The Fire Bowl Cafe franchise is based in Austin — and you can make whatever jokes you like about Texas producing an Asian fast-casual eatery, but the only location in the metro area is packed every lunch hour. Fire Bowl seems to be the go-to place for Denver Tech Center…
With all the fresh produce we’re starting to see in the grocery stores and at farmers’ markets, this is an ideal time to cook up a lunch-time salad that won’t leave your stomach growling an hour later. The spiced quinoa in this dish (adapted from a recipe in Forks Over…
BASSNECTAR @ RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE | FRI & SAT 5/31-6/1 “When I first got going,” recalls Lorin Ashton, “I was into fuckin’ brutal, satanic death metal.” Even with all of his hair, it’s hard to imagine that Ashton, better known as Bassnectar, was once enthralled with extreme metal. After all,…
Szechuan Chinese — nestled in the corner of a strip mall off Garrison and Sixth Avenue — is a destination spot for this town’s dumpling lovers, and earned Best of Denver awards in ’06 and ’07. But the vegetarian menu here is reason to celebrate, too; several tofu dishes are…
Rob Garza has a lot going on besides Thievery Corporation — he’s also a touring DJ in his own right who ignites dancefloors everywhere he spins, and he has a new album out entirely comprising remixes he’s tweaked. We caught up with him to talk about the album, how he…
MOON BOOTS @ NORAD | FRI, 5/24/13 Moon Boots maintains a mysterious persona appropriate for a being who’s allegedly imbued with sentience in a top-secret NASA experiment, but here’s what we know about him: He’s based out of Chicago, he’s signed on the French Express label, and he has a…
There are already mammoths and mastodons on display at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, but as paleontology curator Joe Sertich points out, “Those are just bones. They don’t really tell the whole story about elephants.” That’s what Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age is for. “This…
Need a new fascinator for Burning Man? How about some handmade clothes for Apogaea or accessories for that big electronica party coming up next weekend? If you want to stock up on alternative items, there’s only one place to be this weekend: the Fusion Factory’s Bazaar-B-Q. “The bazaar highlights art…
When Yoga Rocks the Park started rocking a few years ago, the idea was to bring yoga and music together in a setting that just made sense: outside, in the sunshine. And not only would the event make you feel good, it would help you do good, raising money for…
GLOBAL DUB FESTIVAL @ RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE | FRI, 5/17/13 The music of Excision (due at Red Rocks this weekend with Flux Pavilion, Zomboy, Dirtyphonics and Designer Drugs) is a fitting soundtrack to the desolate, gritty, apocalyptic landscape of a future ruled by homicidal machines. His tunes are warped, stuttering…
The men behind the Hamburg duo Digitalism have been blowing out all the stops on their tour, which hits just nine cities. Their DJ-Kicks mix last year was well received, and they’ve got new remixes out showcasing their take on Bloc Party’s “Truth” and the Rapture’s “Sail Away.” We spoke…
SLOW HANDS @ NORAD | SAT, 5/11/13 There are plenty of DJs out there who are skilled at crafting upbeat dance sets to high-tempo music — after all, it’s easy to keep the dance floor moving when you keep the beats-per-minute at a fast-paced 160-180. Even dubstep only slows the…
Yes, Día de los Muertos takes place in early November, but celebrating the holiday in the spring — the season of rebirth — made perfect sense to the group of artists putting together Muertos in May, an art extravaganza at the Bonacquisti Wine Company. “The skulls are symbolic; they remind…
Fans of both Jane Austen and musicals should be thrilled that the Denver Center Theatre Company is launching the world premiere of Sense and Sensibility: The Musical tonight. The novel, which follows the Dashwood sisters — Elinor and Marianne — as they fall in love and out of love and…
There are plenty of DJs out there who are skilled at crafting upbeat dance sets to high-tempo music — after all, it’s easy to keep the dance floor moving when you keep the beats-per-minute at a fast-paced 160-180. Even dubstep only slows the tempo to around 140 BPM. It takes…
Most fans will know author Rory Freedman as co-author of the best-selling Skinny Bitch, a lifestyle book disguised as a diet book. Now she’s back to expand on her philosophy about animals in Beg: A Radical New Way of Regarding Animals. And to some people, it will seem radical. We…
The dancers at Wonderbound — the company formerly known as Ballet Nouveau Colorado — are breathtakingly talented, as anyone who’s seen one of their shows can attest. But dancing is just one facet of their skill. Several of the Wonderbound dancers are also interested in choreography, and the upcoming Industrial…
VIBESQUAD @ THE UNIFIED FIELD/CERVANTES’ | FRI, 5/3/13 Playing under the VibeSquaD moniker, Aaron Holstein creates music that straddles several genres, blurring the lines between breakbeats and bass without straying far from his hip-hop roots. Live, a VibeSquaD show can quickly go from Holstein setting the groove with a nice…
The Chocolate Crisis Center transformed itself into the RiNo Epicurean Market for one of the neighborhood’s First Friday events last fall. “It was kind of a lark to put it together the first time,” says Lisa Heppner, CCC marketing director. “But both the attendees and the vendors said they’d do…
Yes, Quantic (aka Will Holland) is known for his productions and collaborations with other electronica artists — his breezy 2005 offering with New York-based Nickodemus, “Mi Swing Es Tropical,” gained international recognition in an iPod commercial — but he also makes music with a long list of South American percussionists,…
Whether he’s producing the fastest, tightest, most insistent drum-and-bass tracks you’ve ever heard or dropping a set that’s pure whomp-based dubstep, it’s clear that Damian Higgins selected an appropriate moniker when he started making music as Dieselboy. His sound is immediately identifiable — slick, dark and powerful, with an underlying…
JONN HAWLEY @ FUNKY BUDDHA | SAT, 4/20/13 It’s extra awesome that Audio Indika is facilitating this year’s 4/20 show at the Funky Buddha, and those responsible loading the decks have outdone themselves by bringing Jonn Hawley to town. The Minneapolis-based DJ/producer has more than twenty years of experience, and…
