We’re on a roll! In honor of the upcoming Bicycle Film Festival, yesterday Jef Otte and Kelsey Whipple got the wheels turning with their list of the twenty best bicycle scenes in cinema, ever. “Bike porn, sweet,” says bpsycle. But there was one sour note…
Andy Kelso flew back to Colorado last week for a starring role in Wicked — and “it’s incredible” to be back home, says the Aurora native. “I already have heard from old high school and childhood friends who are coming to see the show and have reached out to say…
Wish your favorite purse was just a little bigger? Have a bag that is perfect in every way, except there’s no place in it to put your keys? Handbags.com and Big Buddha Handbags want to hear from you. Running now through April 18, the companies are asking for video submissions…
Leonardo DaVinci has come to the Denver Pavilions. Discover the DaVinci In You, featuring replicas of sixty machines and other inventions created by DaVinci, has moved into the former Virgin Records space — and it’s quite a change from the other things on display in the Pavilions…
What’s better than scoring a perfectly fitting designer dress or a one-of-a-kind pair of shoes on a shopping expedition? Snagging the good stuff at a decent price — or, even better, for free. This weekend, Fast Geek Boutique will host its first-ever Spring Cleaning Clothing Swap and Fashion Denver will…
Bree Daves discovered how the other 1 percent lives when she went to Beaver Creek for a night, and shared her discoveries in “Five things destitute dames need to know about shacking up in fancy hotels.” Among other things, you do not wear the fluffy robe from your room to…
As April blooms, the occasional snow reminds us that it’s Colorado; we view a daring array of fashion hitting the sidewalks. Some of the latest and greatest combinations are being sported by elegant individuals in the city of Denver. This week, accessories are what made the outfit. Be it smokey…
Wicked opens today at the Buell Theatre, with a wickedly good deal: Two and a half hours before each performance, you can enter your name in a lottery at the Buell box office; thirty minutes later, names will be drawn for a limited number of orchestra seats at $25 each,…
Tonight the Mayan is screening Wild at Heart, part of a series of David Lynch films it’s featuring in April. That program inspired Jef Otte’s list of David Lynch’s ten weirdest scenes…
Get in gear! Discover the DaVinci In You, an exhibit of machines and inventions created by Leonardo DaVinci, has moved into the former Virgin Records space in the Denver Pavilions. It’s not quite the stuff of the nearby Victoria’s Secret, but it’s definitely a miraculous body of work. The exhibit,…
This past weekend, I went with some friends to Beaver Creek for a night off from the city (because, obviously, we live so hard and fast in Denver that we need a break). But this wasn’t some rustic retreat: The Condo of Beaver Creek is a gated community inside of…
Where do our libraries come from? Beginning at the turn of the last century, there was a building boom across the nation, thanks to the deep pockets of philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. In Denver alone, nine Carnegie libraries were built early in the twentieth century — five of which still operate…
Every week, Noah Van Sciver serves up both art and insight into local bands in 4 Questions, his comic. But occasionally we send him out to paint the entire town, as he did for the recent opening at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver…
Some spent Easter morning at a sunrise service at Red Rocks. Some celebrated with a big family feast. Some ignored the holiday altogether. And thousands of the faithful flocked to the University of Denver, where The Thorn 2012, a passion play that’s been compared to “Cirque de Soleil meets The…
After seeing the last installment of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Sven Ceelen decided to move the action off the screen and into City Park, where his own quidditch team, the Denver Dementors, practice every Sunday. In Harry Potter and the Prizoner of…
Yesterday Show and Tell introduced Wicked Wednesdays, our look at street style. And no, it’s not shorts in a snowstorm, or flip flops at a steakhouse. There’s a lot more to Denver style than that, and Mauricio Rocha plans to ferret out this city’s true fashionistas. But one reader wasn’t…
Look out! You may be the next fashionista spotted on the streets of Denver. On a recent trip downtown, we found two individuals whose eye for assembling an outfit deserved special attention:…
Half the fun of Frock Out is just getting there: The occasional fashion extravaganza hosted by the Denver Public Library Friends Foundation and Fresh City Life will return on April 19 with a romantic Titanic theme. But before that ship sets sail, you can get onboard…
Boo Boo Radley took the trophy for Best Roller Derby Nickname award in our Best of Denver 2012 — but these athletes have been on a roll while picking their monikers, and Melanie Asmar came up with ten more great roller derby handles in “Denver’s eleven best roller derby nicknames.”…
How the presence of an official Dog the Bounty Hunter merchandise store within 3.5 miles of my home has escaped my knowledge until now, I’m not sure. I’ve always had an affinity for the show, which is unexplainable by any stretch of the trashy imagination. But, man, do I fucking…
In advance of his April 1 appearance in Boulder, Bree Davies interviewed Mike Doughty about his life after Soul Coughing, his solo work and his new autobiography, The Book of Drugs. She attended Doughty’s show at the Fox Theatre Sunday night, and wrote about that. And then we received this…
The West Coast punks are pogoing into town this spring at MCA Denver, Gildar Gallery, the Colorado Photographic Arts Center and other locations, for a series of shows falling under the aegis of Search & Destroy. So-named for the San Francisco ‘zine or the ’70s), the ring of satellite shows…
