Want to get lucky as you ring in 2013? The Westword New Year’s Eve Guide will be inserted in our December 13 issue, and will include information on select December 31 entertainment options, to ensure that when the clock strikes twelve, you don’t strike out. If you know of any…
I was complaining via that modern adult whiny message board known as Twitter recently that the only people who like John Denver are non-natives. I also blame those same anonymous people for Denver’s traffic, gentrification, the popularity of days-long dubstep shows at Red Rocks (and the sickening popularity of any…
We’ve been championing the local shred-stick economy as it has grown over the past few years, and not just out of sheer locavore pride. This year several national media outlets have taken notice, too: In “Gear of the Year,” Men’s Journal just proclaimed that the Odin by Venture Snowboards is…
Copper Mountain’s pouring 72-cent beers from 1 to 5 p.m. and hosting a ’70s costume contest at 2 p.m. Saturday, December 8 — both nods to the the resort’s fortieth birthday, with a special appearance by Neil Diamond tribute band Super Diamond to complete the circa-1972 vibe. The resort is…
The gods couldn’t quite conjure up any snow to dash through, but tonight in Sunnyside, you can still go on a horse-drawn ride, bells a’jingling, and laughing all the way. Ernie’s Bar & Pizza will host the fourth annual Sunnyside Sleigh Ride from 5 to 8 p.m., inviting neighborhood families…
Every Monday, as a companion piece to her weekend 10 for $10, Robin Edwards rounds up 3 for Free — three free events you can enjoy during the week. Yesterday, for example, she touted tonight’s screening of Frankenhooker at Crash 45, as well as Drag Queen Bingo at Hamburger Mary’s…
Last month Colorado made history by becoming the first state where residents voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use. In honor of this momentous occasion — and while the specific legalities are being ironed out with the feds — Backbeat, our music blog, decided to catch up with various members…
Friday night saw the combination of two worlds and four big names at Tracks as drag queens Nina Flowers and Ongina channeled the art of Louis Recchia and Zoa Ace through live performances. The results were fierce, to say the least, and we’re still reeling from our favorite scenes. Continue…
The fourth annual Red Ball painted the Exdo Event Center red last night, when hundreds gathered for the event’s combination fashion show/fundraiser to benefit AIDS awareness and research. Continue reading for a sneak peak of the ball — and visit our full slide show for more photos. See also: -…
If paying your December 1 emptied your pockets, don’t despair: You can still have fun — for free! — this week. Among the options are watching a campy horror movie about a Franken-prostitute, catching a candle art show, and playing drag queen bingo. For a full listing of all events…
You don’t have to wait until Colorado Gives Day to donate to your favorite nonprofit — but the December 4 event is a handy way to remember to do it before the end of the year, during what we like to think of as the season of giving. If you…
Santa’s Parade of Lights starts this weekend, but with all the crowds downtown, you might not get close enough to the Denver City and County Building to see what a mishmash has been installed on the steps — the better to balance the nativity scene and help the city avoid…
Denver writer and part-time cab driver Gary Reilly was more interested in writing novels — many of which had to do with a cabbie named Murph who also wrote novels — than publishing them. But since Reilly’s death last year from cancer at 61, his Murph sagas are rolling out…
The idea that it’s hard to look good while getting warm is a myth — one dispelled by Boulder’s Neptune Mountaineering last night at its combined winter fashion show and retro costume party. In addition to more than thirty current cold-weather looks, the event featured several blasts from winter style…
When the Historic Elitch Gardens Theatre closed in 1991, the fate of the century-old building was uncertain. Although the city said it wanted to save this last vestige of the original Elitch Gardens Amusement Park, there was no money for the project. So in 2002, the Historic Elitch Theatre Foundation…
Even if you are rolling in dough, you won’t need to spend much of it in order to eat pancakes and see art tonight. That’s just one of the bargain entertainment options this weekend; others include seeing Santa and the Grinch duke it out for a wrestling title. Here are…
Gio Toninelo has a miniature muse. The Denver filmmaker and photographer is best known for his work on Pond Patrol and as curator of the GI Joe Film Festival, projects that saw him turning his passion for plastic men of action into compelling narrative. His latest effort is Little Denver,…
The classic Nutcracker ballet has been turned inside out and stretched backwards and forwards and every which way in an attempt to loosen up the Sugar Plum Fairy and her entourage. In Boulder, aerial dance queen Nancy Smith and her high-flying Frequent Flyers began by replacing the plum princess with…
It’s no easy task to open a planetary cultural dialogue in landlocked Denver, a place where members of an already strong arts community are fiercely, and perhaps rightly, protective of their own. But Patrick Mueller of the dance and movement ensemble Control Group Productions thinks a more continental mindset might…
As both the official photographer for the monthly Drag Nation and a longtime supporter of local art, Koko Brentano had a vision: to see the two worlds collide. Friday night’s Pop Drag at EXDO Event Center is the result, a convergence of the work of artists Louis Recchia and Zoa…
“We wanted to do a super affordable snowboard camp for kids that is all about creativity, having fun, and getting to ride with some great pros, something parents could really get behind,” says Golden-based pro snowboarder Pat Milbery, who is getting his 7th annual So-Gnar Snowboard Camp Tour underway this…
Confused about what and how and even why you should gift your loved ones this holiday season? Clear up that confusion by buying local, giving gifts from the heart or gifting experiences instead of gadgets. Or do all three at once, with the Colorado Theatre Guild’s annual Theatre Night Out…
