Las Vegas

Photos: Top ten vegan-friendly cities -- and where Boulder placed

We recently shared a list of the ten worst travel cities -- a roster on which Denver finished first -- as judged by inexpensive flights, short travel times to popular destinations and accessibility. But what if you're more interested in another type of accessibility -- such as the ease of finding ve ... More >>

Imagine Dragons

Saturday, March 23, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

Enjoy these dance-move GIF's from Global Dance Festival

Sexy, silly, hyperactive -- everyone has a look to their dancing and every sensibility under the sun was on display this weekend at Global Dance Festival at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. In appreciation for those who shake it without inhibition, we present these fourteen animated GIF files we spotted at G ... More >>

Ten awkward Electric Daisy Carnival dance moves from this past weekend in Las Vegas

See Also • Awkward dance moves from Coachella - the original • Awkward dance moves from Coachella - the sequel • The Best People of Electric Daisy Carnival • Electric Daisy Carnival 2012: Day Three • Electric Daisy Carnival 2012: Day Two • Electric Daisy Carnival: More From Day One ... More >>

EDC Vegas Pulls Plug on Music Due to High Winds

Also see: - Slide show: Electric Daisy Carnival 2012: Day One - Slide show: Electric Daisy Carnival: More From Day One - Slide show: Electric Daisy Carnival 2012: Day Two [Update at 2:48 a.m]: EDC is over for the night. Organizers are waiting for crowds to thin out before making an official announ ... More >>

Electric Daisy Carnival Vegas coverage ahead

This weekend, the traveling dance music bacchanal Electric Daisy Carnival comes to Las Vegas. For those who are still bummed that it's skipping Denver this year or just can't afford the trek and want to live vicariously, we've got ya covered. Beginning tomorrow morning, our top-notch West Coast-base ... More >>

Surpass Flavor

Green Felt Jungle
Self-released

The Tavern Hospitality Group celebrates March Madness

The Tavern Hospitality Group is hosting a contest in conjunction with March Madness at all of their locations (538 East 17th Avenue, 1949 Market Street, 7401 East First Avenue in Lowry, 5336 DTC Boulevard in Englewood, 1066 South Gaylord Street, 3240 West Colfax Avenue); the winner will receive a tr ... More >>

Tim Tebow works out with ESPN's Steve Young

Denver blog posts melt in your mouth, not in your hands. Mile High Report guest poster DrBroncoFan shares a factoid from Tim Tebow's Las Vegas church appearance that's flown under the radar: He worked out with ESPN's Steve Young this past Friday. Denver Infill's Ken Schroeppel shares Union Station ... More >>

Hunter Pritchett, exec chef of Luca d'Italia, on bum piss and fried fish

Hunter Pritchett Luca d'Italia 711 Grant Street 303-832-6600 www.lucadenver.com This is part one of my interview with Hunter Pritchett, exec chef of Luca d'Italia. Part two of my chat with Pritchett will run in this space tomorrow. Hunter Pritchett and his kitchen crew are thumbing through an Ita ... More >>

Ten Colorado companies strut their stuff at the Consumer Electronics Show

otterbox.com​ The Consumer Electronics Show, that yearly technology bacchanal, kicks off today in Las Vegas. It's an orgy of smartphones, tablets, Justin Bieber and ... gospel singers belting out tweets? You better believe it. A host of Colorado companies are there, showing and telling and (ho ... More >>

Led by the Ogden Theatre, six Denver/Boulder clubs ranked in Pollstar's Top 100 by ticket sales

Eric GruneisenThe Ogden Theatre has the sixth most ticket sales of any club in the world so far this year​In third quarter, year-to-date figures compiled and reported by Pollstar, the industry trade that tracks various clubs and venues across the globe, Denver and Boulder made a very strong sh ... More >>

When on the patio, remain calm and follow the rules

​Welcome to In the Weeds. Kyle will be right with you -- most likely to complain about something. Usually he is pleasant, but this is his place to blow off some steam. Don't take it personally; he just needs to vent because he's been doing this for about thirteen years. Enjoy your meal. Resta ... More >>

Blair Griffith, homeless Miss Colorado, upbeat after ripoff at Miss USA pageant (VIDEO)

Video below.​Yesterday, we shared our surprise that homeless Miss Colorado Blair Griffith didn't get past the Miss USA pageant's first round despite a gusher of publicity, including an appearance on 20/20 two nights before the big show. But she certainly doesn't seem upset in a 9News report ca ... More >>

Top 10 gambling movies of all time

​This week's cover story, "All In," focuses on the work of University of Denver professor Robert Hannum, who's been researching the mathematics of gambling and the science of poker for almost two decades. Of course, we all know (or think we know) something about Las Vegas casinos and card game ... More >>

Thursday is the new Friday: J Mascis at hi-dive, Chase and Status at the Gothic and more

In case you aren't going to see Chuck Sheen spit tiger blood all over the crowd tonight at Wells Fargo, there are plenty of other things to entertain you this fine evening. Not that Chaz isn't worth dropping a sizeable stack of loot to see if he WINS! or loses, but just in case you'd rather rock or ... More >>

