Jerusalem

Best of Westword 1991 Winners

45 Second Video Game Reviews

Beyond Playlist: Madonna and More

Mouthing Off

The Pita Principle

Slim Cessna's Auto Club

The Bloudy Tenent Truth and Peace (Alternative Tentacles)

MSN Travel lists Denver's holiday lights display among the planet's best

We Denverites tend to feel unnoticed and underappreciated by citizens of the larger world. But don't blame the folks at MSN Travel, who included Denver among the global cities with the finest holiday lighting exhibitions. "Lighting Up the World," the slideshow in question, places our fair city in ... More >>

Best Middle Eastern restaurant

Phoenicia Grill

Best of Denver Winners from 1995

Ah, 1995: a time when entire Best Of categories were devoted to the O.J. Simpson trial, Bernie Bickerstaff and Dikembe Mutombo were still dominating the sports pages, and Mel's Bar and Grill was still new. Check out the winners from our 1995 Best Of issue after the jump.

The Killers and M83 at Magness Arena

The Killers and M83Saturday, January 17, 2009Magness ArenaBetter Than: Not seeing them at all, even though the Magness sucks.Have you seen Denver University's Magness Arena? It's a cement tomb. The pharaohs would love this place. Hell, spent nuclear fuel would find a good home here. I'd rather liste ... More >>

The Bite

Eating well for a good cause.

Best Middle Eastern Restaurant

Jerusalem

Musicians supporting the people of embattled Gaza

In a beautiful collision of altruism, more musicians are donating their time and talents to help kids this week. Instead of helping the children of Denver, as the Denver Gives March Music Jam will, these musicians will benefit kids on the other side of the world. On Friday night, March 27, at the Dr ... More >>

The astounding adventures of the Wall Creeper, Colorado's own superhero

In a beautiful collision of altruism, more musicians are donating their time and talents to help kids this week. Instead of helping the children of Denver, as the Denver Gives March Music Jam will, these musicians will benefit kids on the other side of the world. On Friday night, March 27, at the Dr ... More >>

Unorthodox

This ain't your rabbi's Holy Land.

The Mars Volta

Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez created a spirited affair with The Bedlam in Goliath.

Word Nerds

Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez created a spirited affair with The Bedlam in Goliath.

Gregory Isakov Gets Back to the Land

A visit with the rustic troubador at his Niwot farm.

Unlikely Requiem

On the road to recovery with the Drive By Truckers.

Glass Menagerie

The spectacular Dale Chihuly solo sparkles at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.

Various Artists

Jim White Presents: Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (Luaka Bop)

Peace or Death

Kingdom of Heaven is bloody good holy Hollywood fare.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Kingdom of Heaven is bloody good holy Hollywood fare.

Jet Propelled

Zhang Yimou makes a soaring, mythic Hero out of Jet Li.

Family Ties

Members of an Israeli clan try to fly again.

Sick, Dangerous -- and Funny

Buntport Theater offers a two-fer twist

Dead Meadow

Shivering King and Others (Matador)
Dopesmoker (Tee Pee)

Steve Earle

Jerusalem (Artemis)

A Mind's Coda

An unblinking look at the effects of Alzheimer's on a composer is more than a tearjerker.

The Bite

A judge's ruling beefs things up in the West University neighborhood.

Sync or Swim

A father tries to determine if 'N Sync is a threat to his six-year-old twin daughters.

Oh, Jerusalem!

This study of misogyny in orthodox religion is slow and one-sided.

Mouthing Off

This study of misogyny in orthodox religion is slow and one-sided.

Hitting the Century Mark

This study of misogyny in orthodox religion is slow and one-sided.

Mouthing Off

This study of misogyny in orthodox religion is slow and one-sided.

FOOD & DRINK

This study of misogyny in orthodox religion is slow and one-sided.

