Wackos. Weirdos. Dorks. That's what we call folks who are so into certain subjects, such as Star Wars figures or Andy Griffith Show trivia, that it makes the rest of us uncomfortable. Denver author Shari Caudron wondered what made such fanatics tick — and she set off across America to...
Chris Loffelmacher and the rest of the Denver Public Library's Fresh City Life team had their work cut out for them when they decided to tie in cooking demos with the overarching theme "Scene." "Food that you eat with your eyes first," explains Loffelmacher. "Food that tends to be very...
First things first. The Wetboys are not gay. They're not the Wetfags, or the Homo Skate Crew, or the Denver Dicksuckers, or anything else they've been labeled in the hard-core skater world. Sure, some of them wear tight pants. Yes, their name was cribbed from a gay phone-sex ad. And...
After 3 seasons of Project Runway, it seems evident that nobody does the wacky-artsy-type thing like an aspiring designer (though you can also catch some truly wacked-out antics on America’s Next Top Model, which is also on tonight). And nobody has perfected this craziness as much as this season’s yoga-lovin’,...
Three days, 400 breweries, 1,700 beers and — finally — me. Although the Great American Beer Festival has earned a spot on my calendar for each of the three glorious years I've lived in the Mile High City, the fest always comes to a close without me wetting my whistle...
Last night's Witches of Eastwick Meet Le Chocolat soiree at Littleton's the Melting Pot was a lesson in how decadent food doesn't necessarily have to kill you. Julie Pech (pictured), the self-proclaimed Chocolate Therapist, was at hand to discuss the various health benefits of chocolate (yes, you read that right)...
Member papers of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN) this week are providing links on their websites that direct their readers to the many places on the Internet where the home address of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is listed. AAN papers are doing so to show solidarity with the...
Lauri Lynnxe Murphy, a ringleader for Denver's underground art scene, knows real-estate upheaval almost as well as she knows mixed-media installations. "I've had to move my home or studio every two years," says Murphy, who found out this summer that the building housing her current space along artsy Santa Fe...
Need a laugh on this Monday morning. Head over to Jezebel, where the editors have created a delightful prank for those of us who read both Harper's and Harper's Bazaar. The mash up includes J.Simp on the cover and a the Harper's Index, which includes this little dig: "Average price...
In 2000, Westword published its seventeenth Best of Denver issue, a celebration of the city that saluted everything from the Best Name for the New Football Stadium (brewmeister John Hickenlooper’s campaign to keep the Mile High Stadium brand inspired customers to suggest he run for mayor), to Best Performance by...
I was once in Mandeville, Louisiana, just across the lake from New Orleans, for a reunion of sorts at my grandmother's house. I'm pretty sure I'm the only one in the family who doesn't like seafood; it's a long story, but I'm sure it's got something to do with my...
In 1998, Westword published its fifteenth Best of Denver issue, a celebration of the city that saluted everything from Best Local Girl Made Good (Pam Grier, an East High grad and ’70s star suddenly back in fashion with Jackie Brown) to Best Game: Super Bowl XXXII, that day in January...
The drunken frat boys stumbling down Blake Street late one summer evening found an angel blocking the sidewalk. She had wings strapped to her back and a coffee can in her hand — for donations for kids in Haiti, she said. If they wanted, the boys could follow her to...
"Black eyes don't count," Mike tells me from three stools over — by which he means, "Black eyes aren't a big deal." But from where I'm sitting, the golf-ball-sized swelling surrounding his bloodshot eyes and extending well onto his cheekbones sure looks like a big deal. Combined with his lacerated...
6.25.07 Cape Town, South Africa Chief, We were on our way back to camp talking about the legendary African Hunter Andres DeKock when we got ambushed my the lions. It had been yet another 12-hour day of blood, Tsetse fly swarms and sunburn and we were washing the dust out...
The French language is fraught with vowels, with multiples of "i," "e" and "o" all packed together like sardines in one word. "There are certainly lots more than in the English language," concedes Jeremy Sortore. This may seem like a minor detail to you and me, but it's crucial for...
Have you ever felt really out of place? I'm not talking about the times you walked out of the can with toilet paper trailing from your pants, or even when, as a teenager, you had to skulk out of the classroom with your Trapper Keeper held low because at that...
"Bronze Medal," Adam Cayton-Holland, January 25 Man With a Tan It snot so funny -- it's hilarious. I laughed so hard reading Adam Cayton-Holland's piece on tan-banning that now my stomach aches. Thanks a lot. Cayton-Holland is my favorite. Rachael Marcy Denver Holy fuck. What a verbose, unamusing introduction paragraph...
"Paint the Town Read," Amy Haimerl, January 4 Read Alert! What a truly awesome story! This is what Westword should be about -- this article makes it interesting to live here, uncovering little-known bits about the city. It is actually kind of a relief from some of the more titillating...
Steve Horner leans in for a hug. But I do not hug on a first interview. Not even if the subject of the interview has already left me a lengthy voice-mail warning that I, and this newspaper, "have been totally insensitive to the needs of this egalitarian society" -- not...
Okay, so the big man may not have granted all the Christmas wishes I outlined in this space two weeks ago (although I've heard there's some interest in the pros' market idea), but I don't mind -- because someone gave me the massive, two-volume set of cookbooks from El Bulli...
Dear Mexican: How can you explain the disparity between Japan and Mexico? Japan is a nation a fraction the size of Mexico, with zero natural resources, suffered a devastating war of four years that included two atom bombs, yet has reached the highest in educational achievements, technological advancements and economic...
