The worst thing anyone can ever say about Aurora’s annual KidSpree outdoor festival for children is that it’s hot out there — but if you bring plenty of water and sunscreen, you should be fine. Offering more than sixty activities for all ages on a generous spread in Bicentennial Park…
Elitch Gardens continues its celebration of Latin culture today during La Fiesta de Elitch Gardens and Lowrider Invitational. Live music from eight acts — singer Gloria Trevi led last night’s lineup, while Patrulla 81 hits the stage tonight — and more than twenty lowriders highlight the weekend’s attractions. Organizer Mike…
The over-thirty crowd loves to complain that members of the younger generation have no clue what’s happening in the world — but when one of the junior contingent actually pays attention to the news, there can be hell to pay. I learned this lesson after my wife, Deb, and I…
“You’ve got to pick a good mix of rockin’ and something that will please the crowd,” Pavlo tells me. “It’s not about how good you can sing; it’s about getting the crowd’s attention and rocking it.” I ask him what he’s going to sing, and he tells me it’s a…
Summer survival depends on barbecue. The grill sits there every day, luring you from your hot kitchen and complicated recipes. Marinated steaks, chicken breasts on the bone, ribs, kabobs, salmon, swordfish — mmmm. Barbecue is a rite of passage, and the Cook Street Culinary School of Denver will take avid…
No one could ever master the 7,000-foot ascent of the Mount Evans Hill Climb like Bob Cook. The tall, skinny cyclist with wire-framed glasses and even more wiry legs won the race for five consecutive years. At the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, he had the highest oxygen intake…
Tonight Denver’s hotties and high-rollers will all converge in one place: Riverfront Park, at 16th and Little Raven streets. They’re turning out in their most fabulous looks to scope the second installment of the summer’s Riverfront Park Fashion Series. The models will showcase looks by Neiman Marcus while they wend…
Boulder’s weekly downtown farmers’ market has a reputation for being one of the region’s best, but today (and on one select Saturday monthly, continuing though October) it turns into a bona fide street festival. Along with the market’s fresh produce, flowers and prepared foods, there’s Restaurant Fresh Connections food sampling…
The 2007 Sierra Mist Major League Soccer All-Star Game, taking place tonight at 7 p.m. at the splendid Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, was supposed to trumpet the arrival of Sir David of Beckham to America’s playing fields. The rumor, though never confirmed, was widely reported. He’d be free of waivers…
Speed freaks of all shapes and sizes will rev their engines this weekend at Bandimere Speedway. This afternoon’s 3 p.m. Club Clash features car clubs of all makes and models facing off on the race course for king-of-the-hill bragging rights. Tomorrow’s ATS Diesels on the Mountain drag race has categories…
What do a lesbian mother, a narcissistic Midwestern beauty-shop owner, a mother haunted by infanticide, and a woman who believes she’s murdered her own imagination have in common? Well, each has something to say about modern life, from suburban sprawl to constraining social norms. Using four one-act plays as its…
On his introduction to the first Jazzmatazz album, Guru talks about how he’d always wanted to do an experimental fusion of hip-hop and live jazz. But he wanted to do it right. With that in mind, the former Gang Starr MC recruited a few jazz heavies such as Donald Byrd,…
Conveyer of ecstatic truths and filmmaker extraordinaire Werner Herzog’s latest is Rescue Dawn, an action-drama based on U.S. pilot Dieter Dengler’s harrowing survival struggle after being shot down over Laos during the Vietnam War. Herzog sat down to discuss the film. When was the last time you saw Dengler? Shortly…
Christian Bale is an actor who may be as well known for what he does to his body as he is for his body of work. He’s done extreme things to that body in the name of art. Turning it as hard and sharp as an ice pick for American…
Even though they were never on sale in Colorado, Cat’s been getting lots of queries about Anya Hindmarch’s “I’m Not a Plastic Bag” tote. More than 20,000 of them went on sale this morning at Whole Foods in New York. They were sold out by 11 a.m. Sorry folks… but…
It’s the middle of summer, and all Cat wants to do is lounge on her porch with a book and some iced tea. So it would seem that all we’re going to talk about today is Cat’s new stash of summer guilty pleasures. First there was Fashion Kitty, then there…
It’s good to know that Tim Gunn wasn’t always the fabulous make-it-work guy we’ve all come to love on Project Runway. Cat just got her signed copy of his new book, A Guide to Quality, Taste & Style, and he’s pretty candid and forthcoming in it so far. Hopefully his…
Wednesday, July 18 ’60s-Priced Haircuts to Celebrate Hairspray Cherry Creek salon Beauty Smart is doing $9 haircuts to celebrate Friday’s release of the remake of John Waters’ ’80s classic, Hairspray. So come down and get that mod clip you’ve been thinking about, and for a pretty penny, too. Beauty Smart…
Cat’s delivery of books from Book Expo finally arrived, with a little extra something in it from Stacy: Fashion Kitty Versus The Fashion Queen, by Charise Mericle Harper. OMG, it’s so totally darling and catty and excellent. There’s flying and saving and faux pas and an evil high school fashion…
Cat went and visited Lynne Bruning last week, in search of help in decorating an Eero Aarnio puppy for Mod Livin’s July 27 fundraiser for the Downtown Animal Care Foundation. So what did Cat find when she stumbled in? Lynne in a frenzy of tutu making. Pink ones, red ones,…
Things have changed a bit since the days of the supermodel and not waking up for less than $10,000 a day, but these living clothes hangers aren’t doing too shabby, either. Forbes.com has the full report — and a slide show ordering the fifteen top-paid glamazons. Number one? Not Kate…
[jump] Your weekly dose of style for less than $100 per item. Enjoy. Top row, left to right: 1. Nieves Lavi Waist Tie Blousson Top from Shopbop $77, was $110 2. Geometric Print Sundress from eDressMe.com $52 3. Yaya Aflalo Striped Sweater Tank from Shopbop.com $79.20, was $264 Middle row,…
