Tag Archive for: Some Like it Hot

Prohibition in Colorado: From Drunk as a Skunk to Stone Cold Sober

When you say you grew up in a “dry county” in the South, the retort is generally, “does that mean you don’t have indoor plumbing?” No, worse. It means alcohol isn’t sold in your county. Dry counties are reminiscent of Prohibition, a time in the United States spanning from January 17, 1920 through December 5, […]

Life Mirrors Art: Tavis Kordell Embodies Jerry/Daphne in Some Like It Hot

In 1959, the acclaimed Billy Wilder directed Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in the raucous caper of two men who, having witnessed a mob hit, take cover by posing as women in a traveling Jazz Age band. (Curtis came to Denver in 2002, starring in a different musical adaptation of the movie.) Sixty-three years later, […]

Girls’ Night Out in Denver

There is no better way to spend an evening than with your best girlies. Whether you hang out once a week, once a month, or only see each other once in a while – getting the group together brings memories and uncontrollable laughter rushing back. If spending an evening in with a bottle of wine […]

The Mob in Denver

The Smaldone family, Denver’s version of the Mafia, was low key, unlike their more high-profile brethren in New York, Chicago and New Jersey. They wore big hats and spiffy suits, but they didn’t race around town in big cars, mowing down rivals. In fact, they weren’t in the Mafia. Isolated far out in Denver, they […]