What’s the best way to celebrate your first birthday? By wearing a super-hero costume, of course. Down and Derby, Denver’s regular skating bash, did just that — on roller skates, no less — over the weekend with a party at Exdo Center presented by Beauty Bar. Continue reading for the…
People are still talking about the 2012 Nan Desu Kan convention that filled the Marriott at the Denver Tech Center with camaraderie and costumes earlier this month. Bree Davies was there for the entire weekend of anime and gaming of all eras, tropes and worldly origins — where she heard…
What marks a resident of this state? Our Latest Word blog just served up You Know You’re From Colorado When Tumblr top ten, which includes this as number seven: You never understood why the Fellowship in LOTR had so many issues crossing the pass, when you trudge through that kind…
Sign porn! Denver is a showplace for amazing signage from across the decades. For proof, look no further than #denversignporn, a popular Instagram hashtag. That’s what Michael Roberts did, and then compiled some of the best examples of this particular brand of porn in this Latest Word post…
Do you like your art small? If so, VSA Arts/Access Gallery is the place to be this Friday night, when works less than a foot square will be available for purchase at a 99 Pieces of Art on the Wall fundraiser. The art is not just all over the wall,…
Molly Ringwald started writing as a child — before she became an ’80s teen icon who starred in such John Hughes films as Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink and The Breakfast Club . She says she never really thought she’d publish anything, though — but last year, she released her…
There are a few things Denver residents love: craft beer, the outdoors, bikes… and coupons? According to a recent study conducted by ShopAtHome.com, we also love a good deal. Denver ranked second on the coupon website’s list of most frugal cities, after Salt Lake City. See also: – Boulder is…
Next month William Morrow will join the Denver Art Museum as the new Polly and Mark Addison Associate Curator of Contemporary Art. He’s coming from Louisville, Kentucky, where he was founding director of the contemporary art space at 21c, a combination boutique hotel and museum. Michael Paglia met with Morrow…
I am in no position to call anyone a “nerd.” Coming from me — a mere observer/outsider at this past weekend’s Nan Desu Kan Sweet 16th annual Anime convention — that word would be derogatory…and wrong. Sure, anyone could snag a ticket (or a three-day pass, as I did) to…
The Romans living in Pompeii in AD 79 were utterly unprepared for the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which buried the city in ash — and preserved it almost untouched for 1,700 years. In A Day at Pompeii, which opened this past weekend at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science,…
The Sleeper house, the Colorado home made famous by Woody Allen’s 1973 film Sleeper, is among our state’s most iconic buildings — and, according to a recent Forbes list, one of America’s ugliest mansions. The magazine claims “it’s perfect…for aliens” — but plenty of Coloradans love the place. Thumbnail image…
When it comes to home-grown decoration of military aircraft, Matthew Burchette knows it all — from topless cherry-picking pin-ups of the ’40s to the consumer-culture imagery of the present. And the high-flying Wings Over the Rockies air and space museum curator will share his knowledge during a free lecture at…
Have pit bulls gotten a bad rap? That’s the premise behind Beyond the Myth, Libby Sherrill’s documentary on the misconceptions about the animals that screened last night at the Mayan, in the heart of a city that bans the breed. And despite all the information that Sherrill lays out in…
The city of Denver is known for its various breeds of beer geeks, outdoor enthusiasts and sports nuts, but the varied climate of the Denver music scene inspires a particularly diverse group of enthusiasts. Over on the Backbeat blog, our field guide to music fans offers some useful tips for…
Fall is almost upon us, which means it’s Tori Amos season! As the weather turned, we stumbled upon Eric Garcia, a guy who may have a professional day job, but still has fun with his wardrobe. Continue reading to discover his fashion philosophy, where he shops, and what he keeps…
The Rossonian Hotel turns 100 this year, and so far, there hasn’t been much to celebrate. This former hotel in the very heart of Five Points, at the intersection of five streets in Denver’s historic black neighborhood, was once filled with the sounds of the country’s greatest jazz talent. Jack…
Remember Spencer? He was that gorgeous gay man I was going to marry this past May to protest the fact that it’s 2012 and we, as Colorado residents, still can’t legally commit to the loves of our lives through the public and legal acknowledgement of marriage, civil unions or whatever…
Fifty Shades of Grey — The Classical Album, complete with fifteen selections that shlocky author E.L. James swears inspired her as she wrote her BDSM trilogy, hits stores today. But if you like more modern kink, you’re wasting money if you buy the album, says Jenn Wohletz. Instead, she served…
Touted quite correctly as a “cycling circus,” New Belgium Brewing’s annual Tour de Fat is a moving fashion show of bikers who bring their wheels and don costumes to raise money for Bike Denver and the Denver Cruisers. From Book of Mormon enthusiasts to Flintstones fans, this year’s attendees raised…
Want to see Nick Urata and DeVotchKa at Red Rocks on September 20 with the Colorado Symphony and the Airborne Toxic Event? Of course you do…and we have a way you might be able to do it for free. To enter our contest to tickets for the event, all you…
Five years after Paul Thomas Anderson released his Oscar-winning There Will Be Blood, he finally has another movie coming out — and this time, he’s ready for what will follow. “I’ve made six movies, and I feel like I’m only just finally figuring out how this business fucking works,” Anderson…
The comments keep coming about the disgruntled fellow who moved to Denver in July and doesn’t like it: “It is very Yuppified and tries to be all in the now, when it is really stuck somewhere in the 90’s and is about as fake as a city as a city…
