Sharpie Permanent Markers

Dave Matthews Band due at Dick's Sporting Goods Park this summer at the end of August

If you're fond of the Dave Matthews Band, you'll want to bust out your Sharpie and circle Friday, August 23 and Saturday, August 24 on your calendar. That's when Mr. Matthews and company are slated to make their return to Colorado, or more specifically to Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, ... More >>

Ten best concerts in Colorado this weekend, Friday, August 31, through Sunday, September 2

Welcome to the (long) weekend! As the summer heat continues, so do the shows. There's a great variety to choose from over the next few days, a healthy mix of imports and exports. We have them all listed in our massive concert calendar. If you're feeling industrious, print that bad boy out and break ... More >>

Ten best concerts in Colorado this weekend, Friday, August 24, through Sunday, August 26

Welcome to the weekend! If you haven't made plans yet, there's an unreal number of shows, from five different festivals to several CD release shows to old school hip-hop. Of course, we have them all listed in our massive concert calendar. If you're feeling industrious, print that bad boy out and bre ... More >>

Five best concerts in Colorado this weekend

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Which 'Wich? is a chain which has vegetarian-friendly options

Although Colorado is home to some veggie-friendly chains (Chipotle, Garbanzo, etc.), we're never sure about chains that originate in other states. Which 'Wich?, which got its start in Dallas, was one of those unknown quantities -- but now we're happy to report that it offers more than one vegetarian ... More >>

Q&A: Francisco Sotomayor has captured the "American Woman" in all her marble glory

When we think back to the ideal of the true "American Dream," images of freedom and the great frontier contribute to the Manifest Destiny that shaped our country. Artist, sculptor and Colorado native Francisco Sotomayor combined that revolutionary mindset with imagery from American culture to form h ... More >>

Keeping the US Postal Service alive, one envelope full of porn at a time

I can't claim to own this idea. I picked it up secondhand from my sister, who told me that when her friend gets junk mail with return envelopes that say "no postage necessary if mailed in the United States," he sends it back. With stuff in it. What kind of stuff, I'm not sure. But I stole the idea - ... More >>

Baby-ccinos? Five coffee drinks for niche markets

Cappuccinos for kids? On a recent episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert tipped his hat to Brooklyn baristas for creating the diminutive coffee drinks and "hooking babies on the foam dragon." And why not? Getting our nation's spawn to recognize the dual benefits of espresso addiction and eff ... More >>

Occupy Denver: What local artifacts would make it into museums and history books?

Occupy Wall Street became an unofficial part of history the moment it spread to all seven continents, but now it's becoming one for the books. At least six big-name museums and cultural organizations have launched quests to gather evidence, ephemera and relics from the movement for future collection ... More >>

Occupy Denver clashes with police over the creation of a cardboard structure (PHOTOS)

​Occupy Denver clashed with the Denver Police Department again last night over a recently built cardboard shelter in Civic Center Park. Later dubbed "the Thundercube" because of the symbol the Thunderdome has become regarding the group's rights, the small, ceiling-free fort was built from abou ... More >>

Occupy Facebook: The five worst anti-protest memes

​So, if Facebook is the future of social discourse, it should be no surprise that it's been a forum for Occupy Wall Street discussions and visual arguments. Pictures, cartoons, graphics -- anti-Occupy Facebookers have taken to the virtual streets of Zuckerberg's city to fight Occupy Wall Stree ... More >>

Totally Rad

The Big Draw: No flyovers, no marching band, no more tears. And put a magnet on it.

The Big Draw: magnetic attraction. ​ There is really no way to forget 9/11 on its tenth anniversary, but there are ways to acknowledge it and maybe move on, some small act that we can do. What remains important is people -- people communing with other people, shoulder-to-shoulder, possibly in ... More >>

How do vatos keep their sneakers so white?

Top five creepy mini-things at the Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys

J. WohletzIt is way too soon for this crap to be vintage.​ The only things more creepy than miniatures, dolls and toys that are supposed to be creepy are ones that are unintentionally disturbing. And the kindly volunteers who worked this weekend were blissfully unaware of the darkly bizarre ... More >>

Save the date: Next year's Westword Music Showcase is slated for June 16, 2012

​So even though it's barely in the rearview, we just confirmed the date for next year's Showcase. Got your calendar? Good. Whip out your red Sharpie and put a big old circle around Saturday, June 16. That's right: Same weekend next year. Don't worry, you'll get plenty of reminders between now ... More >>

Tip skippers need a Sharpie lesson

​ Welcome to In the Weeds. Kyle has generously agreed to give me a shift or two on this column. I've been in the food-service industry for eighteen years, back and front of the house. Waiting tables is one of those jobs that make you want to gnaw on the end of a shotgun. Here's just one of the ... More >>

