People have argued for decades as to whether God has favorites in any sport. For mixed martial arts, He would be hard-pressed to find a team to root for more than Team Wildman. In MMA, fight teams originate from certain gyms, normally with a leader or coach and a team…
Apple debuted its app store for computers today. And it’s way cooler than you thought it would be. Yes, right now it’s mostly carryover from the iPad and iPhone app store, which is somewhat uninteresting because those apps were designed for a mobile touch screen. But there are some regular…
The Denver Botanic Gardens is not exactly known for being generous with its free days. If it’s not doing them in the dark, it does them on weekdays when most people are at work — probably the closest you’re going to get to a free day on the weekend is…
Regardless of what it did for Mexico, the Mexican revolution of the early 20th century spawned some of the most badass figures in history: You might remember Pancho Villa, maybe the most famous bandit/revolutionary ever, or Emiliano Zapata, the guy who said “it is better to die on your feet…
KIROTV in Lynwood, Washington recently reported a story about a real-life superhero named Phoenix Jones who stopped a car theft by chasing the man down the street. Weird, but not unheard of in this post-Kick-Ass world. In fact, there is an entire website devoted to these real world superheroes –…
Mare Trevathan exists in the local theater scene on many levels: She’s an actress, publicist and booster all rolled up into one dynamic ball of energy, who’s played roles for numerous companies, including Curious Theatre, where she also manages community affairs. Mare has been all over the world and has…
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has been trying to get on Facebook for over a year. Due to issues with the social networking site’s indemnity clause — which says Facebook is not responsible for one user suing another — Suthers last April ordered all state agencies and institutions to take…
Rather than saving it all up for one big year-end video, the ski crew at Denver-based Icelantic Boards has been dribbling out the goods all season with its Bangers and Mash One Degree TV series directed by Nick Hickling. Episode 3, nearly a half hour long, features a peek inside…
Bono recently took time out of his busy touring schedule to save his investment opportunity, Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark — a Broadway musical boasting tunes written by the investor himself, daredevil scenes of amazing acrobatics and, according to a November New York Times interview, “wows from the soul and…
Broadway yields many surprises, and one of the biggest in recent years was Next to Normal, a musical about a bipolar woman and the havoc she wreaks on her family. The difficult subject matter might not sound like fodder for a musical, but the tough yet accessible treatment of the…
“We’re officially in crunch time,” says Ben Davis, spokesman for the inaugural committee planning Colorado Can Do, the inaugural activities for Governor-elect John Hickenlooper and Lieutenant Governor-elect Joe Garcia. Assuming the committee survives that crunch, at 8:30 a.m. today Hickenlooper will officially resign his post as mayor of Denver, then…
In our hearts, Denver will always be a cowtown: not as a spot where boots are frequently stepping into bullshit, but as a frontier of eternal, endless opportunity. And while some short-sighted boosters might prefer to push this city as a major metropolis with mountains, today they’ll all be kicking…
Starting tonight, ninety of the world’s best bull riders will attempt to tame a particularly ornery collection of animals for a shot at over $80,000 in prize money. Part of the National Western Stock Show, it’s the biggest event of the year for the Professional Bull Riders Touring Pro Division…
There will be no shortage of stuff to buy at the International Sportsmen’s Exposition; from fishing reels to adventure vacations to art featuring wildlife, the expo will most likely have something to appeal to anyone who’s ever held a rifle and thought, awesome. The real draw, though, is not what…
Echo Mountain’s annual Traffic Jam Ski and Snowboard Contest starts today and, since it’s sponsored by Scion, will feature vehicle-themed terrain park obstacles: tire jibs, junker cars, old road signs, and anything else Echo’s mad scientist park designer Marc Moline can get his mittens on. “I couldn’t even tell you…
Small-town economics can get a little slippery. Take Ouray, for example, where the answer to the community’s sluggish winter scene turned out to be deceptively simple: Leave the water running when it’s cold outside. The Ouray Ice Festival (now in its sixteenth year) and Ouray Ice Park (free and open…
Why not start off the new year with a Japanese animation about a futuristic cyberspace-crossed world that will blow your socks off and turn your world right around in the space of a couple of hours? If we got you at “Japanese animation,” your best bet is Summer Wars, a…
Matt Savage is reluctant to talk about how he became a piano prodigy shortly after picking the instrument up at the tender age of six, how he started composing a year later, how he was good enough to jam with legendary pianist Chick Corea a year after that. He’s proud…
In 1963, according to local lore, the ancient Norse god of winter packed up his skis and his bow and moved to Breckenridge, where villagers have been celebrating his arrival ever since. “We’re having an epic snow season this year, so there’s good reason to come out and praise Ullr,”…
Since the apex of their popularity in the ’60s and subsequent market saturation in the early ’70s (recall, if you will, the Hanna-Barbera cartoon), the Harlem Globetrotters have not exactly been the hippest thing around. But what becomes lame in turn becomes nostalgic and then awesome again, and following an…
Roy Wood Jr. has appeared on everything from Late Show With David Letterman to Russell Simmons’s Def Comedy Jam, but he’s never done anything like Last Comic Standing. For one, he considers it the most important line on his resumé as a comedian. In fact, he calls the show one…
Editor’s note: Tig Notaro returns to Denver on January 13 for a gig at the hi-dive. Jef Otte had a chance to talk to her about her former life in Denver’s music scene and her current life as a comic and Sarah Silverman sidekick. Read all about it: Tig Notaro…
