Since 2002, the first Saturday in May has been Free Comic Book Day (FCBD). Publishers churn out single-issue offerings of a wide variety of comics, a tool that comic shops can use as a festive reason to visit their businesses. FCBD served as a great excuse for Dan and me to visit Gryphon Games & Comics. […]
Read MoreReview: Urinetown (Colorado State University Theatre)
The Colorado State University School of Music, Theatre and Dance closed out its mainstage season with Urinetown, an early 2000s Broadway hit every bit as irreverent as the title suggests. Following a devastating 20-year drought, a corporation has popped up with a bold solution to a water shortage crisis: a ban on private toilets. Citizens […]
Read MoreIn search of Moxie
Hello from historic Louisville, Colorado! Ohio/Kentucky friends, that’s pronounced “Lewisville,” not “Louieville.”) Bread, of all things, brought us to Louisville. A few days ago my neighbor-soulmate Linda mentioned Moxie Bread Company, a Louisville gem she’d read about in 5280 (“Ballad of a Small-Town Bakery,” which is a fantastic read whether you live around here or […]
Read MoreCirque is coming, Cirque is coming!
Years and years ago, I remember hunting for a birthday present for my mom at a Borders Books. I ended up finding that I imagined would be a daughter-of-the-year level gift: a DVD copy of a Cirque du Soleil show. I want to say it was Alegría? At any rate, mom was thrilled — she […]
Read MoreNatural Shocks
On Saturday, Dan and made our way to Boulder to a theater that has quickly become one of my favorites: the Dairy Arts Center. (Read a great article involving the Boulder theatre scene and the Dairy Arts Center at American Theatre.) We were heading to Boulder for a reading of Lauren Gunderson‘s “Natural Shocks.” The […]
Read MoreMy Weird Al wish list
Bear with me, this does have something to do with Colorado! “Weird Al” Yankovic, my idol for the past ~20 years, is currently on his Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour. Luckily there is a tour stop in Denver — I actually had to buy tickets back in October, before we left Ohio, making this concert […]
Read MoreThe Inventing Room
Dan and I recently caught a show at the DCPA — it ended up being a rather quick play with no intermission and so we found ourselves not quite ready to drive home afterwards. We had no plans, but I remembered Kate telling me to check out The Inventing Room in the SloHi neighborhood, a […]
Read MoreDan the blacksmith
My best Christmas present for Dan this year came with a long wait*. While browsing the Front Range Community College course book, I found an 8-hour introductory workshop on blacksmithing… in April. Dan finally had a chance to attend his class this weekend. Dan came home dirty and tired and wielding a rough knife made […]
Read MoreThese are the drones you’re looking for
Dan has recently acquired a drone capable of aerial photography. Many nights it’s simply too windy to take the drone out — no one ever warns you how windy Colorado is, all the time! — but every now and then we catch a break. Below are a few of the shots of our neighborhood that […]
Read MoreReview: And Then There Were None (OpenStage Theatre)
Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None opens with ten strangers gathering on the remote Soldier Island, each having been invited under vague pretenses. Upon arrival, they find that their hosts — whom no one seems to have actually met — have not yet turned up. The guests settle in for what seems like a casual […]
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