Emilie Johnson

Watch TNT Maddox show off her skills below.

Height doesn't matter -- and neither do skill level or age, really. All that matters at the Harlem Globetrotters basketball clinic is that children bring their A-game. For the entire week, Harlem Globetrotter TNT Maddox, a Colorado native, and her fellow player Slick, have been hanging out in her home state to teach six- to 12-year-old children basketball, self-esteem and other life skills. Want to see those skills? Continue reading for our one-on-one video.

See also:
- Colorado Springs native TNT Maddox on how she became a Harlem Globetrotter
- CU Basketball Gangnam style
- Five offbeat things to do this summer with kids

More »

Being a dad is tough, which is why, in honor of Father's Day, we're honoring the dads whose families have literally driven them to the brink of insanity (or further). Relax. It's only movie dads we're talking about here -- your dad probably won't go crazy and kill you this Sunday. Then again, as my own sage father always says when I'm obsessing about something beyond my control: there are no guarantees in life. Now, here's our list of the best killer dads known to Hollywood.

See also:
- Think Mommy Dearest was tough? Consider these divas of the animal world
- Menswear: Pedicab driver Ox Lox on his sloppy, elegant style
- Grease revs up Monday Movie Madness tonight at Infinity Park

More »

Emily Driskill

For more photos, visit our PrideFest 2013 slide show.

With the "Focus on the Families" theme setting the tone for this year's PrideFest, there will be celebrations all over the city this weekend. While the official focus of the all-inclusive family fun is The Center's Denver PrideFest 2013, which will be at Civic Center Park this Saturday, June 15 and Sunday, June 16, there are many more events around town. Here are some of the best, from fantastic family-oriented gatherings to adults-only throwdowns that will last all night long.

See also:
- Five things NOT to do at Denver PrideFest
- Denver PrideFest 2013 announces headliners Taylor Dayne and Martha Wash
- Taking pride in Pride: Here's what it means to be an ally

More »

HumanCannonBall.us

Dave Smith performing

The free, Outdoor Family Film Series at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will start off with a bang this summer, when David "The Bullet" Smith Jr. launches himself into the sky with his human cannon. The Alamo Drafthouse is an eat-and-drink movie theater that usually only allows patrons eighteen or older -- or children accompanied by adults -- to enter. But kids get to be front and center at the outdoor series, which starts tomorrow, June 11.

See also:
- Alamo Drafthouse
- Photos: Colorado's first Alamo Drafthouse opens with a Pam Grier party
- Alamo Drafthouse partners with International Film Series

More »

No movie musical says summer better than Grease, which makes it a perfect choice to open the season at Infinity Park's Monday Movie Madness summer series of free family movies.

See also:
- Grease and ennui: My date last night
- Repertory Cinema Wishlist: Robert Altman's Nashville
-Repertory Cinema Wishlist: Crossing Delancey

More »

Ben Siebrase

The Denver Botanic Gardens

Summer's a great time to spend quality time with the kiddos. But by the time it officially starts, you're already tired of the typical hangouts -- the Denver Zoo, the Children's Museum. That's when it's time to break out of the ordinary: Here's are five off-the-beaten-path activities, each particularly well-suited for babies, toddlers and preschoolers.

See also:
- The Abbey Tavern will give East Colfax a family-friendly Irish pub
- The ten best stores on Tennyson Street
- Celebrate Mother's Day Eve with Shayna Ferm and Pump and Dump

More »

Koffi Toudji at the future site of the Koffi Togo Cultural Center in Togo, West Africa.<

Koffi Toudji is a welcome,well-known face around Denver: He's the founder of a traditional West African drum-and-dance ensemble, leader of Koffi Togo Vibe Band and a teacher and performer at the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble. But Toudji also arranges summer tours from the U.S. to his native Kpalimé in Togo, West Africa, and this Friday, June 7, he will be raising money to give back to his hometown.

Last year Toudji bought a plot of land in Togo, where he hopes to build a cultural center there in the next few years. "The cultural center came about because growing up there, I experienced a different life -- we had a lot of music and dancing going on," he explains. "But every time I take students back to my home, I'm feeling a lot of change. I feel like there's less music and less dancing every time I go. The little town I grew up in is becoming a city, and the old traditions are getting lost. "

See also:
- Koffi Toudji uses drums, dance and a little humor to benefit the Koffi Togo band
- How Cleo Parker Robinson conquered her fear of skiing and other confessions
- Montbello high school drumline is headed to Takayama, Denver's sister city in Japan

More »

SK Films

The Phipps IMAX Theater at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science officially replaced the old Phipps Auditorium thirty years ago this summer, and quickly became a must-see addition to the museum experience. Over the years, even IMAX technology has reinvented itself, amplifying the already-dizzying visuals on the four-and-a-half-story screen with a 3-D bump, along with freshly implemented digital projection and Surround Sound.

See also:
- Noah Van Sciver Visits the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, a web comic
- Spaced Out: Hubble at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
- Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age is a big, big hit

More »

Kate Gibbons

Elitch Gardens Theme and Water Park has started its 123rd season with a new family-friendly roller coaster, seven more shows and a third custom-craft beer.

The park's new Blazin' Buckaroo allows cowboys and cowgirls as short as 36 inches high to climb aboard (but they'll need to be accompanied by an adult until they reach 42 inches). While the new coaster may not have the vertical drops or speed of the park's other roller coasters -- Twister 2 and the Mind Eraser -- the Blazin' Buckaroo still makes two full spins around the 360-foot track with a 15-foot drop, several quick turns and hits a speed of 15 mph.

See also:
- Radium and roller coasters: A brief, dirty history of Elitch Gardens
- Custom beers: Great Divide rolls with Chipotle while the Wynkoop rides with Elitch's
- For Your Amusement: Elitch Gardens' summer plans

More »

The official start of summer is over a month away, but the unofficial start is upon us, with the release of the Film on the Rocks 2013 schedule. There's certain to be some controversy over the selection, but as in years past, the Denver Film Society -- led by FOTR Program Director Britta Erickson -- has taken great care in curating a series of both crowd-pleasing and interesting movies. Kicking off with Back to the Future on May 29, the line-up also includes titles like Wet Hot American Summer and Die Hard.

"I think it's a really great combination and caters to an array of generations," says Karla Rodriguez, audience development and social media manager for FOTR. "It's not just movies you want to bring your kids to -- it's movies you want you want to bring your parents to."

See also:
- 2012 Film on the Rocks includes fan-favorite The Notebook, but no Big Lebowski
- 100 Colorado Creatives: Keith Garcia, Denver Film Society
- Best of Denver 2013: Pre- and Post-Movie Party Spot- Sie FilmCenter

More »