When 4-year-old Aiden Gumz of Evergreen put his parents in frog suits and set out to film a dance video, he had a vision: to make something awesome He succeeded. The result of his efforts, FrogP, was avant-garde and experimental like Stan Brakhage, but also unexpectedly poignant and sweet like…
It’s hard out there for a pimp. Or at least a warlock like Charlie Sheen. When it was announced that CBS had begun looking for actors to replace his role on Two and a Half Men, the cogs started turning and the rumor mill spit out one replacement after another…
While it’s of course true that marijuana is a medical drug, and the implements of smoking it are as such medical devices and should only be used as such (cough, cough, in multiple senses of that joke), it’s unlikely that you’re going to see a blood-pressure pump or a forceps…
When our esteemed art director (who we will decline to explicitly name for reasons that will become clear… now) designed the photo that accompanied Embattled Painting of the Virgin Mary fellating Christ appears to weep blood (at right), our fake April Fool’s day joke article, he mentioned he was pretty…
Remember those awesome commercials in the ’80s for Barbizon, the school where you could train to be a model, or just look like one? Well, Bettina May brings her version to Beauty Bar at 3 p.m. this afternoon, with a program that goes way beyond the model “look.” In fact,…
It was partially by coincidence and partly by design that the opening credits of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining had just started rolling when we flipped on the TV Saturday night in our room at the Stanley Hotel; the movie, of course, is based on Stephen King’s novel by the same…
Reality TV’s most impressive characteristic is its ability to find drama in literally everything. Somehow, through some combination of theatrical background music or clever video editing or strategic misuse of footage, it makes even the most insignificant events perilous and thrilling. There are not many similarities between Denver’s Next Improv…
Dear Barry Bonds, The prosecution is set to wrap today its case against you for four counts of false testimony and one count of obstructing justice on account of you gave false testimony to a grand jury in 2003 about taking performance enhancing drugs during your time with the San…
This week’s I-70 closures come just as some local ski resorts are getting into full Spring swing and as new snow continues to pile up: The Interstate will be closed from Empire (exit 232) to Silverthorne (exit 205) on Tuesday, April 5 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for rock…
Well, it’s National Hug a Newsman Day today, and we’ve got to tell you, we’re a little uncomfortable with this. We’ve seen the way you look at us, with your lustful eyes, always licking your lips, which for some reason always leaves some kind of gelatinous white residue around your…
Telling Stories, a group of musicians and writers combining classical pieces with David Sedaris-style essays, is one of the hippest home-grown cultural endeavors around. No wonder founder Jennie Dorris scored a 2010 Westword MasterMind award for her efforts. And while for years Telling Stories serenaded live audiences with intimate events…
The controversy surrounding the artist Rob Cancer’s depiction of what many conservative Christians have protested as the Virgin Mary fellating Christ took a bizarre turn this week, when CONSTRUCT GalleryArtSpaceBlackBox, where the painting has been on display, noticed a substance that appeared to be blood forming around the area of…
To Hop’s credit, the blend of live action and CGI rodents is considerably less creepy than it was in 2007’s incredibly unsettling Alvin and the Chipmunks, one of the worst, most cynical computer-generated turds ever crapped out by Hollywood. In fact, the little rabbit guy in Hop is actually kind…
Driving east on 6th, you’ll notice a wall o’ black and white photos mounted on the side of a building. Be careful not to do too much noticing, though, because these images, especially the one of the naked woman’s breasts, may have the same effect on drivers a car wreck…
This weekend, local dancer Tara Rynders is opening her home to the public for two days of live, intimate performances incorporating movement, music and visual art. Well, the in-house shows have long been sold out, but Rynders will be broadcasting the one-artist-to-one-audience-member interactions in real time via her own ustream…
It’s April, and Easter will be here before you know it — which means it’s time for the Prophet Elijah to weigh in. One of our perennial tip-line favorites, the prophet calls us with impressive regularity to tell us his thoughts on a variety of subjects, including world powers, nuclear…
Seek and ye shall find! The New Belgium Scavenger Hunt returns to Loveland on Saturday, sending shredding scavengers all over the mountain. The $10 price to play (plus lift tickets, available for discounted price of $35) and proceeds from the raffle will benefit the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado. That and…
There are things in this world that really were made to be together. April Fool’s Day, for instance, is really nothing more than an excuse to be roguish and weird — the exact qualities that are the basis for all that is steampunk. Peanut butter, meet chocolate. April 2011, have…
When this weekend’s Denver Style Expo debuts tonight at the Denver Merchandise Mart, there will contests of every kind, from the prestigious Denver Style Awards, which acknowledge the city’s top local designers, to a special people’s choice award for the best-dressed audience members. But for at least one big expo…
While you might want to spend your day pulling pranks on your coworkers, that doesn’t mean you don’t still have a full weekend ahead of you. It’s okay if you spent all your money on whoopee cushions (we did), because since its First Friday, there are tons of events to…
For proof that a lifelong obsession with trivia will win you literally tens of dollars and a modest measure of short-lived semi-fame, look no further than Jeopardy! tomorrow night, when Geeks Who Drink editor Christopher Short will throw down in representation of Denver’s community of nerds with an impressive ability…
After watching the Jersey Shore crew drink and fight and tan together just like a real family, they moved out of the house last week in a rather deflated thirteenth and final episode of the show’s third season. Though the group is still supposed to go to Italy for another…
