New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve: Three parties that end well before the clock strikes midnight

By Susan Froyd Mon., Dec. 31 2012 at 6:00 AM
Categories: New Year's Eve, Nightlife

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Have a glamorous New Year with Buntport Theater.
Whether you think of New Year's Eve as a time for parties that keep you dancing into the wee hours, or you're the type who's lucky to still be awake when the corks pop and Auld Lang Syne rings through the town, several events are perfect to prime your pump -- or let you live a little before you sleep. Some early-evening suggestions follow; go to Westword's New Year's Eve guide for a complete listing of NYE parties and events.

See also:
- The ten best New Year's Eve shows in Denver
- New Year's Eve celebrations: sixteen sweet options

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Comedy

Let the Fine Gentleman's Club help you get through the rest of 2012 in fine style

By Susan Froyd Wed., Dec. 26 2012 at 6:00 AM
Categories: Comedy, Nightlife

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Crystal Allen
Think there's no fun to be had until New Year's Eve? Think again. Sam Tallent, Nathan Lund, Chris Charpentier and Bobby Crane of the Fine Gentleman's Club are working through the holidays, and their weekly Too Much Fun comedy show at the Deer Pile will roll like clockwork tonight at 10 p.m.

See also:
- Getting stoned with comedian Chris Charpentier
- Fine Gentleman's Club to record album at Comedy Works on Halloween
- Too Much Funstival comedians on how Denver's scene has evolved
- Sam Tallent talks about his comedy mixtape Joke Life, and his Fine Gentleman's Club


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Join the Denver Cruiser Ride tonight for its fifteen minutes of fame

By Susan Froyd Wed., Dec. 12 2012 at 6:00 AM
Categories: Bars, Bicycling, Nightlife

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A Denver Cruiser Ride in the heart of December has to have a reason -- or at least a reason more urgent than the usual "because." And in fact, tonight's DCR Retro Ride is getting in gear for a great reason: It's destined to be part of a locally produced Travel Channel pilot with Bert Kreischer of the cable network's Trip Flip. Tentatively called It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (like the Jimmy Buffet song), the show will presumably follow fun-loving Bert on nightlife adventures.

See also:
- Denver Cruisers: Winter Olympics
- Twenty best costumes from Denver Cruisers: Pirates, sea men and nymphs
- Photo: Denver Cruisers take over shut-down I-25
- Denver Cruiser Ride launches safety campaign, tells cyclists to follow laws

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Neal Cassady: The Denver Years gets in gear at 3 Kings tomorrow

By Laura Bond Wed., Nov. 28 2012 at 10:01 AM
Categories: Colorado Film, Colorado History, Events, Nightlife

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Neal Cassady captured in 1944 Denver Police Department mug shots.
Born and raised in Denver, Heather Dalton has long nurtured affection for one of the city's proudest cultural alumni: Neal Cassady, the larger-than-life literary macho-muse who inspired the character of Dean Moriarty, hero of Jack Kerouac's On the Road. For the past several years, Dalton, a musician, filmmaker and producer at Colorado Public Television, has been hard at work on Neal Cassady: The Denver Years, which documents Cassady's difficult youth in Prohibition-era Denver.

Cassady's exploits in D-Town are the stuff of local legend: his brief stint as a student at East High School, his time in a correctional facility for boys, his days following his father through the alleyways and dive bars of Larimer Street. Drawn from Cassady's memoir, The First Third, as well as her own extensive research, Dalton's film explores the mythology behind the man whose personality and spirit inspired many writers -- and led to the creation of one very famous scroll.

See also:
- Keeping the Beat: Musician David Amram remembers Neal Cassady
- Street artist Theo on Banksy, Jack Kerouac and running from the cops
- Jack Kerouac wrote here: Crisscrossing America chasing cool


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Nightlife

Seven reasons to give thanks on Thanksgiving Eve

By Britt Chester Wed., Nov. 21 2012 at 2:41 PM
Categories: Holidaze, Nightlife

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Britt Chester
Forget Thanksgiving: For many people, the official holiday is Thanksgiving Eve -- one of the busiest days of the year for partying. Many bars will be offering parties, but you have other, more sober options, including several fundraisers for worthy causes. And no matter what you wind up doing tomorrow, you should have great stories to share around the dinner table the following day. Here are seven things to do on Thanksgiving Eve.

(And if you have more suggestions, post them in the comments section below.)


