Denver Life

The construction of the Auraria Higher Education Center four decades ago wiped out much of the earliest part of Denver. But Jonathan Pite, a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder with a masters of fine art in photography, documented much of this changing area in 1977. And today, his…

Update: A lot of folks are reporting bumper crops this warm summer. How about you? If you haven’t already entered your prized eggplant or handmade quilt (because, hey, not all of us garden) in the Denver County Fair, you’ve been given a reprieve: The fair has extended its online competition…

Mile High Mayhem has rolled into town for the weekend, filling the city with scooter shenanigans. Bree Davies talked with Missi Kroge about the history of the scene, including the founding of the Secret Servix, and it definitely brought back memories…

Why do people feel they need to share their thoughts about an incident as horrific as the Aurora shootings in social media? The Internet overflows with comments, as people try to come to grips with their emotions. But as Bree Davies wrote in Tuesday’s Breeality Bites, many of us seem…

Even in the heat, Denver’s fashonistas manage to look flaw-free. This week’s street style features a local DJ living it up at the Underground Music Showcase on Broadway. Ready, set, here we go! More What’s in Your Bag? – Marc Jacobs, a master’s thesis and more! – Local artist ASiEL…

For her latest endeavor, Fallene Wells went big: She launched a $20,000 Kickstarter campaign to fund her Modern Nouveau line. Fans of Fallene’s work came through, the designer reached her goal, and on August 24, she will debut her fall mix-match collection at Walker Fine Art Gallery, in a solo,…

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…

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…