SUN, 2/22 Despite being the new kid on the block, professional lacrosse has really scored in this town. It doesn’t hurt that the second-year franchise, the Colorado Mammoth, keeps winning and sits at the top of the National Lacrosse League’s Western Division standings. One reason the sport has grabbed an…
Simple, modern aesthetics shine at Composition, a tiny haven of creative paper products on the ground floor of LoDo’s Annex at the Steelbridge Lofts. “I’m basically obsessed with paper,” says Jennifer Roberts, a civil engineer who opened Composition almost a year ago. “And I thought there was a need for…
I like a bar where, after you sit down, the first thing the bartender does is stick out his hand and introduce himself. “We like to know our customers’ names,” says Anthony Ilacqua, as if that’s standard operating procedure at watering holes around town. It’s not, but at the Thin…
FRI, 2/13 Delbert McClinton has never gone out of style, partly because he’s never really been in style. Consider that “Givin’ It Up for Your Love,” his biggest commercial success, was only the 58th- most-popular song of 1981, trailing behind such works of genius as Gino Vanelli’s “Living Inside Myself,”…
FRI, 2/13 Linda Eastman McCartney, who died of cancer in 1998, became famous as a shutterbug of the ’60s rock pantheon. She was already on a roll before she met Paul McCartney at a 1967 photo shoot; her first break as a photographer came in the form of an invitation…
SAT, 2/14 Make a pledge of love — and a legally binding commitment — at today’s thirteenth annual Mountaintop Matrimony at Loveland Ski Area, where happy couples can be joined in marriage or renew their vows on top of a majestic peak. “Last year we had more than sixty couples…
Jazz, often called America’s one true art form, is the focus of this weekend’s eighth annual Denver Jazz on Film Festival, presented by KUVO/Jazz 89 at the Starz FilmCenter. “The objective of the festival is to share with Denver the importance of jazz and blues in our culture,” says producer…
Like its agave-derivative namesake, Mezcal — the upscale Mexican cantina that opened on East Colfax last December — is getting slammed on a nightly basis. And rightly so. From its glowing Moroccan lamps and sunny walls painted with Sol Cerveza advertisements to such kitschy decorations as a chrome low-rider bike…
SAT, 2/7 The word “ballet” often conjures up images of traditional Degas-like ballerinas in pretty pirouettes, but the Colorado Ballet will defy convention tonight when it tosses out the tutus and presents Rodeo/Rubies/A Little Love. The tippy-toed triptych will guide patrons through a post-modern plié of contemporary ballet. “We love…
SAT, 2/7 Will the speaker yield to a two-part question? Is it true that if a black hole’s mass is more than a billion times that of the sun, the tidal gravitational forces are weak enough that a star could pass across the Event Horizon without shredding? And, if so,…
SAT, 2/7 Sled-dog racing isn’t quite Dogs Gone Wild!, but it’s close. Hook a team of huskies to a sled with a yapping human, point them toward an open snowfield, and brother, stand aside. To see for yourself, haul your wagon to the seventh annual Colorado Blue Ididarace, today and…
Valentine’s Day is almost here, guys, so what are you gonna do? If you’re smart, you’ll heed these tips on how to treat your girl like a lady. To start, retail entrepreneur Robin Lohre says she’s going all out for the holiday this year at her two eclectic shops. At…
I loved Miami Vice, with its sexy yachts, fast cars and dangerous criminals. And since it went off the air in 1989, Friday nights have never been the same for me — I still miss Sonny Crockett. But life goes on. And if, like me, you prowl the streets of…
SUN, 2/1 The title says it all: Fred Hess’s new quartet CD on the Tapestry label, The Long and the Short of It, displays the entire breadth of the local saxophonist/composer’s musical abilities, which draw simultaneously on the traditions and the broken rules of jazz. As Hess himself has said,…
SUN, 2/1 Ask any griot: Stories and drums have a history together. Before people wrote stuff down, they not only talked and sang about it, but they often beat it out in rhythm. So the combo seemed like a perfect fit for Sondra Singer, a Lakewood storyteller and drum enthusiast…
SAT, 1/31 Talk about your frosty al fresco. Folks in laid-back Crested Butte will bundle up tonight against the midwinter Rocky Mountain twilight, ski along luminaria-lit trails from bonfire to bonfire and sample some of the finest offerings from the town’s best restaurants. It’s called the Progressive Bonfire Dinner, and…
It’s a club with no membership rules, no initiation fees, and dues that vary depending on how much liquor you can consume in one sitting. For more than five decades, Don’s Club Tavern has been one of the most inclusive joints in Denver, a home away from home for everyone…
TUES, 1/27 In her closing scene as Crystal in the cinematic version of The Women, Joan Crawford stares through her deliciously darkened diva eyes and growls, “There’s a word for you ladies, but it is seldom used in high society — outside of a kennel.” The manicured claws of bored…
SAT, 1/24 Head to the land Down Under at today’s screening of In Search of the Tasmanian Devil, with John Nelson, shown as part of the Macky Auditorium Travel Film Series. “Tasmania is a place that a lot of people don’t go to when they visit Australia, but it’s a…
TUES, 1/27 How hard is it to turn a huge pile of snow into two camels lounging under a canopy of palm trees? Find out this week at Breckenridge’s Budweiser International Snow Sculpture Championships, when five American teams of sculptors — along with fourteen teams from as far away as…
FRI, 1/23 Everything from bronze wildlife sculptures to intricately beaded jewelry, crafted by more than 300 artists from across the nation, will be on display this weekend at the 23rd annual Colorado Indian Market and Southwest Showcase. “It’s a mixture of Native American, Southwestern, Western and wildlife art,” says spokeswoman…
Armchair-travel enthusiasts and hard-core mountain climbers alike should dive into Surviving the Extremes: A Doctor’s Journey to the Limits of Human Endurance, Dr. Kenneth Kamler’s remarkable firsthand tale of practicing medicine under extreme conditions. Kamler, a New York microsurgeon, says he’s wanted to be a mountain climber ever since he…
