Big ideas and fresh beginnings are waiting for gallery-goers in the Golden Triangle and Santa Fe art districts. Discover what happens when artists try new things at the following exhibitions and open houses. Large Works Gallery 1261 July 22 through August 20 Opening reception: 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, July…
The Divide Music Festival in Winter Park kicks off today, Friday, July 22, and runs through Sunday, July 24, with a lineup that includes Blondie, Cake, Cold War Kids, Bleachers, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, the Fray, Kid Cudi and more. Keith Urban and Maren Morris at Fiddler’s Green…
Megadeth brings its Dystopia World Tour to the 1STBANK Center on Saturday, October 1 with guests Amon Amarth, Metal Church and Havok. Tickets ($35-$50) go on sale on Friday, July 22 at 10 a.m. Garbage, who released Strange Little Birds last month, headline the Fillmore Auditorium on Thursday, September 15 with Cigarettes…
Bakeries, both sweet and savory were on the minds of our videographers this week. Dale DiMassi’s sweet tooth took him to Valhalla Cakes, where he captured owner/cake decorator Sam Slade turning confections into an edible llama. Slade opened her shop at West 44th Avenue and Tennyson Street in April, using…
The Palm, which got its start in New York City almost a century ago, is celebrating its twentieth birthday here in Denver with a one-day only Prime Time at the Palm Restaurant. From 5 to 7 p.m. tonight, July 20, the restaurant is serving specially priced Bar Bites with a…
Colorado’s craft-beer scene is known for many things — but its matchmaking abilities have been underestimated. The news that Cheeky Monk was closing up shop at 534 East Colfax Avenue inspired a lot of comments, some from fans and some from foes. And there were also a few surprisingly heartfelt…
“The original idea was to be in a band and tour the world, and that didn’t quite work, so we decided to bring the bands to us,” says Harry Smith of Black Sky Brewery, a Denver collective where different brewers come together to make a variety of styles of beer…
Are you hungry yet? DISH, our annual celebration of Denver’s dining scene, will return to Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex on Sunday, September 25. Our 22nd annual event will again showcase unlimited samples of favorite dishes from dozens of restaurants recommended by Westword food writers and readers, including Adelitas, Syrup, Little…
Hula-hoopers, giant puppets, jugglers, brass bands? You name it: If there’s a street performer doing it in the world, they were probably at Denver’s Union Station on July 16 and 17 for the revival of BuskerFest, a family-friendly street party that’s back after a break of several years. All photos…
Cherry Creek is changing, and changing fast. Some of those changes have occurred at 2900 East Second Avenue, where Harman’s Eat & Drink opened three years ago — after restaurateur Mark Fischer first tried to make a go of a Denver version of his successful Carbondale eatery, Phat Thai, in…
Sufjan Stevens headlines Red Rocks tonight while KISS is in Colorado Springs. On Tuesday it’s Korn and Rob Zombie at Fiddler’s Green, Joe Bonamassa at Red Rocks, and Eagles of Death Metal at the Ogden Theatre. Also this week, there’s They Might Be Giants, Portugal. The Man, Woods and Lil Durk. See our…
Mark Antonation came to Colorado the same year that John Elway did, and one of the Texas native’s early food discoveries was green chile, in all of its regional versions. He recently wrote about some of those green chile variations — and all their delicious differences. “What I’ve learned over the years almost has…
Our cover story this week focused on Casa De Paz, a facility founded by Sarah Jackson to house families of undocumented immigrants who are in the Denver Contract Detention Facility — and to help those immigrants after they are released. The story brought some strong responses, including this from Dave: After…
The renovated Union Station is celebrating its second anniversary all weekend with a resurrected buskerfest, developer Dana Crawford’s gift to the city. But the celebration really started the day Union Station reopened in July 2014, bringing new life to this part of downtown — and a new flashpoint for discussion…
This week, Chris Walker reported about a large police crackdown on several homeless encampments, including one near the Denargo Market. Like past homeless sweeps, this latest series provoked widely disparate responses from our readers. Some regarded the action to be inhumane, unnecessary and/or counterproductive, while others sided with the City of Denver’s…
For the past week, people have been walking around Denver, phones held high as they searched for tiny monsters popping up on Pokémon Go, the virtual-reality game based on those characters that first came to America on Pokémon cards two decades ago. But that fad didn’t explode as fast as this…
Just in time for National Ice Cream Day, we dished up our list of the ten best ice cream shops in Denver. And since then, we’ve been taking a licking from readers who didn’t spot their favorites: Where was Nuggs? Ice Cream Riot? Sweet Cow? But amidst all this debate, one reader…
Union Station is celebrating the second anniversary of its rebirth this weekend. Since it reopened in July 2014, the landmark has changed the face and pace of downtown Denver — and the fun’s just starting. This weekend, the station will host a resurrected international buskerfest, as well as its weekly…
The String Cheese Incident kicks off a three-night stand at Red Rocks tonight, with Tauk opening tonight, Kamasi Washington tomorrow and Hot Rize on Sunday. Adele plays two nights at the Pepsi Center, while Lyle Lovett and Emmylou Harris team up at Fiddler’s Green. Guster is at the Denver Botanic…
Party hard and listen up! Andrew W.K. is spreading his message, “The Power of Partying,” through more than music this fall; today he announced a fifty-state speaking tour. Take a look at our “day in the life” of the rock star at 2010’s Warped Tour. The Infamous Stringdusters: Big Top…
A beautiful summer day is a perfect time to visit one of this town’s hot outdoor food spots. Foodies is a new farmers’ market that debuted this year at Belleview Station by the Denver Tech Center; it runs every Thursday from 3:30 to 7 p.m., and returns on Sunday. The…
The Colorado Black Arts Festival celebrated thirty years of shared culture and community solidarity over the weekend of July 8-10 in City Park, with a spread of original art, African imports, music, drumming and dance. Photographer Ken Hamblin caught all the good vibes at the fest in the following images…
