Here’s the perfect way to end your First Friday festivities: Open Media Foundation will celebrate the fifth anniversary of Denver Open Media at its annual fundraiser. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. tonight at 700 Kalamath Street, and the event includes performances by Total Ghost (as seen at the Westword web…
This year’s holiday play at Denver’s Dangerous Theatre has everything you could ever want to see: rednecks, guns, cussing, sex, violence, intrigue — and an angel in his underwear. Kentucky Claus & the Rebel Elves, which opens tonight, is an hour and 45 minutes of backwoods insanity, starting with six…
If this weekend is just too long for your so-twee-it-hurts heart to wait for Fancy Tiger’s Holiday Handmade Craft Fair or the Holiday Mancraft event at Ink Lounge, West Elm in Cherry Creek is inviting five Etsy-approved crafters to sell their wares tonight from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Unlike…
Just in time for the holidays, Jenny An served up the “Seven tastiest feast scenes in movies,” ranging from Eat Drink Man Woman to the Americanized version of that flick,Tortilla Soup, to The Nutty Professor and, of course, Big Night. Our plate looked pretty full, but then Anonymous responded with…
Comedian Lori Callahan is not getting rave reviews for her video mocking the current “I’m a Mormon” campaign, the appropriately titled “I’m NOT a Mormon.” “To me, it feels like a cult,” Callahan says of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, explaining that the sketch was designed not…
We all do these things. Maybe not everything on the list every time, but what’s the use of having relatives that we visit if we can’t rifle through their crap, steal their personal hygiene items and exploit their imperfections to feel better about ourselves? Making them embarrassed and miserable by…
The Muppet Movie is doing boffo box office; the puppets alone are enough to draw the crowds. But during their lengthy career, the Muppets have also cozied up to many celebrities — including the quintet profiled in our “Five most memorable Muppet movie cameos” post. DustyD One of them was…
Denver’s not generally known for its old-world charm. We’ve gone straight from cowtown to modern city, it seems, and even our perception of “old-fashioned” has been contemporized for an urban audience. At Christmastime, though, there’s at least one tradition here that’s fiercely old-world, and that’s the come-and-go Christkindl Market, which…
Shop ’til you’re dropped! The all-consuming holiday chaos at malls — including one in nearby Falcon — captured in “Black Friday 2001: A soul-crushing compilation of humanity at its worst,” prompted this from Coco: Protests in Tahrir Square, tramplings in Walmart. No wonder the rest of the world hates America!…
When Meghan Throckmorton opened her tiny boutique Rakun, situated in a little house on the far northern edge of the Art District on Santa Fe, on First Friday in June, she knew it was a gamble; six months later, she’s still there, but not without wishing for more of the…
Roller derby isn’t just a very entertaining spectacle, it’s a real athletic endeavor — as anyone who saw the national WFTDA championships earlier this month at the 1stBank Center could tell you. Or just listen to Pet Scoop: Despite the crazy names and eccentric themes, roller derby is definitely a…
As we prepare for the commercial holiday that follows a little thing called Thanksgiving, the debate over whether stores should begin opening at midnight on Black Friday is raging. But when and where did Black Friday come from? What does it really mean? We asked Darrin Duber-Smith, Marketing Professor at…
Dogs are like babies in one respect above all others: They don’t know they’re fat (or drooling half the time, for that matter). But unlike dogs, babies grow up, get skinny, then fat again. Canines go down another road, one of constant eating and as much sleep as they want…
Susan Froyd rounded up some of the season’s best homegrown shopping opportunities in her “Buy Local Week” post, prompting this from Marie (yes, one of the local artists whose creations Froyd singles out): Bravo! Thanks for supporting the little guys Susan!! We love you!! I love the way you put…
The reasons why shopping local is a good idea have been floating around so much lately that anyone who cares about their community, or shopping, or both, knows the basic tenets by heart. Still, it never hurts to repeat them: Shopping for local merchandise at small businesses close to home…
Some art is timeless. And so it goes with “White People With Dreads: A field guide,” which Jef Otte created over a year ago, but keeps attracting comments from dreadlock enthusiasts. Creditcard hippie is just the latest to discover the post, and weighs in with this critical review of one…
Jef Otte wrote “O, Barnum! An ode to Denver’s least desirable neighborhood” as a celebration of his own neighborhood — one that counts several other Westword writers as residents. Some of their neighbors appreciated Otte’s ode; others did not. Denver School Board member Andrea Merida is just the latest to…
Last night’s “All Glory to the Hypnoquiz: an all-Futurama Event ” at Rackhouse Pub, sponsored by Geeks Who Drink, was a pretty raucous time, and I definitely debunked the myths that geeks can’t drink, party, be hot or win things. The evening didn’t turn out exactly how I wanted –…
The buy-local, DIY holiday craft market season is on: Get your foot in the door this weekend when the Sugar Plum Bazaar, featuring about forty spot-on, homegrown vendors, opens for business from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the elegant Parkside Mansion…
Uh-ode! Some readers didn’t appreciate Jef Otte’s “O, Barnum! And ode to Denver’s least desirable neighborhood,” which was intended as a love letter, but Don saw as hate mail: Hey Pendejo, It’s obvious that you are missing something here. I never had a cockroach in my house ever. If you…
Good news, everyone! If you love Futurama and beer, then you should check out “All Glory to the Hypnoquiz: an all-Futurama Event” at Rackhouse Pub tonight at 8 p.m. Sponsored by Geeks Who Drink, this pub quiz will involve teams competing (showing off) with each other to answer trivia questions…
Sublime’s “Santeria” is playing over the speakers at Fallen Owl Tattoo when owner and artist Adam Rose introduces himself, his shop and his mission: “We’re a solid old-school shop, and we have old-school values. We’re very focused on the children.” In the flier for the West Colfax studio’s latest project,…
