On Friday, December 7, theOpen Media Foundation will celebrate six years of independent voices on Denver Open Media with a party from 7:30 to 10 p.m. – with music by Achille Lauro, pioneers in Denver’s independent music scene; a silent auction to support independent businesses and OMF; and food and…
Travel guru Arthur Frommer predicts big 2013 tourism gains for six disparate destinations: Miami Beach, Dubai, India and Lima, Peru, plus Seattle and Denver. Why are the last two so hot? Pot, of course…
Your altitude problem is my attitude problem, Bree Davies told non-natives yesterday. And not only are non-natives the only people who like John Denver, she said, they also are responsible for Denver’s traffic, gentrification, the popularity of days-long dubstep shows at Red Rocks (and the sickening popularity of any band…
Jerry Feld bought his bar at 404 Broadway before he was even old enough to have a liquor license; for the first year, it was in his uncle’s name. Feld went on to run Club 404 for sixty years, creating generations of fans. But once he hit eighty, he was…
Update: Denver City Council made some history last night when it approved changes to the city’s landmark ordinance. Today, the Department of Community Planning and Development Community Planning and Development finished the job by raising the landmark application fee from $250 to $875…
Jenn Wohletz doesn’t like Guy Fieri. She’s been an anti-fan since the late ’90s, and recently served up “Five reasons why Guy Fieri should drive to Douchebagistan and never come back.” And responses to her piece keep coming. Some positive, some definitely not… See also – Five reasons why Guy…
Every Monday, as a companion piece to her weekend 10 for $10, Robin Edwards rounds up 3 for Free — three free events you can enjoy during the week. Yesterday, for example, she touted tonight’s screening of Frankenhooker at Crash 45, as well as Drag Queen Bingo at Hamburger Mary’s…
At the end of November, the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses approved the dance cabaret license application filed by Pasquini’s Pizzeria on 17th Avenue, which means this latest location in the Pasquini’s empire can now offer live music, which has been such a hit at the Highland location. There…
Ken Foster, author of I’m a Good Dog, didn’t plan on making a stop in Denver. “But as the book’s publication date approached, I began to see how much the book meant to people who love their dogs,” Foster told us. “And it felt like an oversight not to do…
Jenn Wohletz thinks Guy Fieri is a douche. And she’s no hater-come-lately, like many of the folks who read Pete Wells’s recent review of Fieri’s new restaurant in the New York Times. No, she’s been a non-fan since the ’90s, and on Friday laid out five reasons why Fieri should…
Has Colorado’s official tourism effort gone to pot? A new video posted on YouTube suggests that, and it only makes sense: After all, not only did the state’s voters approve Amendment 64, which makes recreational pot use legal in Colorado, but the state tourism office just hosted meetings on agritourism…
Chef Jensen Cummings is about to leave his post at Row 14 so that he can concentrate on other ventures, including Slotted Spoon Meatball Eatery, the spot he plans to open next spring with pals and business partners Johnny Coast and Alex Comisar. Lori Midson joined the crew in Comisar’s…
This week Gretchen Kurtz reviews Gaetano’s, a 65-year-old Italian joint in northwest Denver that just had a facelift of both its building and its menu. This is one of the last red-sauce joints left in that neighborhood, where both Pagliacci’s and Longo’s Subway Tavern shuttered over the past few months…
Do you think toy trains are sexy?In advance of the Rocky Mountain Toy Train Show at the Denver Merchandise Mart last week, Cory Casciato listed five toy-train enthusiasts who are cooler than you. The lineup ranged from Winston Churchill to Neil Young. But there was one major omission. See also:…
Williams & Graham just celebrated its first birthday. And although the new take on an old-style speakeasy at 3160 Tejon Street hit some bumps on the road to opening — including a liquor-license snafu — the path has been clear since it opened last November. In fact, the place is…
Jerry Feld bought his bar at 404 Broadway before he was even old enough to have a liquor license; for the first year, it was in his uncle’s name. Feld went on to run Club 404 for sixty years, creating generations of fans. But once he hit eighty, he was…
Late on November 6, after Coloradans had voted overwhelmingly to legalize recreational use of marijuana, Governor John Hickenlooper warned that given federal law, the state’s residents shouldn’t “break out the Cheetos or Goldfish too quickly.” But that very day, as it turns out, another Coloradan had taken aim at one…
Bankers! It was bumbling Uncle Billy who managed to misplace George Bailey’s deposit — but it was the banker, Mr. Potter, who took advantage of the situation. Just as bankers are taking advantage of the unfortunate today. It’s a Wonderful Life may be over sixty years old, but the movie…
Timing is everything: While tempers are flaring over the shooting of a pit bull named Chloe this past weekend — an act that Commerce City police defend — Ken Foster, author of I’m a Good Dog: Pit Bulls, America’s Most Beautiful (and Misunderstood) Pet, is on his way to Denver…
The University of Colorado may not be able to win a football game, but the CU Art Museum has scored big with its traveling exhibition, “Through Soviet Jewish Eyes: Photography, War, and the Holocaust.” The show, which debuted in Boulder in September, was curated by David Shneer, CU professor of…
News that the Burnsley Hotel would be closing next month hit some people hard. Although the European-boutique-style accommodations (all suites) were a hit with out-of-towners, locals appreciated the hideaway dining room and the lounge with its generous happy hour. But two weeks from now, that deal will dry up when…
Last week, we asked readers for their favorite jokes — and promised that the people who provided the most laughs would win tickets to shows at either the original Comedy Works downtown or at Comedy Works South. Our overall winner? Q: How many hipsters does it take to screw in…
