My mother calls it “The Boulevard.” That’s one of many small-town terms she uses to describe the city in which she grew up and raised me. My mom also often says she’s going “up the hill,” which can mean any direction and any destination. (I detailed her numerous local yokel…
It’s been a long time since Ash strapped a chainsaw onto the spot where his missing hand should be, slung a shotgun over his shoulder and went hard on some Deadites. Too goddamn long. As great as it was, Army of Darkness came out more than twenty years ago —…
#5: Dede LaRue Sometime in the ‘80s, spray-painted pink flamingos began appearing on the sides of dumpsters and rollaways around Denver, long before the city even imagined it had a graffiti problem. They were left there by Dede LaRue, an artist/troublemaker with a delightful sense of humor. She’s best-known now…
Fall is finally in the air, and it’s time to celebrate the season with good food, kid-friendly scares, corn mazes and lots and lots of pumpkins! Here are ten of our favorite October events in Colorado. 10) Harvests and Contests at the Market at Union Station Harvest Market October 10, with…
It’s that time of year again! Halloween costumes say a lot about the type of person you are: You can dust off your old witch hat and take the easy route, or try something new and daring. But be careful: It’s easy to make a mistake that could haunt you…
It’s no secret that some of the best ideas and inventions are cooked up right in sunny Colorado. In this series, we’ll be exploring the latest products coming from the state’s makers, builders and innovators. One in eight couples struggles with infertility, according to some estimates. And it’s often a…
The annual Shining Ball at the notoriously haunted Stanley Hotel celebrates the building’s ties to the Stephen King novel and Stanley Kubrick film. In 1974, King stayed in room 217, where he allegedly was visited by spirits while he was sleeping. According to hotel staff legend, the horror writer was…
The most wonderful day of the year is almost here! Halloween will be here — and gone! — before we know it, but there’s still time to go hard on the holiday’s best tradition — spooky movies. Since I typically spend the entire month of October binging on horror movies,…
The Colorado Photographic Art Center’s annual benefit event Fashion/Culture 2.0 brought live music, Tivoli Brewing Company beers and an eye-candy fashion show inspired by icons of fashion and music to the Tivoli Turnhalle on Saturday, October 24. All photos by Ken Hamblin III. Now see the full Fashion/Culture 2.0 slide…
I grew up in a not-very-big house in Virginia Village where I shared a room with one of my siblings for most of my childhood. Even though we had pretty tight living quarters to begin with, my parents still opened our little home to anyone who needed it — throughout…
Being a parent to a preschooler is never easy, but it’s even harder if your job and creative outlet terrifies your poor offspring, as local cartoonist Stan Yan discovered when his son was three. “I have all this zombie art hanging from the walls [in the basement] and our laundry…
Sci-fi nerds of every stripe turned out last weekend for Denver’s oldest and most literary sci-fi convention, MileHiCon. Photographer Danielle Lirette was there to capture all the action — and the costumes. Now see Westword’s full MileHiCon 47 slide show…
#6: Michelle Ellsworth Michelle Ellsworth ushers performance beyond the 21st century with a multimedia flourish that’s distinctly her own. Movement, installation, video, text and web design are among the tools she wields in producing fascinating, funny, sharp-witted works that dissect modern problems. A professor in dance and interdisciplinary arts at…
It’s no secret that some of the best ideas and inventions are cooked up right in (usually) sunny Colorado. In this series, we’ll be exploring the latest products coming from the state’s makers, builders and innovators. Bill Feldman came to Denver last February to hawk Liberty Wristband — his invention…
Six weeks ago we flew to New York for New York Fashion Week, and we’re still thinking about some of the stylish individuals we met there. Broadcast standards manager Ashley Golden Brown, for example, spotted at the Brooklyn Bridge Park in DUMBO during the Essence Street Style block party. “Essence…
If you grow it, you should show it. The Boulder Facial Hair Club is gearing up for its third annual Beard and Moustache Competition on Saturday, October 24, and hundreds of men (and dozens of women) are already packing their beard oil and costumes in preparation for the hair-raising event…
#7: Bree Davies Give longtime Westword contributor Bree Davies a soapbox to stand on, and she’ll have something to say. We love her here because she is fearless about speaking up for Denver DIYers, neighborhoods enbattled by unwelcome change, modern feminist values, bad human behavior and other hot-button issues, no matter what…
This weekend, Dismember the Alamo will host its second Halloween mystery-movie marathon: four movies, not to be revealed until they start, plus a special guest tied to one or more of the films. When I spoke to Steve Bessette, creative manager of the Alamo Drafhouse in Littleton, he promised me the program…
October is zooming by, and Halloween will be here before you know it. But fear not, the next ten days are filled with fashion events, everything from haunted boutiques to killer runway shows. Even fashion funding is an option: Until November 14, emerging fashion designers can apply for the Fashion…
The Denver Botanic Gardens is always cooking up new ways to bring folks inside its gates, and Glow at the Gardens might be one of the best: For three Wednesdays in October the temple to growing things is hosting the family-friendly after-dark event, which features activities for all ages, artistic…
Blue hair is all the rage these days, and the azure locks of Atomic Sean, a hairstylist apprentice at Babooshka, caught our eye when we spotted him waiting for a bus at 11th Avenue and Broadway. Sean is originally from Pennsylvania and New Orleans, and has lived in Denver for…
It’s no secret that some of the best ideas are cooked up right in sunny Colorado. In this series, we’ll be exploring the latest products coming from Colorado makers, builders and innovators. After graduating from the University of Colorado Law School, Colorado native Deanna Seery moved to California to practice…
