Colorado mom and author Patti Wheeler began traveling with her sons before they could walk, and what unfolded is a family tradition — a legacy, really — with far-reaching implications on the environment, and possibly even humanity. See also: Denver author KG Karmichael celebrates uniqueness with her book on Breck,…
It’s getting down to the nitty-gritty, shopping-wise, if you’re still scrambling to find the right gift for every person in your life. But as the holiday draws near, you can still feel assured that you’ll find just that, and it’ll all be handmade and locally sourced, to boot: Read on…
There are still fourteen shopping days left until Christmas. Some of our favorite designers and stores have stepped up to make gift-buying easier, while others are opening their hearts and using fashion to raise funds for those in need. Take a look at what’s still on the fashion calendar: See…
Work parties, especially around the holidays, can be awesome, or they can be full of awkward, even horrible, interactions. I recently attended a Westword fiesta that had a little bit of both. Mostly, it was great: free food and booze and plenty of chances to rub elbows with some of…
The anonymously subsidized YES MA’AM PROJECT announced its first recipient today: Up-and-coming local multimedia installationist and visual documentarian Adam Milner, whose experiments in subjective experience and social media exemplify what it means to be an artist in the 21st century. See also: 100 Colorado Creatives: Adam Milner…
The Denver Art Museum learned an important lesson when it brought 2012’s Yves Saint Laurent blockbuster to town: The art of fashion is compelling, and not just to art aficionados, but to a wide cross-section of bling-lovers everywhere. Banking on a similar reaction, the DAM announced today that it will…
Few people can claim to know Lance Armstrong in the same way as Jonathan Vaughters, a cyclist and native Coloradan who became Armstrong’s friend, teammate — and eventually, his enemy. Now, the CEO of Slipstream Sports is featured in a documentary called The Armstrong Lie, which is scheduled to open…
#28: Derrick Velasquez Denver artist Derrick Velasquez seems to be everywhere in the arts world, and not just as an observer. Behind the scenes, he’s helping wheels turn — as a co-founder and manager of TANK Studios, as well as a booster of fellow artists who looks for ways to…
Denver’s sneaker-freaks converged on the EXDO Event Center over the weekend for a frenzy of wheeling and dealing for collectible kicks, with music, live art and other hip-hop-savvy vendors. Westword photographer Kenneth Hamblin III was there with a camera: Here’s the tease. See also: Sneaker of the week? Mission accomplished…
It’s crunch time for the students of Auraria Campus since today marks the beginning of finals week. It can be easy during stressful times to leave the house in a hoodie and sweatpants. Luckily, students like Walter Vasquez still found time to dress fashionably. Read here to learn where he…
Dolled-up revelers celebrated Christmas the way their parents and grandparents might have — plus a little artistic license — at the 1940s White Christmas Ball last Saturday, December 7, at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum. The event featured music from the Queen City Jazz Band, reenactments…
In the wake of the September floods that devastated many Boulder County towns, the City of Boulder and the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art worked quickly to create the Flood Project: Rising Above & Rebuilding Boulder Through Art, a community-building public art project that would both commemorate the floods and…
The temperature’s rising — but the cost of some of the best events in town won’t go about zero this week. See the mummies at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, catch a dance show and laugh at live comedy — without having to spend a cent. Did we…
The holiday season brings all kinds of things out of the closet, from ugly sweaters to reindeer antlers. But at the Denver Santa Speedo Dash at Highland Square, little was left to the imagination as Speedo-clad runners in Santa hats raced through sub-zero temps to benefit the Life is Better…
Nominees and friends packed into Galvanize on December 5 for the 2013 Westword Web Awards, Westword’s annual celebration of the most interesting Denverites on the Internet. With MC Jordan Doll at the helm, we handed out 21 awards across four categories, from the Best Music Video to the Best Politician…
Any time is a good time to donate to the Denver Dumb Friends League, but it’s during the cold winter months that the shelters — both animal and human — have an even greater need for support. Now through January 5, the Denver Dumb Friend League’s three locations — Quebec…
Luis Valdez, whose Christmas play La Pastorela just opened at Denver’s Su Teatro, first met Cesar Chavez when he was six, growing up among the migrant workers of Delano, California, where the United Farm Workers movement took root in the nonviolent strikes and grape boycotts of the ’60s and ’70s…
Tonight the Open Media Foundation will celebrate seven years of independent voices on Denver Open Media — which not only runs Denver’s public-access channels on Comcast, but also provides training and services for non-profits and kids. From the hundreds of nonprofits and thousands of people it works with every year,…
The instructors at the Art Students League of Denver practice what they teach, as evidenced by Revisiting: Celebrating 10 Years of the Visiting Artist Series at ASLD, a special exhibit opening this weekend. Offering art classes for every medium, the 25-year-old ASLD is a community-centric, non-profit, non-accredited art school right…
The holiday season is heating up — even if the temperature isn’t. Save your cash for a new space heater and take advantage of this weekend’s inexpensive entertainment options — from a party devoted to petting cats to a free comedy show to an even devoted to fighting bullying. And…
On January 30, the second annual Westword Whiteout will kick off Denver’s 2014 fashion season at the McNichols Building. The evening — which raises funds for the American Transplant Association — will include live music, specialty vendors, classic cocktails and some of the city’s top designers in a signature runway…
When she tours fringe festivals around the world, Gemma Wilcox sees a lot of performances. “When I see an incredible show that blows everything else out of the water, it’s very rare,” says Wilcox. But when she finds something special, she likes to bring it to Boulder. 6 Guitars is…
