There are a lot of ways to screw up coffee, from picking unripe beans to over-roasting to simple bad brewing. But Josh McNeilly, who owns Black Black Coffee and is a barista at Crema, says he’s noticed that many shops in Denver are doing things right and are committed to…
Reverend Charles Cox is a Spiritualist minister, which means he performs the rituals most ministers do: weddings, christenings and funerals. But Charles Cox also communes with the dead, and Cox will teach a class tonight at Isis Books and Gifts on the history of mediumship and the meaning religion of…
Summer is heating up, and so are the options for free entertainment. Sample natural foods at the grand opening of a new Sprouts, watch a classic political comedy from 1950, and look out on the Denver skyline while you enjoy music and comedy. Share other bargain activities in the comments…
Though the grills have been extinguished and the fireworks are over, there’s no need for the fun to end. July is full of events that won’t drain your finances, from art openings to dance parties to a film about Russian feminist punks. Read on for ten events this weekend that…
Imagine this headline: “Barack and Michelle Obama hold a séance in the Lincoln Bedroom.” It would be a scandal, right? In fact, says Spiritualist minister Reverend Charles Cox, “it would be the scandal of all scandals.” But séances and Spiritualism – the practice of communicating with the dead – weren’t…
In his new book, Charles F. Price illuminates one of Colorado’s most unsettling and violent stories: the tale of the “Bloody Espinosas.” Through careful research, Price tells the story of the three Hispanic outlaws in 1863 whose goal was to kill every Anglo in the Colorado Territory; they were responsible…
Celebrate Independence Day this week by freeing yourself from any reliance on your wallet. Whether you want to catch a horror film featuring creepy children, watch fireworks or dance to soul tunes at a barbecue, you can do it all for free. For hundreds of other events this week, check…
Whether it’s laughter, beers or dancing you’re after this weekend (and really, you should be looking for all three), Denver has them in abundance. And you won’t have to shell out lots of money for fun events that range from a comedy show to a beer fest to a Solstice…
Temple Grandin was diagnosed with autism in 1950. And as she explains, that was a good time to be diagnosed: just a decade later, the conversation about the neural development disorder turned to blaming mothers for their children’s different patterns of thinking. But Grandin’s different patterns of thinking has resulted…
“Colorado seems to think of its history in more wholesome terms than other Southwestern states,” says author Charles F. Price. “New Mexico and Arizona and so forth, they’re big on their outlaws and their feuds and fights, but the Colorado historical establishment is more about mining and railroading and exploration,…
First impressions often turn out to be accurate, which is what the folks at Weed Dating are counting on as they host their singles event tonight. But rather than sit in a bar and motor through multiple dates, as traditional speed dating dictates, potential Weed matches will meet eyes across…
Cars didn’t always seem as homogenous as they do today. And though you don’t often see seafoam green convertibles and rose-pink sedans rolling down the street, they’re not out of place at the Forney Museum of Transportation. Through August 31, the museum is featuring Fabulous Finned Cadillacs of the 1960s,…
Every year at the Westword Music Showcase, we enlist our army of Backbeat wordsmiths to host various stages. In addition to their emcee duties, we ask them to pull double duty by submitting a travelogue of their individual stage. Robin Edwards hosted at 100 % De Agave this past Saturday…
Yeah, air-conditioning is nice. But this week is all about getting free from your house and enjoying the great outdoors — for free. You can watch Despicable Me in the park, catch a live dance performance, or see an HBO documentary on a farm. For more events, go to the…
Art collector and Green Box Arts Festival founder Christian Keesee was so intrigued when he first saw the work of Tomás Saraceno at the Venice Biennale that he later purchased the artist’s giant installation “Cloud City.” He has since loaned that piece to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (for a…
Whether you want to get out of the heat and into an air-conditioned art museum to see shows and watch films or head outdoors for RiverFest or ballet in the park, there’s plenty of inexpensive summer fun to be had in Denver this weekend. Here are ten of your best…
Crispin Hellion Glover is many things. He’s a cult figure, known for his baffling performance art-like appearance on David Letterman, as well as a decidedly outsider filmmaker who creates offbeat art films featuring actors with Down’s syndrome and cerebral palsy. He’s a musician who once did a spine-chillingly wondrous rendition…
The name Edgar Degas conjures up the painter’s iconic images of twirling ballerinas. But the French impressionist had a rich artistic life beyond the barre. A traveling exhibit that lands today at Foothills Art Center will explore other facets of the artist in a display of drawings, prints and photographs,…
Money: who needs it? Well, probably you. But this week, you won’t have to spend any of it to get out of the house. Whether you want to see a tribute to Woodstock, Joss Whedon’s Serenity, or an evening of live storytelling and dance, you can do it all without…
This hot weekend should be an ideal time to catch a free screening of the 2009 camp murder mystery A Dark and Stormy Night and wish for rain. The sun may be beating down, but there are plenty of events that won’t give your wallet a beating, from a 3D…
Shakespeare’s Macbeth has been performed countless ways in the centuries since it was written, but the Boulder Fringe Festival is offering a completely new interpretation — five interpretations, in fact. Inspired by a similar idea from the Minneapolis Fringe Festival, organizers have given each act of the play to a…
Though the distinct literary styles of the coastal regions and the American South have been intensively explored, Conundrum Press publisher Caleb Seeling says that the Rocky Mountain region has not yet been given its due. That’s why he decided to buy and revamp Conundrum, a literary press founded in 1999…