Drinking $7 Dark & Stormys at Lost Lake Lounge

Drink more whiskey, fix my swamp cooler

Mile High Music Festival Schedule Announced

​Less than a month left until this year's Mile High Music Festival. Figured out your itinerary yet? We have. Well, sorta. My Morning Jacket, Weezer, Phoenix, Drive-By Truckers, Ozomatli, Damian Marley & Nas are on our shortlist so far. The full schedule was just released a few moments ago, and ... More >>

Part two: Oak Tavern's Jeremy Roosa dishes on monkfish liver, chef Morimoto and a chicken sandwich

Lori Midson Oak Tavern exec chef Jeremy Roosa​ This is part two of Lori Midson's interview with Oak Tavern exec chef Jeremy Roosa. To read part one of that interview, click here. Proudest moment as a chef: I'm always growing and learning, so I would like to think my proudest moment has yet ... More >>

Newhoma Camping and Music Festival lineup announced

​Just when you thought it was safe to lock in your summer plans, the just announced Newhoma Camping and Music Festival might make you pull your calendar back out and reach for your red Sharpie. Georgia jam rockers Outformation, avante garde NYC jazz cats Sex Mob and local jam rock superband ... More >>

On the Grow at Vesta

Libby Langdon fumbles her Super Bowl party ideas

Libby Langdon, not suited up for the Super Bowl​Cheap and easy -- no, I'm not talking about your mom, but throwing a Super Bowl party. It's cheap and easy, at least according to Libby Langdon, whose impeccable party credentials include hosting her own show on HGTV and being the makeup guru o ... More >>

Kermit the Frog real victim in Lafayette school closure: He was kidnapped, assaulted!

"It's getting harder being green all the time..."​Last week, we told you about the closure of Lafayette's Peak to Peak Charter School, caused by the discovery in a parking lot of a bag containing a Kermit the Frog doll that looked "bloody." Cops have now gotten to the bottom of the story, whi ... More >>

This Just In: Daughtry, King Khan, Dr. Dog shows announced

​Did you catch Daughtry's New Year's Eve performance? We saw a clip, and the dude, who apparently gets mistaken for Vin Diesel a lot, has facial hair and eyebrows that kind of look like they were drawn on his face with Sharpie. Seems a little distracting if you ask us, but the Times Square crowd w ... More >>

Geek in the Galley: Single catalog Christmas spectacular!

"Echo base. We found 'em."​"Laura!" "What?' "Laura!" "What!" "We need to get rich. Like, immediately." "Sounds good to me." "No, seriously. Right now. We need money." "Any particular reason, Jay?" Yes. One very particular reason. Because I just got the new ThinkGeek catalog in t ... More >>

Jock-Rock Star

Some examples why graffiti cops have focused on KOZE as Denver's most-wanted vandal

How did anti-graffiti detectives finally pop KOZE, leader of one of Denver's most notorious graffiti crews? By getting one of his associates to flip on him in court. But the three mural-like graffiti "pieces" that prompted a jury to convict 27-year-old Timothy Barajas of seven misdemeanor counts of ... More >>

Twitter Tuesday: Mr. Cargo, our featured Twit

Mr. Cargo​Last week, we asked actual twits why we should follow them. We received many amusing responses from lots of people, including an unreasonable amount from one Mr. Cargo (@defconqueso) who gets th enod this week for both his dogged persistence in winning us over, and the fact he's actu ... More >>

Swanky's Spank Me Frozen machine has a license to chill

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The GG Allin bobblehead is riddamndiculous. That's why we want one!

All right, so if you're racking your brain trying to think of things to get us for our birthday or whatever, stop. Here's what we want. Floorside seats to the Nuggets on Monday night? Naw. A 1987 Honda CRX? Eh-eh. We want a toy, this toy, in fact, a GG Allin bobblehead. What do you mean, how old are ... More >>

It's all sammies, all the time at this Aurora shop

Hill-Top Tavern

Getting gonged at Bulldog Bar

Redacted: Denver jail loves its Sharpie

Bike Naked

From a bike ride to a meat-industry protest, summer finds Denver in a state of undress.

The Naked Truth on the Back of a Bike

Alice Producer Mikey Goldenberg Wants Your Sponsorship

Confessions of a SADist

Bid farewell to long nights at the Winter Solabration.

Arabian Bar

Not everything has changed in Highland.

Bosnia

15th Street Tavern

Moments of Perfection

Spark Gallery

Mama Junkie

A young actress shines as a cokehead mom in the harrowing Down to the Bone.

The Marquis Theatre

The newest treat from Soda Jerk.

Drunk of the Week

Paramount Cafe

Flick Pick

Up for Grabs

Twelve-Stepping

Here's my prescription for starting the year in fine style.

Statue Jam

Sculpture sprouts in Loveland