Caleb Medley, wounded in the Aurora shooting, has moved hearts across the country. He and his high-school sweetheart-wife Katie moved to Aurora, where he’s worked at Walmart, then Target, then Walmart again all while dreaming of becoming a stand-up comic. Meanwhile, Katie became pregnant. Caleb is now lying in a…
At this past weekend’s UMS music festival, my band was asked to lead the audience at 3 Kings Tavern in a moment of silence for the victims of the Aurora theater shootings. Into a microphone I usually use for inappropriate jokes and crowd prodding, I stumbled through the announcement, asking…
Since his Where’s Waldo journey began in 1987, Waldo has ventured to outer space and Hollywood; he has time-traveled and visited other worlds — and now he’s coming to Boulder. This month, the notoriously elusive children’s book character turns 25, and Boulder Book Store is throwing him a party at…
With his post on why cruiser bikes suck, Josiah Hesse seemed to be cruisin’ for a bruising. And the hits just keep coming:…
Summer in Denver, and it’s hot, hot, hot. So are the responses to Bree Davies’s “Top five: Stop whining and enjoy the summer already.” And in his comment, Desert Badass added fuel to the ire with this: It’s 116 in Phoenix Arizona so quit your sniveling you Colorado Pussies…
Austin, Texas weirdo Paul Soileau has done the drag thing: Within the confines of heels and pearls, the performer has seen plenty of success under the Rebecca Havemeyer moniker. But Soileau desired more for himself and the stage, and after scratching just below his own performance surface, he found Christeene…
There’s nothing like sipping wine to put you in the mood for looking at art, and that’s the duh, of course! thinking behind Wine of the Americas, a fundraiser making its return to the Museo de las Americas tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. See also: – Cara a Cara:…
Although The Dark Knight Rises will be released officially just after midnight tonight, at Premiere to Remember, people will be able to see the movie four and a half hours earlier — and also party with fellow fans. And in a contest announced earlier this week, we promised to give…
This week, Denver street style is taking cues from New York’s Marc Jacobs, whose high-end fashion and leather goods are a symbol of luxury to people around the world. While the air here is hot and muggy, with sudden showers threatening the afternoons, Denverites keep pushing the style thermometer. Weather…
The Dark Knight Rises officially opens at midnight tomorrow. Buy a ticket to Premiere to Remember, though, and you can see the movie a full four-and-a-half hours earlier, at the United Artists Colorado Center 9 — and then go to an after-party at Dave and Buster’s. And if you win…
Over the past decade, Denver has shown that it’s a city where independent entrepreneurs can thrive. And in this successful climate, the women behind Colorado-based company eMperfumes smelled opportunity. Tired of the retail grind, FolieM President Kristin Clift and friends Roxanne Maine, Avery-Lynn Osborne and Jessica Stone (a later addition)…
An abundance of cruisers — which Josiah Hesse derides in his “Cruiser bikes sucks” post — aren’t the only sign that this town has been overtaken by hipsters. There are also all the flip flops…
The Hopeless Pickles of Pizazz was the best band at Girls Rock Denver’s annual summer camp this year. But I would be lying if I didn’t immediately acknowledge my own bias: This band of eight- and nine-year-old girls was coached by me and fellow Westword contributor Robin Edwards. Seriously, though,…
The Run for Your Lives zombie 5K run came to Colorado on Saturday, July 14, and Lakewood’s Thunder Valley Motorcross park was turned into a scene from the zombie apocalypse. Among the undead and the runners, we found a whole bunch of muddy people. Jim Wills brings back these photos…
The Colorado Burlesque Festival returned to Denver July 12-15 for a third annual twirl of the tassels, showcasing the art of burlesque with performances by some of the top women in the field. Jim Wills brings back these photos from the festival, which included performances by more than 75 women…
Colorado-boy-made-good T.J. Miller was back in Denver this week, for a five-show run at the Improv after dropping by Red Rocks Tuesday night for the premiere of the video for “Denver,” a rap on his new extended play e.p. In the Nix Bros. video, filmed at landmarks across Denver dives…
The wheels are still turning over our Cruiser bikes suck/Cruiser bikes rule debate, with aesthetes and athletes alike weighing in on the debate. And the discussion isn’t limited to cruisers…
Style Strike debuted yesterday in the plaza of the Denver Pavilions. In this home-grown reality show, host Samuel Schimek — of the I Heart Denver store in the Pavilions — chooses audience members with old, out-of-style accessories to “strike” and replace with new items that are actually in “style.” Every…
This Saturday, when the Run For Your Lives 5K race comes to Denver, the fast and wary will survive. The rest will be zombie fodder. That’s right — at long last, someone has combined a 5K obstacle-course race with the walking dead. Or in this case, the running dead. Sure,…
The Colorado Burlesque Festival returns to Denver today for a third annual twirl of the tassels. Shotgun Willies? Think again. This event isn’t about scantily dressed ladies. The art of burlesque will be showcased with performances by some of the top women in the field: over 75 performers who have…
Cool or crap? Yesterday two Show and Tell writers offered a point/counterpoint on cruiser bikes. But while Britt Chester has been cruising with his “Cruiser bikes rule” piece, Josiah Hesse’s “Cruiser bikes suck” seems to have hit a brick wall…of criticism…
Editor’s note: Cruiser bikes have become a fixture in Denver, especially on Wednesday nights when weekly Cruiser Rides take over the streets. In fact, it’s hard to imagine a time when there wasn’t one on every corner. But the culture that comes with cruisers can be polarizing, and Westword contributors…
