John Williams

Game One: Yeesh.

Delegating Denver #33 of 56: New Hampshire

The Maestro

After writing for more than 400 films, Ennio Morricone remains the man with one name

Richard (Humpty) Vission

Shut the Fuck Up and Dance
(Tommy Boy)

Best Colorado Peak Performance at the Olympics

Mt. Wilson

Drunk of the Week

Super Bowl Party

Game On

Super Bowl Party

Ouch!

E.T. returns to heal our cynical hearts.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of 01/11/2007

Recycled Steel

You'll swear you've seen this Superman somewhere before.

Listen Up

Fast reviews of recent releases

Best-Laid Plans

Michael Winterbottom delivers the sex, and not much else.

Explore It

Get a manos-on experience at Machu Picchu

Hat Trick

The Tin Hat Trio defies description -- even by its own members.

Wonder Boy

Harry Potter's second adventure delights exactly like the first.

We Have Liftoff

Rocket Ajax prepares to blast out.

Mixed Report

Spielberg's latest gets good grades until the end.

Bitter Suite

A Denver conductor and music professor leads an ensemble fight to protect the classics.

Nobody Does It Better

Blending free jazz with film lore, Sex Mob reworks old James Bond soundtracks for a sound that's shaken and stirred.

Playlist

Blending free jazz with film lore, Sex Mob reworks old James Bond soundtracks for a sound that's shaken and stirred.

Playlist

Blending free jazz with film lore, Sex Mob reworks old James Bond soundtracks for a sound that's shaken and stirred.

Thrills for the week

Blending free jazz with film lore, Sex Mob reworks old James Bond soundtracks for a sound that's shaken and stirred.

Ewok, Don't Run

Blending free jazz with film lore, Sex Mob reworks old James Bond soundtracks for a sound that's shaken and stirred.

Quiz Show

Before you declare yourself a Grammy expert, let Backbeat test your skills.

The Force Is Almost With You

Before you declare yourself a Grammy expert, let Backbeat test your skills.

Thrills for the week

Before you declare yourself a Grammy expert, let Backbeat test your skills.

Thrills for the week

Before you declare yourself a Grammy expert, let Backbeat test your skills.

JESUS, JOSEPH AND MERRY

Before you declare yourself a Grammy expert, let Backbeat test your skills.

COLORADO'S WHINE INDUSTRY

THAT BOUQUET EMANATING FROM DISGRUNTLED LOCAL VINTNERS? SOUR GRAPES.

HUNT FOR A BLUE NOVEMBER

THAT BOUQUET EMANATING FROM DISGRUNTLED LOCAL VINTNERS? SOUR GRAPES.

Van Morrison, Aimee Mann, Paramore shows announced

​As reported last week, Van Morrison will be digging through more than forty decades of songwriting when the Irishman visits the Wells Fargo Theatre Saturday, September 26. If the show's anywhere near the quality of his live recording of Astral Weeks, the show should be epic. Tickets run $90-$350 ... More >>

Reach for the Stars

​As reported last week, Van Morrison will be digging through more than forty decades of songwriting when the Irishman visits the Wells Fargo Theatre Saturday, September 26. If the show's anywhere near the quality of his live recording of Astral Weeks, the show should be epic. Tickets run $90-$350 ... More >>

Wild Grass is an insufferable exercise

​As reported last week, Van Morrison will be digging through more than forty decades of songwriting when the Irishman visits the Wells Fargo Theatre Saturday, September 26. If the show's anywhere near the quality of his live recording of Astral Weeks, the show should be epic. Tickets run $90-$350 ... More >>

Sixteen years after his death, not-so-famous novelist John Williams is finding his audience

​As reported last week, Van Morrison will be digging through more than forty decades of songwriting when the Irishman visits the Wells Fargo Theatre Saturday, September 26. If the show's anywhere near the quality of his live recording of Astral Weeks, the show should be epic. Tickets run $90-$350 ... More >>

Paolo Bacigalupi: Colorado's top NBA prospect?

Jay CanodePaolo Bacigalupi​Forget Carmelo Anthony. Our hopes for NBA glory this season are riding on Paolo Bacigalupi, a gifted but not particularly tall sensation from Paonia. That's NBA as in the National Book Awards. And fond as we are of Melo's tweets, we're banking on NBA finalist Paolo ... More >>

Top five ways to improve One Book, One Denver -- and great Colorado authors to consider

John Williams​For years this space has been the repository of staff rants about the weird selections made by the city's One Book, One Denver program -- most of which have little or nothing to do with Colorado and seem to be, at best, a nod toward oh-so-PC mediocrity. The worst offender may be ... More >>

Letters: Readers praise our profile of John Williams by Alan Prendergast

John Williams​For years this space has been the repository of staff rants about the weird selections made by the city's One Book, One Denver program -- most of which have little or nothing to do with Colorado and seem to be, at best, a nod toward oh-so-PC mediocrity. The worst offender may be ... More >>

El Diablo, Ototo dinners should whet your appetite for Denver Restaurant Week

​Although Denver Restaurant Week, which starts on February 26, is the real movable feast, two new kids on the restaurant block are offering major deals on Tuesday, February 22. El Diablo, which opened last August at 101 Broadway, is offering its second tequila dinner featuring Republic Tequil ... More >>

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Soup for the Soul, booze dinners and more

​Denver Restaurant Week kicks off on Saturday, which is also when the 2011 Beerdrinker of the Year will be crowned -- but in the meantime, there are plenty of culinary events to fill your belly. Here's what's on the menu:

National Public Radio: John Williams's Butcher's Crossing a book to take to a fistfight

John Williams​Posthumous vindication has its drawbacks, to be sure. But the novels of John Williams, who died in 1994, are drawing more acclaim and readers now than the irascible University of Denver professor ever imagined he'd have. The latest laurel to come his way? A piece last week on Na ... More >>

One Book, One Denver serves up the literary equivalent of a Happy Meal

John Williams​Posthumous vindication has its drawbacks, to be sure. But the novels of John Williams, who died in 1994, are drawing more acclaim and readers now than the irascible University of Denver professor ever imagined he'd have. The latest laurel to come his way? A piece last week on Na ... More >>

One Book, One Denver goes to the dogs -- but why not take a bite of a Colorado book?

​When I equated the One Book, One Denver program with a McDonald's Happy Meal -- people-pleasing and easy to digest -- I didn't know that McDonald's had signed on to sponsor this year's celebration of reading, which will focus on The Art of Racing in the Rain. But hey, at least it's better th ... More >>

Colorado Symphony cancels five shows in an effort to conserve cash

Colorado Symphony​The Colorado Symphony's financial woes continue, and now they're directly impacting programming. Say "finis" to five programs originally scheduled for the next two months: the Halloween Spooktacular (October 30) for families; Shuffle (November 11), part of the innovative In ... More >>

John Williams: Denver novelist is dead and living in France

John Williams.​John Williams would have relished the irony. The University of Denver professor's astonishing novel Stoner landed with a thud when it was first published in 1965. Forty-six years later, and seventeen years after Williams himself died at the age of 71, the book is being hailed as ... More >>

The bombastic War Horse is classic Spielberg

John Williams.​John Williams would have relished the irony. The University of Denver professor's astonishing novel Stoner landed with a thud when it was first published in 1965. Forty-six years later, and seventeen years after Williams himself died at the age of 71, the book is being hailed as ... More >>