Photos: Serious skate porn from Bordo Bello 2012

Denver’s fifth annual Bordo Bello custom skateboard auction was the city’s largest ever, with more than 350 designer decks up for sale at RedLine gallery over the weekend. The art show drew fans of both the sport and the art behind, with pieces by both local and national artists. Keep…

Reader: James Holmes Halloween mask in very bad taste

Would you pay $500 for a mask of James Holmes? One was offered last week on eBay for $500. And then would you wear it out in public? See also: – James Holmes ultra-realistic Halloween mask listed on eBay for $500 – Five tips for visiting a haunted house -…

Reader: Beware overeager petitioners on the 16th Street Mall

The 16th Street Mall turned thirty yesterday, and the city will be marking the occasion with a celebration at 11:30 a.m. next Tuesday at Skyline park. In the meantime, we headed downtown to do our own mall crawl, and offer stories along the way. Readers contributed their own insights on…

Reader: Does this Saran Wrap make my butt look big?

Governor John Hickenlooper has declared this first week of October “Colorado Fashion Week,” but judging from the response to one photo in our slide show of Colorado-created fashion, one designer needs to go back to the drawing board…or the kitchen cupboard… See also: – Colorado Fashion Week: Behind the Scenes…

Reader: Big Blue Bear and the dancing stick figures should go!

Just in time for Denver’s closeup in the international press, “I See What You Mean,” aka the Big Blue Bear, has gotten a facelift. But by simply sprucing up the sculpture outside of the Colorado Convention Center, Denver missed a bet. So last week, we offered up several more meaningful…

Reader: Don’t reopen Century 16, the “thug theatre”

Should Aurora’s Century 16, the complex that includes the theater where thirteen people were shot to death on July 20, reopen? That’s what Cinemark, the owner, has decided to do, and when the City of Aurora posted a survey on Facebook asking what should be done with the complex, the…

Five tips for visiting a haunted house

I hit the 13th Floor over the weekend, and I can sum up the experience with this: I came, I saw, I almost whizzed my drawers. I’ve trotted through miles of haunted houses over the years, but this one is by far the scariest, trippy-est, most off-the-chain that I’ve ever…

What’s in your bag? Fake mustache, tickets and more!

Fall is here, and weather-beating black boots have hit the streets. But while that footgear may be a staple, Jerome Maestas makes his look unique with a sensational take on accessories, including turning a necklace into a shoulder embellishment. Keep reading to learn his style mantra, which singer designed his…

Reader: Marie Antoinette is no corset-sploitation flick

Jenn Wohletz first heard of Jeni Britton Bauer’s magical, frozen concoctions back in 2006, when Sophia Ford Coppola’s Marie Antoinette came out, and Jeni’s created a collection of whole-milk yogurt-based, specially-flavored ice creams inspired by the film. The Jeni’s flavors were almost as delicious as the movie that inspired them…

Holy fuckin’ shit, profanity is beautiful

When my miniature obsession with Wayne White emerged two weeks ago, it was because I had loved his work my whole life — without ever knowing who he was. The visual aids White had provided for my childhood — from the puppets on Pee-wee’s Playhouse to shorts for Liquid Television…

Reader: Best costumes does not mean best underwear!

There’s still more than a month until Halloween, but at Skylab at the Denver Coliseum this past weekend, the costumes came out. See also: -Twenty-five best costumed ravers at Skylab 2012 -Twenty best vaguely German costumes of Oktoberfest Denver 2012 /twenty_best_pirate_costumes_of.php”>–Twenty best pirate costumes of BrethrenCon 2012 And came off…