August 25, 2011
Burning man preview: Wine fan will uncork costumed persona Corky Buchon Claire Martin reports: For years, Al Fink saved corks from the wine he drank with his wife and friends, tossing the corks in a big jar, transferring the contents to a plastic bag when the jar filled and saving the bag in his garage. No reason to keep them, really, just a feeling that all those corks would come in handy some day. That day has arrived, along with Fink’s temporary persona as the nominally redundant Corky Buchon, whose surname is French for “cork.” (Read more) 

Burning man preview: Wine fan will uncork costumed persona Corky Buchon

Claire Martin reports:

For years, Al Fink saved corks from the wine he drank with his wife and friends, tossing the corks in a big jar, transferring the contents to a plastic bag when the jar filled and saving the bag in his garage.

No reason to keep them, really, just a feeling that all those corks would come in handy some day.

That day has arrived, along with Fink’s temporary persona as the nominally redundant Corky Buchon, whose surname is French for “cork.”

(Read more) 

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Filed under: news burning man wine portrait photo odd news costume cosplay festival Corky Buchon Nevada The Man 
July 21, 2011

UMS: The 2011 Underground Music Showcase

Today, July 21, marks the first night of the 11th annual Underground Music Showcase. From 6 p.m. tonight until around 1 a.m. Monday morning, over 300 performances will take place in one neighborhood of South Denver. Are you ready?

Headliners include Sage Francis, Hellogoodbye, The Black Heart Precession, Colourmusic  and hundreds of local bands from Denver’s thriving music scene.

Get a 4-day pass for $40 here.

Find more info and check out the full line-up here.

And check out some of Reverb’s (The Denver Post’s music blog) UMS features:

UMS Festival Guide and Bonus Videos

Streaming Video and Audio of Many of the UMS Acts

The Top 12 Don’t-Miss National and Local Bands of the UMS

(Source: The Denver Post)

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Filed under: ums music news music news music festivals festival Underground Music Showcase denver denver post colorado local music 
July 11, 2011

The 2011 Colorado Burlesque Festival

The Colorado Burlesque Festival opened July 7, at Casselman’s in Denver, and continued through the weekend. The festival, now in its second year, featured performers from Los Angeles to New York City–and everywhere in between.

(Source: The Denver Post)

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Filed under: Colorado Burlesque Festival burlesque burlesque festival colorado festival denver 
June 18, 2011
Dancers Tanisha Broderick, left, and April Bell, right, entertained the crowd Saturday. Thousands gathered at downtown Denver’s Civic Center Park for PrideFest 2011 on Saturday, June 18, 2011. The event continues on Sunday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m., and features more than 200 vendor booths with arts, crafts, food. (Photo by Karl Gehring, The Denver Post)

Dancers Tanisha Broderick, left, and April Bell, right, entertained the crowd Saturday. Thousands gathered at downtown Denver’s Civic Center Park for PrideFest 2011 on Saturday, June 18, 2011. The event continues on Sunday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m., and features more than 200 vendor booths with arts, crafts, food. (Photo by Karl Gehring, The Denver Post)

(Source: The Denver Post)

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June 10, 2011
Russell Marsden and Emma Richardson of Band of Skulls perform during the 2011 Bonnaroo Music And Arts Festival on June 9, 2011, in Manchester, Tenn. Click through for a full gallery of images, updated throughout the festival. (Photo by Jason Merritt, Getty Images)

Russell Marsden and Emma Richardson of Band of Skulls perform during the 2011 Bonnaroo Music And Arts Festival on June 9, 2011, in Manchester, Tenn. Click through for a full gallery of images, updated throughout the festival. (Photo by Jason Merritt, Getty Images)

(Source: The Denver Post)

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June 6, 2011
Dawn Wagner, of Thousand Oaks, CA, works on her rendition of Alphonse Mucha’s “Summer” during the 9th annual Denver Chalk Art Festival on Larimer Square in Denver, Colo., Saturday June 4, 2011. During the 2-day event, 230 artists were expected to cover 67,000 square feet of pavement. (Photo by Craig F. Walker, The Denver Post - Click for more)

Dawn Wagner, of Thousand Oaks, CA, works on her rendition of Alphonse Mucha’s “Summer” during the 9th annual Denver Chalk Art Festival on Larimer Square in Denver, Colo., Saturday June 4, 2011. During the 2-day event, 230 artists were expected to cover 67,000 square feet of pavement. (Photo by Craig F. Walker, The Denver Post - Click for more)

(Source: The Denver Post)

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Filed under: denver larimer square chalk chart art sidewalk dawn wagner alphonse mucha summer festival chalk art festival cra Craig F. Walker 
June 5, 2011

amyfriedenberger:

Video by Mahala Gaylord / The Denver Post

More than 200 artists will spend hours turning the streets of Larimer Square into a museum of chalk art at the Denver Chalk Art Festival June 4 & 5, 2011. Denver Chalk Art Festival is produced by the Larimer Arts Association, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting arts awareness and education in Denver.

I love this video because it’s not just some factual video.  It captures why the people here are doing what they do.  And because the reporter captured the start of the art to the finishing displays, you can tell he’s put in several hours.

 Thanks for posting our video, Amy!

(Source: The Denver Post, via thedigitalnotepad)

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Filed under: news art festival chalk chalk art denver larimer larimer square design illustration video photo photography 
May 11, 2011
audreydelaine: Reasons my state is better than yours: Illegal Pete’s. I love this place more than should be allowed. We’ve mentioned Illegal Pete’s as a great place to eat in Denver on more than one occasion - even as a romantic dinner spot, once. Recently, I ran into our Ricardo Baca checking out The Hollyfelds at the LoDo Illegal Pete’s. Don’t worry, you can catch them and over 300 other bands all over Denver this July at the Underground Music Showcase.

audreydelaine:

Reasons my state is better than yours: Illegal Pete’s. I love this place more than should be allowed.

We’ve mentioned Illegal Pete’s as a great place to eat in Denver on more than one occasion - even as a romantic dinner spot, once. Recently, I ran into our Ricardo Baca checking out The Hollyfelds at the LoDo Illegal Pete’s. Don’t worry, you can catch them and over 300 other bands all over Denver this July at the Underground Music Showcase.

(via gingerbeardsandparenteaus)

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Filed under: denver colorado lodo illegal pete's ums underground music showcase the hollyfelds lineup music festival 
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