The Market Report, May 2

April showers bring May showers. That's how that saying should go, since the Boulders' Farmer Market is now four for four for rain (or snow) on Saturdays. But cold, damp weather won't keep locavores from their feast ingredients. My shopping was a little lighter this round, since it's finals week ... More >>

Chuppah Holidays

There’s a lot to love about Tu B’Av.

At the corner of Colorado Boulevard and Memory Lane

buckfifty.org​ This week, Westword took an end-of-the-summer road trip down colorful Colorado Boulevard, from Weld County to Highlands Ranch, with many stops in between. This essay is a part of that project. In a city with few highways, Colorado Boulevard serves as a major thoroughfare, conne ... More >>

Sugar High: Jerusalem's baklava

Liz Kellermeyer​Jerusalem knows Middle Eastern food. The family establishment at 1890 East Evans Avenue has been in business for over thirty years and the owners pride themselves on their bargain prices and freshly-made food. This goes for their dessert case, too, which is overflowing with but ... More >>

Cruising for baklava: a honey of a mission

​Not long ago, I wrote an ode to the joys of the baklava at Ali Baba Grill in Golden. Soon after, we had another piece -- a Sugar High report -- concerning the baklava at Jerusalem. And then I got this note from Jeff, the baklava maker at Phoenician Kabob (5709 East Colfax Avenue):

Season's eatings: The Boulder Farmers' Market opens for 2010

​Not long ago, I wrote an ode to the joys of the baklava at Ali Baba Grill in Golden. Soon after, we had another piece -- a Sugar High report -- concerning the baklava at Jerusalem. And then I got this note from Jeff, the baklava maker at Phoenician Kabob (5709 East Colfax Avenue):

Leland Vittert: With Fox 31 anchor's departure, another Best Hair winner goes national

Leland Vittert and his hair.​The fastest way for a local television journalist to make the leap to a national network has nothing to do with scooping the competition on a groundbreaking story that produces headlines around the globe. Nope, it's all about the hair -- especially at Fox News, wh ... More >>

Denver Zoo's Zoo Lights is one of the best holiday lights displays in the world, says Bing

Dave Parsons/Denver ZooThis dragon is en fuego.​ What does the Denver Zoo have in common with Jerusalem? How about with a thirty-foot tree made entirely of Legos? Or a bridge in Branson, Missouri, a city best described as Las Vegas for Christians? Stumped? We'll tell you. Bing (if you don't kn ... More >>

Tonight: My Jerusalem at the Larimer

​To say that New Orleans collective My Jerusalem (playing the Larimer Lounge tonight with Michael Kingcaid and Sour Boy, Bitter Girl) is a supergroup would be a mild understatement. Led by Jeff Klein, the group features members who have played in bands such as Cursive, the Twilight Singers, th ... More >>

Miral tries to address the Israel-Palestine question, but its convictions get muddied

​To say that New Orleans collective My Jerusalem (playing the Larimer Lounge tonight with Michael Kingcaid and Sour Boy, Bitter Girl) is a supergroup would be a mild understatement. Led by Jeff Klein, the group features members who have played in bands such as Cursive, the Twilight Singers, th ... More >>

The Human Resources Manager reveals how respect for humanity is a tenuously organic process

​To say that New Orleans collective My Jerusalem (playing the Larimer Lounge tonight with Michael Kingcaid and Sour Boy, Bitter Girl) is a supergroup would be a mild understatement. Led by Jeff Klein, the group features members who have played in bands such as Cursive, the Twilight Singers, th ... More >>

Eric Skokan's seventy-acre Black Cat Farm began as a backyard garden

Kirsten BoyerEric Skokan in his root cellar.​Six years ago, while his Black Cat restaurant was under construction in Boulder, Eric Skokan and his wife, Jill, planted a garden in their back yard.

Doomsday countdown, day two: Kim Miller jumps off the deep end and never comes back

When Christ returns, it's going to be weird.​In late December 1999, while the artist then known as the artist formerly known as Prince was preparing to party, and while the rest of the world was shoveling canned goods into their bunkers in preparation for the would-be-apocalypse of Y2K, Kim Mi ... More >>