Westword threw a party Thursday, July 12 at the Bluebird Theater to give out awards to our 2012 Westword Music Showcase winners, followed by a BLKHRTS show. Emily Driskill brings back these rowdy photos of musicians, bands, fans and more from the evening…
Westword threw a party Thursday, July 12 at the Bluebird Theater to give out awards to our 2012 Westword Music Showcase winners, followed by a BLKHRTS show. If you missed out on the free booze and great music, catch up with us through Twitter and Instagram below. See Also: -…
“Ice Cube Gallery sounds like an attractive escape from 100-plus-degree temperatures,” writes Michael Paglia in his review of Regina V. Benson: Wading In and Jane McMahan: Absence (through July 14), two shows that feature natural imagery as key components, in this week’s Westword. Meanwhile, the Golden Triangle’s Walker Fine Art,…
The Colorado Tomato Battle at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Saturday was a mash-up of childhood frivolity and big-kid fun. Though the structure was more formal than the old Tomato Wars between Coloradans and Texans at Twin Lakes, the result was the same: utter chaos and tomato soup. Tomato Battle founders…
See Also: – Slideshow: Women that Rock at Mayhem Festival 2012 – Anthrax and Slayer at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre, Mayhem Festival, 7/8/12 – The best crowd surfing photos from Sunday’s Mayhem Festival – Q&A with Charlie Benante of Anthrax These women prove (once again) that heavy metal shows and festivals…
Denver’s Running of the Bulls is both everything and nothing like its Pamplona namesake. The two-year-old fundraiser replaces bulls with horn-helmeted Rocky Mountain Roller Girls wielding pool noodles and wiffle-ball bats — run before they hit you. This year’s Highland Running of the Bulls took place on Saturday morning, July…
The Cherry Creek Arts Festival, a signature summer event celebrating visual, culinary and performance arts, took place July 6 – 8 in Denver’s Cherry Creek North Shopping District. The free festival, which featured exhibits of 230 artists, gave patrons an opportunity to meet and talk with international visual artists, sample…
In the wake of the wildfires burning through the West, as well as the ridiculously hot temperatures we’ve been experiencing, a day of escape and merriment is something that many Coloradans could use right now. At the Colorado Renaissance Festival, you can show off your best tavern-wench attire, leave your…
What is the meaning of artisanship? The line that separates a handcrafted ware from a machine-made product is blurring as consumer demand for authentic foods over commercial ones grows…
The Aspen Art Museum will unveil its “Levitating Mass” float, featuring the work of Los Angeles-based guest artist Mungo Thomson, in Aspen’s Fourth of July parade tomorrow. Thomson’s “Levitating Mass” is a playful take on artist Michael Heizer’s “Levitated Mass” installation, a 340-ton granite megalith at the Los Angeles County…
Thanks to a statewide fireworks ban, Independence Day could be a real downer for most of Colorado’s children and pyromaniacs. Luckily, there are options — some of which can be made at home in your kitchen! Searching for homemade explosives is a good way to get a virus on your…
The Justice League of Street Food held its latest summer party in the parking lot of the Denver Design District on South Broadway on Saturday, June 30.Jim Wills brings back these mouth-watering photos from the bash. See also: – Slideshow: Justice League of Street Food in the Denver Design District…
Despite wildfires in the region, organizers of the Colorado Renaissance Festival assured that the festival would be open last weekend (June 29-July 1). We’ve hand-picked our favorite wenches (wench: a young woman, girl; or a female servant, according to Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary) of the Ren Fest — which goes on…
The 2013 Colorado firefighter calendar photo shoot went down last week, and photographer Nathan Federico brings back these photos from the June 29 shoot, held at one of the metro area’s training facilities. “Everybody has to remember, (firefighters) have off-days too, and they are using their off-days — one of…
Renegade Brewing celebrated its one-year anniversary on Saturday, June 30, with a party and the release of its first canned beer, Ryeteous IPA. Festivities included live music, the Manna From Heaven food truck and a photo booth where patrons could capture their good times. The sixteen-ounce Ryeteous cans will be…
This past Saturday, June 30 at City Hall Amphitheatre, Fresh Foam Society and Global Dance Music put on a full-blown foam production with DJs Trajikk, Axis of Evil, Beckley & Krootz, Basis Beats and Fink. Backbeat photographer Britt Chester was on hand and brought back these photos from the evening…
The Colorado Renaissance Festival in Larkspur is safe from wildfires and will be open with free admission for children 12 and younger this weekend only. We’ll be there photographing our favorite costumes and chowing down on our latest obsession, turkey legs. Festival-goers can enjoy a 16th century marketplace with over…
On national Bike to Work Day, June 27, the Cactus advertising agency put on its fourth annual Bike from Work bash, which ran from 5 to 9 p.m. at the intersection of Little Raven and 15th streets. Britt Chester brought back these photos of the bicycles, beer and bands…
We released our 2012 Summer Guide in June, including hundreds of events and opportunities to escape both in the city and in the great outdoors. Each Thursday, we’ll roll out the best things to do this week, making it easier for you to plan your summer. Among this week’s listings…
Looking to the planets can give us tremendous insight about our future on Earth, climate scientists said last night at the Boulder Theater’s “Climate Change on Earth and Other Planets.” A bow tie-clad Bill Nye the Science Guy led the panel of four distinguished scientists with a keynote speech, hooking…
Around a beautiful garden, playground equipment and a turf soccer field — and under the shade provided by a large cottonwood tree — members of the diverse East Colfax community joined together in a grand opening celebration for a new city park on East 13th Avenue and Xenia Street this…
Westword Music Showcase 2012 was a long, sweaty day of awesome music, people and partying. Endangering the battery life of their cellphones under the hot sun, tons of fans and musicians shared the highs (and lows) of their Showcase experience in the Twitterverse and on Instagram using #WMS. Read on…
