JunoWhat performed on Friday at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom in Denver with Bernie Worrell (Parliament-Funkadelic, Talking Heads) on keys and Euforquestra, which opened the show. Photos by Nick Callaio for Westword…
Fresh off its appearance at this year’s SnowBall Music Festival and 2010 Westword Music Showcase alumni, BoomBox came back to the Centennial State on Saturday, May 5, 2012 for a show at the Ogden Theatre. Photos by Eric Gruneisen for Westword…
If you haven’t been down to Santa Fe in a while for First Friday, you can see what you’ve been missing through these photos shot by Laura Easley for Westword. This month’s art walk included more than a few nods to Star Wars (“May the 4th be with you” and…
There was great fashion, loud music and heavy-pours, and probably some hooking-up and broken hearts: Yes, it was Derby day again in Denver! Apparently, there was also a horse race in Kentucky or something, but those people are all backwoods rednecks, anyway. There were giant hats to be worn, people!…
This week’s review of Appropriated: The Chronicled West at the Robischon Gallery by Michael Paglia examines the show which opened back on March 29 and runs through Saturday. Below are a few images from the show…
Update (5/2/12): Congrats to Adriana Terron, winner of round two! The challenge questions for round three will be up later today! Update (4/25/12): Congrats to Alexis Puttmann, winner of round one! The challenge questions for round two are below! Welcome to round one of this year’s VIP upgrade contest Westword…
The Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown and Gameroom Expo went down over the weekend, with more than 100 pinball machines and arcade games available — no quarters required. (Attendees paid a flat fee.) “We had about 1,800 people,” says organizer Daniel Nikolich. “I think it went great, we had a lot…
Executive chef Elise Wiggins of Panzano, our Best Italian Restaurant in the Best of Denver 2012, broke down a 175-pound wild Russian boar from Tender Belly in her restaurant’s kitchen on Saturday afternoon. And of course, we wanted to show you where the bacon — and much of the other…
Denverites really have no problem with getting up early on a weekend, donning a ridiculous costume and drinking — all for a good cause (remember Cupid’s Undie Run?) It happened again over the weekend. Photos below…
You’ve read pot critic William Breathes’s take on 4/20 in Civic Center Park this past Friday. Now see photos from the scene there — cops, advocates, MMJ patients and those just looking for a free toke. Check out the full slide show with many more photos here: “4/20 in Denver”…
See Also: (Review) Tom Petty at 1STBANK Center, 4/19/12 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers put on a hell of a show last night at the 1STBANK Center. While you can see all the photos from last night’s Tom Petty show in our slideshow, below are a few shots of the…
The owners of Denver Beer Co. found out how long it takes a bike-powered grain mill to chew up barley when they hooked the mill to a stationary bike provided by their Platte Street neighbor, Salvagetti Bicycle Workshop, and fired up the contraption. Read more: Denver Beer Co. uses pedal…
Studies show that 55 percent of Americans believe marijuana should be legalized, but only sixteen states (including Colorado) allow its medical use. The following infographic, shared by a reader/graphics pro, is a visual argument for legalization. (The campaign for regulating pot in Colorado began in November 2010 and continues through…
This week’s feature story, “Mexican Hamburger Helper,” by Gustavo Arellano, takes a look at the unique “Den-Mex” cuisine. Proclaims Arellano:…
In this week’s art column by Michael Paglia, the Westword art critic writes that the images in Out Figured — which closes after Saturday, April 7! — raise “disturbing, or at least edgy, philosophical, sexual, psychological or sociological issues.”…
This past Friday night, MCA Denver opened its Search & Destroy exhibition, which displayed everything from the works of photographers Bruce Conner and Richard Peterson to old copies of MRR to posters and large-scale Black Flag art. Backbeat cartoonist Noah Van Sciver was there and brings back his interpretation…
Does a beard make the man? It depends on who you ask. Historically, beards were used for warmth, intimidation of protection from enemies, but in modern times, women find beards only about two-thirds as attractive as a clean-shaven man. In Colorado, beards can be a seasonal look for the October-March…
On Friday, the Denver Art Museum played host to Forever Darling 5 fashion show, in conjunction with its monthly Untitled series and the Yves Saint Laurent: The Retrospective exhibition. This edition of Forever Darling featured eight designers from Project Runway: Michael Costello, Becky Ross, Danielle Everine, Jason Troisi, Julie Tierney,…
South Federal Boulevard is Denver’s best restaurant neighborhood, according to votes cast by the readers of Cafe Society. In a poll that pitted South Federal vs. Lower Highland, South Federal came away with 53.48 percent of the vote when polls closed at 11:59 p.m. Sunday night. The weekend-long voting was…
The 2012 Best of Denver edition gave the much-sought-after prize of “Best Hair on a TV Personality — Male” to Ron Zappolo, Fox 31 anchor. Zappolo, a longtime sports guy who moved to the anchor’s chair years ago, received the award mostly for his mustache, which oozes professionalism and commands…
Cafe Society readers have narrowed the field of sixteen down to just two in our Street 16 neighborhood tournament. This week South Federal and LoHi face off after beating Boulder and Tennyson respectively. So which is the single-best neighborhood for eating in Denver, South Federal or LoHi? Vote below!…
Among the 475 Best of Denver blurbs published in the 2012 edition, Westword chose, as it does each year, the best hair on a TV personality for both female and male categories. This year, the women’s top spot went to Nina Sparano of Fox 31 and KWGN, a technology reporter…
