#100: Dana Cain If the overarching Colorado arts scene is like an awesome picture of a unicorn galloping across a rainbow — and we’re going to go ahead and say that it is — then Dana Cain is like the glitter: essential. A tireless arts cheerleader and all around rolling…
The only albino alligator in Colorado — and it’s pretty weird that there is even one — celebrates his birthday tomorrow. Well, it’s not really his birthday, but it is the first anniversary of his arrival at the Colorado Gators Reptile Park, a truly strange attraction just north of Alamosa…
Local couture house Maison de Rose released Wreck Less Abandon today, a gorgeous sneak peak into an in-the-works full-length fashion movie featuring local artists as models. Maison de Rose’s Baily Rose says the short piece came to life after she and Luke Bender (of multimedia collective Brass Tree) went on…
This week’s print issue marked Westword’s seventh annual awards for local MasterMinds. There were five in this year’s MasterMind class, about which you can read via the links below, and as an added bonus, you can view their works, thanks to the technology of this modern age…
Genghis Con XXXII kicks off today, and to celebrate the weekend-long board-gaming fest, we’ve decided to create a handy guide for people looking to attend. Since it runs over the course of four days and is filled with hundreds of events, you’re going to need our help — and a…
As a cultural construct, video games are better known for blowing shit up and somehow causing rape than as a scholarly pursuit. Still, like any other form of entertainment, video games engage us, capture our attention and, perhaps, alter the way we see the world — and examining how they…
Yes, your childhood dream of being able to play The Great Gatsby instead of reading it is finally here. While it’s not going to help your high school term paper score, it’s still a welcome addition to the book-turned-into game genre, and it’s filled with nods to the original story,…
Denver’s Smitten Kitten outlet — the local outpost at 70 Broadway of the infamous Minneapolis boutique — has shut its legs, er, doors. Between the store’s DIY pasties workshops — and others, like Treats for Your Sweets and Real Sex vs. Porn Sex with Jayme Waxman, which just took place…
For all those who give pom-pom critters for birthdays, feel an urge to stick googly eyes on everything or just occasionally get a twitch to fold some origami, we bring you “Gettin’ Crafty,” where we feature a craft you can easily make with minimal supplies and limited finances. Here at…
Seven years ago, Westword added a very special component to Artopia: the MasterMind awards. Recognizing that the local arts scene needed a little fertilizer to really get going, and growing, we created a program that every year honors five cultural visionaries — artists and organizations alike — working to change…
When Slam Nuba was started four years ago by a small group of Denver poets fresh off a win at the Poetry Slam nationals with the team from the Mercury Cafe, there was some concern that the upstart group would cause some friction. The Merc was the established anchor of…
The Titwrench music festival — built from the ground up three years ago as a way to highlight women in music and give a stage to “folks who don’t necessarily fit comfortably into any scene,” says founder Sarah Slater — is almost the definition of DIY: a grassroots, community-run project…
Tricia Hoke does so much more than design clothes — but she does even that with an intense artistic flair. An excellent illustrator who teaches classes on the fine art of fashion sketching, Hoke creates clothing from the most cozy material on earth — sweatshirt — but the pieces magically…
I was probably one of your top-five worst interns,” confesses Adam Gildar. And he could be right, which means there’s absolutely no favoritism involved in this MasterMind award. “I was obsessed with Illiterate at the time and trying to put out another issue.” This was back when Gildar was a…
Tiffiny Wine knows how to swing — in the healthiest understanding of the term. “Dancing is a really, really important thing for people on a very human level,” she says. “We are all supposed to dance. I am of the belief that we all have some very mysterious but innate…
Valentine’s Day can be a scary thing to plan for. There are heightened expectations, guess work, the high risk of going too corny or not corny enough. Which is why we say you leave it all in the hands of Mother Nature, who is really in charge of this whole…
Last night, Project Runway contestant and Denver’s current fashion star Mondo Guerra was at the Infinity Park Event Center for a clothing recycling bonanza known as the Good Exchange Fashion Show and Clothing Swap in Glendale. There was a fashion show featuring Goodwill clothing — repurposed by Denver School of…
Hot Throttle is a game — er, experience — from Cactus and Doomlaser, best known for, well, not really known for anything, but best associated with the weirder side of gaming. Case in point, the premise of Hot Throttle is that you play as a naked man who believes he…
For all those who give pom-pom critters for birthdays, feel an urge to stick googly eyes on everything or just occasionally get a twitch to fold some origami, we bring you “Gettin’ Crafty,” where we feature a craft you can easily make with minimal supplies and limited finances. With the…
Friday night, February 4, 2011 was Fashion Denver’s anniversary party, marking eleven years in business and one year at its Bannock Street location. Local designers and music were offered to those who hit up this free public party. Photos by Hunter Stevens. See the full slide show…
Last night was the first of a few pre-parties Westword is hosting in advance of Artopia, which goes down February 19 at five venues in the Golden Triangle neighborhood. (All the Artopia details, including available tickets are here: Artopia Denver.) Last night’s party was at Beauty Bar, 608 E. 13th…
If there’s one thing we’ve proven time and time again, it’s that Denver loves its burlesque. What better way to show your appreciation for the timeless act of girls seductively removing their clothes and dancing than to learn a little about the history? You can do so this weekend at…
