Archive for May, 2008

Get green and clean!

Today kicks off the The Volunteer Open Space Clean Up drive for 2008. Volunteers will be meeting up at Van Bibber Park/Open Space – located on 52nd and Ward headed south, to tidy up the area and ensure that it’s ship shape for the warm season, from 11am to 3pm on Saturday (TODAY!). A [ READ MORE ]

Zine-ophiles!

Publishing is an incresasingly tricky venture. Being a writer, publisher, layout artist, or pretty much anything involved in main stream print media is a tough gig, what with the print magazines and newspapers of yore quickly shuttering their shops or conducting massive buyouts to minimize staffing, as the pressure from the digitial medium increasingly makes them [ READ MORE ]

Details, details!

Here’s a nice little flier for the update on the FM party et. al occuring tonight at the Denver Art Museum. Museum after-hours? Sounds swanky. [ READ MORE ]

FM Magazine Party Tomorrow

Friday at Denver Art Museum sees a fashion show and party thrown by Denver's fine FM Magazine. I don't have many details, but just go there at around 10. [ READ MORE ]

Monkey controlled robots.

  • May 29th, 2008
  • Posted in robots

So not Denver or social or anything, but WHOA. Scientists in North Carolina conducted an expierment where a monkey controlled a robot in Japan through its thoughts. This is a big moment in monkey/robot synergy. I foresee some tragic “statue of liberty on the beach” style scene. Awesome. (You can catch the [ READ MORE ]

Eyes of compassion

After a difficult week of work, I find it helpful for my sanity to take the time to sit and meditate. Getting some time to be in the moment seems an essential aspect to functioning. While I’ve sat with a variety of meditative and Buddhist groups, I’ve been pleased with the openess and easy [ READ MORE ]

Downtown Denver Arts

Memorial Day ushers in the time of the year in which we can all break out our favorite white shoes and pants (I’m going to look like a polyester-decked retiree come this summer… All eggshell pantsuits and cream loafers….) but also marks the start of the outdoor art festival season. This weekend saw [ READ MORE ]

cake for the college grad

Congratulations to Ben Sikora! He made it through all these grueling years of college at the School of Mines, only to be on to MORE college at Northwestern in Chicago! Well boy howdy. Celebrating in the style of the roaring 20s, guests threw on their best flapper gear or gangster style suits and [ READ MORE ]

Prom night!

Oh prom. The highlight of so many high school careers. I didn’t live up my high school prom night like so many others- I drove my crappy car there with a date to whom I hardly spoke, I made spaghetti in my kitchen, and I wore I dress I made myself. Yeh, I [ READ MORE ]

Terry Campbell at Pirate Gallery

Ahoy! This Friday, May 23rd, Pirate, the contemporary art gallery over at 3655 Navajo St is featuring local artist Terry Campbell, a Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design grad, along with Tsogo Mijid. A reception starting at 6 pm marks the start of the show, which will run through June 8th. Getting a [ READ MORE ]

A Good Day to Dye

When your eventual goal in life is to have tried every hair color of the rainbow, you can’t get much better than a place like Moxie Hair Company (200 E 13th Ave). Stopping in on a weekend in desperate need of a cut and color (and I do mean color), it was easy to get [ READ MORE ]

DU Hockey Team Photo

  • May 21st, 2008
  • Posted in DenCx

Not exactly Denver social/art/fashion, but anyway here’s a photo of the 1963 or 1964 University of Denver Hockey team. My dad is #17. Coach Armstrong — a man my dad had a great deal of respect for — is on the right. [ READ MORE ]

A kid’s paradise, but for grown-ups!

Fond memories of childhood: Eating cereal with a too-big spoon, munching on those birthday cupcakes someone would bring to class in celebration, and watching good old fashioned cartoons on a Saturday morning (Oh, Thunder Cats! They still warm my heart.) For reliving those childhood days of glory, but in a much more grown-up sort [ READ MORE ]

Get your nerd on with the Bluebird Equation!

Hike up those high water trousers and dust off your best TI-82, it’s time to nerd out at the Oriental Theatre this Thursday. Delivering their first album this week, Denver’s own Bluebird Equation brings their high-voltage rock to the stage. Known for their catchy, science-tinged tunes and their theme parties (did you catch this year’s [ READ MORE ]

Fashion Denver FRESH Pix

The  Fashion Denver FRESH photos are in. [ READ MORE ]

Fashion Denver’s Spring Marketplace this Saturday

Come to Fashion Denver’s Spring Marketplace FRESH this Saturday. Featuring over 25 local designers, including 13 designers new to the Fashion Denver market, FRESH will offer Colorado fashionistas a chance to revitalize their warm-weather wardrobes with unique and hip clothing and accessories. $5 admission benefits Dress for Success. May 10th from noon-7:00pm Fashion shows at 3 & 6pm The [ READ MORE ]

Shane’s B-Day Party

Here’s some pix of our bike posse that hit Shane and Sierra’s place on Saturday for his birthday celebration. We took VERY good jumping photos, and after much heartfelt discussion feel we could work our way to the top of the North American Jumping Photo Championships in 2009. [ READ MORE ]

TS Boardshop: Grand Re-Opening

Saturday, May 3, the fellas over at Thrifty Stick Board Shop are throwing their Re-Opening Bash to commemorate 10 years in the business.  Expect some skate demos, live music, and some fish tacos as I hear Wahoo’s is sponsoring.  And with sponsorships from Smith Optics, Van’s, Element, and DVS Shoe Company, I wouldn’t be surprised [ READ MORE ]

Fancy Tiger Stitch Night

Come to Stitch Night and use our awesome Janome sewing machines! Stitch Night is an open sewing night. You are welcome to bring your own machine and stitch for free, or, if you need to rent one of ours its $10 for the night. Come see why being part of a crafting community is so fun and inspiring![ READ MORE ]