#28: Derrick Velasquez Denver artist Derrick Velasquez seems to be everywhere in the arts world, and not just as an observer. Behind the scenes, he’s helping wheels turn — as a co-founder and manager of TANK Studios, as well as a booster of fellow artists who looks for ways to…
It’s crunch time for the students of Auraria Campus since today marks the beginning of finals week. It can be easy during stressful times to leave the house in a hoodie and sweatpants. Luckily, students like Walter Vasquez still found time to dress fashionably. Read here to learn where he…
Tonight the Open Media Foundation will celebrate seven years of independent voices on Denver Open Media — which not only runs Denver’s public-access channels on Comcast, but also provides training and services for non-profits and kids. From the hundreds of nonprofits and thousands of people it works with every year,…
On January 30, the second annual Westword Whiteout will kick off Denver’s 2014 fashion season at the McNichols Building. The evening — which raises funds for the American Transplant Association — will include live music, specialty vendors, classic cocktails and some of the city’s top designers in a signature runway…
Christmas — or whatever you celebrate this time of year — is not a geek holiday. Sure, the togetherness and gift-giving and eggnog drunks are great no matter if you’re a geek or not, but it still seems like the holiday should throw us some kind of bone. It doesn’t,…
The snow is now falling on Denver’s streets, but things were more temperate last Friday when we spotted an interesting style at the Shoppe’s closing party. Freelancer Jessica Joy worked at the Shoppe, as well as Fabric Lab and Plastic Chapel, all before they had to close the doors for…
We discuss weather in this state (and on this blog) a lot. If you’ve ever made small talk with a stranger here, then you know that weather is a hot topic, especially now that Mother Nature — or global warming, depending on what you call it — has decided to…
Over the weekend, Boulder’s Avery Brewing celebrated everything Coloradan and crafty by throwing CrAft & CrAfts, an event that combined equal parts of shopping and quaffing. While shoppers browsed, Avery also tapped a special strawberry-infused Strawberry Wit Belgian-style white ale just for the occasion. Drink in these photos by Kenneth…
#29: Chris Loffelmacher Chris Loffelmacher is a guy who makes things happen and a man of grand passions; somehow, the two traits meld perfectly in his programming for the Denver Public Library’s Fresh City Life series. Loffelmacher’s obsessions — everything from old movies and knitting to high fashion and everything…
On January 30, the second annual Westword Whiteout will kick off Denver’s 2014 fashion season at the McNichols Building. The evening — which raises funds for the American Transplant Association — will include live music, specialty vendors, classic cocktails and some of the city’s top designers in a signature runway…
Buying gifts for the holidays can be daunting. You battle other shoppers for an unbeatable deal and stand in mile-long lines — and sometimes the gift receiver doesn’t like the present anyway. For those who would prefer to buy something thoughtful that gives back to the community, or make a…
The holiday shopping season begins in earnest on this nasty day after Thanksgiving, and though Small Business Saturday is tomorrow, it doesn’t mean you can’t keep right on shopping local and handmade — now and all year long. And how can you resist, anyway, with all of these alternatives still…
This week, we’re covering all things hipster in Denver: best bars to run into them, best restaurants to eat with them, and now, best stores to shop with them. From do-it-yourself creative spaces, locally-made apparel, geeked-out workshops, and antique oddities, the Denver hipster scene is alive and well on all…
With holiday shopping in full swing, we’ve packaged up some fashionable events to make your season bright in early December — starting with the Red Ball, an annual fundraiser for the Colorado AIDS Project. See also: Diana Vreeland might have loved words as much as she loved fashion…
On Capitol Hill, we often see a particular blend of fashion: part-professional, part-funky. This week on the Hill we spotted Einstein shift manager and college student Ashley Tate, referencing her style icon, Audrey Hepburn. Keep reading to learn where she shops, her favorite accessory and her style mantra. See also:…
#30: Jaime Kopke Jaime Kopke hails from Massachusetts, but ended up in Colorado, bringing cultural gold in her pocket. She’s helped spark more than a few creative projects here, from the city’s ongoing Pecha Kucha series to the Denver Community Museum, a short-lived but brilliant pop-up people’s reliquary that threw…
Happy Thanksgiving, fellow geeks. Yes, it’s a day early, but you’d rather read this while you wait for work to end today than tomorrow while you could be eating, watching football or MST3K, or whatever it is you do on Thanksgiving. Still, day early or not, I’m going to do…
On Tuesday, November 26, NV Boutique opened its first-ever brick- and-mortar location in the Vistas at Park Meadows. Store manager Lisa Shipman gave us a guided tour of the store’s interior, decorated in subtle muted tones, chandeliers and soft light. The combination of upscale, elegant boudoir decor and the latest…
Knitting projects don’t have to be ugly sweaters or grandma scarves. Annie Watts, creator of Wattsolak Designs, brings new ideas to this ancient craft with knitting patterns that include mythological figures, mythical creatures and robots. She designs hats, mittens, scarves, soft toys and more, and shares the patterns with knitting…
Last month, Denver DIY house venue and show space Mouth House was shut down by the cops for good. As far as house venues go, it had a good, three-year run. Undaunted by surrounding gentification, Mouth House sat in the midst of Five Points, minding its own business in a…
Jeff Trujillo has been with the Colorado Aids project for almost six years. He started as the event coordinator for AIDS Walk Colorado, and when he took over the reins of other failing fundraising programs he decided that it was time to start fresh. The result was the Red Ball,…
Even as the weather gets colder, fashionable Denverites do not keep their style under wraps. We recently spotted the energetic menswear of musician Traveon Rippetoe, who takes fashion cues from the 1990s. Continue reading to learn where he shops, why the ’90s mean so much to him, and his style…
