One thing’s for certain — zombies have staying power in Denver, where the undead are much more than a passing fad. the Walker Stalker Con came to town this past weekend, bringing cast members from The Walking Dead, Z Nation and more, as well as Freddie Krueger himself — actor Robert…
#87: Tya Anthony A photographer first, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design grad Tya Anthony widens the boundaries of her craft through adventures in mixed-media collage, installation and performance with cultural roots, while also focusing on faces and social movements through portraiture and documentation. What’s on Tya Anthony’s horizon?…
Ritualcravt holds more sparkly goodness than you’d expect to find inside one store — unless it happens to be an eco-craft store, where every gem, bone, fur, nest, petal and potion is the real deal, not some fake geode, and all chosen with care by owner Missy Rhysing, who opened the…
Spring is the season that brings us floral patterns, the first garden parties and reminders to clean out your closets. This month offers many ways to revamp your style and prepare for the hotter season ahead, everything from festivals to fashion shows. Keep reading for the best twelve fashion events…
There are few joys in life simpler or more pure than the cocktail of adrenaline, testosterone and cordite that makes up the American action movie. It is a not a nuanced genre. It is not a deep genre. But in the same way an ice-cold Pabst Blue Ribbon goes down…
Last weekend, Nina Flowers pulled the best of Denver’s drag queens – along with some of her RuPaul’s Drag Race friends – out of her magical, glittery headdress for Drag Nation’s seventh anniversary bash at Tracks, and it was anything but a drag. Oh, wait…! Have a peep at these…
#88: Rebecca Hart Rebecca Hart joined the Denver Art Museum last August as the new Polly and Mark Addison Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, after ten years in a similar position at the Detroit Institute of the Arts. Her first official show at the DAM, Audacious, opened earlier this…
Teens reckoning with their sexual identity may soon receive a delivery of support and encouragement. It comes in a box, but each package is different — whether the recipient is transgender, agender, non-conforming or otherwise non-binary, they’ll find something inside that could be a symbol of solidarity or even an…
TechWears combines fashion and technology in jewelry and accessories made from recycled items — including old computer parts — by founder Drew Johnson. “I am finding my way as I go,” he explains. “I used to call myself chief executive upcycler, and the more I get into it, I realize that I…
Sci-fi took a right turn at the Victorian Age and never moved on – and the result was steampunk, a cult genre that’s here to stay. And that’s particularly true right here in Denver, where steampunk fans gather each year at AnomalyCon for a stellar weekend of cosplay, guest panels,…
Denver muralist and visual artist Jaime Molina is nearing the completion of his residency at the Children’s Museum; he’s the first of several artists who will be hosted at the museum this year. You’ve seen Molina’s murals — which he often makes in collaboration with Pedro Barrios and Joseph Martinez as…
Viviane Le Courtois wants strands of your hair — as long as they’re six inches or longer. The artist and Westword MasterMind plans to braid those donations and weave them into a small structure she calls a Global Thinking Pod, which she will make as part of her creative residency at the…
#89: Sarah Wallace Scott A founding member of Denver’s Tank Studios and former RedLine resident, Colorado native Sarah Wallace Scott is an artist, teacher, curator and businesswoman who makes the time to create print, installation and mixed-media works that often speak to the tentative connection between society and disappearing nature. Read…
It’s not every day that significant new art finds are made. And it’s even rarer for these discoveries to be recognized, shared with the community, and integrated effectively into a larger historical and cultural context. But such is the case at Leadville’s National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum, where…
So, cold enough for you? Okay, that’s a stupid question. Unless you’re a goddamned penguin, polar bear or ice troll, it is way too cold for you. Thanks to the fact that spring announced its arrival this year with a foot and a half of snow, we’re all stuck in…
After sixteen months during which it won a 2015 Best of Denver award for Best New Womenswear Boutique, Whorl Shop will close its doors at 3326 Tejon Street on March 31 — another victim of rising rents in the area. “Whorl, as a retail store, is basically done,” explains owner Megan…
#90: Charlie La Greca Charlie La Greca lives and breathes all things comic book — and then some. A comic artist and one-time inker for D.C. Comics, as well as a first-class nerd, he’s an original founder of Denver Comic Con who’s moved on the create the smaller, more artist-driven…
Oh, Colfax. It’s hard to separate fact from fiction when it comes to this avenue’s spotty history, but one thing is certain: This street is home to some of Denver’s best restaurants, bars, venues and retailers. To survive and thrive along the longest main street in the country takes not…
#91: Daniel Landes A writer, publisher, restaurateur, cook, and arts and literary community-builder, Dan Landes does the Renaissance-man thing the 21st-century way: He oversees the day-to-day at his hip eatery City, O’City, which also serves as a base for the upstairs performance space Deer Pile and the adjacent 1280 Sherman…
#92: Tim Roberts Writer, editor, thinker: Tim Roberts is all of these things in his capacity as the day-to-day mover and shaker at Counterpath, the nonprofit literary press and event space that he runs with partner Julie Carr, earning a Westword MasterMind award along the way. As Counterpath starts a new…
Smash returned to Denver last Wednesday with a can’t-miss combination of ping pong, Jenga, giant cornhole and vintage video games on a wall-sized screen at the Exdo Event Center. The game-oriented club night, which features spins by DJ YoHuckleberry, will be featured every second Wednesday of the month at Exdo…
The Denver Film Society’s Women + Film Festival has set its course for another memorable trip into cinema that starts Tuesday, March 15 at the Sie FilmCenter. The festival’s focus on films “by, for, and about women” will bring everything from narrative features about women at various stages of life…
