There are some things so mind-warpingly ironic that the human body is physically unable to process them. Incapacitated by wild mirth, you simply blank out and, like an American wearing a Hawaiian shirt and carrying an expensive camera in Central America, wake up dazed in a bathtub full of ice,…
Avatar breakfast cereal. Dinner with Schmucks dinette sets. We live in a world of stupid tie-ins — and while, to be fair, neither of those things actually exist (you can, however, have a breakfast-cereal-themed web avatar, if you desire one), the point is, they could. The Denver Art Museum’s Tutankhamun…
Avant garde cellist Zoë Keating isn’t content with sticking to canon. Though her main instrument is the standard cello, she tweaks its sounds using a foot pedal hooked up to a MacBook. That noted, her performance tonight at the Colorado Music Festival, under the World Music banner, is cocked and…
One of the changes Dana Cain made to this year’s Rocky Mountain Book & Paper Fair was beefing up the Friday, August 6 launch party from 5 to 9 p.m. (the $10 ticket includes admission to the actual fair on Saturday). There will be live jazz, wine and a challenge…
Last week, the Denver Aquarium started a mermaid show in one of its tanks — a concept that is both strange and endearingly campy. Reminiscent of the mermaid shows that have been going on in Weeki Wachee Springs, Florida, for decades, the show has mermaids smiling and swimming, dancing to…
We met Rachel greeting shoppers at the front door at Forever 21 in the Denver Pavilions and liked right off that she was enthusiastic and — what a surprise! — actually welcoming. And we loved her 21st-century Sally Bowles look, too, which was picture-perfect, from the bowler hat right down…
Forever 21’s loyal fans were out in droves last Saturday, at the grand opening of a newly remodeled and expanded store in the Denver Pavilions. Here are a few of the people and things we saw…
The great thing about summer is it’s nice enough out to hike, but the awful thing about summer is that most of us grown-ups still have to work during the day, so it’s tough to find the time to trek. Luckily, 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Denver and Boulder has…
After close to a year and a $3.5 million renovation, the Barnum Splash Pad at Barnum Park opened Thursday for its first weekend of the summer — but not without a few snags. On Saturday afternoon, officials shut down the pool at around 4:30 p.m. to repair a broken pipe…
After years of planning, Union Station is finally transforming into a modern transit hub — which means a big chunk of downtown is a fenced-off construction zone. To spruce things up, the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs has turned to local yard bombers the Ladies Fancywork Society (LFS) and sound…
Like the uptight female lead in a romantic comedy about librarians, Kanye West may have taken a while to come around to Twitter– but it seems the two were made for each other after all. Famously dismissive of the social networking site, after joining Twitter all of five days ago…
About 50 yards ahead, Annie Bonvoloir is standing stock-still as I accelerate directly toward her to a clip of about 30 mph, waiting for her to give me the signal. Denise Longwell, seated next to me in the passenger seat, warns me not to brake: “When she gives you the…
It’s not the first sighting and it won’t be the last, but Steve Weil of Rockmount Ranch Wear says the recent appearance of a Rockmount shirt on a new episode of Hannah Montana is notable because it crosses the age barrier. Miley Cyrus’s real-life dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, who plays…
The city’s first Biennial of the Americas, a mashup of art exhibits and installations, cultural events and international dialogue strung together by a thread of hemispheric cooperation, came to an end Saturday after its full inaugural month of programming…
Some people just stand out. Whether their style is cutting-edge, quirky or just well executed, they make you want to know: How do they do it? Because we work for you, dear reader, we’re finding out. Each day, we hit the streets and talk to one person who catches our…
It’s hard to argue with the concept of the Party Bus. You can drink. You don’t have to drive (or park). And you don’t waste drinking time (precious) by driving (risky). While there have always been private rentals and party buses taking Broncos and Avs fans from various bars around…
Photographer Kate Levy brings these photos from Drama Drag Fridays, hosted by Nina Flowers. Writes Levy of the party on Friday: “Nina Flowers hosts drama drag at Tracks every last Friday of the month, each month inviting a contestant from Ru Paul’s drag race, in which Nina participated (and did…
I call Forever 21 “Forever 12” because it’s my seventh-grader’s shopping destination of choice. But I’m also an old fart who can’t fit into anything really skimpy anymore. And I do know this: millions of young women (and even some older ones) swear by Forever 21, and they should…
To wrap up the month-long Biennial of the Americas, Denver-based designers formed a flash mob outside the DAM at about 6 p.m. Friday night. Each designer brought a garment, a model, a sign that stated the name of their label or business and included the common theme — “Designed in…
The gourmet food truck is an idea that’s really found its groove in the metro area, and it seems as if every trendy eatery in town has a shiny, upscale roach coach trolling the streets with better-than-average street-food eats. This is a trend that we enjoy, argue about and learn…
For some years now, a top-secret crack team of Westword scientists has been working to answer one of life’s most persistent questions: What is the deal with white people with dreadlocks? What is the deal with that? As part of our ongoing research, we took to the field last weekend…
He infiltrated the ranks of the Ku Klux Klan and almost single-handedly destroyed the Black Panthers. Using subversive and often illegal methods, he amassed file upon file of potentially embarrassing information on the major politicians and public figures of his day. He was also a secretive figure and a reputed…
