With No Shave November just around the corner, celebrations of Colorado’s best beards and mustaches are already under way. The Boulder Facial Hair Club will be hosting its second annual Beard and Moustache Contest in Longmont tomorrow, October 25, at Dickens Opera House; this year’s competition will feature eight categories,…
The first Bro Show – billed as “everything a man needs, all in one place” – filled the Denver Mart with classic cars, mixed-martial-arts contests, beer pong, guns, food, women in tight T-shirts, and beer, lots of beer, over this past weekend. But amid all this manly merchandise, one thing…
John Carpenter is a goddamned genius. Throughout the late ’70s and well into the ’80s, the best B-movie director to ever live cranked out a startling number of classic films. Not everything he touched during that period turned to gold — his adaptation of Stephen King’s Christine is pretty mediocre,…
#49: Tariana Navas-Nieves As Director of Cultural Affairs for Denver Arts & Venues, Tariana Navas-Nieves puts her background as a museum curator to work in a million different ways. As she notes in detail below, Navas-Nieves oversees every aspect of the city’s cultural face, from its highly visible public art…
Halloween is a holiday celebrated by all ages, but being a kid this time of year is something special. And from costume contests to magical worlds that only appear during the spooky season, the city is packed with places where hardcore candy seekers can get their sugar fix, little ones…
What do we do when we need to grieve for others when they experience loss? It feels like a never-ending process, sitting outside of a person you love and watching them walk through their bereavement, trying to comfort them but knowing there isn’t much you can say or do to…
For years motorcycle culture has been a male-dominated arena; the roads have long been ruled by men on their “hogs.” But Shelby Rossi was getting sick and tired of riding on the back of her boyfriend’s bike — so she decided to form the Scarlet Headers, a women’s motorcycle group…
#50: Mara Wiles Mara Wiles broke into comedy doing improv with Denver’s Impulse Theater, but soon made the shift to standup, becoming an integral member of the comedy scene and a regular attraction at local clubs and comedy nights. As a testament to her collaborative spark and likability, you’d be…
Scares and style collided on October 18, when the annual Zombie Crawl filled the 16th Street Mall with zombies, blood and surprisingly good fashion. During the event, we spotted two local make-up artists who went all out with their looks for the day; keep reading to find out more on…
It was that time of year again on Saturday, when thousands of zombies crawled out of their tombs for Denver’s annual Zombie Crawl on the 16th Street Mall. Photographer Aaron Thackeray braved a downtown stroll among the walking dead to bring back these images. Keep reading for a peek at…
The Classic: An Art and Fashion Exhibit will fill Green Labs, a marijuana think tank and performance space, with music, style, art and design tonight. The event is two shows in one, and will introduce Instant Classic Standard Clothing, a new lifestyle and clothing brand. In advance of tonight’s Classic,…
During the ninth annual Denver Zombie Crawl on Saturday, more than 20,000 undead are expected to descend on the 16th Street Mall to strut their decaying stuff. In a crowd like that, it can be hard to stand out; fortunately, there’s a near-infinite number of zombie movies from which you…
It’s October in Denver and that means zombies — lots and lots of zombies. From zombie crawls filling the mall to sexy zombies strutting their stuff, there’s no shortage of weird, wild and fun ways to celebrate your love of the walking dead. To help make sure you don’t miss…
There’s a bizarre alternate reality on the Internet when it comes to Denver — there’s the city we know and the city being sold to out-of-towners through fake blogs on real estate websites, like this list: “27 Things People From Denver Have to Explain to Out-Of-Towners.” The problem with these…
#51: Kristin Rand Kristin Rand is one of Denver’s funniest people. You can catch her in the act at comedy nights and clubs all over town, because she’s also a hardworking gal. Your best bets include https://westword-preprod-wpvip.md-staging.com/locations/syntax-physic-opera-2443702/”>Moxie!, her monthly sketch revue with fellow comic Mara Wiles at Syntax Physic Opera,…
Toys have a magical way of transporting us back to childhood, no matter what age we are. Re-encountering that one toy can instantly bring back memories of Christmas mornings or summer vacations. This Sunday, October 12, ride the nostalgia wave down to the Toy & Doll Collectors Supershow and see…
If you were ever a patron of FashioNation’s iconic location on 13th Avenue in Capitol Hill, the new store on South Broadway — which “officially” opens this Friday, October 10 — should be comfortingly familiar. “If we took a screw down at the old store, it was used here at…
#52: Taylor Gonda When it comes to popular culture, Taylor Gonda talks a great game. As co-host of the local podcast These Things Matter, she chats about music, movies and other obsessions with celebrities both local and sometimes national. But there’s more to Gonda than These Things Matter: A regular…
Certain things just seem tailor-made to work together. Take gin and tonic, for example: They both basically suck on their own, but damn, are they a delight when taken together. Other things stand just fine solo, but combine into a thing of sublime beauty, like peanut butter and chocolate, or…
Flannel is a fall fashion staple, and this week we have spotted the seventeenth-century textile all over the Denver streets. The fabric once worn by farmers, railroad workers and grunge rockers like Nirvana and Pearl Jam in the ’90s remains on trend today. Over the years, flannel has transitioned from…
Last Saturday night as I was winding down and getting ready for bed at a cool 9:45 p.m., I received a frantic phone call. Maybe I just assumed it was frantic; at 34, I suspect any call after 9 p.m. is someone in need, not someone asking me if I…
#53: Kevin O’Brien A fixture in the local standup scene, Kevin O’Brien takes that scene a step or two forward every time he takes the mic. He’s also served as the host of Arguments and Grievances, one of Denver’s cleverest comedy nights, for nearly four years, and with fellow pop-culture…
