Eight years in, the 2013 edition of Absolute! Fabulous! Gorgeous! is set to be bigger and more marvelous than ever. An annual fundraiser put on by Atlas, the service-learning arm of the Boulder County AIDS Project, Absolute! Fabulous! Gorgeous! utilizes the skills of its talented volunteer base to put on…
#51: Winnie Wenglewick Winnie Wenglewick of Denver’s Dangerous Theatre is a theatrical Jill-of-all-trades who came by her profession through the back door: ten years of volunteering with a Florida fringe festival. With no formal training, she’s turned Dangerous into a working, if struggling, entity. A lady who does as she…
Like millions of other people across this great land of ours, my wife and I spent a few hours of our weekend drafting our fantasy football teams. I’m not going to regale/bore you with the details of my team (ahem, Aaron Rodgers, Wes Welker, Ray Rice), but while we sorted…
Singing, dancing and demonic possession have never come together quite like they do in Evil Dead: The Musical. The production, which kicks off this Friday at the Bug Theatre, combines plot elements from all three of the films –Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness — and then…
With school in session, students are bringing their personal style to campus. One trendsetter who deserves an A is Alex Eddy, a University of Colorado at Denver senior who was rocking a zebra frock with a punk attitude. Continue reading to learn about her style icons, where she shops and…
My reasons for a trip to Shotgun Willie’s were two-fold: I had read our recent cover story on the thirty-year-old institution’s revamp and I wanted to get a glimpse of the original location before it was torn down, and my sister was moving to Seattle and the girl loves strip…
#52: Michelle Baldwin Seems like burlesque shows are a dime a dance these days in Denver. But back in the twentieth century, real vintage burlesque had pretty much died out here, along with the Curtis Street girly shows of a bygone era, after changing times and urban renewal wiped away…
Menswear has been back to school, now that the fall semester is in full swing on the Auraria campus. We spotted University of Colorado at Denver student Jason Giving waiting in a long line of students, where he was a standout with his leather shoes and coral-colored pants. Keep reading…
Millennials aren’t getting the memo that living on their own is good for them — and their put-upon parents. According to a Pew Research Center analysis, the number of adults aged 18 to 31 living at home rose to 36 percent last year — the highest percentage in forty years,…
What’s better than one classic horror movie transmogrified into a stage musical full of blood, gore and dance numbers, right in front of your eyes? How about three classic horror movies given similar treatment, and then tagged with a sweet name like Trilogy of Terror? Now, what’s even better than…
#53: Rebecca Vaughan Denver installation artist Rebecca Vaughan is right at the center of Denver’s art community: As a highly credentialed departing RedLine resident and continuing chair of Fine Arts and head of Sculpture at the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, she’s working alongside longtime professionals and the…
Alley Cats: An All Women Art Show, which opens Friday, August 16, was the result of two friends desiring to see more gallery access in the art community. “I’ve not been super-pleased with how things are run in the Denver art scene,” says Taylor Boylston, artist and co-curator of the…
Sometimes people who work in the retail industry dress very elaborately; others stick to the basics, because they’ve became disenchanted with fashion. So we were lucky to spot Corissa Violette, manager of Pandora on the Hill, who displays a charming individuality. Read on to learn all about her style icons,…
I’ve been obsessed with fitness ever since I can remember. Maybe it was because I grew up in the ’80s, and activities for girls revolved around a pink-haired dog that pimped nail accessories and showing the world what we could do through the fine art of ribbon dancing. I took…
For local bridal dressmaker Maggie Evans, it’s not just about creating the perfect gown — it’s about the woman wearing it. “I really see the wedding dress as a cocoon; the bride and I are spinning the web, so to speak, or making the cocoon from the silk, and it…
Sometimes street style can be subtle, while at other times it is over-the-top. When we spotted him downtown, Connery Charon’s style was an unusual mix of both. Keep reading to learn his style mantra, where he shops, and his favorite accessory. See also: -Menswear Mondays: Student Cole Ritter on his…
For its fourth fun and foot-cramping year, the Running of the Gays returns with a three-block “marathon” open to anyone brave enough to don heels for the cause. A benefit for Art From Ashes, an organization that empowers youth through poetry workshops, the Running of the Gays is a collaboration…
#54: Laura Shill Laura Shill calls her work “a collision of collecting, costuming, performance, installation and photography,” and as you might expect, it’s always intriguing: The many-faceted artist, currently a studio resident at RedLine, is known of late for labor-intensive stuffed fiber installations that envelope and shelter the viewer with…
This week’s weather has been classic Denver: sunny one minute, rainy the next. To honor our changing climate, we thought we’d bring you a variety of street styles: four different looks we saw this week, including the one sported by Olivia Jones (above), a local accountant we spotted at 16th…
Dana Cain has been involved in fandom since she first came to Denver, so it’s no surprise that in her capacity as director of the Denver County Fair, she went geeky. Last year, she launched the Geek Pavilion, making Denver’s fair “the only county fair in the world with a…
As I sat down to pen another love letter to Casa Bonita, I realized Westword has done that many times, in some form or other. In fact, just as I love Lakeside, other writers love Casa Bonita…certainly far more than regular diners do. But it wasn’t just a trip to…
#55: Matthew Hunzeker Back in January, our first 100CC subject in 2013, artist Donald Fodness, chose Matthew Hunzeker — a northern Colorado ambient musician who performs using hybrid instruments of his own invention — as his favorite Colorado Creative. It was an intriguing choice, purposely drawn from outside Fodness’s own…
