Get ready to place your paws on DIBS, or Denver Independent Boutiques, this Saturday. Because come sunshine or snowfall, DIBS creator and Rakun owner, Meghan Throckmorton, along with her contemporaries, will host an event called Sweetheart Boutique Crawl. “This event is one way that we can encourage shoppers to buy…
Colorado has a rich film history. Nearly 400 movies have been shot here in more than 100 years. But, as explained in this week’s cover story “The Reel West,” Colorado is experiencing a bit of a film drought lately, something that lawmakers and industry folks hope to reverse. Instead of…
“Think of it as American Idol meets Bill Nye the Science Guy,” says David Grinspoon, astrobiology curator of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. This is his best description of FameLab, an international competition for young scientists that has made its way across the pond for the first time…
“I think a lot of people are stiff toward just going to see an art show, because it can be a little bit on the boring side,” says curator Jazmin Montano. But, she insists, you won’t get bored at this one. On Saturday night, Enlightening the Dark, at Eden, will…
Monster Jam is in Denver this weekend as part of its 2012 tour, and 2011 MVP Bari Musawwir, driver of the Spider-Man truck, took some time out of his busy schedule (driving awesome trucks, doing sweet tricks, crushing cars) to talk to us about his job, and why getting in…
The Denver Art Museum’s Design Council plans to celebrate art and fashion tonight at Design After Dark: Bespoke. More than 30 art objects were created specifically for the event, and they’ll be on display and up for auction Friday night at 445 Broadway. Here’s a first look at some of…
The weekend before Valentine’s Day has plenty of love (and anti-love) themed fun to offer, whether or not you’re attached. From a Barbie and Ken art exhibit to a Victorian Mourning ceremony, we’ve got it all for less than $10. It will be way better than binging on heart-shaped boxes…
When Mother Nature dumped snow on Denver last Friday, more than a few galleries and businesses decided to shut their doors, first Friday or no. A blizzard of confusion resulted, as many show openings and other events were postponed to later dates — many of them this weekend. Here are…
Corey Elbin’s departure from Denver is a real loss for this city’s cultural scene. He’s been the driving force behind Gorinto, the Mercury Cafe’s Wednesday night food and music gathering, since it was introduced almost two years ago. He’s grown the event into a real all-ages community affair. But now…
This week’s episode of Project Runway All Stars was “fashionmania,” as Mondo Guerra, the Denver designer who won last week’s challenge, put it…
Cirque du Soleil’s Dralion show opened last night at the 1STBANK Center, but before the show opened, photographer Javid Rezvani spent the afternoon with the performers and crew of the show. More photos below…
Once upon a time, lots of movies were filmed in Colorado. The first was an 1897 flick called Festival of Mountain and Plain. One of the last was a 2009 Eddie Murphy movie, Imagine That. In between, there were scores of hits and classics that showcased the state’s scenic beauty…
Adam Gildar, Westword MasterMind (Class of 2011), is having a hard time getting used to saying “I” rather than “we” when speaking about happenings at his South Broadway gallery: Formerly known as Illiterate and managed by three partners including Gildar, it’s now re-entering the art-scene fray as Gildar Gallery, run…
A relative newcomer to the drag scene, Luke List has been performing as alter-ego Zoe O. for a little more than a year — but that was long enough for him to win Charlie’s Mr. July and Man of the Year 2011. And he’s ready for Saturday night’s Queen of…
Project Safeguard, a non-profit organization that provides free legal services to victims of domestic violence, has partnered with former Bronco Reggie Rivers on its Valentine’s fling. “We’re so excited to have Reggie Rivers joining our event,” says Shelly Schreiner. “With incidents of domestic violence and sexual assault so highly publicized…
Where there’s smoke, there’s ire! People were feeling burned last fall, when news broke that Fired Up for Kids, the outfit that had produced the Colorado firefighters calender — with proceeds supportedly going to the Children’s Hospital Burn Unit — was in trouble with the law…
Every building has a history, and the sordid past of Niwot’s Manifest Gallery influenced the theme of its new show that opens tonight: Red Light: Tragic beauties and other objects of desire. Turns out that in the 1970s, the building that now holds the gallery was a brothel — and…
On Monday, Westword posted its own version of “Shit people say” in Denver….and the shit quickly hit the fan. People from Texas and California, in particular, didn’t appreciate the joke. Here’s the response from Surfnskidude:…
For the past seventeen years, the AIGA Colorado Heart Art Auction has sold local artists’ work around Valentine’s Day to benefit Project Angel Heart. This year, Heart Art 2012: A Feast for the Senses will also include a focus on food. “Denver has an exploding food culture that we definitely…
Things are bound to get haute tonight at the Denver Art Museum’s annual Design After Dark bash. “Bespoke” will be the theme of the stylish party, which is put on by the DAM’s Design Council; the word describes a men’s fashion counterpart to haute couture. The concept of tailored, custom-made…
The Chicano Humanities and Arts Council gave 350 blank wooden hearts to local artists and non-artist community members with a flair for design, and asked them to create individual pieces of art for their silent auction tonight. The project illustrates an exploration into creativity, says director Crystal O’Brien. “It’s exciting…
Who’s got what it takes to be the Queen of Aces? Tonight at Hamburger Mary’s Club M, well-tressed, primed and primped contenders will duke it out, pageant-style, for the matriarchal title in this drag show of epic proportions. This third edition of Queen of Aces is a fundraiser for the…
