New Year’s Eve is the night for premium parties, costume balls and epic, end-of-the-year blowouts. On December 31, Denver will be filled with everything from sweaty dance floors packed with crowds getting down to the best DJs to dress-to-impress galas. We’ve rounded up ten of the best New Year’s Eve…
Editor’s note: It’s time to put 2014 into the history books and look forward to 2015 — but not before one last bash to kick off the transition in style, something you can plan with our New Year’s Eve Guide listings. Do you have even bigger plans for the coming…
If you’ve spent any time on Brighton Boulevard in the last few years, then you know there’s art happening there. A lot, actually. Since it opened almost a decade ago, Rhinoceropolis and its neighboring venue, Glob, have put hundreds of bands, performances, festivals and films before all-ages crowds in Denver…
To know the story of Colfax is to truly understand the personality of the Denver metro area. The gravel-and-tar artery that once ushered visitors in from the open road now hosts a variety of people and cultures along America’s longest main street. Westword is taking a look at Route 40’s…
“I had never really gone to music festivals until last year, when I went because I was playing them. I thought, this fucking blows. I didn’t like the experience at all — I see a bunch of people I like, but it’s not fun. It’s harder for me to be…
There’s something about carrying a torch for art that no one else seems to give a fuck about — when you love a band or a record or an artist so deeply but goes unnoticed by the general populace it starts to feel like it’s your own special secret to…
For this year’s Night Fair Before Christmas, fun expert Kalina Ross decided she would go so big that she would need two parties: a shindig for the little ones and another celebration for the grownups. During the day, this part market, part party will be a wonderland for kids, with…
Every year, the Colorado Hebrew Chorale’s annual Festival of Lights illuminates the traditions of Hanukkah for people of all faiths. This year’s celebration lands on the third night of the holiday, and the BYO menorah party’s repertoire of both conventional and modern hymns will range from a doo-wop version of…
“If you’ve been around northwest Denver, you know: The people who come in here are so much nicer than the average person.” Cal Eichinger, owner of Elitch Lanes, is already lamenting the loss of his customers. On May 17, after more than sixty years in the Berkeley neighborhood, Elitch Lanes…
Back in the late ’90s, when I was preparing to rent my first apartment, there were three things on my list that the potential home had to have: it had to be in Capitol Hill, I had to be able to smoke cigarettes in the place, and it had to…
Though most of the weekend’s snow has disappeared from metro Denver, Santa had no problem parking his sleigh here. There’s still plenty of time for kids to have their photos taken with Mr. Claus; here are eight great spots where kids can share their wish list and get a selfie…
With a grant from the city of Denver, Birdseed Collective is beautifying RTD bus benches in its own Globeville/Elyria/Swansea neighborhood. With two benches already finished and four more on the way, the art and community service collective is working with LiveWell Colorado on the P.S. You Are Here Grant to…
Pulque, cerveza, mescal and tequila are just some of the stars of El Brindis Remixed, an exhibition opening tonight at the Museo de las Americas. But it is the relationship of these alcoholic beverages to the humans holding them that takes center stage in dozens of images from the last…
Attention, sugar hounds and holiday revelers: The annual Hammond’s Candy Cane Festival begins today. Hosted by the local confectioner, the fest features train rides and bounce castles, a cappella carolers and horse-drawn carriages, cookie decorating, games, crafts, even free photo opportunities with Santa and Mrs. Claus. Plus, first-time Hammond’s visitors…
If I could have one and only one social network from any time in the history of the Internet, I would choose Twitter. Keep in mind, I’m saying this as a person who thought about writing a book about how awesome MySpace was in its heyday of the early 2000s…
Colfax Avenue’s sordid and fascinating history provides a road map for the evolution of the metro area. The longest uninterrupted main street in the United States, Colfax coasts from Aurora to Golden with chunks of Denver and Lakewood in between, providing an excellent cross-section of Colorado commerce, culture and community…
“If David Sedaris had known then what we know now about how commercial the holidays have become, we would have thought he was a prophet when he wrote this,” says the Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company’s Stephen Weitz, director of The Santaland Diaries. Opening tonight at the Jones Theatre, Sedaris’s play…
Colorado has its own homegrown wrestling entertainment scene thanks to Primos Hardcore & Wrestling’s commitment to training some of the ring’s brightest stars. At tonight’s Xtreme Xmas smackdown, Primos brings a mix of fierce longtime competitors and new brutes center stage for a wild night of celebration and fan appreciation…
When Anna Winter and Laura Conway put out a call for submissions for their in-home art show, Staycation, they weren’t expecting a global response, but sculpture, photography, videography and even live performers from as far away as Denmark, Poland and Russia all made their way to Boulder. The curators asked…
The fiber arts are elevated beyond a simple do-it-yourself craft in a new show at Boulder’s Dairy Center for the Arts. The Art of Fiber explores the rich history and modern technological advancements in the field while honoring the fiftieth anniversary of the Handweavers Guild of Boulder. Showcasing a juried…
The screaming was almost unbearable, but absolutely warranted. Last night at 1STBANK Center, Usher used the crowd’s unrelenting wails to his advantage, standing on stage in his own silence many times during the night, letting the crowd fill space in the arena with vocal adoration. He just flirted with every…
The Dairy Center for the Arts is opening a new exhibition, The Art of Fiber: Fifty Years of the Handweavers Guild of Boulder, that showcases a juried exhibition of new work as well as a historical display of textiles and technology. In celebration of the show, the Handweavers Guild and…
