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Photos: Fall art season under way with a handful of abstract shows
October 03, 2012 in Show and Tell
Edge Gallery"The View From Up From Below," by Mark BrasuellThe fall art season is fully under way, and in this week's review, Michael Paglia visits Rule Gallery, Edge Gallery and...
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Debate 2012: Take an Instagram tour of the preparation behind the big event
October 02, 2012 in Show and Tell
Instagram user yo_ageIt's almost time: Depending on your political alliance and your favorite beers, chances are you've already chosen who you're going to vote for in the upcoming presidential election....
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Photos: Murder, ghouls and haunted brides at Aurora's 13th Door haunted house
October 01, 2012 in Show and Tell
All photos by Christopher Morgan. Temperatures have begun to drop -- and so have inhibitions. It's that ghoulishly glorious time of year: haunted house season. Westword photographer Christopher Morgan stopped...
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Go gaga tonight: Free screening of Lady Gaga: The Monster Mall Tour
September 27, 2012 in Show and Tell
Did you miss Lady Gaga's last tour? Don't worry. Tonight you can catch HBO's Lady Gaga: The Monster Ball Tour documentary that was filmed at Madison Square Garden, complete with...
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Six ways the Big Blue Bear could make over his image
September 26, 2012 in Show and Tell
All illustrations by Jay Vollmar.Since 2005, "I See What You Mean," arguably Denver's most beloved piece of public art, has been photographed, imitated and miniaturized. The sculpture outside of the...
Press Play arcade bar opens in Boulder former Round Midnight space
September 25, 2012 in Show and Tell
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Twenty best pirate costumes of BrethrenCon 2012
September 24, 2012 in Show and Tell
All photos by Christopher Morgan.Ahoy, mateys! Perfectly timed to follow September 19's Talk Like a Pirate Day, Denver's annual pirate convention sailed into the Red Lion Hotel over the weekend....
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Twenty best super heroes at Down and Derby's first birthday party
September 24, 2012 in Show and Tell
All photos by Jim Wills.What's the best way to celebrate your first birthday? By wearing a super-hero costume, of course. Down and Derby, Denver's regular skating bash, did just that...
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Twenty best costumes from Denver Cruisers: Pirates, sea men and nymphs
September 20, 2012 in Show and Tell
All photos by Jim Wills.This is not the type of sea men we're talking about.In two weeks, the Denver Cruisers' riding season will officially end for 2012, but not without...
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Seven Colorado icons we'd like to see immortalized in a corn maze
September 20, 2012 in Show and Tell
All illustrations by Jay Vollmar.The Fritzler family will go down in history as proud, card-carrying Coloradans -- in large part because this LaSalle family has already made its mark in...
An out-of-this-world deal to see Dava Sobel's play: free!
September 20, 2012 in Show and Tell
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Photos: Two new exhibits cross cultures with Asian and African influences
September 19, 2012 in Show and Tell
Denver Art MuseumEl Anatsui, Zebra Crossing III, 2007. Aluminum and copper wire; 61 x 17 in. In this week's art review, Michael Paglia takes a look at two local galleries...
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Photos: The best Lolitas at Nan Desu Kan 2012
September 17, 2012 in Show and Tell
All photos by Brandon Marshall.Nan Desu Kan, Colorado's annual anime convention, took the Marriott Hotel in the Denver Tech Center by storm (and in costume) this past weekend as fans...
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Twenty messiest Jell-O wrestling moves at Lucha Rama
September 17, 2012 in Show and Tell
All photos by Christopher Morgan.Lucha Rama mixes luchadores, Jell-O wrestling, dancing and drinking into some good, old-fasioned debauchery. Which means that on Saturday, minor minor mayhem ruled for several hours...
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Ten most badass Bronies (and Pegasisters) at Nan Desu Kan 2012
September 17, 2012 in Show and Tell
All photos by Brandon Marshall.Call it a stampede. This weekend, the Marriott Hotel in the Denver Tech Center was taken over by Colorado's largest anime convention, Nan Desu Kan 2012,...
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Photos: Meet the local artists behind Westword's best-looking boxes
September 13, 2012 in Show and Tell
The annual Westword Music Showcase is always a good time, but in one small but noticeable way, this year's event has become a permanent street party. During the course of...
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Twenty best scenes from First Friday, 9/7/12
September 10, 2012 in Show and Tell
All photos by Elyse Mitchell.By now, everyone knows the drill: On the first Friday of every month, Denver's art scene opens up to public exploration -- and occasionally, a little...
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Twenty raddest costumes at the 2012 Tour de Fat
September 10, 2012 in Show and Tell
All photos by Brandon Marshall.Which of these photos is your favorite? Can't decide? Keep clicking.Touted quite correctly as a "cycling circus," New Belgium Brewing's annual Tour de Fat is a...
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Photos: At two local galleries, feminism is as urgent as ever
September 05, 2012 in Show and Tell
"Consume" by Nancy Slyter.For this week's art review, Westword critic Michael Paglia focused on feminism in two simultaneous shows at Ice Cube Gallery and Pirate: Contemporary Art. And before even...
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Photos: Female arm-wrestling competition at Phat Thai
September 04, 2012 in Show and Tell
Young Cherry Creek restaurant Phat Thai offered a strong start to Labor Day weekend. Upper-body strong, that is. Organizers channeled muscle and mettle with a female arm-wrestling competition that featured...
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Twenty best costumes from the 1950s Tiki-Exotica Ball
September 04, 2012 in Show and Tell
Labor Day weekend packed a peck of pickled parties, but for the holiday outing's best costumes, look no further than Saturday's 1950s Tiki-Exotica Ball. Held at the Millenium Harvest House...
Blue state v. red state: Which Colorado do you live in?
August 30, 2012 in Show and Tell
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Shirtless for a good cause: Photos from the 2013 Colorado Firefighter Calendar debut
August 27, 2012 in Show and Tell
Just look at this guy. If you noticed he's not wearing a shirt, your senses are still working. But there's a reason why he's only half-dressed: Every year, many of...
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Leather, fire and Mondo: Behind the scenes at Exile Fetish Ball 2012 (NSFW)
August 27, 2012 in Show and Tell
All photos by Jim Wills.Revelers at Friday's Exile Fetish Ball at Tracks Nightclub strapped in and strapped on for a large-scale celebration of sex. The ball is an annual highlight...
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It's Christmas in August! Celebrate with ten items from Walmart's closed convention
August 24, 2012 in Show and Tell
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Colorado Convention Center, where Walmart is holding a closed-door Holiday Fair to prepare its employees for the big, big season...
