When Tran Wills opened her latest business venture, Base Coat Nail Salon, in 2013, the concept was simple: offer customers and employees a safe, non-toxic beauty experience in a charming, art-minded environment. But less than a year after the longtime Colorado entrepreneur’s shop had found a home on Tennyson Street,…
Details matter in fashion. At Broadway and Ellsworth, we spotted Joli Castor, an Art Institute high school representative and world fusion belly dancer with Bale Fire, wearing a pair of mint-green leather platform heels. “Fashion is an expression of who we are on the inside at any given moment in time…
Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator is one of a bare handful of nearly perfect horror movies. If there was any justice in the world, it would have been the biggest movie of 1985. Instead, it’s languished as something of a cult classic, beloved by people who know it while somehow managing to…
#22: Helen Littlejohn As a western-states public affairs specialist for the U.S. Department of Education, Helen Littlejohn is all about people, 24/7, working vigilantly to bring educational opportunities to under-served kids. But she also boasts a creative side, both in her practice as an artist and jewelry-maker and as a…
After spending half a decade in Los Angeles, going to school and working in the fashion industry, Boulder native Vanessa Barcus brought her skills and knowledge back to her home state and started Goldyn, a purveyor of adventurous couture — first as an online shop and then as a brick-and-mortar…
With the exception of yesterday’s torrential downpour that occurred late in the evening and temporarily turned Federal Boulevard into a river, I have yet to have seen a weather pattern over the last few weeks that was worth talking about. Yet, in this fourth week of May, as pools stay…
Weed is good for you. It’s true: Just ask Healthy Honeys creator Shannon Donnelly, the weed guru and yoga instructor who holds a Get Fit and Stay Lit class every weekend. Donnelly will show you all the ways to use cannabis for good, not evil, and tell you how smoking in…
Bree Davies loves Denver, the town where she was born and raised; she frequently shares tidbits about the Mile High City’s past and observations on where it’s going in her Breeality column. And as she notes in the most recent installment, sometimes those stories are lifted without attribution by other…
Geek culture is big, but even in the vast, loosely defined ocean of “geek” there are a few universal touchstones. That’s not to say that everyone agrees on them — hell, if you can get five geeks together in a room who agree on more than two separate geek-related things,…
#23: Nancy Stohlman Nancy Stohlman is Denver’s flash-fiction poster girl: The author of a new collection, Vixen Scream and Other Bible Stories, and two novels, The Monster Opera and Searching for Suzi: a flash novel, she’s also contributed to four flash-fiction anthologies and helped found Fast Forward Press. And Stohlman’s…
Whether you’ve lived in Denver for five minutes or fifty years, there’s a pride that comes with being a part of the Mile High City. I should know: I spend a great majority of my time as writer sharing my thoughts and feelings on the city that raised me. I’ve…
Though some of the entrants were more prone to oinking than barking, the Barking Bitches fashion show at last Saturday’s Rocky Mountain Pet Expo pitter-pattered across the stage in canine evening gowns and other smart animal attire. You missed the pet-friendly fashion gala? Photographer Scott Lentz pictures how it went…
In Diva Watch, we’ll profile the passionate, diverse and fascinating performers who light up Denver’s drag community. We’re expanding on our Diva Dozen list from earlier this year by asking a series of questions to get a peek underneath the make-up. Performer: Janessa Befierce Also known as: Josh Lucero Age:…
We spotted artist John Chacon and his seafoam-colored hair on the corner of 13th Avenue and Sherman Street. “Soundcloud is my style inspiration,” he says. “I like looking at the Internet for fashion. I like Internet swag. My style mantra is that I should always express myself, including the way I…
The anime con scene has been thriving for well over a decade in Colorado, and after a casual conversation with a friend last year, Jinnie McManus — a longtime behind-the-scenes fest worker — was inspired to expand the scene even further, with another celebration of anime. When that friend later…
Denver has many brand-spankin’ new places to eat, drink and have fun in the sun or on a balmy evening. But there are also plenty of great spots where you can enjoy an old-school summer night, including Lakeside Amusement Park, our Best Old-School Summer Night destination in the 2015 Best of…
May continues to spring forward with fashion-forward events, including markets, boutique openings and a knitting class. Here are ten more events guaranteed to keep you in style, in chronological order. 10) ILY| ILEY Grand Opening Party 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday, May 14 ILY| ILEY Boutique 2525 15th Street, Unit…
A friend of mine and my boyfriend recently announced that he was getting engaged. To a woman he met on Tinder. Two weeks ago. Which shouldn’t be that shocking, I guess — people meet online all the time. I myself spend more time looking at my phone than looking at…
#24: Christine Buchsbaum A gifted artist who uses photography — as well as film and video — to document staged scenarios and performance art, Rocky Mountain School of Art + Design graduate Christine Buchsbaum is now represented by Robischon Gallery. But as an artist/resident in the international La Napoule Art…
The third chapter of the Stanley Film Festival has concluded at the haunting Stanley Hotel in Estes Park and, like its predecessors, it was a thrill-a-minute ride, complete with scares aplenty and an increasing body count (via its glorious horror programming), that finished with a bloody, satisfying conclusion…until the next…
On a scale of one to Mad Max, how prepared are you for the end of the world? Chances are if you’re reading this — i.e. you’re an American who loves pop culture enough to read analysis and commentary about it — you’re as well prepared for humanity’s last hurrah…
#25: Monique Crine Born in Germany, schooled at San Francisco State University and Cornell, and now based in Denver, Monique Crine crosses through layers of media and techniques just to make a painting, first photographing her subjects before committing them in super-real, cinema-inspired detail to canvas. Interested in the study…
