole in the arts community. “I have a background in art education and I was really missing it,” says Fox, who at that point had taken some time off from teaching art…
When I was in high school, I had a friend whose dad called all porn shops “the fuck book store.” Mostly, though, he was referring to the joint next to the Bluebird Theatre, because he was very suspicious that we went to that venue so often — although for seventeen-year-old,…
#78: Ken Arkind Ken Arkind embodies what’s important in the slam and performance poetry world: A literary poet, dedicated slam coach and microphone virtuoso both here and abroad, he lives and breathes the poet’s life with an educator’s focus. As much as he lives it, he’s also interested in passing…
Fashion may move in waves of in and out, but true style is forever. This week we spotted Julian Muhammad, co-owner of a clothing store, on the D-Line Lite Rail. Continue reading to learn what baseball team influenced his kicks, his style mantra, and which group of Hollywood actors inspire…
The art of burlesque comes with a long (and sexy) history, from pin-ups to pasties. Over the weekend, Tatiana Tata and her troupe performed a glamorous tribute to the burlesque styles of yesteryear, at Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret with performances from Orchid Mei, Midnite Martini, Honey Touche, Veronica Von Tassel, Peggy…
When I first encountered poet Seth Brady Tucker a few months ago, it was in the course of writing about the Words Beyond Bars Project, a book club for lifers at the Limon state prison. Tucker had visited the group and shared with them how he’d learned to love poetry…
For Gay Fantasia, opening this weekend at Naropa University’s Nalanda Campus, the audience has a chance to be direct participants in the production. The piece — which binds the last days of Harvey Milk together with the beginning of the HIV and AIDS crisis through a personal story — is…
