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Why heavens, good sir! I dare say, it is high time to change out of those frightfully sweaty athletic socks and into a fine frock for an evening of sophisticated revelry at the Denver Kickball Coalition’s Kick Ball Sunday night (Aug. 30) at the Hi-Dive from 9 PM. Yes, we all had our moments [ READ MORE ]
Tomorrow on Friday, Aug. 28, Rhinoceropolis (3553 Brighton Blvd.) will be hosting a huge kickoff and CD release party that will allow us all to bid a farewell to Denver artists as they head out on the road. Dark Rift will be releasing their CD at the celebration, and Denver artist and recognizable face [ READ MORE ]
Did you know that Colfax has some of the biggest style hotspots in Denver? No, not the hooker hotpants! That’s so Colfax 10 years ago. Now, Colfax has sharpened its image with places like the Fabric Lab, which is hosting a fantastic fashion show this weekend. This Saturday, August 29, for 8-10 PM, head [ READ MORE ]
I know a lot of folks who play for the Denver Kickball Coalition were pretty bummed out that the season was over and there was no more running the bases each week… I know my heart had a hole the size of a kickball that first week… Luckily, Denver is a shockingly kickball-heavy town, and there’s [ READ MORE ]
Whoa! For those of you who follow the Denver Kickball Coalition, this weekend is the start of the playoffs! If you want to see a good game, come watch Oceans of Pain as we play The Convicted at 3:30 on Sunday at Veteran’s Field. Come down and cheer us on! We plan to win…. [ READ MORE ]
This weekend, the Merill Oyster Racing Series returns to Denver. Billed as the Ultimate Urban Adventure Race, teams are given a series of clues and using their smarts (and the smarts of their friends, who they can phone) they must search around town to find clues and complete challenges. Some events in the past have [ READ MORE ]
What does Sylvia Plath have in common with snub nosed monkeys? That sounds like the start of a joke, but it’s really the title of the Museum of Contemporary Art’s Mixed Taste Lecture taking place Aug. 21. Each week, the MCA offers a tag-team lecture where two unrelated topics are presented independent of each other at [ READ MORE ]
For the next week (August 13-23) Boulder will be alive with the Fringe element. The 2009 Boulder International Fringe Festival kicks into high gear this weekend with performances, bands, arts, and other activities going on all around town. The Fringe Festival brings together artists and creators of all stripes, those often located just out of [ READ MORE ]
I remember the drive out to Stapleton Airport back in the day, back when anyone could go in and wait by the gates for relatives, friends, and others coming and going from the Colorado. It seemed like a magical place then. I was out in the now burgeoning neighborhood of Stapleton not too long ago, [ READ MORE ]
Tonight at the lovely little intimate space 11th Avenue Gallery, recently re-Denvered artist Tiffany Kennedy will be exploring the Joan of Arc mythos in her show “Robbing Joan Myth.” The space is a lovely place to view some great local artists, and usually hosts a good crowd of wanders and other creative types that lends [ READ MORE ]
Famed Denver collector Andrew Novick tonight will be combining his love of collecting with his love of BBQ for “The BBQ Show: A Meatrospective” starting tonight at Fu Collective + Gallery. on 8th and Santa Fe. The show will blend Andrew’s collection of BBQ paraphernalia including grill photos, restaurant photos, fliers, and other items with [ READ MORE ]
Whoa! Tonight is a busy one out on the cultural/arts front! Hold onto your hat, it’s going to be an artistic ride tonight! Over in the River North area, Rhinoceropolis (3553 Brighton Blvd.) will be hosting “Draw Rings 3″. Gathering known and sometimes unknown Denver artists, misfits, and outsider creative types together, [ READ MORE ]
Oh man, I love fairs! I have fond memories of being loaded into a “ghost house” car ride at a fair up north of our fair state (which one, I will not say, as to keep the crowds down… ) wherein a dirty blanket hit riders in the face on the start of the [ READ MORE ]
