Comment of the day: Louis Vuitton replica handbags likes fake art

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…

Ghost hunt! A weekend at the Stanley Hotel passes without haunting

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…

Denver’s Next Improv Star week ten: cliffhangers and fainting goats

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: You ain’t gotta lie to kick it

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…

Telling Stories takes to the airwaves courtesy of Colorado Public Radio

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…

Hop is this week’s most ridiculous trailer

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…

A very special Easter message from the Prophet Elijah

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…

This Weekend in Stoke: Altogether awesome April action

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…

This weekend: Meet Denver’s Top Ten designers at the Denver Style Expo

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…

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, April 1-3, 2011

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…

Geeks Who Drink’s Christopher Short makes good on Jeopardy! tomorrow night

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…