It’s more than simple hometown loyalty that keeps Lil’ Miss Firefly coming back to the Immundo burlesque show in Denver. During the past nine years, the Colorado native has built an international reputation with her act, a routine she’s performed in Las Vegas, New York and Europe. Firefly stands three…
Don’t feel like sitting in ski traffic to ride the rails? The Ruby Hill Rail Yard Terrain Park at South Platte River Drive & Florida Avenue opened on Saturday with rails, slider boxes, jumps and open slopes for sledding and learning to ride. Bob Holme, who oversees the terrain parks…
This round’s Immundo burlesque show has a special treat in store for attendees: None other than Lil’ Miss Firefly, the sideshow midget (and yes, that is how she prefers to be referred to) doing a glass-walking burlesque routine fresh off her tour with the Pretty Things Peepshow — the nation’s…
Editor’s note: Tig Notaro returns to Denver on January 13 for a gig at the hi-dive. Jef Otte had a chance to talk to her about her former life in Denver’s music scene and her current life as a comic and Sarah Silverman sidekick. Read all about it: Tig Notaro…
You might think that 2010 was the year of the platformer, but here we are in 2011, and the damn things are still oozing out of people’s brains and onto the Internet. It’s not a bad thing, by any means, but we’re pretty certain critical mass was reached late last…
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…
New Year’s Eve is definitely an adult-oriented holiday, but The Children’s Museum has found the perfect solution — move the celebration from midnight to noon and roll out the bubble wrap for all to enjoy…
How does running and jumping around a weird universe and avoiding spinning fans of death sound for a quick time-wasting exercise? If it’s your idea of a good lunch break, than Insidia is right up your alley. Insidia is a Metroid-style platforming game in the simplest sense of the words,…
So you just got Microsoft’s new controllerless system Kinect for your kids for Christmas and you’ve spent the holidays jumping around your house, dancing and having an all around good time. Good news right? Finally your kid is getting off the couch and moving. Well, according to Fox News in…
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. So Santa…
It’s probably significant that Sabrina Neu originally wanted to look into substance abuse issues among students. “But that’s something that’s been done quite a bit,” says Neu, who ended up looking into the effects of massive multiplayer online video gaming for her doctoral thesis at University of the Rockies in…
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…
Not to toot our own horn or anything, but it’s already time to start gearing up for Westword’s Artopia on February 19, that epic, five-venue block party of art, music and awesome. This year, the folks over in marketing have told us we can put a pair of people on…
On Sunday, Nuggets Center Chris Andersen magically appeared at the J.W. Marriott in Cherry Creek North, dressed as probably the most blinging-ass Santa ever. Here, the Birdman interacts with a young fan. But look a little closer. Is Birdman offering some sage advice to this little emulator? Or perhaps staring…
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…
As you may have heard, there was a substantial Ice Age find in Snowmass this Fall. On October 14, a bulldozer driver stumbled on the bones of a female mammoth, and the ensuing excavation has yielded prehistoric skeletons preserved in unprecedented quality and amount. There have even been two undiscovered…
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…
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. Sick of…
Any day now winter will settle and the city will be awash in snowmen (and women.) Mostly naked but for innuendo-laden lumps of coal, carrots, and maybe some boots, are these snowfolk baring too much? Unless we act, my friends, we’re complicit in this appalling state. Prepare for the coming…
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…
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…
