Red Bastard comes to Boulder this weekend for some of the character’s final shows before creator Eric Davis heads to Cirque du Soleil. A huge part of the Red Bastard show is engaging the audience in sometimes uncomfortable ways. Interacting with the audience in ways that range from challenging to…
Superman, the ideal representation of truth, justice and the American way, is now being portrayed by Henry Cavill, a Brit. While I don’t think it’s xenophobic to have a problem with that, I do think that if it’s a punishment, it’s one we deserve. An American icon, Superman was created…
We’ve always been fascinated with risky jobs, but there are few in the world more insane to anyone with a fear of heights than a high-rise window washer. There is no amount of money you could pay us to rappel off of a giant glass building. Thankfully for people who…
If there’s one thing we’ve proven time and time again, it’s that Denver loves its burlesque. What better way to show your appreciation for the timeless act of girls seductively removing their clothes and dancing than to learn a little about the history? You can do so this weekend at…
For hipsters, the formula for having fun is simple, yet elegant: Take an aspect of the ’80s-baby childhood experience, add Pabst Blue Ribbon and take it really seriously — that’s pretty much the logic behind every kickball league, Portlandia’s recent and disconcertingly accurate sendup of competitive hide-and-seek and (though it…
Boulder-based cartoon company Mighty Fudge Studios revels in hijinks and notoriety, whether its producing spots for The Spike & Mike Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation or creating animated attacks on Jay Leno. No wonder the operation seems to be bursting in pride over the fact that their classic animated…
Husband-and-wife photography team Brian Mohr and Emily Johnson are doing things the hard way with their Wild People, Wild Places project: For their most recent adventure, featured on the cover of Wend Magazine’s January 2011 issue, the duo toured Norway’s Arctic Alps for a month using only skis and bicycles,…
Last Sunday, the Denver Art Museum’s American Indian Art Galleries suddenly got a whole lot more personal: That’s when DAM native arts curator Nancy Blomberg unveiled a whole new way of looking at Indian art to the public, by celebrating the individual talents of heretofore unrecognized artists and craftsmen. The…
After a cold snap this week brutal enough to turn otherwise burly men into simpering babies, it’s finally supposed to warm up to a balmy 32 degrees today, which is at least on the cusp of not freezing. But now we almost wish it wouldn’t, since we saw this video…
What kind of mini-golf course requires you to sign a liability waiver? Well, traveling art/mini-golf/drinking lounge Smash Putt! Miniature Golf Apocalypse, for one. “We want to make sure everybody stays safe and nobody sticks their hands into the robot drill press,” says Jeremy Franklin-Ross, part of a group of artists…
With the inflated set of societal expectations that accompanies them, holidays in general can be a setup for disappointment, and Valentine’s Day is probably the worst. On no other day can a bouquet of roses smell so suspiciously of desperation; even if you have a special someone, you spend the…
South Broadway craft and clothing staple Fancy Tiger has new digs, and the store is celebrating with a free grand reopening tonight. The evening will start much like Fancy Tiger’s other First Friday Denver Made showcases, featuring local jewelry, bath and beauty products and a print line. Later, DJ Andy…
Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation, published in 2001, arguably began the current debate about our broken food system. Schlosser has since written a book for children, and one about marijuana titled Reefer Madness, and he is working on an investigation into nuclear weapons called Command and Control — but Nation…
The Denver Zine Library’s Super Bowl Chili Cookoff started as an alternative to the year’s most popular football game. But over the years, explains Kelly Shortandqueer, who’s been part of the event since its inception in 2006, “it has actually attracted people who were look-ing for something else to do…
The Great Depression left America in ruins, but out of those ashes rose a star like none the country had seen before: Gypsy Rose Lee. A bawdy stripper and burlesque performer, Lee rose to the top, embodying the very nature of the American dream. Author Karen Abbott uses Lee’s story…
Red Bastard is a self-described “monster” of cartoonish proportions, dressed in red spandex. Still, Eric Davis, who created and performs the character, has a piece of advice for people going into the show: “Don’t be scared.” You would be forgiven for being a bit scared, however: Red Bastard is famously…
Back in the days when video games basically consisted of a small dot bouncing back and forth between two lines (and were ridiculously expensive), kids had to think of other stuff to do with their time. And so it was that Connect Four, which amounted to tic-tac-toe with plastic disks,…
Tom Selleck, Rollie Fingers, William Howard Taft: just a few of the brave and celebrated men — nay, heroes — who have bestowed upon the world the gift of their lustrous mustaches. But the mustache wasn’t always so admired. Having long suffered an unfortunate association with sexual deviance, the manliest…
The Boulder Fringe Festival won’t officially unfurl again until August, but the folks behind it all would still like to remind you that it’s coming back. To that end, the world is invited to tonight’s annual Fringe Lottery Party, where names for the majority of this year’s performers will be…
Anyone with at least one toe in Jack Kerouac’s waters knows that Beat godhead and energy-spinner Neal Cassady — aka Dean Moriarty of On the Road — grew up on Denver’s skid row, the streetwise reform-schooled son of a drunk. It’s not a stretch to say that the whole Beat…
The Academy Awards are a spectator sport for fans of film, and the Denver Film Society’s Reel Social Club is tapping in. Celebrating with some good old-fashioned pre-show wagering, the inaugural Oscar Nomination Liquid Brunch goes down at 10 a.m. at the Denver FilmCenter, giving movie buffs a chance to…
A collective lust for food, cooking, comradery and community drives the Denver chef scene, and tonight at 6 p.m., sixteen of our city’s top toques will strut their stuff at EXDO Event Center for Great Chefs of the West, a fundraiser to support the endeavors of the National Kidney Foundation,…
