Raise your hand if you’ve had this (or a similar) experience before: You walk into a retail store and approach a group of salespeople. They are talking to each other in their seemingly normal voices, but when you ask a question of the group, you get a response from one…
Fans of Zak Bagans jumped to his defense after Tiffany Fitzgerald suggested that the Ghost Adventures host didn’t act very professional in last Friday night’s segment, which featured several Denver landmarks — including the Peabody Mansion, the Tivoli and Phil Goodstein. “Phil Goodstein is a goddamn national treasure,” she wrote,…
Spring has sprung early in Denver, bringing with it crocuses, daffodils and March Madness. And if all of that puts you in a mood to shoot a few hoops in the Mile High sunshine, you’re in luck: The freshly painted Southwest Court at Skyline Park opened for business last Friday…
The world didn’t end last May 21, as Harold Camping had predicted. Nor did it end on October 21, which was his revised prediction. Finally earlier this month, the 90-year-old Camping, who was born in Boulder, admitted he was wrong, and said he was getting out of the predictions business…
The Art Directors Club of Denver presented the eighth annual Paper Fashion Show Thursday, March 15, 2012 at the Seawell Grand Ballroom at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Guests were treated to 50 original fashion designs created (almost) entirely of paper. Flowers, wings, lace and all assortments of…
Run for your life! The zombies are coming to Colorado this summer, and the “Run for Your Lives” 5K obstacle course will have fitness freaks fighting to avoid zombies while they also fight to stay on course. It’s like The Walking Dead, but at a faster pace, Nick Lucchesi points…
Last night was the first installment of the two-part finale of Project Runway All Stars, and it posted one of the toughest challenges in Project Runway history. The remaining three designers were challenged to create “mini collections” of five pieces in only four days — the shortest turnaround for a…
Slither up to Boulder tonight to hear herpetologist Robert Jadin lecture on “Venomous Snakes,” including a new breed of pit-viper snakes belonging to the genus crotalus. “Many different biodiversities exist and have yet to be discovered,” he says. Earth has just as much to be discovered on the surface as…
Michael Atkinson’s thoughtful review of In Darkness brought up tough, but important, memories…
Feminism isn’t a ladies-only club, Bree Davies pronounced yesterday. Feminism is for everybody. Including two very supportive male friends: one of whom attended the Rally to Protect Women’s Health at the Capitol Monday, both of whom earned a shout-out in her piece…
I started writing this piece by reiterating my usual spiel about why I’m a late-blooming feminist and why it’s important for all people to be feminists. But no one wants to hear that. No one likes to be told what they aren’t doing, even if asking that all humans to…
And the kudos keep coming in for Dominique Ashaheed, the Slam Nuba member who just won the 2012 Women of the World Poetry Slam, held in Denver…
Denver’s frugalistas flocked to the Curtis Hotel Saturday night to get rid of old looks and find new favorites at the And Then She Saved accessories swap sponsored by Denver’s own Handbags.com. “I really wanted new clothes but I didn’t want to pay for new clothes, and I’d heard about…
Poetry will win! That was the prediction of queencityslamster on Saturday, before the twelve finalists competed in the last round of the Women of the World Poetry Slam at the Denver Art Museum that night. But poetry wasn’t the only winner: Denver came out a champ, simply for hosting the…
Last night, the Denver poetry scene was reintroduced to the national stage with the first preliminary rounds of the Women of the World Poetry Slam. With two bouts each at Mercury Cafe, Eden and Leela European Cafe, the night ended with the first scores for 72 international competitors. Hundreds of…
Saving Face may be set in Pakistan, but the crew behind the film is from Colorado — and they brought an Oscar back to this state after winning the best short documentary award. The team included co-directors Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, producer Allison Greenberg, editor/producer Davis Coombe and Dr…
No, Fancy Tiger Clothing and Buffalo Exchange don’t hate each other, although you’d be forgiven if you thought they did. After all, a new ad campaign from the side-by-side boutiques on South Broadway is definitely in your face. The opposite is true, however. In fact the stores have held several…
So today is International Women’s Day, and regardless of whether you already knew that or even care now that we’ve told you, Denver is placed particularly well for some serious celebration this year. Today marks the first day of competition in the Women of the World Poetry Slam, which is…
American Idiot is in the middle of a very short run at the Buell Theatre, and after seeing the show opening night, Susan Froyd wondered what Rodgers and Hammerstein would make of the Green Day-penned musical…
I am the product of weird parents. Okay, “weird” probably isn’t the best word, considering it can describe everything from hairstyles to movies to that guy on the bus who always smells like day-old Whopper Jr.’s and mothballs. But my parents were definitely weirdos. My dad made Tang and Spam…
Talk about painting the town! Every weekend, Denver is overflowing with activities and events. But Mythica von Griffyn’s live body-painting performance at Xcentricity Gallery Friday could have topped them all…
The ecologically minded SustainAbility hosted Recycled Runway, a fashion show Friday night at the Sherman Events Center that attracted an unpretentious collection of hippies, fashionistas, press, parents and those who aren’t a typical presence in the fashion world, creating an “awesome mix” of people and fashion, in the words of…
