“It’s a wagon with slightly clunky wheels, but that’s intentional,” says performance artiste extraordinaire Nina Rolle. “It’s a traveling medicine show that pitches a tent in whatever town it’s in, and then these rogues show up and put on a production. It’s got that kind of flavor.” It’s tough to…
There’s something special about vinyl. It could be a record’s versatility, its maneuverability, the crackle of the needle skimming the surface — whatever the je ne sais quoi element happens to be, it’s kept records around longer than any other music medium. Emile Berliner patented the first gramophone sound system…
Tonight’s Dash & Dine 5K is not to be confused with the “dine and dash,” a method of eating dinner for free if you can outrun restaurant security. For one thing, the Dash & Dine is not illegal; for another, it doesn’t involve racing on a full stomach, which is…
Brian O’Connell’s past finally caught up with him on Monday, March 27. The 38-year-old naturopath was sentenced to thirteen years in prison after pleading guilty in February to multiple criminal charges, including criminally negligent homicide, practicing medicine without a license, assault and theft. Police learned that O’Connell might be practicing…
Last year, Team Highland Pacific won the Denver Jax Fish House’s annual Oyster Eating Contest. “The four of them ate 116 oysters,” says Jax’s Bryce Clark. And Boulder’s individual winner scarfed down 95 all by himself. In fact, all this month, Jax is all about eating ridiculous numbers of oysters…
Some historians believe that belly dancing’s isolated hip movements were used to strengthen the muscles needed for childbirth. These days, though, most women (and their male fans) get into belly dancing because it’s dead sexy. But Miles Copeland had music in mind when he created the Bellydance Superstars, a top-of-the-line…
Summertime music festivals in Telluride are a staple of any well-rounded aural diet. But when the leaves turn and the snow starts falling, the ski town sometimes waits months for world-renowned artists to return with their rump-shakin’ tunes. Well, winter used to look musically bleak for Telluride, but things have…
Every year, the foothills town of Lyons hosts a Whitewater Festival with races, water rodeos, food, games, beer and more. To enhance both the festival and the town’s reputation as a recreational destination, residents are raising money for construction of a world-class whitewater feature called the “October Hole.” The addition…
These days, it seems like nobody wants to be single. And truly, after a while the one-night stands, blind dates and online encounters get a little old. For singles looking to change their status, three different companies dedicated to hooking people up (Cottonwood Connection, PreDating and Singles Marketplace) will join…
When someone moves, it’s only polite to throw them a going-away party. Since none of you inconsiderate people offered your services to bid Jazz@Jack’s old location farewell, the staff took it upon themselves to make their last week at 1553 Platte Street #202 as memorable as possible. Tonight’s show is…
“I feel as if the Denver dance-music culture is one of the strongest in the entire nation,” says Ryan Dykstra, the man behind Ryan Dykstra Nightlife and the event promoter of 2K6, today’s mind-blowing conglomeration of the hottest names in electronic music. “It’s a very loyal following.” For this special…
Standup comedy hasn’t evolved much since the glory days of ventriloquist and puppet. Every so often, there’s a Gallagher smashing watermelons or a musical funnyman like Jack Black, but for the most part, comedy is a dude on a stage with a microphone, plodding through a joke-punchline-new-joke routine. Boring! Well,…
Colorado Quickies is “kind of a smorgasbord for the audience,” says Write Angle Productions playwright and producer Tyler Smith. “They don’t know what’s coming from one play to the next, so it’s always a surprise.” And smorgasbords, as everyone knows, are perfect for people who can’t make up their minds…
To be fair, some women do get excited about the Super Bowl. They hunker down in front of the flickering television in the dark den with the menfolk, decked out in team colors, uttering guttural threats to referees when necessary and arguing with their spouses over who’s going to get…
For most viewers, the Academy Awards mean two things: celebrity fashion and suspense over a handful of categories, like Best Actor or Best Actress. But in between the red-carpet arrivals and the announcement of the year’s best big-budget blockbuster, heaps of gold-plated little men must be distributed to more obscure…
SAT, 11/19 Winter is a despondent time for motorcyclists. As the weather turns cold and the roads get icy and unsafe, they unenthusiastically nestle their cycles and motorbikes into a warm, safe space for ninety days or more of hibernation. And though those motorcycles totally have it made, the owners…
Motorcycle exhibits are all the rage at local museums and galleries, but Mario’s Double Daughter’s Salotto is doing something a little different. All this month it’s hanging custom lowrider bicycles built by Tyler Stans. “About a decade ago, a friend pulled three antique bikes out of the trash, then proceeded…
When Marcia Weber was first exposed to contemporary folk art and outsider art, she didn’t realize how integral it would become to her everyday life. “I come from a fine-art background,” Weber says, “and I was mesmerized by the fact that people who didn’t know how to spell Œart’ actually…
FRI, 8/26 “It’s really hard to categorize,” says Andenken curator Ryan Riss, who is struggling to come up with a moniker to classify the five nationally recognized artists he’s assembled for MyMyHeyHey, an exhibit that opens tonight and runs until September 23. “I don’t want to say ‘street culture,'” he…
As the Colorado State Fair settles into Pueblo from August 26 to September 5, savvy Denverites might ask: “Who goes to the fair, anyway, besides farmers and grandparents?” Well, put down your Cosmos and snap on some overalls, because the answer is… you. Organizers say that the 133rd edition, while…
SAT, 8/20 Get a hip-hop education tonight at Blackberries Ice Cream & Coffee Lounge, 710 East 26th Avenue. Tupac’s acting debut, Juice, will screen as part of the of the Colorado Hip-Hop Coalition’s every-other-Saturday Hip-Hop Flix Film Series. The show goes on at 7:15 p.m., and admission is free, although…
Once upon a time, Wheat Ridge was the carnation-growing capital of the planet. Those sweet days have faded like a post-prom corsage, but the city continues to celebrate its floral heritage by throwing a kick-ass Carnation Festival every year. This summer’s festivities will bloom like never before with the Wheat…
