National skate and BMX champs will converge on the Brian Aragon Skate Park in Brighton today for Guilty by Association, which celebrates the positive impact of action sports on younger riders. The free event will showcase the talents of skate and BMX legends Christian Hosoi and Vic Murphy and current…
The second annual Iron Artist live-art competition at The Other Side Arts borrows the Iron Chef “kitchen stadium” concept and brings it to the gallery, where fifteen artists will battle it out in a live contest built around one secret ingredient that won’t be revealed until today at noon. “The…
Since time immemorial, firefighters have been putting out fires while simultaneously starting them in the hearts of lusty ladies everywhere: Something about firefighters is just sexy. “They’ll run into a burning building to save you,” observes Angela Kmezich, spokeswoman for Fired Up for Kids, the nonprofit that’s been putting together…
Comedian Rob Delaney isn’t afraid to talk dirty, and the majority of his jokes revolve around sex in some way. But where most comedians would delve into an offensive universe ruled by testosterone, Delaney manages to craft jokes so absurdly misogynistic that he believes they end up championing woman more…
The rugged San Juan Mountains near Telluride are well known for their abundance of wild mushrooms. In good years, skilled fungi-hunters take full advantage of the area’s profusion of boletes and chanterelles, two delicacies that are among the favorite edible varieties of many mushroom gatherers. No coincidence, then, that Telluride…
Honey, where have all the bees gone? That and other questions will be examined during a screening of the documentary Vanishing of the Bees during Cross Pollination 2011, a community-wide celebration of pollinators, bees, birds, moths and other animals, at different Colorado Springs art institutions from August to December. “After…
If you’re one of the 200,000 people who moved to Denver in the last three years (thank you, U.S. Census Bureau), chances are you don’t know much about your neighborhood — at least not yet. Phil Goodstein, author, historian and walking-tour guide, is here to help. “One of the purposes…
Downtown Aurora Visual Arts — DAVA, for short — provides after-school and summer art workshops for children and teenagers ranging in age from three to seventeen. Practicing artists work with the students to create art based on particular themes — and this time, it’s who the kids are. “This entire…
You see a lot of strange things managing a multimillion-dollar steakhouse in New York City. A woman going commando and flashing the entire front section of the restaurant is just one of the many bizarre scenes that Carolann Valentino witnessed and details in her lively one-woman show, Burnt at the…
Speed-stacking cups is pretty much exactly what it sounds like: You stack the most cups in the least amount of time possible. “It’s pointless and stupid, but of course I’ve spent hundreds of hours doing it myself,” admits Christopher “Aji” Slater. Pointless, stupid talents are kind of Slater’s M.O., and…
Performer Kelsie Huff’s one-woman show, HUFFS, is a bit hard to explain. It’s as much a monologue as it is a standup routine, but there’s also a hint of performance mixed in there. “I think because I go to a darker place in HUFFS than most standup, I will call…
“It’s unprecedented for an American race to get all three podium-finishers from the Tour de France in the same year,” says USA Pro Cycling Challenge spokeswoman Stacie Lange. “I can’t think of a more epic place to kick off the race and welcome them to Colorado than in front of…
Update 2! The bicycle vs. pigeon vs. moped race results are in. “Victory is partially mine! How I defeated a pigeon but not a chicken on a moped (video).” Update! In the last hour, I’ve been informed to two grievous attempts to put me at a disadvantage: 1). MCA Denver…
Douchebags: Can’t live with ’em, don’t really want to live with ’em. But what if their obnoxious behavior is inadvertent? What if they’re really just normal guys like you and me, forced into douchery by cruel circumstance? Today, because we’re so magnanimous — and because it’s Wednesday, the day we…
Our bad. We haven’t checked our fave celeb website toofab.com in like, forever (that’s the more chill, fashion-oriented baby of TMZ.com, the best website for non-information since Perez got skinny and boring). Late last week, this photo surfaced of Ryan Gosling holding a baby. No explanation as to who the…
There’s no way to offend a sub-culture, it seems, like writing silly captions beneath pics of one of their gatherings. So it goes with furries, many of whom have been upset by my Furry Field Guide, which parodied a National Geographic-style wildlife manual using photos from the 2011 Rocky Mountain…
Marcus Richert’s Lee-Lee’s Quest isn’t a game you play because it’s going to move you or impress you with its visuals or even offer a challenge — you’ll play it because it’s weird, humorous, self-referential and just plain bizarre. It shouldn’t come as a surprise seeing as how it’s coming…
Shaun White picked up his Epic Pass yesterday after signing on to make Northstar-at-Tahoe his home resort and agreeing to represent all six of the Vail Resorts properties (including Vail, Beaver Creek and Breckenridge here in Colorado) in what Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz says is a multi-year partnership agreement…
Every month Knitflix meets at the Denver Public Library’s Fresh City Lounge to hang out, craft, and watch movies. In anticipation of the showing of depression-era flick Dinner at Eight tonight for crafters, we turned to the internet to find weird crafting patterns to take with you. Between bodily organs…
In the world of slam poetry, there’s no higher distinction than a win at the annual National Poetry Slam — and over this past weekend, that distinction went to the poets of Denver’s Slam Nuba, upstart arrival to the Denver slam scene (and 2011 Westword MasterMind) — if, having won…
Last fall, Boulder dancer Mary Wohl Haan took to the Pearl Street Mall at noon every day for a month of ten-minute solo performances, which she documented on her website. All in all, the project had its ups and downs, but none of the latter could keep her from wanting…
We’re going to go ahead and believe the hype — Katt Williams is officially back. After a self-imposed seclusion from the spotlight for more than three years (save for that time he allegedly abducted a teenager and was also later arrested for intimidating a man on a tractor), Williams appeared…
