Archive for April, 2009
Anthithesis: The opposite, or is it Anti-Thesis, as in, the opposite of doing a thesis for school (Hey! I did that! No wonder I never got my full MA!) Join the Metropolitan State College of Denver this Friday to see the students from the Department of Art and the Sculpture Program display [ READ MORE ]
Get your spontaneous fun and get yourself through the week tonight at the Meadowlark (2701 Larimer St.)! Join Fashion Denver’s Brandi Shigley tonight as she hosts a medley of entertainment and activities sure to get us through the Wednesday doldrums. Tonight’s Spun is sure to be packed with some great, funny, and entertaining bits as [ READ MORE ]
On June 13th The LoHi Annual will be hosting a 5K in the Lower Highland neighborhood, 32nd and Zuni. The fun run will be followed by an all day shopping event and a pub crawl/ride til’ the sponsoring bars close! Register for event and give-a-way on-line at www.thelohiannual.com. This event is designed to celebrate our Denver [ READ MORE ]
Not to get all public service announcementy on you (“The more you know!”) but it’s a good thing to get screenings for things such as cholesterol level, cancer and vision tests on a regular basis. (I guess I should take my own advice: I’m terrified of the doctor’s office and have avoided [ READ MORE ]
Head up to Golden, where the air smells of delicious hops and barley, and check out the Foothills Art Center’s current show, the Colorado Arts Open 2009. Featuring the work of a wide range of artists from the Colorado state, there’s plenty to see and all different styles, formats, and concepts to appreciate. [ READ MORE ]
It always sort of amazes me how many people I run into who are singing the praises of Jason Webley. Not that the praise is unexpected, mind you, just that I had thought I’d discovered a rare, unknown musical gem all those years ago when I stumbled upon, by happenstance, his live show [ READ MORE ]
The temporary Denver Community Museum (a non-profit museum run by Denver’s Jamie Kopke) will be moving on its merry way this Saturday, and is holding an event entitled “An Ode – A Celebration – A Farewell” to mark the occasion. At the DCM, rotating exhibits were featured, and the ideas for the exhibits sprang from the [ READ MORE ]
Books are the best. They offer romance, action, adventure, humor, poetry… Just about everything. And you can shut them up whenever you’re done with them. Now that’s a relationship to which I can commit! This Thursday, April 24, the Tattered Cover is celebrating this very special bond between a wo/man and [ READ MORE ]
Crummy weather be dashed… The vinyl and sounds are warm at Twist & Shout tomorrow for Record Day! A celebration of independent music stores, Twist & Shout will be celebrating music geek culture from 10AM-3PM on Saturday, with special deals and 20% off all used CDs, LPs and DVDs all day. Offering new items (some limited [ READ MORE ]
When I first was moving to the Denver area about a year and a half ago, I came across the Boutique Apartment website and was pretty impressed, although I assumed that, what with their themed exteriors and newly remodeled fixtures, a poor scamp like me would likely be unable to afford such a place. [ READ MORE ]
Does anyone else peer into the lit windows of offices and homes when walking along the street? Not in a pervy way! Just to check out the interior style of some old Victorian house or to see what sort of desks that ancient-looking bank building might have? No? I can’t be [ READ MORE ]
Snuggies: Ever since I heard of the Snuggie Pub Crawl going on in Washington DC, I wanted one here. I wanted it so badly, I could feel the soft fleecy delight. I even purchased a Snuggie, just in case (they work surprisingly well as robes if, like me, you don’t have the coordination to [ READ MORE ]
Denver hallmark MELT re-opens its doors at 17th & Market in LoDo and in the Cherry Creek Shopping Center this month. Everyone is invited to pamper themselves with daily complimentary beauty seminars and 20% off all products during MELTOPIA Monday, April 20-Friday, April 24, in LoDo and through Sunday, April 26 at Cherry Creek. ^^^me taking [ READ MORE ]
If you’ve ever been down near Larimer Square on the early weekends in June, you’ve probably seen the chalk dust flying as artists decorate the streets in amazing, mind-boggling works on art done right there on the concrete. La Piazza dell’Arte is fast becoming one of the favorite summer traditions of downtown, and now’s your [ READ MORE ]
I love gambling- it’s basically wild hopes and dreams made manifest in a game. I also love fashion- where imagination becomes real in fabric. So tonight’s event at Bender’s Tavern combines these two great things: Gambling and fashion. Sponsored by the Denver Roller Girls, tonight’s Casino Night will feature games, music, and [ READ MORE ]
I sometimes swing by estate sales, hoping to find some antique gloves or parasols or other Victorian bric-a-brak. But most of the time, the people are pretty modern and there’s a host of electronics, gadgets, clothing, and other things from this decade for sale. At the estate sale held by Denver’s Gypsy Boys this [ READ MORE ]
Finding a place for emerging poets to express themselves and connect with their fellow scribes and others in the community is a difficulty. Writing and reading often takes place behind closed doors, and often seems shared in hermetically sealed college-campus readings or coffee shops with the same repeat crowds. Thus enters the organization [ READ MORE ]
Sometimes I look around my tiny little apartment and think “I have way too much stuff.” As a packrat intent on saving every little bit of string or shiny object (I put this tendency down to my days playing video games, in which you had to collect a weird variety of things in your [ READ MORE ]
Another WACKY Denver Connect Photobooth got set up on First Friday Art Walk at the Fashion Denver office! (If you want any larger ones to print or send, contact me and I’ll email them to you. I’m too lazy to do all the big ones! I’m LAZY and WACKY!) [ READ MORE ]
I still giggle to myself whenever I see the name Chewbacca Bukkake (if you don’t know why I’m giggling, I don’t encourage a Google search for the latter term. Or go ahead, whatever, but don’t say I didn’t warn you.) Tonight, Denver’s rock super-group (made up of members such as Johnny D. and [ READ MORE ]
Tomorrow (Friday April 3), Denver band Dualistics will be honoring the memory of Kurt Cobain, on this, the 15th anniversary of his death, by taking on favorite Nirvana songs in tribute at their hi-dive show. A progressive rock band with a particular affinity for Cobain and his crew, the band will be joined by [ READ MORE ]
First Friday is almost upon us: Are you going to look good while going out and mingling with the hoity-toity of the Denver art world? Get a sneak peak of the most stylish items Denver has to offer at Fashion Denver’s Showroom (11th and Cherokee) spectacular, taking place this Friday from 5-9PM at Fashion Denver [ READ MORE ]
Hello dear readers! Looks like I’ve gone off and created ANOTHER WEB SITE. This time it’s pro-bono for one of my favorite organizations ever, the Denver Kickball Coalition! I should get paid for this or something! Whoa! That’s some good-looking shit! [ READ MORE ]
