“I have not deserved this.” -Desdemona [IV.i.236, Othello] In 2005, more than 1,100 women in the U.S. were killed by a partner, a third of the total number of women who were murdered, according to the federal Bureau of Justice. The department calls it “intimate homicide,” a sort of contradiction…
With no experience in accessory design prior to co-founding the jewelry company It wa ssuch an inspiring material” target=”_blank”>KORA in 2009, Maxandra Short took her inspiration in life experience. The world traveler was born in Singapore, lived in cities like Jakarta and Seoul, and eventually found herself in Los Angeles,…
Prepare to be amazed. Prepare to be inspired. Prepare, perhaps, to reflect less favorably on your own accomplishments. It’s time for TEDxMileHigh, two days of performances and events that start with the first-ever TEDxYouth@MileHigh today from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. The main event runs from 1 to 6 p.m. tomorrow…
It’s should be a beautiful weekend in the neighborhood, and not just because there’s a Mister Rogers-themed exhibit opening. From yoga in the park to yet another adult prom to a variety of innovative art shows, this weekend is full of things to do that won’t cost more than $10…
Looking to start a new chapter? Head to Alicia Bailey’s Abecedarian Gallery, a tiny, meticulously curated book-art gallery on Santa Fe Drive, for the last day of the Artists Book Cornucopia III exhibition. And it’s going out in style, with a special edition of Westword MasterMind Katie Taft’s Action Figures…
You’re not supposed to whistle in a graveyard — but no one ever said anything about cycling. The view is wonderful at Cheesman Park, a former cemetary that is “said to still contain over four thousand bodies,” says GBWalker76. And those are just the ones below ground. The space above…
“You need to throw that thing away as soon as you get home,” says Tracy. “You see how it’s riding up in the back?” I do see. I’m standing in the bathroom of a suite at the Ritz-Carlton with Tracy, a woman I just met, and she’s appalled — appalled…
The Denver Cruisers took to the streets last night in ’70s attire, perhaps to evoke a sensible response to the gas crisis of that era. Westword photographer Christopher Morgan was on hand to catch all the carbon-neutral fun…
The streets of Larimer Square and the surrounding area will lose their monotone drab as over 200 artists take part in the 10th annual Denver Chalk Art Festival this weekend. The Denver Chalk Festival not only aims celebrate the history of it’s own conception, but also the history of chalk…
Derailer, the neighborhood bicycle collective that our city has maintained a love/hate relationship with, will celebrate its tenth anniversary this Saturday — despite the fact that the group has actually been around for longer than that. “The shop itself was actually opened almost twelve years ago in a garage on…
Dark fantasy epics, as every hunger-gamer knows, are all the rage at the box office and on cable. The latest New Yorker to clog my mailbox is the special “Science Fiction Issue.” And I’m happy to report that Paolo Bacigalupi, Colorado’s own doctor of dystopia — who recently discussed his…
The Vail Valley Foundation’s 2012 Teva Mountain Games get to paddlin’ today in Vail with both the Mountain Click photo competition and the Steep Creek Championships kayak race running concurrently along a 1/4-mile stretch of Homestake Creek with sections affectionately known to kayakers as “Leap of Faith” and “Piece of…
It has been a long and winding road for photographer Sigri Strand. Beginning her bachelor’s degree program in 2001, she found herself living in New York City for a while before finishing her studies in photography at the University of Colorado Denver a decade later in 2011. That same year,…
Even if you haven’t read about the Ladies Fancywork Society, you’ve likely seen their fancywork — known as “yarn bombs” — around town. LFS often works in the dead of night, wrapping random, urban objects in a comforting knit sweater, giving the pedestrian telephone pole or bike rack an intimate,…
When we think of the art of Taos, the first image we usually conjure up is the landscape, colored in the tones of the mountain Southwest. Yet that’s not what all Taos art turns out to be, especially in contemporary times, as artists continue to flock to northern New Mexico…
While people debate the changes in Highland, one refugee sings the praises of Barnum, which Jef Otte celebrated in “O, Barnum! An ode to Denver’s least desirable neighborhood.” This neighborhood may be named after circus promoter P.T. Barnum, but its fans aren’t clowning around…
Out with the dinosaurs, in with tornadoes: It’s time for the periodic changing of the guard at the IMAX 3-D theater at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Replacing DinoMax, Born to Be Wild and Under the Sea are the 3-D, large-screen mindbenders Tornado Alley and Flying Monsters (okay,…
Even if more than two people worked at Audio Park Studio, the business would still be 100 percent devoted to the Beatles. That fandom shows itself on the walls, which are peppered with posters of the Fab Four, and in the sheer amount of Beatles memorabilia that co-owner Park Peters…
Mirrors can perfectly reflect or utterly distort the worlds unfolding in front of them, and artist Sarah Richter has created an entire installation, called Infinite Refraction, that plays with this idea. “It’s going to be an exploratory experience, where the viewer can walk through and the reflections will change,” Richter…
At today’s Gamma Gallery Street Art Competition, the emphasis is on one thing: lettering style. “Some graffiti artists do a readable style, some do wild style,” says Gamma, local muralist and organizer of the event. And their creativity will be what is judged in the competition. KOZE, EMIT, PAYER and…
The new Arvada Skate Park, which opened a few months ago, gets an official ribbon-cutting today when pro skaters Mike McGill (originator of the inverted 540-degree McTwist spin), 21-time X Games medalist Andy Macdonald and women’s skating superstars Cara-Beth Burnside and Mimi Knoop drop in to demonstrate how to make…
Even though it’s a Nobel Prize-winner, Elis Canetti’s novel Auto da Fe is still a pretty esoteric text. But not for much longer, says Brian Freeland, artistic director for the LIDA Project, which will bring the 1935 book to the stage for the first time with an original adaptation by…
