Last night’s Labyrinth screening at Film on the Rocks was close to magical. I settled in at a prompt 7:30 p.m., preparing for amusement and delight when Ukulele Loki’s Gadabout Orchestra took the stage. The group of annoying, loudmouthed teenagers a few rows behind me (I must be getting old)…
Heath Ledger will be remembered for several of his movies, no doubt — his turn in Brokeback Mountain catapulted him into the stratosphere of stardom, to be sure. But the role for which he might most be remembered is his last: that of the Joker in the upcoming Batman: Dark…
Let’s get this out of the way first; the opening hour of HBO’s Iraq war mini-series Generation Kill is tough to sit through. Not in the sense of Schindler’s List, with its sharp focus and unflinching look at the horrors of concentration camps, or Saving Private Ryan, in which we…
“If you believe you should pay more taxes,” John McCain said in his July 7th Denver town hall meeting, “I am the wrong candidate for you.” Aside from the fact that it’s not as though Barack Obama is running on an “I’ll tax the hell out of all of you…
Woe is the traveler this summer who flies for business or pleasure. As gas prices have gone through the roof, the airlines have responded by taking it out on passengers, raising ticket prices, adding fees for checked bags, canceling routes and charging for food. As a result, Westword decided to…
“Best or Bust!,” Patricia Calhoun, July 3 The Best Is Yet to Come I really enjoyed Patricia Calhoun’s defense of the Best of Denver, and loved the last line of her bonus column, “The State of This City.” The future is indeed around the corner, and we need to focus…
It’s hot, and people are taking off their clothes. Sounds fun, and in some cases, like the July 12 World Naked Bike Ride in Denver (see below), it is. But frankly, nudity isn’t always a good thing. Take the most recent display by a Denver Water employee who wore a…
When I was a pup coming up, if you made the East High School Boys’ Varsity Soccer Team, you landed in City Park Lake. I do not know if this tradition persists, but ten years ago, it was a given — as intrinsic to the institution as fights in the…
Rule number one about yard sales: If you want the good stuff, you’ve got to show up early. Hence the 7 a.m. meet-up on this Saturday at Common Grounds in Highland Square. Realtor Brad Evans, his girlfriend, Erin Siegel, who owns a skin-care store, and longtime newspaperman Jim Burrus stumble…
The flier sent to a handful of activists in early June was far from subtle. The screaming slogan “WE BEAT YOU THEN! WE’LL BEAT YOU AGAIN!” appeared over two images — one of a police officer outfitted in riot gear (he looks like an extra from Rollerball), the other featuring…
Jel and Buket laid down hundreds of tags in Denver — but the two renowned members of the TKO crew had to go back to their old stamping grounds in Los Angeles to get caught. U.S. marshals were skeptical when they received a tip that Candy “Jel” Srichandr, a graffitist…
Ray Ruybal can picture the tagger’s face: shallow eyes, cocky sneer, mouth that would run almost as quickly as his legs. He refers to the tagger as a “kid,” but the guy was 35 years old — and a father of two — when Ruybal put him in jail five…
$10 million dollars. That’s the base amount that the City of Denver plans to shell out for hundreds of extra officers from surrounding municipalities as a way to augment DPD forces during the week of the Democratic National Convention next month. The final sum will be much more since the…
We blog so you don’t have to work. Here’s how to find the hot blogs posted today outside of the Latest Word. Cafe Society brought news of Ale to the Chief, a limited edition, non-partisan, All-American beer from Avery Brewing. God Bless the U.S. Meanwhile, Cat’s Pajamas used its head…
Female graffiti writer Candy “Jel” Srichandr may have come up in Los Angeles, but the 29-year-old beauty certainly made her mark on the Mile High City before she was arrested this spring after nearly two years on the run. After the jump, find a clip from the War 3 graffiti…
Graffiti is consistently cited as one of the top concerns of Denver residents and, fittingly, Westword has covered the issue frequently over the years, both in the paper and online. To accompany this week’s cover story on the retirement of Denver’s top graffiti cop, we’ve assembled this handy index to…
Hippopotami are more fearsome than most might believe. In fact, they’re actually quite dangerous — especially when you’re sticking your hand inside their mouths to brush their big hippo teeth. Which is exactly what a Denver Zoo worker found out this past Monday, July 14, when she was bitten by…
Batman has always been something of a party-kill. Say you’re talking about the latest ball scores on the Gotham Goliaths or about how your Wayne Industries stock is skyrocketing, and then Batman comes in with the depression. My parents were killed before my very eyes this, Robin died at the…
It’s been a tumultuous year for former Rocky Mountain News society columnist Dahlia Weinstein whose comings and goings have been followed by Westword’s Michael Roberts. In May 2007, she left that paper to join the brand new glossy magazine Shine. But just a few months later, Weinstein left Shine (which…
Click here for a slide show. In beginner’s art classes, developing artists learn to depict the subtle difference between nudity and nakedness. An ideal portrait of the human figure, such as the statue of David, is a nude. A less flattering vision of one without clothes – straight-up free boobing…
