My Jewish grandmother used to make me schlep everything. Schlep the folding card-table chairs out of her basement for dinner, schlep groceries from her car, schlep the patio furniture out for the summer and back in for the winter. No male in the family was free of his schlepping responsibilities…
The Little Mermaid was the first Disney film I saw in theaters. I was nine years old and had grown up on flicks such as Cinderella, Pinocchio and Snow White, but the story of misfit mermaid Ariel, who had to lose her voice to find herself, was the most amazing…
What do Kurt Cobain and solar eclipses have to do with each other — besides the fact that most people didn’t find out about them until after they were over? Almost nothing. But don’t tell that to the Lab at Belmar. To those folks, there are strings that tie everything…
In my childhood bedroom, there’s a pink roll of yarn attached to a shabby six-inch square — the scarf I started making when my grandma taught me to crochet at age ten. Never one to throw anything away, I thought about picking up where I left off a few years…
As always, the Vail International Dance Festival offers a delicious grab bag of premiere performances and choreographic styles to Colorado dance lovers, delivered with grace in the pristine fresh air of Vail’s Ford Amphitheater, 530 South Frontage Road East, or on the Vilar Center stage in Beaver Creek, 68 Avondale…
We all want our kids to appreciate the greatest writer in the English language, but sometimes the play’s not the thing, especially for the easily distracted seven-year-old representatives of the human experience. Today in Highlands Ranch, the Shakespearean era comes alive — out of the dark theater and into the…
Comedian Bob Marley — an Irish guy from Maine — hears “real zingers” all the time about how he should come out in a dreadlocked wig at his gigs and impersonate the dead reggae singer, and he wisely chooses to ignore them. “It’s kind of ridiculous that I don’t do…
Guess whose celebrity feet belong to these Crocs. Shouldn’t these stars know better — or at least have stylists who know better? Crocs? Seriously? Sure, it may be a home-grown Colorado company, but that doesn’t keep Crocs from being the fashion equivilent of e.Boli (or the imperius curse, if you…
With two of Denver’s biggest fashion happenings falling late last week and over the weekend, Cat had her bowl full of spicy summer styles to see. First Cat headed down to the Platte River Valley for the second installment in the Riverfront Park Fashion Series last Thursday, July 19. With…
[jump] Top row, left to right: 1. Sonora Dress from Beklina $112, was $148 2. Mulberry Striped T-shirt Dress from Net-A-Porter $118, was $295 3. Manoush Strapless Dress from Net-A-Porter $115, was $230 Middle row, left to right: 1. Violette Poppy High Waist Skirt from Le Train Bleu $89, was…
Your weekly snack on all things fashionable and/or interesting to Cat. British Vogue: There’s a new man at the helm of Halston? Will the Versace boy be the charm? The skinny on models being too skinny and whether we should just feed them already and be done with it: Portfolio…
Photos by Taylor Sullivan Brandi Shigley is a force of nature. When she walks into a room, you can actually feel the atmospheric pressure change. She is a tornado of different fashion projects; on top of her small-business marketing company, B-23 Productions, and her local designer network, Fashion Denver, she…
Cat just got the sad news that Miss Talulah, Robin Lohre’s lovely shop in Stapleton, will be closing in October. Talulha Jones, her other outpost of children’s toys, tablewares, jewlery and other items filled with old-time-romance, will remain open at 1122 East 17th Avenue. Lohre’s even expanded the floor space…
Our associate art director came in today wearing the new skull vest by Libertine for Target ($24.99). It looks cute on her — way cuter than in this picture because she made it much less preppy — though she says that it feels thin and cheap. So don’t be thinking…
Wow. That’s a pretty striking image. And Cat will admit it made her think about Sisley when previously she couldn’t be bothered with their clothes. Does it work for you? more at twiigs.com…..
Cat got the official word: Octane on Larimer Square is closing. As of end of day Friday, July 20. That means all those super sales won’t be around much longer, so go pick up some cheap denim. Larimer Square won’t confirm who will be coming into that space, but they…
Doris Giardini believes in the power of the wheel. “I think if it wasn’t for roller-skating, I would be in a wheelchair,” she says. “It’s low-impact, easier than walking, much easier than jogging. It’s something you can do from the time you start walking until you leave the earth.” Giardini…
Nothing if not appropriate for summer blockbuster season, Werner Herzog’s latest feature, based on his 1997 documentary Little Dieter Needs to Fly, offers a suitably fantastic tale of war, freedom and fortitude, set in the jungles of Indochina and featuring an immigrant lad who turns out to be just as…
I wanted to hate I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, truly I did. Two straight guys pretending to be gay (insert fiscal excuse here); been there, done that (insert all known variants on The Odd Couple here). Rampant homophobia hiding behind liberal pleas for tolerance — blech. And it’s…
Did John Waters sell out? Or did our ever-more-metrosexual age merely render him irrelevant? Certainly long before Hairspray took up residence on the Great White Way in 2002, Waters had abdicated his throne as America’s elder statesman of underground smut in favor of a more lucrative career as a neutered…
I sometimes wonder how frightening The Shining would be if the soundtrack were muted. How scary would Jack Nicholson be if he were lugging an ax around without the creepy screech of violins and cellos like constant nails on a chalkboard? How troubling would a little kid be if his…
There’s a reason that La Traviata, an opera about the doomed love between a consumptive courtesan and an aristocrat, is one of the most frequently performed in the world: It’s gorgeous, packed with luscious songs and expressive arias, full of pulsating emotion. But Central City Opera’s La Traviata is a…
