There’s an element of truth to every stereotype, and that particularly goes for Boulder, a place so preoccupied with its own righteousness that even its Pop Tarts must be certified organic. Our man Thorin Klosowski recently returned from a stint in the People’s Republic, and he brought back some observations…
Divide & Conquer! The Denver Roller Dolls are hosting the Continental Divide & Conquer (the 2011 Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby Association Championships) November 11-13, and tickets go on sale on Saturday with early-bird pricing through July 31. It ought to be quite a battle: The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls, DRD’s…
There’s an element of slavish worship to any superhero myth, but that’s particularly true for Captain America, a WWII-era propaganda comic that took a sickly young man who just really wanted to fight those damn Nazis and made him into the pinnacle of the American ideal — which is, of…
There are a ton of music happenings going down this weekend, but for anyone not interested in loud noises streaming out of amplifiers for 48 hours straight, we have a slew of quiet-time activities to keep your ears from ringing. These include a bunch of movies, a book signing, some…
Burlesque and show tunes: Seems like a natural fit, so it’s kind of surprising that tonight’s premiere of Boobs Over Broadway is the first show-tunes-burlesque-extravaganza we’ve heard of. But Reyna Von Vett (aka Cora Vette) says this show has been a long time in the making…
Last week, I ripped on camping. Because camping sucks. So what does someone do with her summer who doesn’t choose misery as a vacation destination? Well, I cruise. Not cruise like the Cheesman Park kind of cruising (though, if you’re interested in that, I will be happy to draw you…
Due to some obligations I had recently, I somehow ended up spending a ridiculous amount of time in Boulder. For two full weeks, I lived, breathed and shopped in the city of hippie and yuppie coexistence, and in getting to know the customs, I walked away slightly confused and utterly…
Although the musical — one of the sillier holdouts from an era when theater was more, you know, theatrical — is mostly exploited these days for its camp potential (see: The Book of Mormon), it’s still not quite dead as a study of human emotion, either. And although the idea…
Mythica von Griffyn has a long history in the haunted house business, where she first started working when she was only fourteen, and she’s also known as a multi-talented poet, chalk artist and body painter. That considered, Mythica is a match made in heaven as the Freak Show manager for…
With the NFL lockout and its accompanying hand-wringing now stretching out into what experts estimate is its billionth month, it seems the tides are turning, with a collective-bargaining agreement reportedly within reach — the deal’s expected to be signed this week. The details are still unknown, but luckily, we happen…
Call Sarah Palin what you will — hell, call her “undefeated” if you want — but there’s no denying she inspires some strong feelings on either side of the political divide. Since Jenn Wohletz posted her recap of the Palin-stroking documentary The Undefeated Monday, the commentary has been rolling in…
If you know Dave Foley, you know the Kids in the Hall. Sure, he fell into the mainstream with News Radio (and rocked it), but he will forever be an inappropriate kid with daddy issues who likes to dress in drag, an icon among comics for when he and his…
Apparently, Copper Mountain isn’t content to merely be a focal point of the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Association’s freestyle Grand Prix series — not to mention the first stop for any U.S. athlete with Olympic dreams in ski or snowboard slopestyle or superpipe. Yesterday, the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association…
Frankly, I’m a little embarrassed to be so excited about a furniture store. Still, at today’s press preview and tour of the brand-spanking-new IKEA Centennial, which opens July 27, it was clear that the store does not fail to live up to the hype, at least for what it’s hyped…
This week, Nickelodeon has been running some of its favorite shows of the ’90s, finally tapping into what the Internet has been saying all along: People like old television programming. And, as Netflix continues to make its customers increasingly irate with price increases (information released last week in a coddling,…
Ugh, vampires. They’ve been everywhere for the past few years, and now the Twilight brand is hitting Red Rocks tonight for Film on the Rocks. To coincide with the modern sparkle vamps, the Denver FilmCenter is also showing the original, campy Buffy the Vampire Slayer film (tonight at 9:30 p.m…
As everyone knows, the interwebz are like an infinite well of hilarious memes, info-tainment and time-wasting, and that’s pretty awesome — but there is a dark side: As the consequence of our lulz, we become callow, desensitized shells, losing all connection with humanity and living only for the ROFLs. But…
Do you like torturing children by putting them to work for long hours in horrible conditions? Of course you don’t (right?), but chances are if you dig into Littleloud’s newest game, Sweatshop, your gaming impulse will kick in and you’ll want to win, win and win again, all while your…
The loosely affiliated consortium of hackers and interwebz rabble-rousers Anonymous is still legion, but these days it’s a kinder, gentler one — or so the Anons behind the activist-minded social network Anon+ would suggest. Even though its first efforts to get that network going were shut down by server attacks…
Commuters passing Federal on 6th Avenue on their way into Denver may have noticed construction on what is shaping up to be an epic new mountain bike and BMX skills park, designed by Gravity Logic and pro rider John Cowan. The park will be operated by Winter Park’s Trestle Bike…
The man killed while planking a seventh-story balcony in Australia wasn’t going to deter her. Nor was she to be outdone by Felony Misdemeanor, the drag queen who planked a Westword box earlier this week — so in the spirit of one-upsmanship, reader Kristen Evans sent us this epic photo…
If you haven’t yet seen Marvelous Mud, the homegrown, summer-long blockbuster at the Denver Art Museum, you might think it’s a single show. But it’s actually eight different exhibits, a series of workshops, lectures by artists and curators, various special events, and even a symposium. For the DAM, it’s an…
