As it turns out, a good Twitter account doesn’t necessarily make a good television show. Nonfiction funny man Justin Halpern learned that lesson the nationally televised way when real-life anecdotes from his hilariously crabby father translated poorly from social media into a cheesy, laugh-grabbing sitcom starring William Shatner. (Captain Kirk…
The evenings are getting warmer here in the Queen City of the Plains, and that just means that more and more events are popping up. It’s easy to go out on a budget this weekend, whether you enjoy biking to an adult prom, seeing surf-themed burlesque, or dancing at a…
Jacquie Van Horne believes that artists who are mothers, too, need to stick together, because — as she writes on her Facebook page — “Motherhood is not the time to put the paintbrush down.” That’s why she created Artistic Mamas, which is as much a celebration of mothers who paint…
.Creeped out by last week’s TIME cover story about attachment parenting, Jef Otte penned an essay for the Village Voice about how much attachment parenting sucks and posted it to his wall. As it happened, local comic and 2012 Westword MasterMind Andrew Orvedahl had penned his own essay on how…
The first Denver Cruisers ride of the season went down on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 with the “Back in Black” theme. Photos by Jim Wills for Westword. View the full Denver Cruisers slide show…
For almost twenty years, the Colorado Vintage Base Ball Association has been teaching history by reenacting it. The non-profit puts together workshops and what it calls “performances” that represent the sport as it existed in the mid-1800s, when it was known as “base ball.” Wearing nineteenth-century uniforms and using vintage…
There isn’t one definitive way to view spirituality, and that’s what Katie Hoffman and Hilary De Polo want to illustrate in their new show at Core. One of the reasons juried group shows like Spirituality are so interesting is that they can emphasize the diversity of a theme through many…
Crystal Lee is a fashion designer, seamstress, stylist and all-around bad ass. Shunning the corporate world in order to follow her passion — and avoid beige nylons — she is pursuing her love of fashion as a student at the Art Institute of Colorado. Her line of super-easy, fly and…
While it often gets overshadowed by the music scene, Denver actually has a rich history of underground literature. From the Kerouac-inspired bohemian coffee and bookshops of 1960s Colfax to the Yellow Rake readings at Old Curtis Street Tavern, our city has been spawning independent works of fiction and poetry for…
Faced with the postponement of two screenings of the highly anticipated film The Beatles: The Lost Concert, Boedecker Theater manager Glenn Webb didn’t cry in his kidney pie. Instead, he secured a replacement reel: Paul McCartney Is Really Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison, a comic mockumentary corroborating the…
Britt Chester, who sold his car two years ago and relies on his bicycle and public transportation to get around, has been riding around this town’s bike trails, stopping to snap pictures. This photos become posts in our “guess where I’m biking” series — which has a B-cycle card as…
There are only a few thousand Jewish people left in India; many of them immigrated to Israel decades ago. Siona Benjamin, an artist originally from Bombay, explores the singular experience of being an Indian Jew in her work, which uses both classic and modern imagery and a variety of mediums,…
Ah, spring, the time of year when a young person’s fancy turns to love — or, in Colorado, love of bikes. And just in time for the warm weather, Bike Prom is back. The second annual event combines two Denver obsessions: wearing costumes and riding bikes. This year’s theme, Jocks…
Cora Vette (aka Reyna Von Vett), burlesque madame extraordinaire, has been getting back to basics: the vintage songs, costumes and vibe that pulled her into the burlesque scene to begin with. That’s part of the concept behind a store she’s opening with burlesque wife Eve Vette. To help cross-promote her…
The Blend got its start when DJs Hoang and Sami T launched the night in Los Angeles; after they moved to Denver, they started it up again with another local favorite, Brick Lee. “Each month one of us takes the lead, and we’ll have creative control for that month,” explains…
The crosstown roller-derby rivalry between the Denver Roller Dolls and the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls comes to a head tonight at the 1STBANK Center, 11450 Broomfield Lane, with a triple-header starting at 7 p.m. But first, the leagues’ all-star squads — DRD’s Mile High Club and RMRG’s 5280 Fight Club –…
The humble ukulele has come a long way since the days of Tiny Tim. A folk instrument for the people, it’s recently turned up in high-profile recordings by such mainstream artists as Jack Johnson, Eddie Vedder and Denver’s own Danielle Ate the Sandwich, who has elevated the simple art of…
There are a million parties in the naked city, and this is definitely one of them. At tonight’s Boots N’ Boxers fundraiser at Casselman’s Bar & Venue, 2620 Walnut Street, models will strut the catwalk in just their skivvies, which will then be auctioned off to the highest bidder –…
Though shopping has a reputation for being more of a girl thing, when you add bikes and bars to the mix, it’s likely that more than a few guys can be coerced to tag along. That’s not the motivation behind today’s DIBS Bike Crawl to a trio of trendy hipster…
Even in fitness-fanatical Denver, running thirteen sweaty miles through the center of town can be an off-putting notion. Fortunately, the organizers of this year’s Kaiser Permanente Colfax Half Marathon have found a way for the race-impaired to cruise the urban romp in style. The first annual Denver Art Scooter Parade…
As the weather heats up, Colorado Rockies baseball games will get more intense, and the beginning of this season’s interleague play should only help. The team will face their first American League opponents, the Seattle Mariners, tonight as part of a three-game series at Coors Field. The Rockies take on…
Based on Amy Tan’s novel of the same name, the on-stage version of The Joy Luck Club tells the story of four Chinese women and their daughters, and how they reconcile their changing relationships and cultural connections. But Craig Bond, artistic director of Vintage Theatre, which is staging the production,…