The Las Vegas Lady Liberty and five other ways the Postal Service could stamp itself as a shmuck

​What does it say about the U.S.A. in 2011 that our Postal Service accidentally used the replica Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas rather than the real thing as a model for its stamp honoring Lady Liberty's 125th anniversary? For one thing, it says we Americans love our landmarks so much that we ... More >>

Denver's Next Improv Star week 6 recap

​The exquisite corps is an oddity generally only seen in literature. If you are an exceptionally obsessive lit nerd and/or have taken eighth grade English, you've probably encountered it somewhere: someone begins a story with a sentence and other people finish it, sentence by sentence, without ... More >>

Hit the Road with the Yard Dogs

Beauty Bar celebrates its grand opening this weekend

​It's been in a long time in the works, but the country's tenth Beauty Bar is finally celebrating its grand opening this Saturday, June 19 in the former Snake Pit space at 608 East 13th Avenue. Las Vegas-based DJ Sensé, New York-based DJ Justine D. and the Chicago-based DJ duo Moneypenny will ... More >>

Beauty Bar will finally open this week — and it's a beauty

Las Vegas still has sin to spare after Food Channel visit

​Las Vegas, the city of pole-dancing, huge production numbers, guys and dolls, and guys dressed as dolls. The recession has hit Las Vegas in more ways than can be counted by a roll of the dice. But don't let that deter you from blowing your expense account at the fine restaurants on or around ... More >>

Don't blame KS-107.5 if you get pregnant: They warned you

A Flickr photo.Was this condom the victim of excessive liquid?​KS-107.5, one of Denver's Lil-Wayne-and-Lady-Gaga-loving pop-and-hip-hop-heavy radio stations, is hosting a contest wherein winners earn a trip to Las Vegas with the hosts of the station's morning show. To win, listeners must be th ... More >>

Frank Bonanno, Alex Seidel, Jennifer Jasinski, Steve Ells and James Rugile among James Beard semifinalists

Lori Midson Venue chef James Rugile ​Restaurant and chef semifinalists for the 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards were released this morning, which gives all the nominees exactly 32 days to chew on their success before the five finalists in each category are announced on Monday, March 22. The ... More >>

D.B. Cooper, Osama Jr. or just plain loonbag?: Another weird passenger incident causes flight diversion to Colorado

"Geronimo!"​It seems like only a couple of weeks ago that a passenger caused a flight to make an unscheduled landing in Colorado due to inexplicable behavior (including his insistence on shaving topless). That's because it was only a couple of weeks ago. Now, a similar act: A thus-far unnamed ... More >>

The Mexican picks the country's favorite Mexican restaurants

The late Stella Cordova at the Original Chubby's​Gustavo Arellano, author of Ask a Mexican, is working on a book on the history of Mexican food in the United States, and this past summer he invited readers to "tell me your favorite local Mexican restaurant and what makes it so bueno" -- in 25 ... More >>

The Blackout Pact

Wolves in the Lazarette
Eyeball Records

How America's favorite crime dramas will tackle Balloon Boy

What will happen when David Caruso gets his hands on Balloon Boy?​It'll happen any day now: You'll come home from work, sink into your couch and flip on your TV, hoping for a Real World-Road Rules marathon or something equally vapid, and there it will be: that damn balloon, flying through the ... More >>

Last Night: The Killers at Red Rocks

Photo by Eric Syl Gruneisen​ The Killers, Nervous Wreckords Red Rocks Amphitheater September 9, 2009 Better than: Seeing an epic, intricately staged arena show in the confines of an indoor arena. The Killers did a fine job of summoning the glitz and glamour of their hometown during their appe ... More >>

Denver Blogs: See those pretty trees and mountains? They're calling you.

Rocky Mountain National Park Our daily roundup of local blog action. Send links here. Remember free national-park weekends? Well, this is one of those weekends. Go forth and frolic. (Colorado Independent) Live from Las Vegas: Denver Stiffs reports from the Nuggets' summer league. (Denver Stiffs) ... More >>

Celine Dion

M83

Saturday, January 17, Magness Arena, 303-830-8497.

Mastodon

Mastodon

Sunday, July 20, Fiddler's Green, 303-830-8497.

Former Angellic Rage Frontman Killed in Las Vegas

The Westword.com Blog Shortcut, July 10 Edition

Days Four and Five: Wherein I Play Blackjack and Get Sneezed On

The World

Muenzinger Auditorium, CU-Boulder

Best Concert (Since March 2004)

The Killers
April 20, 2004

Best Place to Buy Armani on the Cheap

Buffalo Exchange

Best Map to Take on a Plane Out of DIA

Spin Maps

Sounds Like Fun!

Model scout at Sevilla.

Norm Clarke's Diary: The Lost Pages

Savage Love

Life ... And Death ... On The Run

After the crash, the Jeffco coroner had three Does and no place to go.

THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL

TOAST OF THE TOWN

GO WEST, YOUNG HOOD

TAKE BACK YOUR RING

FATAL DISTRACTION