Steely Dan returns to Red Rocks with Steve Winwood opening tonight while DeVotchKa joins the Colorado Symphony again at the venue on Thursday. Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Caravan Palace and Ben Nichols of Lucero are also on tap this week. In festival season settles in, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Country…
In his continuing tour of Denver neighborhoods — and what irritates residents of those areas — Teague Bohlen recently visited Cherry Creek, and reported on what makes people who live there very, very mad. Adds Adam: Cherry Creek Mall is bottom of the barrel. It smells of mildew. I never thought…
This week’s cover story took us to LoDo — or is that BroDo? Allison, a local writer who covers Denver nightlife, used to be a regular in LoDo, but now prefers local bars around town — and she listed some of her favorite neighborhorhood bars for us, including Solera and…
What a relief! Lower downtown was the focus of this week’s cover story, “From LoDo to BroDo,” and if you’re heading there this weekend, whether to visit the farmers’ market at Union Station or to hit the clubs, you’ll find a much-needed amenity: a public bathroom. This morning the Denver…
Dunkin’ Donuts dipped its doughnut back into the Denver market three summers ago, and since then Dunkin’ spots in the area have grown well beyond a baker’s dozen. The choices have grown, too, and today many of the Colorado locations will be offering customers a nine-ounce, candy bar-flavored iced coffee for…
The annual Lit Fest is under way at Lighthouse Writers Workshop, founded almost twenty years ago by Andrew Dupree and Michael Henry, the subject of a recent 100 Colorado Creatives. The Lit Fest events will continue daily through June 17, with readings, movie screenings and salons. But Lighthouse is a beacon for the literary…
Grills and stogies were fired up last night for CigarBQue at the Blanc Denver events center in RiNo — but it wasn’t too smoky to bear. The event combined cigars provided by Diamond Crown, small plates from top Denver chefs and craft cocktails from skilled mixologists. Guests enjoyed smoked meats…
Our regular search for Schmucks of the Week has been aided immeasurably over the years by YouTube. After all, it’s a lot harder to deny you’ve acted like an idiot if your idiocy was captured on camera. That was definitely the case for Brian Candelaria and Skyler Bradley, who were…
The Union Station Farmers Market debuted last weekend, and it will be back on the plaza at 1701 Wynkoop Street from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. tomorrow, and every subsequent Saturday until late October. The first edition brought raves — as well as Mark Antonation’s advice for cooking what you…
This year’s KS 107.5 Summer Jam, which is tonight at Fiddler’s Green, features Fetty Wap with Kid Ink, Ty Dolla $ign, Fabolous, DJ Mustard, YG, E-40 and Kevin Gates. Also tonight, Lettuce headlines Red Rocks, with openers the Wailers, Manic Focus, Pete Rock and Rahzel. The weekend’s lineup also includes Big…
Tool, who’s only slated to play four shows in October so far, will stop at the Pepsi Center on Wednesday, October 26. Reserved tickets ($75-$95) go on sale on Friday, June 10 at 10 a.m. Prophets of Rage is made up of Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, Tim Commerford…
Join us on Saturday, June 25, 2016, for the 22nd Westword Music Showcase, featuring Dillon Francis, Cold War Kids, Matt and Kim, HEALTH, New Politics and more, plus 100 local bands and artists. You can get amped for the big event at the Wednesday-night Denver Cruiser Rides on June 15…
Chalk artists hit the pavement in a big way last weekend at Larimer Square’s Denver Chalk Art Festival, creating colorful street-level masterpieces for prizes – and just for fun. One rainstorm and the art was gone; here’s how things looked in the moment, courtesy of photographer Brandon Marshall. Now find your…
When readers saw our video of the giant La Tribu burger at Hamburguesas Don Jesus, a ten-patty dish designed to satisfy a tribe, most had just one response: We’ve gotta try it. But a few commenters got far more specific. Says Lucrecia: Excellent service, delicious hamburgers and hot dogs. Responds…
Yesterday Teague Bohlen posted his latest installment on neighborhoods in Denver, this time revealing what makes residents of Cherry Creek very, very mad. One of those things: lines outside the Cherry Cricket, one of the few independent restaurants left in the area. Says Nathan: Having been involved with one of the…
Oskar Blues brought another Burning Can festival to Bohn Park in Lyons on Saturday. This was the fourth year in a row the brewery that pioneered canned craft beer gathered several dozen other breweries from around the country who package their brews in outdoors-friendly, recyclable aluminum cans. And to prove…
Our recent coverage of the return of Godfather’s Pizza to Denver led to discussions of White Castle and In-N-Out Burger…and now, to one reader’s take on a real benefit of the boom: new and better restaurants, including our Best New Restaurant in the Best of Denver 2015, Mercantile Dining & Provision. Says…
The Lumineers are at Red Rocks for pair of sold-out shows on Tuesday and Wednesday while Leon Russell is at the Oriental Theater tonight and Sam Beam (Iron & Wine) and Jesca Hoop will be at the Boulder Theater on Tuesday, June 7. See the full list of our picks below. …
The reappearance of Godfather’s Pizza in Denver has fans hungering for other hard-to-find tastes, including White Castle. But while that chain has plenty of defenders, hundreds of readers chimed in with what they’d like to see in this city — and what they definitely don’t want to see. Says Robert: Seriously,…
Were you at a First Friday celebration last night? If so, you might have spotted one of the types featured in our Ten Kinds of People You Might See at First Friday. But “you missed a ton,” says Matt Morava, who supplied his own list: 1. The beleaguered waitstaff at…
Union Station unveiled its renovation in the summer of 2014, and now it’s making a good thing better, with some tweaking of the eating options: Acme Burger has become Acme Delicatessen, for example, and that front patio is turning into a beer garden. And this morning, the Union Station Farmers…
Denverites will gather at the Denver Zoo from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight, June 3, for a candlelight vigil in honor of Harambe, the seventeen-year-old gorilla killed at the Cincinnati Zoo this week after a four-year-old boy slid into his enclosure. “This gorilla was a prisoner who spent his whole…
