The Balkans

The Color Purple is long on talent, short on passion

Gimme the Loot's star power is unmistakable

Three Colorado venues make Rolling Stone's list of the twenty best rock clubs in America

Last week, Rolling Stone kicked off its new Venues That Rock series with a list of the twenty best rock clubs in America. Three Colorado venues were ranked in the top twenty: Belly Up in Aspen, which checked in at number sixteen; the Bluebird Theater, which earned a nod at number fourteen; and the F ... More >>

Getting stoned with comedian Chris Charpentier

Few conversations reach the caliber of weirdness as ones that involve marijuana, entertainers and a tape recorder. And now that Amendment 64 has turned the ritual of pot-smoking into as normal a social custom as Sunday afternoon football, we at Westword have begun spending time with our favorite Den ... More >>

Oliver Stone's The Untold History of the United States at ArgusFest tonight

Jason Bosch won a MasterMind for his work with ArgusFest, showing important movies for trivial prices. Tonight, ArgusFest will be screening two segments of Oliver Stone's The Untold History of the United States. And as Bosch notes, "You don't need to have seen the first two parts to follow along, s ... More >>

Experimental DJ Alex Celler will groove at Beatport Lounge

Thordis Niela Simonsen talks of a writer and painter's tangible and dream-like journeys

Thordis Niela Simonsen is a modern renaissance woman: a teacher, photographer, writer, painter and creative guide. In her latest work, "Building on Memory," Simonsen takes a performance approach to sharing and interpreting her book Dances in Two Worlds: A Writer-Artist's Backstory. This Saturday and ... More >>

Writing for Life

K.atou brings her stripped-down techno to NORAD on September 8

Dear Mexican: We need a Mexican Marshall Plan

Steven J. Burge and Damon Guerrasio deliver an entertaining Love Child

Five incredible pink wines to kick off rosé drinking season

A sun-soaked, 75-plus degree afternoon for the Rockies' home opener. Buds blooming on the trees outside our terrace. Flip-flop adorned feet everywhere we look. Seems it's been an age since Denver enjoyed a springtime as warm and inviting as this one -- and the early onset of balmier temps has brough ... More >>

Change is good at Axios Estiatorio

Slide show: In the kitchen at Axios Estiatorio

Leap day: Everything you didn't know you wanted to know about it

For the majority of the population, leap year, and subsequently leap day, isn't given a second thought. But for a tiny sliver of the world called "leaplings," or people who's birthdays fall on February 29, leap day is a big deal. And, as it turns out, there's a lot more to leap day than just an extr ... More >>

Mondo waves Jamaican flag for repeat win on Project Runway All Stars

It was World War III last night onProject Runway All Stars as the designers competed to see who could create the best national flag-inspired outfit. Each contestant was to take on a nation that represented a "major world region," but some of the countries wound up looking somewhat obscure.

Readers: Is violence the right approach for Occupy Denver?

Kelsey Whipple's continuing coverage of Occupy Denver regularly generates fascinating exchanges. Here's an example: a pair of comments debating violent protests, affixed to a post about the latest efforts of the kitchen known as the Thunderdome.

Turning Japanese

The one (and only) wine resolution you need to make in 2012

Actually, let's stay away from the word "resolution." Because we all know how well those New Year's resolutions tend to work out, don't we? For 2012, we'd like to recommend you take a radical yet stunningly simple approach when it comes to drinking wine: Make it a lifestyle.

Fitness Clubbing, a "cardio nightclub" without booze, hosts launch party Saturday night

DJ Darina​ What's a dance club without booze? Some might say "intolerable," but Darina Miteva -- perhaps better known as DJ Darina, Bulgaria's #1 female DJ -- would beg to differ. "Everything is full of drunk people," Miteva says. "People at home don't like the environment in the nightclub." M ... More >>

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 >>

Balkans

Friday, September 2, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

Good Friday: Widespread Panic, Dax Riggs, Pink Hawks and more this weekend

​You can't experience a Colorado summer without seeing at least one show at Red Rocks and tonight, Widespread Panic throws down the inaugural performance of a full weekend of jammy goodness. These dudes are so popular here, you would think they are from Colorado, but no. It might just be somet ... More >>

