November is American Indian and Alaskan Native Heritage Month — so naturally, the Lieutenant Governor’s Office, which oversees the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs, is celebrating with a show of skateboard art at the State Capitol. A public reception for the show, curated as part of the Colorado Creative Industries…
“Get ready for a snowy weekend,” reports Joel Gratz, forecaster for OpenSnow.com and a repeat Westword Best of Denver Best Way to Plan a “Sick” Day winner. Gratz is predicting light snow in the mountains this evening and a heavier storm late Saturday, and says he’s headed to Wolf Creek…
WA 3 Voormi from Something Independent on Vimeo. Voormi, a Pagosa Springs-based manufacturer of technical wool outdoor clothing and gear, won the 2013 Something Independent Wright Award for entrepreneurship last night at a pre-launch event hosted by Session Kitchen. “This is about the best treat I could have, to be…
The annual race to be the first mountain to open Colorado’s ski season will go to Arapahoe Basin again, thanks to six inches of natural snow last night and a couple of weeks’ worth of ideal snowmaking conditions. “This is a very exciting time for us, and all of Colorado,”…
The local skate rag turned video ‘zine known as Fuck Off Zine will be unveiling Skateboarding Sucks tonight at Toeey’s Off Colfax. The film, screening at 8 p.m. (all ages) and 10 p.m. (21+) for $5, is the third installment of the FOZine video series documenting the best and worst…
If this fall-like weather has you pining for snowy slopes, here’s an antidote: The folks at Winter Park are sharing these photos of the resort’s first noticeable dusting of snow, with a note: The first full day of fall brought plenty of snow to Winter Park Resort, which has already…
It’s not powder season quite yet, but on Saturday, a pack of pro snowboarders made the streets of Denver their own personal terrain park at Snowboard on the Block. The board-centric event featured a rail jam with riders including Scotty Vine and Tim Humphreys, as well as music and snowboard…
People often fear death; Mother Nature does not. She dresses up in flashy colors and goes out with a bang. And every year from mid-September to mid-October, those living in Colorado get to witness one of the most brilliant funerals in the entire world. But why are fall colors so…
For Scott Ogden and Lauren Springer Ogden, gardening is about much more than a pretty-looking plot. Having designed public and private gardens across the country, the horticulture experts look to engage all of the senses when bringing plant life together. This Thursday, August 29 at the Denver Botanic Gardens, the…
Careful — fall out of your headstand too quickly, and you’re liable to tumble down a few hundred steps. This Saturday, August 3, Denver Arts & Venues and long-time partner CorePower Yoga will offer Yoga on the Rocks, a supplement to the popular HealthONE Red Rocks Fitness Challenge, a city-sponsored,…
Zombies invaded City Park yesterday, and people were running for their lives to avoid the undead…or at least complete the route without having a zombie “infect” you by popping the little balloons taped to your shirt. Westword was there to document this fight to the finish. See also: – Slide…
There’s no shortage of local entrepreneurs who are tapping into yoga and nutrition. That’s why Kate Coleman, founder of Biophilia, wanted to carve out her own special niche. The certified-yoga-instructor-slash-nutritionist has been backpacking for nearly a decade, since a University of Iowa school excursion first sparked her interested in the…
Put on your stars and stripes and your red, white and blue: the Fourth of July is just days away. Across the United States, fireworks, parades and barbecues will celebrate Independence Day — and Denver has no shortage of patriotic pride. Here are ten ways to celebrate this year. See…
It’s time to embrace the longest day of the year, to celebrate the first day of summer and the fact that it’s still light enough to ride your bike at 8:30 p.m. and warm enough to eat ice cream all freaking night long. So let’s all work together to create…
Sure, Colorado is landlocked — but that doesn’t mean you have to spend your summer high and dry in the sweltering, 90-plus degree heat. We don’t have an ocean, but there are rivers, reservoirs, pools, water parks and many more places where you can immerse yourself this summer. So dig…
Shanti Medina dreamed up the first Women’s Summer Solstice journey while having tea with another female yoga therapist. “We were talking about how the yoga business in general doesn’t really support a lot of collaboration,” she remembers. “It was very, ‘I have my class, you have your class.’ So we…
When Yoga Rocks the Park started rocking a few years ago, the idea was to bring yoga and music together in a setting that just made sense: outside, in the sunshine. And not only would the event make you feel good, it would help you do good, raising money for…
Never mind those epic closing-day celebrations last weekend at Vail, Copper Mountain, Breckenridge, and Powderhorn: All four resorts have announced they’ll be spinning the chairlifts again this weekend and reopening Friday, April 19 through Sunday, April 21, to make the most of massive dumps of late-season snow. See also: -…
Beth “Fiona Grapple” Bandimere and Mona “Triple Shot Misto” — the roller derby moms of The Amazing Race fame — are teammates on both the CBS reality TV series (still hanging in there as of this writing) and the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls’ 5280 Fight Club traveling squad, but they’ll be…
The 2012-2013 ski and snowboard season begins winding down this weekend — with the first round of closing-day parties at Ski Granby Ranch, Powderhorn and Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort — despite the fact that snow conditions are actually quite good, with more snow in the forecast. Here’s a rundown…
Three times now, I’ve received a phone call that I never anticipated I’d get even once in my life. Two times, the call was from a friend who delivered the news; one time it was my mother. Though all three were different voices, each had a similar, haunting pitch and…
Photographer Dave Wood’s new show, The Art of Roller Derby, coincides with the city-wide Month of Photography celebration and also kicks off a new monthly artist showcase series at Herman’s Hideaway. Wood has been photographing roller derby for the last three years, and will be featuring a selection of his…
