Denver Life

New Year’s is all about the old and the new—fresh starts, auld acquaintance not being forgotten, you know the drill. So we go out for the night to ring it all in, watch the ball drop either literally or metaphorically, and toast to the promise of all that’s coming. But for…

Happy new year! 2015 was a great year to be a geek, but there’s every reason to think 2016 will be just as good, if not better. To get your year started off right, we’ve rounded up ten of  Denver’s best opportunities to get your geek on and listed them,…

It’s easy to feel like you’re in the right place at the right time — if you know what you’re looking for before you get there. This past Monday, I joined a friend for the annual Winter Solstice celebration at Ironton Studios & Gallery. In the heart of what is…

Christmas is almost here: The lights have been hung, Mariah Carey is being played once an hour on every radio station and now men have decided to add some holiday flair to their beards. In 2014 we were introduced to Christmas beard baubles; 2015 looks like it’s the year of…

It’s the time of year for eggnog, present wrapping and terrible, awful, no-good bullshit Christmas movies. Seriously, is there any holiday more beleaguered by cheesy garbage than Christmas? While yes, there are gems that balance the sentiment with a good story, a little edge and maybe some laughs, most fall…

‘Tis that holiday when Annual Gift Man rears his horrible head and only John Waters and his powerful gay gun can save us. If you find yourself in a same-sex relationship this year — after cleaning up the embers of that disastrous hetero relationship you tried just to make your…

Tacky, tasteless, grotesque: Some fashion is so bad it’s good, and ugly Christmas sweaters are the epitome of this theory. In honor of National Ugly Sweater Day, which just happens to be today, December 18, we’re offering our list of the five best places to snag your Yuletide fashion —…

Dogs and their humans gathered Tuesday night at Alpine Dog Brewing for beer and cheer and ugly sweater contests for all. The Yappy Hour event was a benefit for the Denver Dumb Friends League. All photos by Ken Hamblin III. Now see the full  Denver Dumb Friends League Holiday Yappy Hour…

Denver-based pet-prosthetics specialists OrthoPets got a leg up this month, when the Small Business Revolution sponsored by Deluxe Corp. surprised the operation with a $25,000 check. A few of OrthoPets’ bionic puppy patients showed up at the dog-friendly Watering Bowl on December 2 for a surprise party that honored Martin Kauffman,…

In just over a week, 2015 will come to a close. That means it’s time for that most joyous of traditions — the year-end list! Everywhere you turn, lists of the best, the worst, the most and the least are springing up, informing you about all the cool shit that…

All through this year, it felt like 2015 had a lot of changes in store for Denver — some good, some not so good. Just a few weeks ago, Andre’s Confiserie Suisse announced it was closing at the end of December, meaning one more cherished institution is going the way…

Filmmaker Todd Haynes has been on the cutting edge of queer cinema for years, transporting viewers through a gay fantasia of unique periods, from Velvet Goldmine’s glam-rock glitter to Far From Heaven’s Technicolor-soaked yearnings, with plenty of dramatic time travel in between. Now, just in time for Christmas, comes Carol, an…

We stumbled into some serious style when we spotted Amber Wilkerson, owner of  a local spray tan business, Amber Spray Tans, and author of the blog Every Once in a Style, after Larimer Square’s Winter Fashion Show at Edge in the Four Seasons. “It was awesome,” she said. “I love seeing local…

This past week has been a big one at my house, with two ongoing major life milestones for my little girl. First, my wife decided that now that the kiddo’s fourth birthday is on the horizon — she’s almost exactly three-and-a-half — it’s time to stop fucking around and get…

Yes, you are officially running late if you’re not at the wrapping-and-placing-under-the-tree stage of things. That means it’s time to go online — and to help you out, we’ve done some research. Here are ten ways to support local artists and surprise your friends and family. 1) Black Cube Nomadic…

The new Wizard’s Chest is open! On December 1, the Wizard’s Chest opened the door to its new castle at 451 Broadway, where there’s even more space for cool costumes, games and all the gifts you could hope to find this holiday season. The Wizard’s Chest at 230 Fillmore Street…

There’s no question that Denver loves cosplay, with fans aping their favorite pop-culture characters with elaborate costumes that take months to perfect. Photographer Danielle Lirette caught some of the best on camera at fan conventions large and small held throughout 2015. Here’s a look back. Now see the full Best of…

“We’re not in danger, but we need help,” says Alex Weimer, Bug Theatre executive artistic director. That job title sounds impressive, but Weimer is going on eighteen years as the guy who sweeps up, fixes the toilets and keeps the Bug going. And what is the Bug? “The quintessential community…

Life imitates art and art imitates life. We found proof of this with Denver native, digital designer and part-time haberdasher Brianna Corn, who delivered a contemporary take on Annie Hall at the 303 Fashion Weekend last month. Corn describes her style as “artsy, tomboy, grunge,” and while rands like Burton walked the catwalk, Corn…

You slept in on Black Friday, skipped the crowds on Small Business Saturday and were still too tired to lift your pinky to shop online on Cyber Monday. Think of it this way: You were just waiting for a better shopping experience. Here’s where to find art and handmade wares…

The latest entry in the Mad Max series offered a lot of great things — flamethrowers, fast cars and, of course, feminism. Yeah, you read that right: feminism. Now you can relive the glorious action-movie explosions and all the feminist subtext at “Feminism in the Time of the Apocalypse: Mad…