Burning Man

Raves '07

Cat is Back!

Produce Paradise, August 29

Delegating Denver #41 of 56: Oregon

Queens of the Stone Age

Rated R
(Interscope Records)

Backwash

The City Council votes on the side of youth and music.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of September 19, 2002

Letters to the Editor

From the week of September 26, 2002

The Beatdown

Carolyn's Mother bids a fond farewell.

Best Bohemian Bar

The Thin Man

Lee Coombs

Saturday, January 19, Vinyl, 303-860-8469.

Club Scout

Rock Island

PJs and Pentagrams

Rock Island

Bug in the Works

The moths in MOTH come to life with a touch.

Burning the Man

Get behind the scenes in the Nevada desert.

Lights, Camera, Action!

Get behind the scenes in the Nevada desert.

Pretty in Pink

Get behind the scenes in the Nevada desert.

2006 MasterMind Awards

Get behind the scenes in the Nevada desert.

Sketches

Brief reviews of current shows

Sketches

Brief reviews of current shows

Real and Magical

Contemporary Western imagery at Robischon, and a fantasyland at Sandy Carson.

Cafe Nuba

The monthly arts showcase make its move.

Bassnectar

Saturday, June 18, Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom, 303-297-1772.

Afterburn

Twelve hundred miles from Black Rock City, Apogaea keeps the home fires burning.

Dance, Dance Revolution

This was the year electronic dance music got its head -- and its ass -- out of the past.

Off Limits

Burn, baby, burn

Get Your Burn On

Denver pitches in to help its Burning Man fans.

The Rippin' Word

Writer Jason Flores-Williams seeks a literary orgy.

Burn This

Colorado's pyro-fetishists light it up at Burning Man 2002.

The Ballad of Eddy Joe

The spirit of the road rides on with Eddy Joe Cotton and his bunch.

Dress Up for Less

You’ll have a ball at this costume clearance sale.

Jimmy Fallon on Boulder and meeting Adele Arakawa at Burning Man

Jimmy Fallon dressed like a typical Boulder resident. Yes, I, too, assumed that Late Night with Jimmy Fallon would be a disaster. But it's actually pretty funny on occasions, as demonstrated by a bit from yesterday's show in which the former Saturday Night Live self-chuckler pretended to do eight p ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, June 12 edition

"We're not models! We're real people!" Dig in.... Today in Cafe Society: • Simms Steakhouse update. • Giggling Grizzly clan plan to turn Public House into Lizard's Bar & Grill. • A full weekend of food fun. • In answer to your question, D Bar. • An early peak at the Streets of SouthGlenn ... More >>

Hey, DJ! Q&A with Satori-C

Every Friday we spotlight the hottest cats (and kittens) behind the decks in the MHC, grilling them to gain some insight on what it takes, exactly, to get the party rocking, to find out about their most treasured crate digging experiences and what they really think when we stumble up to them half co ... More >>

DJ Mu$a on living in Brixton, playing in Paris with Saul Williams and being an envelope-pusher

Paul Winner​ Every Friday we spotlight the hottest cats (and kittens) behind the decks in the MHC, grilling them to gain some insight on what it takes, exactly, to get the party rocking, to find out about their most treasured crate digging experiences and what they really think when we stumbl ... More >>

Enzo's End Pizzeria acquires a Bob's Big Boy -- and renames it Big Enzo

​ "I've wanted a Big Boy for years after my first trip to Burning Man," says Charlie Puma, owner of Enzo's End Pizzeria, 3424 East Colfax. Burning Man, an annual week-long art and dance festival held every year in the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, commences with a ritual burning of a ... More >>

Denver Art Talk: April Hoy on costuming, Burning Man and the fine art of corset-making

​The newly rehatched Denver Art Talks, hosted by Eric Matelski, will hit the new year running by featuring designer/seamstress extraordinaire April Hoy as its first guest of 2011. Hoy has stitched her way through many behind-the-scenes professional layers: She's a stage costumer, a corset-mak ... More >>

Walker Barnard, February 17 at Old Curtis Street

​The newly rehatched Denver Art Talks, hosted by Eric Matelski, will hit the new year running by featuring designer/seamstress extraordinaire April Hoy as its first guest of 2011. Hoy has stitched her way through many behind-the-scenes professional layers: She's a stage costumer, a corset-mak ... More >>

