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Hey ‘ballers and kickball groupies: Are you keeping up on the kicking with the Denver Kickball Coalition website? See all the Opening Day photos and find out where your team or your favorite group stand on the schedule so you can go cheer them on. Kickball goes by in a blur- don’t miss [ READ MORE ]
We all hit the streets for the big First Friday events all around town- but what about the Third Thursday of the month? Usually a lonely day that we all breeze past without so much of a notice, this week’s Fashion Denver showroom open house will make it a day to mark on [ READ MORE ]
Tomorrow night (That’s Weds. May 20, in case you’re unsure of what day or week this is…) head to the Curious Theatre to catch the finest in local writing, acting, and celebrities. The 4th Annual Denver Stories night will feature a 4 original plays written and inspired by your very own Denverites. While the [ READ MORE ]
We Denverites in the know are aware that Colfax is a beautiful, magical street. Sure, people complain about some of its rougher patches, but if you truly care about Denver, you embrace Colfax as the unique little (long?) street that it is. So why not capture some of those memories of you [ READ MORE ]
It’s mini-art swap! No, not a little swap meet, but rather a trading of tiny artworks over at CORE New Arts Space. Created by artists of all stripes, these small works can be swapped on the second Saturday of each month over at CORE. If you want to get in on the action, here’s [ READ MORE ]
If you’ve ever traveled or looking into visiting another country or city, chances are good you’ve at least glanced at a Frommer’s Travel Guide. One of the best known names in travel, Frommer’s gives you the what-for on a place, including places to stay, attractions, and vittles. For those who the travel bug [ READ MORE ]
HA! I will never, ever tire of ball jokes. Sure, I make them week after week at kickball and bingo, but something about them makes my little heart wander back to the bygone days of schoolyard fun, and thusly I will never give up on them. So come hear me and the lovely [ READ MORE ]
If you’re heading out for First Friday, stop by Portfolio (1644 Platte) to see the repurposed decor work of 15 min and the jewelry of SwearJar Design. Heck, maybe you can get some decorating ideas for both your home and your accessories! Portfolio is a retail space staffed and managed by artists and designer’s from [ READ MORE ]
Check out the work of Suchitra Mattai this First Friday at the 11th Avenue Gallery (15 E 11th Ave) tonight, from 7-11PM for the “Bi-polarized” show. Featuring paintings and drawings by the artist, the gallery event is free and you can get a handful of tasty snacks for visiting! A great little gallery is wonderfully [ READ MORE ]
Join Fashion Denver (321 W 11th Ave) to celebrate the new designers in the Fashion Denver Showroom at the FD headquarters tonight on First Friday! From 5-9PM, the new crop of style will feature work by Desire Gallegos, Kirstin Swallons, Taryn Slawson, Kate Wilkonson, Francis Roces, Lindsay Donaldson, Eliza Streete, and Ivy Bishop-McClure. There will be [ READ MORE ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
