Denver Wheel Club 404 officially rolls out today

After two months of renovations, Club 404 will officially reopen today as the Denver Wheel Club 404. The watering hole that Jerry Feld bought back in 1951 is now in the hands of Craig and Andrew Caldwell, and Brad Evans, the designer who also keeps the Denver Cruisers rolling, has…

Get a scary sneak preview of CREEP! at the Bug tonight

Some filmmakers aren’t waiting for Colorado lawmakers to pass a movie incentive package, a proposal Melanie Asmar detailed in last week’s cover story, “The Reel West.” Local director Pete Schuermann plans to use crowd-funding to finish CREEP! , a movie within a documentary about the worst horror film ever. And…

Westword‘s MasterMind Awards for 2012

Eight years ago, Westword added a very special component to Artopia: the MasterMind awards. Recognizing that the local arts scene needed a little fertilizer to really get going, and growing, we created a program that every year honors five cultural visionaries — artists and organizations alike — working to change…

Hinterland: 2012 MasterMind award winner

Sabin Aell first came to Colorado in 2006, when the Austrian-born artist, who’d been living in Frankfurt for eight years, was chosen for a show in Fort Collins by photographer Mark Sink. “I was really blown away when I first came here,” she remembers. “I was always thinking more about…

Reader: Films made in Colorado are an endangered species

Today legislators will consider a measure that would provide an economic incentive for filmmakers to work in Colorado — a rarity these days, as detailed in “The Reel West.” But a century ago, there was a booming film business in this state, which got its start with an 1897 flick…

Reader: Trader Joe’s is not as great as people say

The news that Trader Joe’s had filed papers with the Colorado Secretary of State’s office to start doing business in Colorado — specifically, at Boulder’s Twenty-Ninth Street project — has fans of the California-based, German-owned store salivating, extolling such Joe’s specialities as Jalapeno Blue Cornbread Mix and Old Fashioned Cinnamon…

Reader: Corey Elbin leaves big shoes to fill at the Mercury

Corey Elbin’s departure from Denver is a real loss for this city’s cultural scene. He’s been the driving force behind Gorinto, the Mercury Cafe’s Wednesday night food and music gathering, since it was introduced almost two years ago. He’s grown the event into a real all-ages community affair. But now…

Reader: Serve up more Denver desserts, please!

Sweet…and sour. Laura Shunk just served up her list of Denver’s ten best dessert spots — including the churros she raved about in this week’s review of Pinche Taqueria. But for some readers, it was definitely not enough of a good thing:…

Four chefs give the lowdown on what makes LoDo cook

Chefs are Denver’s rock stars, and lower downtown is one hell of a stage. Last night I was lucky enough to moderate a panel of four LoDo chefs — Jen Jasinski, Matt Selby, Tom Coohill and Max MacKissock — who dished out restaurant tidbits (both literal and figurative) before an…

Bin 1884 Cheese Bar will fill space in The Empty Bottle

South Pearl Street has seen more than its fair share of action this year. But in the 1800 block of South Pearl, it’s all about growth — not the closings that marked the start of the new year on the 1400 South block, where India’s Pearl, Pearl Street Grill and…