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Are You Ready to Get Lit? A Dozen Things to Do in Denver This Week

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Permanent Memories: Denver Artist Gives an Inside Look at Tattooing in Prison

By John FlathmanAugust 7, 2024

Piper was incarcerated for twelve years, and the whole time, he tattooed. He reflects on it in his new book, American InkSlinger.

drag queen Jessica L'Whor

Jessica L’Whor Is Looking for Colorado’s Next Drag Superstar

By Emily FergusonAugust 1, 2024

Filled with big prizes and “twists,” Colorado’s Next Drag Superstar competition will see drag artists performing at X Bar each Sunday until September 29.

tattoo shop in Denver called Sol Tribe

Sol Tribe Manager on Sudden Closing, New Shop and Upholding a Legacy

By Emily FergusonJuly 25, 2024

Casey Hosch, Sol Tribe’s manager, was just as surprised as everyone else by the sudden news.

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production of the Broadway musical Wicked

Denver Gets Seventh Visit From Wicked for a Month of Shows

By Toni TrescaJuly 24, 2024

Experience Wicked live at the Buell Theatre from July 24 to August 25, ahead of the film adaptation’s release in November.

Hundreds of tattoo artists from around the United States had booths for festival attendees to get fresh ink.

Denver Tattoo Arts Festival Brought Three Days of Ink to the Convention Center: Photos

By Rebecca SlezakJuly 22, 2024

Hundreds of tattoo artists from around the U.S. brought their designs and fresh new ink to festival-goers.

A band of seven mustangs at The Wild Horse Refuge

Five Places Where You Can See Wild Horses in Colorado

By Abigail BlissJuly 17, 2024

Mustang populations in Colorado herd management areas have decreased by approximately 38 percent since 2020, but you can see them at four HMAs and one sanctuary that rescues “excess” horses displaced by the BLM.

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French Bulldogs in Conifer

Photos: The Monthly French Bulldog Meetup in Conifer

By Jack SpiegelJuly 15, 2024

About 25 French Bulldogs and their owners escaped the heat in Conifer this weekend.

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Denver Drag Star Lulu Krystals Competes on Out TV’s Camp Wannakiki

By John FlathmanJuly 11, 2024

The Denver drag star is one of the queens to watch on Out TV’s Camp Wannakiki, and she’ll be joined for this week’s premiere with the season’s full cast at Hamburger Mary’s.

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Remembering Jessica McMillan, an Artist Whose Light Will Never Fade

By Emily FergusonJuly 10, 2024

Jessica McMillan was an artist who brought a world of rainbows into the lives of those who knew her.

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The Inaugural Aurora Borealis Festival Will Light Up the City of Aurora This November

By Abigail BlissJuly 10, 2024

Vivid laser shows, a mystical forest walk, luminous displays and more will be found at first-ever Aurora Borealis Festival.

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Revival of The Bonfils Girl Tells the Story of Denver Legend Helen Bonfils

By Toni TrescaJuly 9, 2024

“Helen Bonfils is a little more well-known than she was ten years ago, but I hope this broadens people’s understanding of who she was and even excites them,” says Mike Broemmel, author of The Bonfils Girl.

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Rocky Mountain Regional Rodeo, Longest-Running Gay Rodeo, Rides Back Into Denver

By Toni TrescaJuly 8, 2024

“It’s so surreal to have been from Colorado, have made so much of the book here, and now be back to open the Colorado Gay Rodeo Association.”

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FAN EXPO 2024: Our Favorite Booths, Weird Merch, Cosplays and More

By Teague BohlenJuly 5, 2024

The annual fan convention is at the Colorado Convention Center through Sunday, July 7.

tattoo shop in Denver called Sol Tribe

Sol Tribe Closes After Fifteen Years

By Emily FergusonJuly 3, 2024

The shop at 56 Broadway announced on Instagram that the closure was sudden.

Playing Dungeons & Dragons at the Alamo Drafthouse movie theater in Denver

Dungeons & Dragons Gets Monthly Event at Alamo Drafthouse

By Teague BohlenJuly 3, 2024

It took the 2023 film Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves to really roll a nat-20 and make Dungeons & Drafthouse happen.

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Shadow cast members perform The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Esquire Theatre.

Curtains Close on the Esquire’s Last Performance of The Rocky Horror Picture Show

By Hannah MetzgerJuly 3, 2024

“For that moment, you’re not alone. … You’re part of something bigger.”

FAN EXPO Denver 2024: Top Things to Do and See

By Teague BohlenJuly 1, 2024

There’s almost too much nerdalicious goodness at FAN EXPO Denver, so prioritize and let your geek flag fly!

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Over the Rainbow: All the Denver Pride Events in June

By Westword StaffJune 27, 2024

Pride is on the march through the end of June.

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Photos: PrideFest Parade Celebrates Denver’s Fiftieth Pride

By Brandon JohnsonJune 24, 2024

The parade was briefly interrupted by pro-Palestine demonstrators, who were later welcomed on stage.

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How Denver PrideFest Became One of the Country’s Biggest Pride Events

By Emily FergusonJune 19, 2024

Until 1973, it was illegal for same-sex couples to hold hands in public. Now, after decades of dedication, Denver PrideFest is ringing in its fiftieth anniversary as one of the largest celebrations in the country.

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Your Ultimate Guide to Denver PrideFest This Weekend

By Toni TrescaJune 17, 2024

The annual festival rings in its fiftieth anniversary this year.

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Historic Elitch Theatre Celebrates Pride With Rainbow Cult

By Teague BohlenJune 14, 2024

It’s an all-day glittery gala at Denver’s oldest theater, which is screening the ’90s drag classic To Wong Foo.

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