Denver Life

You know you’re in trouble when you’re still shopping and Christmas is just a little more than a week away. Though the most organized folks have finished their gift-buying and are now focusing on tree-trimming, wrapping and baking, procrastinators can breathe easy: You can still snag hip, edgy, arty gifts…

If you need gifts for your friends and relatives and you’ve got no Cheddar to spare, then the Cheap Christmas Crapfare at the Museum of Contemporary Art is the place for you tonight. At the Crapfare, which is part of MCA Denver’s “Black Sheep Fridays,” you’ll learn how to make…

Yes, the town seems ready to canonize Tim Tebow — but is it too early to dedicate a santera to the Broncos quarterback? Artist Catherine Robles Shaw makes retablos, plaques depicting the saints that are hand-carved and painted in a folk style that’s been handed down over hundreds of years…

Greg Baumhauer hosted his last open-mic comedy night at the Squire on Tuesday, leaving behind lots of memories — some good, some bad. First the good, from Veronica: I feel sick that I missed Squire’s last comedy night. I feel sick that I wasn’t able to see Greg up on…

In “Occupy Christmas: What protesters could learn from the true meaning of the holidays,” Jef Otte explained how the Grinch was about to steal Christmas from the 99 percent — unless they had secured a nice temporary job in some retail establishment, so that they could give nice presents to…

Long, long ago, in the fashion lexicon of yesteryear, satin meant “fancy.” But today, in the modern world of casual everything, sequins mean “fancy.” How fancy? Fancy, as in what you can wear with jeans to a holiday party. This is where sparkly tank tops come into play. Since fancy…

Two years after a traumatic brain injury knocked him out of the 2010 Winter Olympics, Kevin Pearce is back on board — and will be riding one in Breckenridge today, before he moves behind the mike for this week’s Winter Dew Tour’s Nike Open. Pearce emceed the U.S. Grand Prix…

Last Monday Tim Davids offered up “The 50 worst sports movies ever,” including Pride of the Yankees and, yes, Field of Dreams. But apparently no bad deed goes unpunished. Writes Tammymarie: Does the author of this article have some kind of fucking chemical imbalance or is he just a fucking…

Hello Kitty has come to the 16th Street Mall, attracting plenty of fans to the new Lollipop Gift store in the 16th Street Mall. Says Brittany: OMG i really want to go there so badly but THANK GOD my mom is talkinq me there for xmis AHHHHHHHHHHH i soooooo happy…

Burlesque emcee Cora Vette has been shaking up Denver with her Burlycute darlings for some time now, hosting shows at an array of locations and featuring stripping zombies, a marijuana-centric show and this season’s Naughty Noel. But she’s got a new idea now: Weekly boylesque nights at the Compound, aptly…

Yes, Virginia, you still have time to make a holiday gift that comes straight from your heart. Or, if you’re the industrious type, you can swap your handiwork for something equally wonderful. AIGA Colorado and Fancy Tiger are hosting tonight’s Craftworks Trading Party, which mashes up the making and the…

When John Moore took the buy-out from the Denver Post, he left a gaping void in the Denver theater scene — a void that will be tough to fill, if it can be filled at all. Longtime Westword theater critic Juliet Wittman talked about Moore’s departure with many people who…

Bree Davies loves her job at the Shirt Folding Store, where she’s worked off and on since 2006. But she does not love asshole customers who treat her like she’s an idiot. And in this post, she highlighted other misconceptions about retail employees…

I had the perfect Christmas present plan for the out-of-towners in my life: kitschy Western-inspired accessories and home goods. I walked around town, looking for them. Talulah Jones sold necklaces with horseshoes and wood carved into antlers for wall decor, but that was it. Fancy Tiger’s Holiday Handmade Fair featured…

It’s the season of shopping, and the jing-a-ling of purses and wallets can be heard all over the 16th Street Mall — all the way into the Denver Pavilions, our convenient downtown mid-priced clothing mecca. And just in time for the 2011 holiday shopping season, the newly opened H&M store…

The Red Ball Fashion Show filled the Exdo Event Center with good times and great fashions on Sunday night — and all for an excellent cause, the Colorado Aids Project. CPagano was there:…

While the rest of the metro area is now all aglow for the holidays, the situation is still lights out for a beloved institution: Earlier this year, the Museum of Outdoor Arts pulled the plug on Hudson Holidays, the display at Hudson Gardens that had been orchestrated by Lonnie Hanzon…

Lights might be the best part of the holiday season: neighborhoods and business districts all lit up, more lights twinkling on trees and candles aglow in menorahs, kinaras and luminarias. And the enjoyment of those magical lights is a piece of childhood that never leaves us; as they turn off…

Here’s the perfect way to end your First Friday festivities: Open Media Foundation will celebrate the fifth anniversary of Denver Open Media at its annual fundraiser. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. tonight at 700 Kalamath Street, and the event includes performances by Total Ghost (as seen at the Westword web…

If this weekend is just too long for your so-twee-it-hurts heart to wait for Fancy Tiger’s Holiday Handmade Craft Fair or the Holiday Mancraft event at Ink Lounge, West Elm in Cherry Creek is inviting five Etsy-approved crafters to sell their wares tonight from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Unlike…

Just in time for the holidays, Jenny An served up the “Seven tastiest feast scenes in movies,” ranging from Eat Drink Man Woman to the Americanized version of that flick,Tortilla Soup, to The Nutty Professor and, of course, Big Night. Our plate looked pretty full, but then Anonymous responded with…