Long Live Zombies

No one can accuse zombies of getting the short end of the pop-culture stick, but let’s be real: They can only get more ridiculous. With Kill! Kill! Or Die!, the undead meme reaches the natural next stage — and a physical one — when it’s reborn as a rock opera…

Broken Records

Dan Rollman’s interest in setting world records began when he was ten years old and got his first copy of the Guinness Book of World Records. He loved the idea of someday becoming the world’s best at something, but when he looked into it, he discovered that there’s a lot…

Go Figaro

It’s okay to be afraid of opera; lots of people are. But here’s the thing: Opera with a drink (or two, or three) in you is a whole different thing. New Yorker Eve Orenstein of Opera on Tap, which started in Manhattan and is slowly expanding to cities across the…

All Aboard!

No trains are pulling up to Union Station these days, but there are still trains chugging along inside the station — in the basement, where two clubs will be showing off their layouts at Model Railroad Open Houses tonight. The 76-year-old Colorado Midland Railway is operated by the Denver Society…

Seven tastiest feast scenes in movies, in honor of Thanksgiving

Eating, more or less, is the hallmark of the holidays (not to mention a cornerstone of the e-card industry) — Thanksgiving, in particular. So, whether your family-time is a drunken-uncle disaster, a Leave it to Beaver affair or something in between, at least you have some turkey, gravy and mashed…

Photos: Colorado Uncovered shows nude models as works of art (NSFW)

Colorado Uncovered, a new book of photographs by Darrell Pierson, shows models stripped down everywhere from the Colorado Convention Center to Mesa Verde National Park. “Most women would rather be photographed as works of art than pinups,” says Sherry Whitney, explaining the origins of Body Photage, the company she started…

The real story behind “Black Friday”

As we prepare for the commercial holiday that follows a little thing called Thanksgiving, the debate over whether stores should begin opening at midnight on Black Friday is raging. But when and where did Black Friday come from? What does it really mean? We asked Darrin Duber-Smith, Marketing Professor at…

Reader: Shop local, buy local, read local

Susan Froyd rounded up some of the season’s best homegrown shopping opportunities in her “Buy Local Week” post, prompting this from Marie (yes, one of the local artists whose creations Froyd singles out): Bravo! Thanks for supporting the little guys Susan!! We love you!! I love the way you put…

Winning Movember, week 4: On the sexuality of the mustache

It’s nearly Thanksgiving, and since gratitude is for the weak, I’m thankful this year for one thing and one thing only: imminent victory. As we move into the fourth week of Movember, that great month during which brave men attempt to eradicate cancer by growing mustaches (thus raising awareness, which…