Denver Life

The furrys were in town this weekend for Rocky Mountain Fur Con 2012: Furry Apocalypse, and if looking at their costumes made you want to get a dust-buster, you weren’t alone…

Looking that good isn’t as easy as it seems. The proof of that is in the photos of Denver Fashion Week, now a burgeoning tradition on the local style scene. The week-long event rotated through venues across the city August 5 through 12, with hundreds of models, designers and artists…

Our “Westword guide to wacky themed events” inspired shout-outs to many favorites — cruiser rides, Red Rocks — as well as this sad note from Barbara: Any place in CO is more fun than where I live!…

The Yves Saint Laurent spectacular has come and gone from the Denver Art Museum, but its inspiration — a renewed appreciation for the craft, creativity and sheer beauty of high couture — stays on, especially within the local design community. The value of that exhibition certainly wasn’t lost on Dianne…

It’s been one hot summer — and that includes an incendiary atmosphere surrounding some events, whose tickets have been moving faster than a wildfire. The Great American Beer Festival tickets disappeared in under an hour, and you can expect Bruce Springsteen to go just about as fast on Monday. Meanwhile,…

Every weekend Denver overflows with great events, many of them with fun themes, most of them with beer. How do you decide which one is for you? Yesterday, we offered a helpful tool to make your decision easier: our “Choose your wacky Denver event” flow chart. But every party has…

While many are counting the days until fall, others are still reveling in summer’s glory. Catie Long is one of those. We spotted her on South Broadway, where her fashions were a definite standout. Find out more about Long’s funky, vintage street style straight ahead. See also: What’s in your…

A few weeks ago, a man knocked on the door of my commune around 6 a.m. He was pointing at the street frantically, barely able to sputter out the words “You? Subaru?” Yes, I owned a Subaru, and yes it was parked on the busy thoroughfare I call home on…

Comic Jeffrey Ross joked about the Aurora shooting during a Comedy Central roast of former Denverite Roseanne Barr — and then hurried to explain his comparison of Seth Green to James Holmes. “That is what the roasts are about,” he said. “That’s what Roseanne is about — unapologetic comedy. If…

Drinking games aren’t simply about who can drink the most the fastest; that would be silly and pointless. Drinking games are about who can drink the most the fastest…and then perform competitive dexterous feats. This past weekend, the Irish Rover hosted a flip-cup competition that was a benefit for the…

Countless workouts and diets promise results — and generally, the success of any regimen is up to you. But the town’s first TITLE Boxing Club, which opens in Greenwood Village this week, promises to help you break out of the box — with boxing. There are 47 other TITLE clubs…

What are the hot tickets in town? The Book of Mormon, of course, which opens next week but was sold out within hours of seats going on sale. And last Thursday, the Great American Beer Festival sold out in less than an hour. But you can still find tickets for…

Dave Gardner’s latest documentary, Growthbusters, could be described as the whole-hog opposite to the messages of either of our 2012 presidential candidates: slow down the economy, encourage population reduction, and stop buying shit you don’t need. So it’s a good thing Gardner isn’t running for office. As we saw in…

It took 1,600 hours and 10,000 pounds of marble for Colorado artist Francisco Sotomayor to create “American Woman,” a monumental sculpture. Reviews are mixed — both of the piece, and of our recent interview with Sotomayer…

Like many twelve-year-olds, Greg Paproski likes to board. But unlike most of those twelve-year-olds, he’s focused on longboarding — and spending the summer competing in races. With the help of his new sponsor, Dregs Skateboards, he’s “hit” (longboard lingo for competed) three races in the North American Downhill Series: the…

Colorado native Francisco Sotomayor has been touring the country with his monumental “American Woman,” a 10,000-pound sculpture he carved from Colorado marble. And at each showing, he signs three-inch chunks of marble from the original block so that visitors can take home a piece of “American Woman,” which he sees…

It’s only August 1, but occasional raindrops foreshadow the arrival of fall. So does fashion spotted on the streets: People are starting to sport pants again. In fact, we recently caught Fancy Tiger’s Matthew Brown rocking trousers with a tank. Find out more in this week’s installment of Denver street…

Project Runway: All Stars winner Mondo Guerra has a new collaboration in the works, and it’s slightly more utilitarian than the bold, fearless couture we came to expect from him on the show: a collection of funky and functional eyeglass frames for SEE Eyewear, a brand Mondo himself has been…

Bill Maher was in town last Friday, sharing observations and the wealth: He donated proceeds from the show to several charities, including the victims of Aurora. But not everyone appreciated the gesture…

Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall is known for its funky shopping and dining district as well as its street performers. Less well known is the street’s colorful history, dating back to Boulder’s days as a mining supply town. Starting tomorrow, August 1, celebrate the Pearl Street Mall’s 35th birthday with outdoor…

I often go to the gym to watch television. The primary reason is because, at my commune, the Witch House, we haven’t figured out how to hook up the flat-screen we scored in an awesome barter situation (someone we know was going on a “life journey” and had to get…

The construction of the Auraria Higher Education Center four decades ago wiped out much of the earliest part of Denver. But Jonathan Pite, a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder with a masters of fine art in photography, documented much of this changing area in 1977. And today, his…