Good Friday: A Place To Bury Strangers, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. and more this weekend

A Place To Bury Strangers​The summer concert season is in full-swing, and it seems that every venue in town is booked though the weekend. With seemingly endless options, we've put together a list of shows we think are worth checking out, starting with A Place To Bury Strangers, back in Denver ... More >>

Artist Karen Bozik's 100 Days Project: Day Two

"Ana," 6" X 8" water media on handmade Tibetan paper, preliminary drawing by Karen Bozik.​Denver painter Karen Bozik first learned of the 100 Days Project, an annual collaborative online project for which a network of people working in interdisciplinary art create a work per day for 100 days ... More >>

U2 in Denver at Invesco Field, What to expect tonight: (likely) setlist, parking info and more

Kevin Mazur Alright, so near as we can tell, when U2 takes the stage tonight at Invesco (after Isaac Slade and local homeboys in The Fray warm up the stage), the band's set will consist of two-dozen songs, possibly 25. Since the 360° Tour first kicked off in Barcelona in June 2009, the setlist ha ... More >>

Science Lounge combined the whimsy of childhood with the drinking of adulthood

Please touch the artifacts.​As a small child whipping my crayons around the perfect spiral assistance of the Spirograph, I never never anticipated that I could maximize that activity by adding the sweet elixir of booze, or that I'd be doing both with the aid of the Denver Museum of Nature and ... More >>

Octave spins live on January 8 at Casselman's Bar & Venue

Terrence Lakin, birther Lt. Colonel, found guilty of failing to report, becomes movement martyr

Terrence Lakin.​KHOW's Peter Boyles partly credits his number-one ratings to taking risks -- such as giving plenty of airtime to the birther controversy, which even Glenn Beck regards as loonbaggery. And he's got plenty of fresh fodder now that Greeley Lieutenant Colonel Terrence Lakin has bee ... More >>

Six smokin' good bottles of bubbly that won't break the bank

​We about lost our shit this past weekend when, while meandering the aisles of a downtown specialty store, we felt our ears assaulted with -- wait for it -- Christmas carols. Despite the 75-degree temps Denver's seen lately, ready or not, the 2010 holiday party season is upon us, which means ... More >>

John Statz

Ghost Towns
Self-released

Opa! The Athenian serves up the genuine Greek goods

Members of Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax remember Dio

It was almost six weeks ago that metal legend Ronnie James Dio died and the tributes keep rolling in. Yesterday, a video appeared online that featured members of thrash mainstays Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax sharing their memories of the man. The video was originally recorded and broadc ... More >>

Mike Bestor as suburban superhero Golden Grillzilla: Kenny Be's Hip TIp

​ Golden Grillzilla Real Name: Michael C. Bestor Occupation: City Manager Suburb of Operations: Golden, Colorado and sometimes Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria Hair: Extensive Eyes: Telescopic vision Known superhero skills: Golden Grillzilla can endow himself with Class 100 coordination, enabling hi ... More >>

Terrence Lakin, birther Lieutenant Colonel refusing to honor Obama's "illegal" orders to serve in Afghanistan, is a Colorado native -- naturally

Lieutenant Colonel Terrence Lakin, who's refusing to return to Afghanistan for a second tour until President Barack Obama produces proof that he was born in the U.S., is a Colorado native. Which makes perfect sense given the case of birther fever that continues to run through the state more than a ... More >>

Friday Night’s All Right (For Hopping)

Twisted Olive gives a new twist to nightlife in Stapleton

Straight Talking

Dog Days

Project RUFFway lends a helping paw.

Musical Medicine

Light From the Desert is a harmonic bid for peace.

The Union

The Colorado European Festival celebrates our friends across the pond.

Planetary Vibes

Swallow Hill celebrates world-fusion folk music.

Danny Tenaglia

Summer Heats Up

The Human Rights Torch Relay takes Beijing to task.

Feast of the Senses

Musical group Planina offers a cookbook with its concert.

True Crime

Beat and run

Drunk of the Week

Ayja

The Inn Crowd

Why do these restaurants serve Mexican food? It's Greek to me.

Letters

Syria's Eating

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