Future, John Hiatt and the Best Concerts in Denver This Week

August Burns Red and Between the Buried and Me co-headline the Summit Music Hall tonight and the Prettiots are at Lost Lake Lounge while Future is at the Fillmore Auditorium tomorrow night, John Hiatt is at the Oriental Theater on Wednesday and Jose Gonzalez performs with yMusic at the Paramount Theatre on…

Smash Brings Ping Pong and Bar Games Back to Exdo

Smash returned to Denver last Wednesday with a can’t-miss combination of ping pong, Jenga, giant cornhole and vintage video games on a wall-sized screen at the Exdo Event Center.  The game-oriented club night, which features spins by DJ YoHuckleberry, will be featured every second Wednesday of the month at Exdo…

Introducing the 2016 Westword Music Awards Nominees: Vote Now!

For more than two decades, the Westword Music Showcase has celebrated Colorado’s dynamic music community — and this year’s festival promises to reflect the scene’s growth. The 2016 Showcase, on Saturday, June 25, will be bigger and better than ever, featuring national headliners and local favorites on two main stages,…

Video: Denver Homeless on Ballpark Area Sweep, Trashed Belongings

On Tuesday, City of Denver workers launched a clean sweep of the Ballpark neighborhood, where the homeless had been setting up encampments — or at least stashing stuff that was not allowed in  nearby shelters. During the move — which was overseen by Denver Police Department officers — some of…

The Best Concerts in Colorado This Weekend

The fourth annual Trapfest, featuring Vinnie Mansicalco, Lookas, Nghtmre, PawS and Carnage, is at the Fillmore Auditorium tonight while Ty Segall & the Muggers are at the Gothic and Z-Trip is at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom. Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen play an acoustic show tomorrow night at the Boulder…

Reader: Where Are the Best Restaurants on West Colfax Avenue?

In anticipation of the Best of Denver 2016, which lands on March 31, been rolling out lists that align with some of the categories on our Best of Denver 2016 Readers’ Poll. Yesterday, we served up the Twelve Best Restaurants on Colfax, and immediately heard from fans about places that…

The Twelve Best Restaurants on Colfax Avenue

Colfax Avenue is known for many things: dive bars, gritty urban street life, a thriving music scene, late-night action. Most striking though is the diverse roster of restaurants nearly as long as the street itself, with old-school greasy spoons and steakhouses, taquerias, walk-up windows, pizza joints, bakeries, coffeehouses and culinary samples…

Reader: You Need to Do More Research on Clamatos!

Clamato preparado, which takes the michelada theme and, skipping the beer, cranks the formula up to eleven, has hit town with a tomato-splattered splash. Part beverage, part snack and part base for your own adult beverage (if you’re packing beer, tequila or vodka), clamatos preparados have been popping up at…

Smashburger Owners Win DIA Brewery Deal but Lose Live Basil Locations

Consumer Concept Group, which founded Smashburger in Denver in 2007, got a big win last week when a Denver City Council committee approved the proposal that CCG and partners Tivoli Brewing and Midfield Concession Enterprises had submitted to open a restaurant/brewery at the Westin at Denver International Airport, as well…

Photos: Shaun White Rules the Burton U.S. Open Halfpipe Finals in Vail

It was no surprise when the inimitable Shaun White took top honors in the 2016 Burton U.S. Open Half-Pipe Finals over the weekend. Photographer Brandon Marshall caught all the action — and the celebration, after White and his high-flying cohorts looped-the-loop in Vail. Now see the full Burton U.S. Open Half-Pipe Finals…

Photos: Geeks and Freaks at Denver’s Fifth Annual Nerd Prom

Live music, cosplay and nostalgic pop-culture prom tunes all played a part this past weekend at Andy Rok Guerrero’s Nerd Prom at the Summit Music Hall, where photographer Danielle Lirette caught all the party-goers getting their geek on. Were you there? Find yourself in the full Nerd Prom slide show…

Reader: Who Gets Excited About Fast Casual? Fans of Chick-fil-A?

Zoës Kitchen is the newest out-of-state chain to make its way to Colorado, with a goal of bringing the freshest and healthiest food possible in a fast-casual setting to what Zoës CEO Kevin Miles calls the  “birthplace of fast-casual.” The inaugural metro Denver location, at Southwest Plaza in Littleton, is set…