Lee Burridge on his 365 Project, what he loves about Denver, casual sex and assless chaps

​ Charismatic, enigmatic and often hilarious, Lee Burridge built his reputation as one of dance music's most well liked DJs playing gigs all over the world and winning over nightclubbers everywhere he goes. In advance of his show tomorrow night at Beta, we caught up with the English-born jock ... More >>

Zen and Now

​ Charismatic, enigmatic and often hilarious, Lee Burridge built his reputation as one of dance music's most well liked DJs playing gigs all over the world and winning over nightclubbers everywhere he goes. In advance of his show tomorrow night at Beta, we caught up with the English-born jock ... More >>

Whomp there it is! The story behind the ever popular, award-winning Whomp Truck

​Parked on Santa Fe every First Friday, the Whomp Truck has become a huge success in the electronic scene in Denver. To uncover the truth behind this cult phenomenon, we sat down with one of the founders, Just Ben Travis, to get the full story on Denver's hard-thumping, foot stompin' mystery m ... More >>

The Zenith Project gets more help from another Zenlightenment fundraiser

​Conceived by Michelle "Smallfry" Lessans as an art installation at the 2011 Burning Man celebration in the Nevada desert, the Zenith Project aims to create peaceful zen garden in the often chaotic party that Burning Man can be. "I love burning man, it's a wonderful experience, but at times I' ... More >>

Weekend Dance Card: Sub.Mission anniversary, DJ ESP, patio parties and more

DJ ESP.​The mile-high city continues to represent electronica with an array of events this weekend -- starting off with tonight's Full Flavor Friday, featuring DJ ESP (aka Woody McBride) at the Appaloosa Grill with resident Greg Campbell, plus Garret and Sound Advice. They'll be dishing out fr ... More >>

Zenlightenment round II drew communal ties

Smallfry's Burning Man 2011 Zen Garden plans​In a collaborative effort that came together at the last moment, INTI and Peace Officer mingled their talents with Sugarpill, Stephan Jacobs and ChrisB. to create the second installment of Zenlightenment fundraisers for Michelle "Smallfry" Lessans' ... More >>

The Pink Mammoth collective takes over 2200 on May 21

Smallfry's Burning Man 2011 Zen Garden plans​In a collaborative effort that came together at the last moment, INTI and Peace Officer mingled their talents with Sugarpill, Stephan Jacobs and ChrisB. to create the second installment of Zenlightenment fundraisers for Michelle "Smallfry" Lessans' ... More >>

Weekend Dance Card: BoomTut, Robag Wruhme and Neon Knights -- and that's just Friday

​Tonight's BoomTut party at Apex Movement in Boulder is going to be off the hook. This Whomp Truck fundraiser -- funds will help bring AudioPixel, Basscouch and the Whomp Truck to Apogaea -- is in a parkour studio, and the trampoline, jungle gym and parkour equipment will be open for business. ... More >>

Pezzner, J.Caprice, Disco Biscuits and more on this Memorial Day weekend's Dance Card

Pezzner plays Appaloosa tonight.​The underground scene will be poppin' this Friday night with two back-to-back residencies sharing space. Seattle's Pezzner (Om/Freerange records) will share the stage with Sound Advice, the Tableist and Blood Beat, and Matt'e (aka Garret) at Appaloosa Grill. (9 ... More >>

Expose yourself to the spirit of the playa at Marie Vlasic's Burning Man project fundraiser

"Candice," by Marie Vlasic.​Denver artist Marie Vlasic is no Shrinking Marie, and it shows in her striking work: full frontal, super-real portraits that don't shy away from anything, make your jaw drop and sing the body electric. That considered, Vlasic is also an aficionado of the Burning Man ... More >>

Scratching the Surface: David Starfire spins on August 20 at Cervantes'

"Candice," by Marie Vlasic.​Denver artist Marie Vlasic is no Shrinking Marie, and it shows in her striking work: full frontal, super-real portraits that don't shy away from anything, make your jaw drop and sing the body electric. That considered, Vlasic is also an aficionado of the Burning Man ... More >>

Burning Man tickets on sale today at 11 a.m.

Keith Pomakis​It's that time again. Time to start making your festival plans for the coming year. Specifically, Burning Man, as tickets for the largest desert gathering since Moses led people to the Promise Land, go on sale in about an hour (11 a.m. local time, to be exact). The festival, wh ... More >>