I’ve been a huge fan of Melissa May’s Incroyables fashion line ever since I saw her intricate, rebellious, but definitely feminine dresses, skirts, and tops up at the little store at which I worked in Fort Collins oh-so-long-ago now. I was particularly enthralled with her lovely, pleated and carefully ruffled evening gowns. Since [ READ MORE ]
I worked with the International Poster Collection at Colorado State University for six years, and developed quite an affinity for that artform during my many, many years as a student worker (I was in school a Looooong time…) So I’m particularly excited to see the documentary American Artifact: The Rise of American Rock Poster Art [ READ MORE ]
If you like a good deal as much as I do and need some stylish furniture to dress up your house, you might want to swing by the Denver Gypsy Boys estate sale this weekend. From Friday to Sunday, furniture and other items from a home at 8213 W 70th Place in Arvada will be [ READ MORE ]
On Saturday August 1st, Chef Shellie Kark will be finishing up her al fresco how-to cooking sessions with fresh directions on making a delicious-sounding blueberry lemon parfait. I’m no cook- I can barely microwave properly (I nearly melted one of my plates in my last effort to heat up a frozen burrito, turning said burrito [ READ MORE ]
Starting July 30, dinosaurs will walk amongst us again… Appearing at the Pepsi Center July 30-Aug. 2, dinosaurs come alive in an arena spectacular that looks like a fantastic adventure. Animatronic dinosaurs will roam the floor of the Center, transformed into a jungle habitat for the computerized beasts, as the story of the ancient creatures unfolds. I’m [ READ MORE ]
This Friday, join fabulous (and sometimes unusual) Denver artists as they spread their ideas and love of art like swine flu at the Hinterland Gallery starting at 7 PM. The show, “Down with the Sickness” uses a variety of arts (painting sculptural, video, performance) to explore concepts of the body, gender, reality, and the shifting shapes [ READ MORE ]
While I have to trudge into the office every weekday morning, I’d much rather be out in Highlands Ranch Civic Green Park from 8:15 to 9:15 Wednesday mornings this summer. Nothing sounds more relaxing than stretching on cool morning grass and relaxing as the day settles in. What’s better, the session, offered by NamasteWorks [ READ MORE ]
This week is a spectacular feast of local music as the Underground Music Festival kicks off for its 9th year in a row. Starting on July 23, (that’s this Thursday!), local and other underground bands will begin taking the stage in various venues around town, giving everyone a taste of their sounds. Thursday kicks [ READ MORE ]
On July 17th at 7:30, local author Bill Stevens will be at the LoDo Tattered Cover to discuss his book Muddy’s Chronicles: Memoirs from the Last Great Coffeehouse. A Denver landmark that hosted famous Denverites such as Allen Ginsberg, Denver mayors and governors, and plenty of other locals, Muddy’s Java Cafe was a hotspot for [ READ MORE ]
Join the Denver Roller Dolls and the women of the Denver Kickball Coalition tomorrow, Thurs. July 16th at 6 PM for a balls-out battle of the finest (it’s for charity, too!) Head to Veteran’s Field (by DU) for BBQ, door prizes, and a spirited game between the two groups. Fierce fashionista and kickball captain Brandi [ READ MORE ]
The Mile High Music Festival is going on this weekend, and it looks like a great way to hear cool music on some hot summer afternoons. Held at Dick’s Sporting Goods Fields over in Commerce City, the festival is a two-day extravaganza of big name bands, as well as some local groups performing all day, [ READ MORE ]
Hey wayward Rams, Colorado State University is offering lots of meet-and-greets and career expansion opportunities for those of us in the Denver diaspora! On July 22nd, the CSU Denver Office (410 17th Street, Suite 1400) is offering a Career seminar geared towards those of us who use social networking tools. The seminar, called “Tweets, Pokes, and [ READ MORE ]
I usually juts pop into Twist & Shout to grab a CD or some book about music- I forget that they offer an intimate performance space for many local and touring acts, something away from the mega-theatres and impersonal stages out there. This Sunday (July 12), the store plays host to Colorado-based folk artist Gregory [ READ MORE ]
