If you’ve been following the USA Pro Cycling Challenge as closely as the hundreds of thousands of fanatics who came out last week for the prologue and six stages of the race to make it the largest spectator crowd for any stage race in U.S. history, then it probably isn’t…
Welp, it happened again. Another month is drawing to a close and with it, the summer, and even though we’ll probably be bitching about the heat well into October, it just won’t be the same. And so once more, mostly to avoid thinking about our looming rent, we take a…
It’s true that, as a kid, you generally have occasion to go to amusement parks more often, but it’s not until you are an adult that you get to go to them and drink booze — and that makes all the difference. Well, arguably the booze is just a way…
Originally released in 1936 as Tell Your Children, a straight-faced educational movie intended to warn parents and children about the evils and dangers of marijuana, the renamed Reefer Madness went on to become one of the most popular exploitation films of all time. Revered by midnight tokers and late-night moviegoers…
Joe Hill ain’t dead,” he says to me, Joe Hill ain’t never died. Where working men are out on strike Joe Hill is at their side, Joe Hill is at their side. –Joan Baez At first glance, it might seem that nearly 100 years after songwriter and Industrial Workers of…
Getting to go to an amusement park when it has been closed to the general public is akin to the childhood fantasy I used to have about being locked in a department store after it was closed — you know, Mannequin-style. There are no adults around to tell you what…
It’s like a weird rule of web-based journalism that, if a post generates more than about six or seven reader comments, the discussion must somehow inevitably delineate to illegal immigration, no matter how unrelated to illegal immigration the original post was. It’s still pretty disconcerting every time it happens, but…
The USA Pro Cycling Challenge concludes this weekend with Stage 4 today from Avon to Steamboat Springs, Stage 5 tomorrow from Steamboat Springs to Breckenridge, and Stage 6 on Sunday from Golden to Denver. Feeling inspired to get some adrenaline of your own pumping? Read on for our top 5…
Q: A little girl grows up to be a badass assassin with a relentless thirst for vengeance — why? Take a few moments to think about it. Have you come up with an answer? If you guessed “because her parents were killed in front of her, then congratulations! You’ve seen…
August is almost over, and that means Labor Day is around the corner and, subsequently, cold, blustery weather. You might want to hit the streets this weekend in your short-shorts and T-shirts while you still can, because it’s not going to be long before you’re complaining about the fact you…
Basically all of these United States are pretty crappy — or at least that’s what Gawker would have you believe with its 50 Worst States in America series this week, in which Colorado took 41st (worst) — not a bad ranking, provided you give two sailing shits what some liberal…
Americans like to spend money on crap. We also like to think that the more money we waste on said crap, the better it will make us feel when other people see it. Amusement parks — like Elitch Gardens and Lakeside — definitely fall into this illusion of worth. It…
When people think of The Wiz, if they think of The Wiz at all, chances are they think of the camp-tastic Motown Productions joint that starred Diana Ross and Michael Jackson and Richard Pryor (oh my) in one of the most hilarious miscalculations ever to hit the ’70s screen. But…
It’s no secret Denver has a love affair with film festivals, but if you’re looking to pack in a ton of films into a single night, there aren’t a whole lot of options. Thankfully, 38 Films is going down tonight at Casselman’s. It’s a collection of 38 films (duh) from…
Daniel Crosier seems like a perfectly sweet guy, yet there must be something bubbling beneath his jovial facade. Okay, he drinks a little too much coffee, too, but his work as a comic artist, filmmaker and theatrical prop maker expresses a whole other tarnished side of the coin: The man…
Just over ten years ago, Golden-based mountain climber Erik Weihenmayer made history as the first blind man to make the summit on Mount Everest, then went on to complete the Seven Summits — the tallest peaks on each continent — in 2008. Weihenmayer, with the help of his friend Jeff…
All fairs are basically about excess — let’s see what random shit we can deep-fry; let’s see who can grow the most freakishly large tomato; let’s see how long this guy can stay on top of a really pissed off animal much larger than him; let’s see how far this…
Denver hasn’t been short on film festivals in recent years, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t space for one more. 38 Films hopes to differentiate itself by mixing genres and letting 32 pros and amateurs display their short films together on one screen. “We wanted to allow for a huge…
Tonight, childhood dreams come true as the Denver Film Society’s Reel Social Club takes over Lakeside Amusement Park for Summer Scream, a private, adults-only evening of wild rides, outdoor movie watching and live DJ sets. The event celebrates the club’s successful first year of events by giving members free rein…
Author Flann O’Brien’s The Third Policeman might not be the most well-known Irish classic, but his absurd tale of time and the nature of existence is one of Ireland’s most darkly hilarious novels. Director John-David Johnson has adapted the story — which involves a narrator who botches a robbery and…
More and more electronic forms are coming to the forefront in the art world, and with good reason: It’s hard to beat the kinetic appeal of spectacles that are only possible to stage with pieces that plug into wall sockets. David Fodel, an electronic media artist and musician, and Paco…
Tonight, the ninth annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival, out of Nevada City, California, brings its national tour to Boulder’s Neptune Mountaineering. The fest will include a screening of this year’s People’s Choice award winner, Eastern Rises, and nearly a dozen shorts. Eastern Rises, from Ben Knight and Travis Rummel,…
