My theory about life is, whatever you do, go hard. If you’re into fantasy football or Phish or being Irish, by all means, tell the world. This weekend’s installment of the fifteenth annual Nan Desu Kan anime convention experience was just that, an exemplary parade of anime fanatics, three-fourths of…
For people not involved in the BDSM, or kink scene (the subject of this week’s cover story), most forms of sadomasochistic or SM play would be considered edgy, but within the scene there are certain activities that are generally recognized as being high-risk, even for experienced players, and these are…
Now that Labor Day has come and gone, it’s time to really buckle in and start preparing for the big family holidays. Or, it’s just time to leave on the cheap for a little while because you blew all your cash this summer on mid-afternoon mimosas in the sun. Whatever…
You know what’s scary? Not having a job in this economy. So here’s some good news: If your scream is worthy, you could be one of the folks scaring the bejesus out of attendees to Elitch Gardens Fright Fest. “What we always do is ask people to scream for us,”…
Attention back-to-school shoppers: We have found the ultimate source for inappropriate classroom attire. Her name is Kassandra, and she hosts the AMIClubwear channel on YouTube. While there’s no verification that she’s addressing teenagers specifically, we are guessing by her outfit choices and attention to dress codes that this couldn’t possibly…
It might be the oldest news around, but public schools are really broke. Denver Public Schools alone is facing $332 million in budget cuts this year — which means that already watered-down ‘nonessential’ programs will be further starved of funding or cut altogether. The arts, as usual, die first. Michael…
Turn out the lights! Director Josh Berman and his Level 1 Productions crew — local heroes all — are bringing it tonight at 8 p.m. for the world premiere of After Dark at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom, 2637 Welton Street ($15). The twelfth installment in the Level 1 ski porn filmography…
Okay, so it’s not really a secret, but when we saw this year’s design for the annual Corn Maze at the Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield — which opens to the public today — we got to thinking. How do they choose the design every year? Who makes the design…
There is really no way to forget 9/11 on its tenth anniversary, but there are ways to acknowledge it and maybe move on, some small act that we can do. What remains important is people — people communing with other people, shoulder-to-shoulder, possibly in some sort of creative civic project…
When three kegs of Pacifico beer showed up at Delton Demarest’s doorstep, he was excited. But unlike most people, he had hoped they’d be empty. Instead, says the Denver artist, “they were unexpectedly full.” Still, Demarest was able to paint the outsides of the kegs in just a few days…
Did you know that you could build things out of LEGOs for a living? We didn’t either, which is why we caught up with local builder Duane Hess to talk about his unlikely career. It’s probably one of the coolest jobs we’ve ever heard of, and while it certainly takes…
We don’t presume to be more than we are. Our list of the Six Worst Movies of the Summer was just our little opinion, and nothing more — until it got featured by national film site SlashFilm. Then it became definitive. But with the national recognition of being definitive complainers…
Roll out the white carpet: Tomorrow night’s world premiere of After Dark from Denver-based Level 1 Productions kicks off a busy Fall film schedule that serves as a reminder of just how awesome it is to live in Colorado, where — for a few months, anyway — we get the…
This week we told you about Andy Szekeres, a partner in the political consulting and fundraising firm 3PG, who is indirectly urging the Denver Broncos football organization to make an “It Gets Better” video, much like everyone from the President Obama to Ke$ha to the New York Yankees has already…
This past Monday was, as far as I could tell, the last official day of summer. I decided to take advantage of this sad occasion by going for one final swim in my Aunt’s apartment complex pool, a pool I had been dipping in like it was my own all…
The headline potential is almost too good to be true: A movie called The Worst Movie EVER! hauls in the worst opening-weekend box office ever, selling exactly one ticket for a total gross of $11. And yet it is true, and it happened to Glenn Berggoetz, a Metro State professor…
One fine evening, as my family drove through downtown Denver, we spotted an unusual sight: a tipsy gaggle of bicyclists coming down the street that made me smile and wave. These bikers wore no sleek paraphernalia made of super-wicking mystery fabrics, nor were they mohawked, pierced, lean and mean. They…
The idea for Fashion’s Night Out debuted in 2009 in New York City and key fashion meccas worldwide as a way to combat weak clothing sales in an even weaker economy. Now in its third year, the glitzy retail open house will spread exponentially across the U.S. today, including in…
From increased airport security to strained global diplomacy, the events of 9/11 changed much more than the New York skyline. Granta magazine examines the effects in its new issue, Granta 116: Ten Years Later, and a panel of experts discusses the issue tonight at the Boulder Book Store. “We have…
Before there was molecular gastronomy, before Rachael Ray and Bobby Flay hijacked the Food Network, and even before Anthony Bourdain penned Kitchen Confidential, there was Dish, Westword’s annual culinary bash that extols the city’s best bites, wine sips, suds and sounds. Tonight’s celebration, which takes place at the Ninth Avenue…
New Belgium Brewing’s Tour de Fat rolls into Denver today, bringing with it a whimsical bike parade, a killer music lineup and an estimated 10,000 people to the west end of City Park. And while beer will be flowing, the event transcends a keg party. It’s about community-building and sustainability…
It’s tough to be a dude these days — tougher than it used to be, at any rate. “For 5,000 years, the patriarchy has been in place, and in the last thirty years, that’s changed significantly,” observes Jim Sharon, editor and curator of the recently released men’s anthology Ordinary Men,…
