Archive for October, 2008
I could go for an easy Colfax joke, but I will refrain. Instead, here’s some news about tonight’s (and tommorrow night’s!) festival of frights on the ‘Fax: Hosting Boo and Brew 2, businesses such as Sengers on the Fax, Rock Bar, Mezcal, Goosetown Tavern and Atomic Cowboy will be opening their doors for treats, music, drink [ READ MORE ]
So I know I went on a mini-rant about all the “sexy” Halloween costumes out there the other day.. But there is a time and place for everything, and it sounds like the Scandalous Couture Tricks and Beats Benefit would be the perfect place to break out your Hot look for Halloween (A kiddie [ READ MORE ]
Halloween!!! It’s getting close, and just the thing to take my tender brain off the constant drone of election worries. So tell me, Denverites, what might your costumes be? I think I’m going to wrap myself in a bunch of tubes and go as “Teh Internets” in honor of Ted Steven’s sentencing. I [ READ MORE ]
Corn mazes are one of the best things about the Halloween season, I strongly feel. They’re outdoors, full of corn, and if it’s the haunted variety, you get to run scared through mud. Why do I enjoy this rushing through squishy mud? Don’t know, but I love it so very, very much. I’ve [ READ MORE ]
A lot seems to be happening to our northerly neighbor, my old ‘burg of FTC. This Sunday, Barack Obama will be making a stop there to talk to the good folks at Colorado State University. Obama will lead an “Early Vote for Change” beginning at 3:30PM at The Oval on the CSU campus, [ READ MORE ]
If you’re planning a little trip up to the fair North anytime soon, make sure to stop in at the Kansas City Kitty (206 Pine St) store in Fort Collins. It’s full of great clothes, including women’s and men’s. I found some great, funky t-shirts back in the days when I lived in [ READ MORE ]
Photos of Fashion Denver’s LIBRA from Saturday. Brandi pulled off another pretty cool day, and as usual I met a truckload of very interesting and fun people. I love FD Marketplace events. LIBRA participants: if you’d like a printed image from this collection, go to the LIBRA photo page, click on the thumbnail image, then right-click [ READ MORE ]
Help youth, meet some stars of sports, and party with fashion on October 23rd at Mile High Stadium! “Bash at the Biz” will be bringing together local young folks involved in YouthBiz, some local sports and entertainment stars, and fashion luminaries such as Fashion Denver’s Brandi Shigley. Broncos cheerleaders and former athletes from Denver [ READ MORE ]
Reminder to check out the Fashion Denver Marketplace LIBRA tomorrow at City Hall (1144 Broadway) on October 18th from noon to 7pm. Denver Connects is a LIBRA sponsor, and we'll be there with our camera to capture and post your pretty faces! [ READ MORE ]
One of my favorite Simpsons episodes is the one in which Homer meets “Michael Jackson” in the insane asylum, and Bart, without knowing that it’s not the real MJ invites everyone over. The town is disapointed, but everything turns out happy for the Simpsons and the MJ impersonator in the end. And lots [ READ MORE ]
Good heavens, is there anything that’s NOT going on this Saturday? Here’s another fun and exciting thing to do, for fun and excitement’s sake: Blammo Comics will host their big release at Kilgore Trout (13th and Washington.) Creator Noah Van Sciver will be on hand to explain, extoll, and preach the goodness of [ READ MORE ]
So tonight is the final debate, right? I have yet to hear of a good place to watch the action. Any ideas? [ READ MORE ]
One of the most disturbing scenes from any movie was the end of the old classic “Freaks,” in which a gold digging woman is set upon by a carnival side-show staff as they chant “one of us.” It was a great moment in cult cinema. On October 18th, Buffalo Exchange will be [ READ MORE ]
For everyone who showed up at Justin Beard’s Laptop Store opening: AWESOME! Plenty of people appeared, folks bought a whole stack of laptops (which are great! They look just like the real thing, only made of wood!) So why not do it again? This Friday, the 11th Avenue Gallery (11th Ave. between Broadway [ READ MORE ]
Save the date for style as Fashion Denver’s Fall Fashion Market LIBRA brings you sartorial splendors for the season on October 18th. Denver designers will be holding court at City Hall (1144 Broadway) on October 18th from noon to 7pm, offering unique and funky fall stylings and accessories as Fashion Denver hosts this year’s Fall Fashion [ READ MORE ]
Damien Hirst was one of the first Conceptual artists that really stuck in my brain. I was looking up something for class or work on the internet, and his name popped up in a bright blue hyperlink in the middle of an interesting article about pop culture and art. Clicking it, I was sickened, [ READ MORE ]
Tonight at Bender’s Tavern, quirky Denver rock group The Missing Dufranes takes the stage. An increasingly well-known Denver rock trio, the band has shared the stage with other popular Denver groups such as Gata Negra, the Bluebird Equation, and Danny Vegas. They released an EP in 2007, and have been bringing the [ READ MORE ]
Here’s the truth: I adore good pop art. Andy Warhol has always struck a major chord for me, and I’ve been enjoying ideas of camp and pop and how it plays with so much of what we assume and know in the commercial world. So I’m especially excited to see the new [ READ MORE ]
You heard me right. I just spoke to an election insider and he said estimated time to get through the ballot in Colorado is TWENTY MINUTES. Big problem. Solution: mail in ballot. Click this link to get a Colorado mail in ballot. Even if you think 20 minutes isn't bad, when you see the inevitably horribly long lines this monster ballot will cause you'll be wishing you could row the ballot in. From Quebec[ READ MORE ]
So the birthday weekend was, as I could have told you, midly sedate and infinitely pleasant- it was nice to take ‘er easy. However, I did stop loafing about long enough on Sunday to ring a few folks and head over to Charlie’s on Colfax to see the Vivid Drag Queens. As previously [ READ MORE ]
I know I posted about this just earlier today, but I want to reiterate, and likely will tommorrow: THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT OF OUR TIMES. Yes. More important than ANYTHING. I will stand by that statement 110%. So show up tommorrow at 7-11 pm at the 11th Avenue Gallery, (between [ READ MORE ]
This debate should be a snickery good time, and I intend to take in its full glory at Hamburger Mary’s (700 E. 17th Street) Debate Watch Party tonight from 6:30-9PM. Happy hour runs during that time, as does Margarita Madness. So let’s get margarita mad and fired up for this VP debate-a-palooza! [ READ MORE ]
Darn it, I’ve done it again! Left all the birthday planning til the last minute. So if anyone has ideas, I’m all ears (although I have some dental appointments this week and next Monday, so I won’t be all teeth. Maybe celebrating with a swollen jaw is a bad idea.) I’m blaming my failure to [ READ MORE ]
Ha ha, no. It’s not one of those “Click on this picture of a celebrity and get a free laptop!” intraweb scams! No, it’s Denver artist Justin Beard creating fake computers to gain a real one on October 3rd, and selling you the fun, unique art pieces for $10. Justin Beard is [ READ MORE ]
