The Paper Fashion Show’s beginnings were humble. “It was simple designs, simple dresses,” admits Delana Reilly, event co-chair. But while wearable clothing made from paper sounds inherently humble, over six years the fashion on display has grown far more elaborate. “It’s so ornate, with such detail,” Reilly says. “People do…
John Henry might have caused his own death in his victory over the steam hammer, but in so doing, he taught America a very important lesson: The new stuff might be glitzy and more efficient, but sometimes the old stuff is just better. That’s at least part of the explanation…
Within just a few hours of the time local artist Talia Kauk installed 1,000 paper cranes outside the Hamilton Building of the Denver Art Museum yesterday, without permission, security came out, snipped them down and tossed them in the trash, and they were gone. Conceived as a commentary on the…
On Monday, we shared that the city had officially decided it was time to give Lodo patrons and residents a break by extending metered parking to cover overnight stays. This is great, considering the prior hassle of trying to move a car off the street by 2 a.m., especially if…
For all those who give pom-pom critters for birthdays, feel an urge to stick googly eyes on everything or just occasionally get a twitch to fold some origami, we bring you “Gettin’ Crafty” where we feature a craft you can easily make with minimal supplies and limited finances. So not…
Language is imperfect. Especially when it comes to dating and even just casual relationships between men and women, sometimes the things we say can be disastrously misinterpreted, like the time you meant to tell your co-worker you like the spreadsheet she put together, but you accidentally said you really liked…
Tweethearts unite! Twitter users and non-Twitter users can network together without a technology barrier at the third annual Denver Twestival on Thursday at Green Spaces in downtown Denver. The Twestival (@twestivaldenver) is one of many Twitter festivals around the world that is more than a networking event — it’s a…
Although, coming as it does from the hearsay of neighborhood kids, we sort of doubt the veracity of the claim that “Kids at the end of the cul-de-sac actually saw some prairie dogs on fire, running and screaming,” as a recent Daily Camera story reported of a new device being…
Cardboard Box Assembler isn’t exactly a new concept, but it’s certainly one of the better executed versions of a 3D puzzle platformer you’ll play. The gimmick is pretty clever: Each level is a square cube; you have to get from point A to point B by going through the cube…
Is it just us, or does Denver’s Skyline Park look for all the world like a purpose-built skate spot? Today’s time-wasting video comes courtesy of 303 Boards, our pick for Best Skate Shop Skate Team in last year’s Best of Denver special issue, and features newcomer Spencer Semien, the latest…
The excruciating wait for trendy, affordable goods from major Swedish retailers will come to an end this year when both H&M and IKEA finally come to Denver pretty much simultaneously — meaning you will soon be feasibly able to clothe, surround and even feed yourself with all things trendy and…
Kevin Anderson has lost track of the number of books he’s written. He knows it’s over a hundred, and when it gets to that point it’s not a matter of not remembering. There are other factors — this one didn’t make it to print, that one was reissued, and it…
There are all types of postings on Craiglist that, in a matter of speaking, may require one to take off their clothes in front of strangers — but Austin native and new Denver resident Mary Cates, 29, is looking for dancers who can put some old-school hip-wiggling into their disrobing…
Though I was soundly defeated — twice — at Denver Nationals Championship Arm-Wrestling at the Bannock Street Garage on Saturday, it was not without a measure of hope: In yesterday’s recap of my humiliating failure, I resolved that, next time, I would use the power of numbers to crush my…
Colorado Creatives #96: Patrick Mueller Patrick Mueller grew up in Lakewood and then left town for schooling at Pomona, where he started out a visual artist and through a new-found interest in theater, came away a movement and performance artist. A period of wandering followed, during which he lived a…
Type “The Book of Mormon” into Google right now, and the first thing to come is the eponymous play by Matt Stone and Trey Parker, two Colorado boys who went on to become, we think it’s fair to say at this point, the greatest satirists of a generation. From South…
Ever since 3D was initially introduced to cinemas, people have complained about having to wear special glasses in order to enjoy the experience. Well, some people have complained, others just walk out of the theater vomiting all over their shoes. The glasses problem has been an issue for a long…
Advertising is an expression of the culture in which it exists. It is a reflection of ourselves through the lens of very intelligent people whose job it is to know more about our inner psychology than any of us want to admit. Turns out that psychology degree was not a…
Crested Butte-based Matchstick Productions (ski porn filmmakers extraordinaire) picked up its 7th Movie of the Year nod in January at Powder Magazine’s 11th annual Powder Video Awards for The Way I See It, carving its rep as the world’s premiere pusher of powder porn in ice, if not in stone…
Besides maybe monster-truck driver, Barry Clifford has about the most badass job that exists: He’s a real-life, bona-fide treasure hunter. His 1983 discovery of the Whydah, a pirate ship wrecked off the coast of Cape Cod, provides the backbone of the Real Pirates exhibit currently at the Denver Museum of…
This year has started with a bang for those of us who are fascinated by the visual arts culture in Colorado. In January, RedLine unveiled a wholehearted salute to Dale Chisman, a master in the field of abstract painting here during the last three decades. With that show, one of…
A low-life comedy in registers of Norse pallor and reticence, A Somewhat Gentle Man begins with ex-thug Ulrik (Stellan Skarsgård) paroled from a twelve-year sentence for murder. Returning to the seedy milieu he left behind on the outskirts of an unnamed city, Ulrik is a watchful, shy presence in every…