See also:
- -Thanksgiving Eve in Denver: Where to go, what to do on the year's second biggest party night
- Five reasons why Thanksgiving is a fly-over holiday
- Thanksgiving: Restaurants are still serving opportunities to dine out tomorrow

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Circus!

Revolution Circus invites you to "join the circus and run the fuck away from home!"

By Susan Froyd Thu., Nov. 15 2012 at 6:00 AM
Categories: Circus!, Nightlife

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Has the calm before the edible storm that is Thanksgiving got you down in the dumps? Revolution Circus, a huge compendium of bands, freaks, sideshow acts, burlesque girls, body painters, acrobats, tatto artists, belly dancers, hoopers and other circusy things will take over City Hall for a many-leveled, single night of wild abandon that might just turn your mood around. Sometimes, it's good to get weird.

See also:
- Salt Fire Circus and Barebones Burlesque
- Cirque Voltaire: Blitzkrieg's uniquely stylistic circus brings out the bizarre at The Oriental
- Photos: P.T. Barnum's Feejee Mermaid and other oddities from Circus Emporium
- For Denver artist Penney Bidwell, life is a carnival
- The Ballad of Eddy Joe


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Fashion

Photos: On the men's fashion runway of the 2012 American Crew Face Off

By Mauricio Rocha Fri., Nov. 9 2012 at 3:05 PM
Categories: Events, Fashion, Nightlife, Over the Weekend, Photos

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The opening night of the American Crew: Faces of America runway showcased many treats for its audience, including styles created by the men's grooming company and its competition finalists, the debut of the 2013 American Crew collection ("Crewcial"), the American Crew All-Starsʼ interpretation of a well-groomed man, and education on menʼs grooming for 2013.

See also:
- Forever Darling fashion show at the DAM
- 2012 Paper Fashion Show
- Photos: Forever Darling 5 fashion show, 3/30/12


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Theater

Photos: Behind the scenes at the landmark Paramount Theatre, artifacts from 1930

By Sam Levin Fri., Oct. 5 2012 at 11:23 AM
Categories: Nightlife, Theater

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Sam Levin
Ian Marzonie (left) and John Scheck of Kroenke with an old projector at the Paramount Theatre.
In this week's Westword cover story, "It's a Mall World After All," we recognize the 30th anniversary of the 16th Street Mall by visiting some of the most important sites and looking back on its history in the heart of downtown Denver. As part of this effort, we took a tour of the landmark Paramount Theatre, which first opened its doors half a century before construction on the Mall began and still stands as the only historic theater of its kind in Denver. Here, we take you behind the scenes at the Paramount, which is home to artifacts that date all the way back to its first movie screening on August 29, 1930.

See also:
- Thirty years in, the 16th Street Mall is still going strong
- 16th Street Mall: Shopping Scenes
- From the Archives: 16th Street a century ago


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Lists

Ten best places to watch the presidential debate tonight

By Mark Sanders Wed., Oct. 3 2012 at 5:00 AM
Categories: Lists, Nightlife

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Brandon Marshall
You might not be this close to the action, but you'll be in good company. Slide show: Obama in Colorado
Some sports fans and barflies are going to be very unhappy tonight. That's when many of their favorite bars will switch channels from whatever game is on to the first of the three presidential debates, which will be happening right here, at the University of Denver. Those tickets are impossible to come by, but there are plenty of other places where you can gather with friends to watch the political sparks fly -- and then drown out those sparks with booze.

Bear in mind, this is not exhaustive. But does it include the best place to watch the action? That's debatable.

See also:
- Debate 2012: Ten things you don't know about the University of Denver
- Debate 2012: Take an Instagram tour of preparations for the big event
- Debate 2012: Ten signs the presidential debate is coming to Denver


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Bars

Press Play arcade bar opens in Boulder former Round Midnight space

By Show and Tell Tue., Sep. 25 2012 at 12:59 PM
Categories: Bars, Games, Nightlife, Openings

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All photos by Elyse Mitchell
A year after he opened the 1UP arcade/bar in LoDo, business was so good that Jourdan Adler took over the former Monkey Bar on East Colfax and turned it into the 2UP. Inspired by the "barcade" trend, Jesse Gossett and Mike Boselli recently took over the former Round Midnight -- which closed after a three-decade run at 1005 Pearl Street in Boulder -- and rehabbed it in a week and a half, doing most of the construction themselves. Earlier this month, it opened as Press Play.

See also:
-Let the games begin! 1Up now open in LoDo
-Denver's ten best new bars
-The 2UP will move into Pete's Monkey Bar space


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