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Rosenthal & Heymann , LLC “When Results Matter” Night+Day continued from page 22 [SCOOTER RALLY] BORN TOBE MILD Injured?* • Auto Accident? • Slip and Fall? • Police Brutality? Criminal Case? • DUI? • Drugs? • Felony? * Many different payment options including “ Only Pay If you Win” 303-825-2223 www.RoseHey.com The Woody Guthrie Festival celebrates everything Woody. workshop is $10. For tickets and info, call 303-777-1003 or visit www.swallowhillmusic.org. — JASONHELLER [AR T / FASHION] SHOW YOUR COLORS 24 As if this month’s Biennial-driven Untitled happening at the Denver Art Museum (based on the doubly delicious theme of “Two” and celebrating diptychs, artistic duos, biennials and other things that come in twos) didn’t already have enough going on inside the museum, Denver’s fashion community is going to make unplanned waves outside by hosting a Fashion Flash Mobthat should give local fashionistas a place on the map during all the Biennial hoopla. Inspired by a blog about New York City’s ongoing Sidewalk Catwalk event in the garment district, for which haute designers dress mannequins to display in the streets, Denver designer Tricia Hoke and others brainstormed the idea for a fl ash mob and invited their friends and colleagues to join in. According to Hoke, the response has been great, but who knows what will happen? “It’s a fl ash mob,” she says simply. People just show up at a flash mob; one can’t predict what they will look like or do before they disperse. But here are a few clues: Brandi Shigley will lead a parade from her nearby Fashion Denver headquarters. Mona Lucero is plan-ning a Hollywood-slinky collaboration with artist Jason Appleton and jewelry maker Amy Kahn. Hoke’s model will wear one of the designer’strademark morphing outfits, making adjustments to the look as she walks the walk. People might or might not line up two bytwo,carrying “Designed in Colorado” signs. There’s no telling. They’ll all be con-verging on the sidewalk outside the DAM, 100 West 14th Avenue Parkway, at 6 p.m. That’ll leave plenty of time to enjoy the regularly scheduled events inside, including a gallery takeover bythe nomadic poetry per-formance party Cafe Nuba, lindy hop lessons, Biennial-sanctioned video art and more,all of which is included in the general DAM admis-sion fee and continues until 10 p.m. For details, go to http://untitled.denverartmuseum.org. — SUSAN FROYD At one point in the not-so-distant past, rid-ing a scooter was as much about tribalism as transportation. Affi liated with the mod and Brit-pop subcultures, Denver’s original scooter rally, MileHighMayhem, was an annual gathering of that tribe. Resurrected last year, MHM is once again planning to bring together those Denverites who ride scooters as a way of life — although, as organizer Phil Lombardo points out, there’s not quite as much mayhem in Mayhem thirteen years after its inception. “Instead of a big ride out to the moun-tains on Saturday like we used to do, we’re just riding to Sloan’s Lake for a picnic,” says Lombardo with a laugh. “Riding scooters used to be more of a counterculture thing, but we’re all getting older. Now,Mayhem is as just much about showing off our babies as it is about showing off our scooters.” Mile High Mayhem 13 comes together tonight at 8 p.m. at the Beauty Bar, 608 East 13th Avenue. DJs Chris Irvin, Scott Dammit, Jedi Scott and DogBoy will spin a wide variety of tunes for the dance floor. Admission to the 21+ party is free. A range of scooter riders and events are planned for the weekend; for a full schedule, visit www.milehighmayhem.com. — JASONHELLER [E -TOWN] GREEN, RED AND FUNKY eTown has always had an environmental conscience: The long-running radio pro-gram, which airs performances and inter-views bysocially aware musicians recorded in front of a live audience, has focused on green issues from the get-go. And they’ll take that awareness even further with Green Rocks at Red Rocks, the annual eTown extravaganza that kicks off tonight at 7:30 p.m. with Lyle Lovett and Taj Mahal. In keeping with the green theme, eTown is offering free biodiesel shuttle buses run-ning from Denver to Boulder (be sure to sign up in advance, as space is limited). There will also be incentives for carpoolers with four or more people in a car, plus information tables, demonstrations, eco-products and more. Mayor John Hickenlooper and Governor Bill Ritter are both planning to attend, so you’ll be in good company. Admission is $34.50 to $65.50; buy tickets and get infor-mation at http://etown.org. — AMBER TAUFEN [THEATER] PRETTY TOUGH GUYS Now that Leonardo DiCaprio has been tapped to play J. Edgar Hoover in an up-coming biopic, America will be hearing a lot more about the controversial FBI director. Before that, though, the Theater Company of Lafayette is staging the satirical G-Menin G-Strings, a show comprising nine one-act plays that shed light on the closeted life of one of America’s most notorious public figures. “From our overly zealous military to our thirst for gladiator-style sports, American culture is uniquely steeped in machismo and heterosexual masculinity,” explains Erich Toll, the show’s co-director. “Yet from political and religious scandals to persistent rumors about Hollywood action stars, it seems this machismo often cov-continued on page 25 JULY29-AUGUST4, 2010 WESTWORD | BACKBEAT | CAFE | ART | THEATER | MOVIES | NIGHT+DAY | CITY LIMITS | OFF LIMITS | ¡ASK A MEXICAN! | LETTERS | CONTENTS | WORST-CASE SCENARIO | westword.com
