From tragedy comes triumph. The I Love U Guys Foundation was started as a way to honor the memory of Emily Keyes, killed at Platte Canyon High School in 2006, by restoring and projecting “the joy of youth through educational programs and positive actions.” And last year, the Conifer Blues…
The mission of Sleep Tight Colorado is simple: Meredith Gershberg raises funds to purchase sleeping bags for the homeless. She launched the organization in honor of an aunt who did similar work with friends in New York City. “But she never formed a formal non-profit, so I took it to…
Now that the Olympics are over, we can get back to playing games designed for the unprofessional, uncoordinated athlete in all of us — like kickball, for instance. And this afternoon, you can show off your ball-booting skills (or lack thereof) while raising money for charity at Howard Dental Center’s…
Over the past few years, this city’s comedy scene has been slowly siphoning fans away from the once-king-of-the-mountain music scene. But instead of fighting over young urbanites like two dogs battling over a dead rabbit, the Denver Fine Gentleman’s Club is fusing the worlds of satire and song in the…
“The show is just a full-blown celebration of all things mod, retro and mid-century,” says Denver Modernism Show organizer Dana Cain. “It’s a huge, mod, mid-century lovefest.” And there will be a lot to love at the show, which runs today through Sunday. The National Western Complex will be filled…
Buying original art can often seem like an activity reserved for the rich — but it doesn’t have to be. The Affordable Arts Festival will make its Denver debut today, with more than 115 booths filled with artwork priced at $100 or below. Organizer and photographer Jim DeLutes says he…
How would you spend your birthday if you were a classically trained tabla player with an ear for global music and out-of-kilter rhythms of all kinds? If you’re mountain-dwelling Andy Skellenger, you might just corral your best friends for a jam in the city — and then invite the entire…
Noah Van Sciver, who draws Westword’s weekly “4 Questions” strip as well as the Blammo comic-book series, could be Denver’s comic artist most likely to succeed. He’s about to tour the country to promote his new graphic novel, The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln, and is already riding a wave…
Anna Strong was a badass bounty hunter long before she became a vampire. But now that she’s joined the ranks of the undead, she’s just that much better at her job. It’s a good thing, too, because the brand-new Haunted puts Strong in the middle of a cartel crossfire as…
Local intimate-apparel retailer SOL: Store of Lingerie takes undergarments seriously — so seriously that co-owner and professional bra fitter Cindy Johnson has been featured on the Today show several times for her expertise. Staying hands-on with customers has been crucial to the boutique’s success, says co-owner Jeanie Peterson, even as…
The Colorado Rockies stink, but that doesn’t mean baseball fans can’t take in a ballgame (and watch a good team play). The Los Angeles Dodgers come to down for a three-game stand starting tonight at 6:40 p.m., and boys in blue are right in the middle of a late-season race…
The MCA changes its groove a bit with a new summer exhibit, Frohawk Two Feathers: We Buy Gold, We Buy Everything, We Sell Souls, featuring imaginative work from L.A.-based artist Umar Rashid, under the nom de plume of Frohawk Two Feathers. The collection of paintings, works on paper and sculptures…
In this week’s issue, art critic Michael Paglia reviews the MCA’s current exhibit, Continental Drift, a group show featuring seven Colorado artists. Installed in several areas across the museum, the exhibit brings “the character of a set of shows as opposed to a singular endeavor, something that’s reinforced by the…
Denver kinksters have big balls — bouncing both to the left and to the right — as they’ll prove at the Exile Fetish Ball at Tracks this Friday night. The ball will also feature fetish demonstrations, dancing and other examples of darker artistry, including live musicians, DJs, stylists, visual artists…
Metro Denver will welcome another H&M store tomorrow, but sadly, even though statues of the store’s body model, David Beckham, appeared in three cities last week, Denver is not getting one. (For a consolation prize, just look at those abs. Now try to look away.) In preparation for the chain’s…
How much does it cost to put on a county fair? According to Tracy Weil of the Denver County Fair, about $200,000 — and the DCF isn’t funded in any way by the county, unlike most traditional fairs. Of course, that’s also what helps sets the DCF apart from all…
Thank God! After all the anticipation, we were worried that The Book of Mormon — written by hometown boys Matt Stone and Trey Parker — wouldn’t live up to the hype, and we’d be disappointed by their Broadway show on this first stop on its road tour. But Mormon is…
Fans rooting for a local in the USA Pro Challenge got their wish yesterday when Tejay van Garderen, a 24-year-old rider who now lives and trains in Boulder, won Stage 2 of the USA Pro Challenge. Van Garderen rode 99 miles from Montrose to Crested Butte in three hours, 52…
The Book of Mormon finally arrived in Denver, freighted with a massive weight of hype, slick marketing, praise and excitement for this musical created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, both Colorado natives. The show had sold out within hours last January, with friends posting photographs of themselves holding tickets…
One way to relieve stress that requires a bit less exertion than yoga? Tiny magnet balls. That’s the philosophy of Zen Magnets, a Denver company that distributes high-powered, rare earth super-magnets, five millimeters in diameter. As the website notes, folks can play with them as a way to relax –…
For much of my childhood, I led a double life. Okay, that’s a super-dramatic way of saying that from age seven to age seventeen, I went between two households: one in Brighton and one in Denver. This wasn’t because my parents were divorced (not yet), but because my best friend,…
“When I started doing comedy in Denver, there were about two open mikes a week and one alt show a month,” says Bobby Crane, a member of the Fine Gentleman’s Club. “And now there’s more than one open mike every night of the week and three or four alt shows…
