Every Christmas, my brother buys me something, um, unusual. That’s why I have so many hand-carved Indian faces, hemp necklaces and — my favorite — a painting of a buffalo on the moon. It’s all made by artists local to the place where he’s residing at the time. If you’re…
At every karaoke night I’ve ever attended, someone inevitably sings “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.” As many times as I’ve heard that song, I’d still put even money on Eileen Ivers beating that Johnny punk fair and square. Decide for yourself tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Boettcher Concert Hall…
There’s no shortage of “palooza”-heavy titles these days. By now the suffix should be, like, scrawled all over our cultural notebook. Adding to the frenzy is Breckenridge Resort’s Holipalooza. “It’s a way of packaging all the things we do for the holidays under one name,” says Kristen Petitt, public-relations director…
Once again, it’s the season to cheer about stupid lights turning on at Downtown Denver’s Grand Illumination. Sorry if I sound, well, bitter. As a waiter for a private dinner club, I once had to serve champagne and hors d’oeuvre in the rain — in a tuxedo shirt, no less…
David Grinspoon is looking for something. Usually he’s searching for aliens, but today it’s for a biography of his thirteen-year-old self printed in the now-defunct Kids Magazine. “It reads something like, ‘In addition to writing and drawing, David, who is thirteen, enjoys playing the guitar, reading science fiction and building…
What if everyone reading this sent me random words to incorporate into next week’s piece? Maybe “pimply chickens,” “East L.A.” and “diamond-studded toilet plungers” could define my day at the computer. Sounds tough, right? How about filming, acting, scoring and editing a movie in front of a live audience, or…
Excluding any kind of vampire-sex fantasy, Denver’s only attempt at coffin fun takes place today as Six Flags Elitch Gardens, 2000 Elitch Circle, unearths Fright Fest with its first-ever Casket Race. A hearse parade opens the festivities at 1 p.m., and then casket-racing teams of two — one pushing, one…
Herd your posse of ragtag cowboys and Indians into the minivan for three days of Old West fun. Starting today and continuing through Sunday, the quickest guns in the land will be competing at Cripple Creek’s National World Fast-Draw Competition as part of the town’s Frontier & Chuckwagon Daze, which…
Bet you can’t guess what happens at the third annual Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival. Here are a couple of hints to get you started: It doesn’t have anything to do with squirrel hunting or heavy metal, and the saying “Don’t judge a book by its cover” doesn’t stand a…
If David Letterman ever did the Top Ten Reasons for Running on Colfax Avenue, “Damn, that cop is fast” and “That hooker stole my wallet” would clock in at, like, numbers two and three, while “I need exercise” wouldn’t make it as far as the cutting-room floor. But that’s all…
