International Go Skateboarding Day dates back to 2004, when the holiday was established by the International Association of Skateboard Companies (IASC) to help promote the sport and mark the start of summer. “Most of us skate every day anyway, so really, it’s just an excuse to have a big event…
The relationship between Denver Urban Gardens and the locally oriented eatery Root Down began last September at a cooking contest. “We had a big picnic in Ruby Hill Park celebrating the groundbreaking of our 100th community garden,” explains DUG spokes-woman Abbie Harris. “We had an Iron Chef-style competition where we…
“Can I quit now?” Michael D. Brown, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, e-mailed an aide as the waters were rising around New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina hit. “Can I go home?” Soon enough, he did – but not before President George W. Bush made Brown a permanent punchline…
Jelly wrestling, anyone? Next-door neighbors Beauty Bar and Jelly Cafe neatly define the term “coexist” in their friendly proximity on 13th Avenue; though one welcomes the nightlife and the other operates mainly in the sunlight, the bar and the pancake cafe are joining forces to create a float for this…
There is no filmmaker in history as simultaneously loved and hated as George Lucas. When his Star Wars trilogy was suddenly turned into a six-film disaster, enthusiasts felt that he’d betrayed them and, in the words of one fan in the film The People vs. George Lucas, “raped their childhood.”…
Downhill mountain-bike racing is as thrilling to watch as it is for the crazies who put life and limb on the line to bomb the hills, and the craziest of them will be at SolVista Bike Park at Granby Ranch through Sunday. “This year, the town of Granby stepped up…
If herding cats is notoriously difficult, then training cats to do acrobatic tricks must be nearly impossible. Nearly, but not entirely, as proven by The Amazing Acro-Cats, a group of house cats who can perform such mind-bending feats as walking tightropes, jumping through hoops and playing in a five-piece band…
There’s always a lot of excitement over Bike to Work Day and the accompanying morning festivities, but when it’s time for the long ride home, enthusiasm seems to ebb. That’s why the LoDo ad agency Cactus has been hosting its Bike From Work Bash happy-hour party for the last three…
Although last year’s Burlesque, starring Cher and Christina Aguilera, contained no real striptease, BurlyCute’s Cora Vette (aka Reyna Von Vett) says it brought a whole new audience to the art — an audience that is sometimes surprised. “Since it didn’t have any pasties or G-strings involved in it, we have…
The late-1970s dawn of the VCR was a strange time: All of a sudden, people had a ton of freedom to put whatever they wanted on video and watch it at any time, and the market was flooded with weird experiments to determine just what type of shit people would…
To call Frisco’s annual Colorado BBQ Challenge a regular three-ring circus would be putting it lightly: The action at the three-day food fest never stops, although the main attraction is, and always will be, the barbecue, which you can taste in copious amounts from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. tomorrow…
Native American-built kayaks kicked butt in the early days of Salida’s FIBArk Whitewater Festival, which dates back to a 57-mile downriver race from Salida to Canon City in 1949, evidence that Colorado’s wildest whitewater freaks have been getting their splash on in the Arkansas River for centuries. The tradition continues…
The combination of Josh Blue and PHAMALY is pretty much the Voltron of disabled people — or maybe more like Captain Planet, except the kid in the wheelchair gets all the powers instead of just the lame-ass power of “heart.” At any rate, that’s what you’ll get from the 2011…
PrideFest aims to offer something for everyone. From the kids’ petting zoo and face-painting opportunities to performances by RuPaul-sanctioned drag queens, one and all are invited to participate in the annual downtown celebration of diversity. But the 2011 edition of PrideFest is dedicated to the hard work of those in…
When comedian Marc Maron launched his podcast, “WTF With Marc Maron,” two years ago, it helped bring his dark comedy to a whole new group of fans. His early career in standup, print, television and radio certainly helped build momentum, but the podcast took him over the edge and introduced…
The annual 1940s WWII Era Ball gets bigger and better every year — and if you were at the first ball, which featured vintage military vehicles and uniforms, aerial burlesque, a barbershop quartet, a big band, a costume contest and dancing, then you know that’s really saying something. This year,…
Stan Winston, silver-haired demon and chief architect of nightmares the world over, died in his home in Malibu on this day in 2008, hopefully after transferring his consciousness to an ageless state-of-the-art animatronic he developed in his spare time that continues to work in secret, creating the scariest robots in…
What better way to start off a new month than with a photo of a seductively-clad lady? The Colorado Burlesque calendar will do just that with its 2012 incarnation, to be released Thursday night at Bender’s at 8 p.m. The calendar features twelve of Colorado’s dazzling burlesque stars in action,…
We rather liked the first K.O.L.M. when it was released earlier this year, so when we fount out Anthony Lavelle had released the second one, aptly titled K.O.L.M. II, we got a little excited. First off — the sequel takes place immediately after the first one, so if you haven’t…
The new U.S. Freeskiing National Team announced its first official team roster today, following April’s news that Ski Halfpipe will be an Olympic medal sport at the 2014 Games in Sochi and that Copper Mountain will host the first Olympic qualifier for the event in December 2013. Three of the…
In this week’s edition of Gratuitous Randomness, we examine the antidote to the Scumbag Steve (and Scumbag Girl) meme — which rocketed to popularity with online communities like 4chan and reddit — Good Guy Greg. Here’s a curated list to get you up to speed on Good Guy Greg’s good…
Back in April, dancer Tara Rynders produced You & Me, a two-day, multi-artist performance piece that took place in and around her Denver home. As the final part in the completion of her MFA in dance and video performance from the University of Colorado at Boulder, Rynders set up the…
