Archive for February, 2009
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Watch a little girl play with a doll’s hair; the results are often something out of an avant-garde horror film. Poofy, pouty, wild, and a just a little bit frightening with their untamed ‘dos, these dolls come to life on the runway for the salon Rebelle by Tootsies (3921 Tennyson Street) at the “Crybaby! You [ READ MORE ]
Denver-born band Born in the Flood will be on stage at the hi-dive! One of the best known rock-and-roll groups from our fair City, the band will be appearing with Broken Spindle (side project of the bassist for the Faint) an Iuengliss. The show starts at 8PM, and tickets are a cool $12 [ READ MORE ]
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Without a Home is screening at the Durango Independent Film Festival next week. The filmmaker followed five homeless people and 1 homeless family over a four year period and unexpectedly got deeply involved in their lives becoming a character in the film herself. It was truly an incredible journey; one of the subjects won the lottery, another person’s [ READ MORE ]
Gah! It’s Wednesday- that bleak no-man’s land that lies between the hopeful beauty of Friday and the dreaded Monday. There’s something draining about a Wednesday, as if you don’t know quite how to feel. That’s why I’m looking forward to SPUN tonight at the Meadowlark Lounge (27th and Larimer) from 9PM- close. [ READ MORE ]
In the upcoming film “Two Lovers,” a young, troubled man (Joaquin Phoenix) moves home in order to deal with a recent breakup, but the move finds him drawn towards not one but two women: An energetic, beautiful neighbor (Gwyneth Paltrow) and a friend-of-the-family’s sweet daughter (Vinessa Shaw). Who HASN’T been torn between [ READ MORE ]
I may have said this before, but one of my friends in particular hates it when I call movies “Film” or “Cinema” (As in: “Hey! Transformers III: More Explodin’! just came out! Let’s go see that film! I heard it was Michael Bay’s finest piece of Cinema.”) but I like to [ READ MORE ]
Tonight it’s Fashion Denver night at the opera! At the Ellie Caulkins Opera house tonight, get a chance to see the beautiful opera The Pearl Fishers for a steep, steep discount, and show the upper crust what real Denver fashion looks like! A lovely opera, set in Sri Lanka, finds a beautiful priestess in love with a [ READ MORE ]
Westword’s gala art/music/fashion/food event is back for another year. On Sat. February 24, Vinyl (1082 Broadway) will be hopping with all sorts of delightful bites from local restaurants, and bands and fashion shows will provide plenty of entertainment. I’m particularly excited for the Betsey Johnson show, as she’s a national fashion [ READ MORE ]
Denver’s big-name band is back for a show tonight at the Paramount! DeVotchKa, a grand group known for their gypsy-infused musical stylings, has done Denver proud in making their name on the broader music scene. Heard in movies such as Little Miss Sunshine and Everything is Illuminated, people outside Denver will recognize what was long [ READ MORE ]
Product Photography 101 By Matt Herrebout Wednesday, February 18th, 2009, 6:00pm-9:00pm 321 W. 11th Ave. Cost: $35.00 Guess what? No fancy camera or fancy software is required for fantastic product photography. You don’t need a $2000 Nikon, or a studio, or special lights, or even Adobe Photoshop! I’ll show you how you can shoot your handiwork or eBay items [ READ MORE ]
Oh, Valentine’s Day (or the more popular TimeWarnerDisneyHallmarkPringles holiday, Love Day) is here again. Most of my past V-days have been spent drinking delicious martinis and cheaper beer (that tastes more delicious as the night goes on), and I always thought that was a pretty sound way to celebrate a day (ANY day, really!) [ READ MORE ]
Series of photos taken from Spring 2008 to Fall 2008, looking East from my apartment on 1oth and Logan. [ READ MORE ]
Colfax is always the place to turn if you’re looking for a “good time.” No, not THAT kind of good time! The wholesome kind of good time, maybe with some beer thrown in. This Wednesday, Feb. 11, Colfax on the Hill, Colfax BID, and Capital Hill United Neighbors and MyColfax.org will be hosting a 2009 celebration [ READ MORE ]
Tonight at Sputnik (Ellsworth and Broadway), Brandi of Fashion Denver will be bringing both love and Bingo to all of us at 9PM to midnight! Love is in the balls tonight (wow, that does not sound the way I thought it would) as Brandi spins the wheel and you can win cash and prizes. There [ READ MORE ]
On Feb. 12, RedLine Studios will be hosting the premiere party for the newest community-arts-and-other-fun-stuff oriented online magazine Illiterate. The party theme is Love Hate/Hate Love, just in time for everyone’s favorite day, Love Day (not to be confused with Valentine’s Day. Love Day is a subsidiary of DisneyTimeWarnerHallmarkPringles. I [ READ MORE ]
Denver artist Justin Beard will be having an artist’s reception for his awesome piece “One Day at Work” at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design at 6PM. It’s a great piece to see- check out this Youtube video of the work, for which Justin built a clever motorized arm to move the [ READ MORE ]
This Saturday, Fashion Denver will be teaming up with Opera Colorado to put on a dazzling fashion show at the Denver Public Library (13th and Broadway) in honor of the Opera’s upcoming The Pearl Fishers show! Seven of Denver’s finest local designers will be putting on a fashion show at 3PM, while the [ READ MORE ]
From Brandi of Fashion Denver: Come March 1st Fashion Denver’s front room will be a Fashion Denver showroom for our designers! Each month 5 designers will showcase their wares at the HQ, 321 W. 11th (Speer and 11th). We’ll have a monthly trunkshow featuring our 5 designers and a place where you can learn more [ READ MORE ]
The Art of Ernest L. Blumenschein is on view through February 8, 2009, and holy #$!@ is it good. I saw it a few days ago and strongly urge you to go. You don’t have to be an art freak to love it. It made me want to go (back) to New Mexico, pronto. Hurry, [ READ MORE ]
I’ve been readying for the coming zombie apocolypse for a long time. I have my axe/sledgehammer, baseball bat and machete at the ready (Try going in to an Ace Hardware store and asking for the best zombie-killing machete. You get the best blank stares. For reals!) and have been trying to [ READ MORE ]
Yet again, I’ve been offered a swath of tickets to the Comedy Works in LoDo. It’s local talent night tonight, and the tickets are free with a two-drink minimum. Everyone knows I prefer gaffawing to LOLcats and the droll commentary of teh internets (ESPESHULLY WHEN PEOPLE RANT IN ALL CAPITOL LETRS!!11!!!! AND MISPEL [ READ MORE ]
It’s been a busy few weeks over at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Not only did artist Ana Maria Hernando premiere La Montana, a mountain of colorful Peruivian petticoats and videos, last week, but today (Feb. 3) marks the opening of the new exhibit Shark’s Ink in their Paperworks Gallery. La Montana find [ READ MORE ]
