Clued in by an elf at St. Nick’s — you know, that behemoth holiday nightmare superstore off of Santa Fe Drive where you can buy Broncos Christmas ornaments — my mission took me to PetsMart for a photo with Santa. First, I had to go home to round up my…
We’re all hearing a lot of talk this holiday season about shopping local and what it means to a community. But Talulah Jones shop owner Robin Lohre is doing more than that: Beginning December 1, Lohre will host a reception showcasing a different local artisan every night through Christmas Eve…
Denver fashion maven Brandi Shigley is all bounce and determination; even when she cries (yes, even the most cheerful people lose it once in awhile amid the trials of entrepreneurship: After vandals broke a window at Shigley’s Fashion Denver boutique and headquarters last week, Brandi admits that there were tears),…
Cora Vette (aka Reyna Von Vett) never knows what’ll come out of Santa’s mouth. “It’s usually dirty,” she says. “And then I yell at him, and then he goes to the bar and drinks. “Lecherous Mr. Claus,” she concludes. Burlycute veterans might remember an incarnation of Naughty Noel last year,…
You’re just too old for sitting on Santa’s lap at the mall. People stare. But that only-at-the-holidays feeling is still out there … now with tassels! You’ve got three chances left to catch Midnight Martini’s Winter Burlescapades, playing Thursdays through the end of December at Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret, 16th Street…
We’re all hearing a lot of talk this holiday season about shopping local and what it means to a community. But Talulah Jones shop owner Robin Lohre is doing more than that: Beginning December 1, Lohre will host a reception showcasing a different local artisan every night through Christmas Eve…
Every once and a while we need a game that just screws with the player. Whether that’s mentally or physically doesn’t matter. F*ck This Game manages to do both by creating a game that requires dexterity in finger placement while taxing your brain. Also, it makes you feel stupid, which…
We’re all hearing a lot of talk this holiday season about shopping local and what it means to a community. But Talulah Jones shop owner Robin Lohre is doing more than that: Beginning December 1, Lohre will host a reception showcasing a different local artisan every night through Christmas Eve…
You haven’t really experienced the holidays until you’ve seen the historic and elegant Grant-Humphreys mansion on Quality Hill in seasonal dress, with poinsettias lining the grand staircase and light streaming into the first-floor sunroom. That was the setting last Sunday for Fashion Denver’s quarterly shopping spree, Vixen, a festive holiday…
We’re all hearing a lot of talk this holiday season about shopping local and what it means to a community. But Talulah Jones shop owner Robin Lohre is doing more than that: Beginning December 1, Lohre will host a reception showcasing a different local artisan every night through Christmas Eve…
Have you seen this eye-catching billboard on Champa Street just south of 14th? It’s been dubbed the Faces of Colorado Art billboard, a collaborative effort curated by the Denver Theatre District’s Art Salon. But who are the artists behind the billboard?…
Second Saturday Open Studio Night at Wazee Union went down on Saturday night, and photographer Hunter Stevens was there. Stevens brings back these photos from the gallery…
The Aspen Grove Santa is a wandering one. Luckily, he’s trailed by gaggle of carolers — dressed like real-life, Disney-like Dickens characters, no less — so he’s easy to track down along the sidewalks of the outdoor shopping and “LifeStyle Center.” I found him taking a break on a bench…
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. If you…
When I think of Fellini’s film Juliet of the Spirits, I think of beautiful women in big hats on the beach — the gorgeous surreal. When local designer Mona Lucero chose “Felliniesque” as the theme for her boutique’s eighth-anniversary fashion show, she turned to the dictionary. “I thought, ‘Do I…
Since Gimme Gimme Pillow Toast closed its Belmar retail doors last fall, store owners Andrew Novick and his wife Janene have been selling their collected Japanese kitsch online. Now, in a partnership with Mod Livin’, the couple has brought Gimme Gimme’s stock back to the tangible world, setting up shop…
I think most people who attended last weekend’s Fancy Tiger Holiday Handmade Craft Fair — and there were a lot of them: we’ve heard estimates of 1,500 or more — left with a good feeling about the local handmade community. Not only were the 75 or so vendors on board…
Some people just stand out. Whether their style is cutting-edge, quirky or just well-executed, they make you want to know: How do they do it? Because we work for you, we’re finding out. Each day, we’ll hit the streets and talk to one person who catches our eye and makes…
If you think about it, the concept of money in general is pretty weird: Basically, we assign a value to a random object and, as a society, agree upon its representative worth — there’s nothing intrinsically valuable about a $20 bill, for example, but neither is there anything intrinsically valuable…
Holy bloody hell this one’s a doozy. Quick, think of all the things you like about games. Okay, what do you have so far? Fun, action, explosions, jumping, puzzling? Maybe you’re just interested in farming or pretending you’re a god. Now erase your list, tell your boss you’re taking a…
Update: 12:18 p.m. Thursday: We’ve picked our four winners! Thanks for playing everybody, and if you didn’t win, remember there should still be tickets available the old fashioned way! ________________ Theater critic Juliet Wittman writes in her review of Dixie’s Tupperware Party: “This show is dirty. Seriously dirty.” Right away,…
This is not what we had planned. By all accounts, the Santa representative at the Aurora Mall — ahem, the “Town Center at Aurora” –positioned in front of Macy’s in a red suit and plopped down in a mildly sad, purple button-back chair was our guy. But after an elf…
