The goal is noble. The rules are simple. And the results — well, they vary. In the spirit of both creativity and caffeine, Denver artists celebrated 24-Hour Comics Day this past weekend, the eighth incarnation of this national event, and the participants who eventually conquered the event’s requirements proved even…
Dan Baum’s new book, Guns Gone Wild, won’t be published until 2013, but critics are already taking aim at the author, after he published a related essay as a Kindle Single. The irony? Baum lives in ultra-liberal Boulder, but is also a card-carrying gun owner…
Two very public downtown places will introduce new art exhibits today, and both are inviting the public to join in the party. The Alfred A. Arraj Courthouse at 901 19th Street is hosting the work of three contemporary Colorado artists — Gifford Ewing, John Boak and Rick Dula — in…
Standish Lawder is not a fan of digital photography. Part of it has to do with his personal preference: A 75-year-old former pre-med major who switched to art history after taking a fateful humanities class and went on to earn a Ph.D. in it, Lawder has a mind that just…
You might already know about the Chicken Coop Tour this weekend at the Denver Botanic Gardens — but Denver Urban Homesteading is also presenting a chicken-coop tour tomorrow (Saturday, October 1) from 1 to 4 p.m. There will be 23 coops and goats on the Urban Homesteading guided walking tour,…
When Eddie Guerriero and Mitch Deprey began taping their neighbors’ drunken fights in 1987, they had no idea the tapes would become a cult phenomenon. But they did. Matthew Bate’s documentary Shut Up, Little Man! An Audio Misadventure (opening today at the Denver FilmCenter/Colfax) chronicles the spread of the phenomenon,…
For those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere, fall is officially in full swing. That doesn’t mean much for Colorado — residents of this generally aren’t aware that fall and spring come between those two main seasons known as winter and hot as hell. With temperatures still hitting the…
If you know anything about crystal skulls, then you’ve heard of Max — the largest crystal skull yet found, Max is pure quartz crystal and is also known as the “Texas Crystal Skull.” And of course, you can meet Max and spend some time with him today through Sunday here…
A spider’s tiny leg hairs (“thrichobotria”), and a boy quietly, confidently holding the jaws of a taxidermied crocodile with a solitary bubble floating above his head. These images and other appropriately titled “strangely beautiful” photos by John Bonath will be on display during the creepiest of month — October –…
Ah yes, the fabled month-change weekend — the most dreaded weekend of them all. You know that the bills are going to be due on Monday morning, the rent will need to be sent out early and you’ll be left with no extra cash for the weekend. It’s a good…
The big news at this year’s Bordo Bello skateboard-art fundraiser isn’t just that it continues to grow in size. It’s also growing in stature, featuring more works by national design artists, intermixed with rad decorated decks by a fine representation of talented locals. Also, you can bid in advance online…
Romantic comedies aren’t known for their mind-bending plot twists, but even in the template-governed world of Hollywood, they tend to be especially formulaic. To wit, every romantic comedy must conclude with one of two possible outcomes: Either, a) The female lead will end up with the dude who initially repulses…
Skate & create! The fourth annual Bordo Bello skateboard art fundraiser runs tonight from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Redline Gallery, 2350 Arapahoe Street, with a silent auction featuring skateboard decks, vinyl toys and other artwork. Event organizers sent out blank Board Pusher decks and KidRobot Munny toys to…
Neal Stephenson will be at the Tattered Cover LoDo tonight to talk about video games, farming gold and his new book, Reamde. But first, he talked with Thorin Klosowski for an extensive Q&A, which prompted this response from Rick: I concur in re: Cheating… Oddly, I spent years only letting…
Boulder author Dan Baum is a gun owner, and his most recent work, a companion piece to his upcoming book Guns Gone Wild that was released as a Kindle Single, makes an argument that most gun owners would seemingly support: that the AR-15 rifle is fun, a beacon of hope…
In this week’s issue of Westword, art critic Michael Paglia examines three shows, one of which is Not All Borthwicks Were Noblemen, which is being exhibited at the Ironton Studios & Gallery through October 22. Paglia writes: “Though there is an elaborate historical narrative that underlies the pieces in this…
As if the explosion of Fall color isn’t reason enough to drive over Independence Pass this weekend headed for Aspen, tonight is also the NEPSA Video Awards ceremony at 7 p.m. at the Wheeler Opera House, the official kickoff of The Meeting, Aspen’s 7th annual ski & snowboard film festival…
There were dick jokes, poop jokes, discussions of anal sex, drinking games and fat guys. There was also fond (and not so fond) childhood memories, evangelical preaching and one thrown shoe hitting a guy in the head. A frat party? A Broadway street corner? No, it was Ignite Denver –…
There are two types of people in this world — those who can laugh at themselves, and those who can’t. It is a pretty simple distinction in personalities, though the ability to self-deprecate effectively doesn’t often set in until you make it to age where you just don’t care about…
Sherry Wiggins’ Prayers for Others is the “heaven” to fellow artist Regina Benon’s “hell” with On Fire at the Ice Cube Gallery. Art critic Michael Paglia reviews both of them in this week’s Westword. Of Wiggins’ installation, he writes:…
When Longmont’s Left Hand Brewing hired Boulder-based Moxie Sozo to redesign its labels a couple of years ago, the results opened a lot of eyes — and landed Left Hand beers on a lot of best-designed beer label lists. As an added bonus, Moxie, a Boulder design and advertising agency,…
Neal Stephenson will be at Tattered Cover LoDo tomorrow, and in advance of his appearance we talked with him about his new novel, Reamde, a thriller based on a virus that steals your information and requires payment via gold in a MMO game. Before you click through to the interview,…
