It’s okay to be a Scrooge when it comes to theater. If you want a real, grown-up show that isn’t full of fluff and wrapped up in a bow, you can find plenty of performances on local stages that will make you think — even in December. Here are four…
This fall Gear Junkie introduced us to the lumbersexual. Described as a flannel-wearing outdoor enthusiast with an unkempt beard, the lumbersexual can be found barhopping with his MacBook Air in tow. Since the term was coined, the world has become infatuated with finding these bearded men — and this obsession…
Christmas was never my thing. I wouldn’t go so far as to call myself a Grinch, Scrooge or even just a hater, but except when my oldest daughter was young, the holiday got little more than an indifferent shrug from me. But over the past year or two, I’m suddenly…
The art of craft can include everything from affordable art to locally-designed clothing to handmade everything and, in Colorado, to limited-edition microbrewed beers. All make great gifts — or little presents to ourselves — and in keeping, there’s a show or market in the metro area with just the right…
Playing a Disney character is no easy feat. There’s a lot of pressure to keep the dream alive for kids. It’s even harder on ice skates. But Disney on Ice is a favorite childhood pastime. This week, catch Disney on Ice Let’s Celebrate at the Pepsi Center, where more than…
Fur is making a strong statement this season, appearing both on the runway — at the Larimer Square Winter Fashion Show at the Edge Lounge, a model wore a bikini and a fur hat from Blue Ruby & Scarpaletto — and on the streets. We caught up with several local…
A lot of new-age bullshit goes on in my household. I say that with the utmost love: I live in a place known as “The Witch House house.” My roommates are all witches, astrological-chart readers and metaphysical experts who use their skills to guide us and our friends through many…
Thanksgiving is over and Christmas is just around the corner. It’s time to get out there and shop! We’ve compiled our list of the six best fashion events of the month, so make your lists and check them twice for this holiday season. See also: Kind Design’s New Leggings Line…
Fashion shows with intricate hairstyles, theatrical mak-up and haute couture are always a feast for the eyes. When the spectacle is for a good cause, it makes the entertainment a charitable effort. This is the case with Denver’s Red Ball, now in in its sixth year. We spoke with Jeff…
You can go to the mall. No one’s going to stop you, if you’re so inclined. And some people really do like the camaraderie of burning off Thanksgiving dinner by freezing to death in line to get into some big-box store and grab a doorbuster deal. But in the interest…
Lawrence “Bud” Stoecker spent his life running a modest family business building A-frame cabins in the Rocky Mountains. At home, he was a practical engineer, too. One winter in the 1960s, Stoecker designed a sleek, cone-shaped series of connecting concentric circles that hung from the ceiling — his own shiny…
The mid-season finale of The Walking Dead will fill zombie lovers with dread and sorrow as some number of beloved regulars and untold numbers of secondary characters are killed off. Fans of the show everywhere are quite excited about Sunday’s show, but fans here in Denver should consider DVRing this…
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Damon Redd started Kind Design back in 2008, but last year Mother Nature threatened to end his clothing line. “I never in a million years expected to wake up and find my business under five feet of water and mud in Boulder, Colorado…
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What do you do with the family after Thanksgiving is over? You dress them up and take them to see A Christmas Carol, because some stories were just made for retelling, generation after generation. And if you don’t have a family with spit-washed faces, you can throw a little whipped…
When the European Space Agency’s Philae lander touched down on Comet 67P on November 12, millions of people were watching. For one day, the washing-machine-sized robot was the world’s biggest celebrity, spawning a Google doodle and making the home page of the New York Times. From his house in Fort…
Thinking of all the aches and pains of winter ahead, a group of holistic healers have banded together to give the public a chance to sample their offerings — everything from massage and herbs to acupuncture and psychotherapy — at the Holistic Health Care Fair. See also: Denver’s Zen Magnets…
Some local stages stick with the classics for the holidays, such as the Denver Center Theatre Company’s A Christmas Carol and the Colorado Ballet’s The Nutcracker. But if you like things light and perhaps a little bit wacked, there are a few ways to buck tradition and deck the halls…
Earlier this week, for the first time in more than a decade, something novel happened in the world of Denver film: No films were programmed by Keith Garcia. The name may mean nothing to you, or you may not have much idea what it means to be a film programmer,…
L.L Bean will open its 22nd American retail store outside of Maine at Park Meadows Shopping Center (in the former home of Grand Lux Cafe) on Friday, November 21. The company was founded by avid outdoorsman Leon Leonwood (“L.L.”), who in 1912 returned home from a hunting trip with cold,…
Have all your do-it-yourself projects been stymied by a lack of tools? A crowdfunding campaign that starts tomorrow is designed to built a bank account for the Denver Tool Library, a Blockbuster-like facility devoted to home improvement that could soon open on Santa Fe Drive. See also: Five Amazing Zines…
There’s always a lot of fake blood — and spare body parts — at the Denver Zombie Crawl, which runs down the 16th Street Mall every year. But the ninth annual incarnation of the event, which took place on October 18, ended with some real blood and plenty of pepper…
