This weekend’s line-up includes Icelantic’s Winter on the Rocks (featuring Big Grams and Adventure Club) at Red Rocks, Leftover Salmon at the Aggie Theatre, Interpol’s Sam Fogarino’s DJ set at Bar Standard and Talib Kweli at the Ogden Theatre. See the full list of our picks below. FRIDAY, JANUARY 29 Icelantic’s…
by Stephanie Grey First and foremost, Max Frost is an accomplished beat maker. While melodies come easily, it’s with drums and synthesized beats that Frost first builds the infrastructure of a song. Through later combining everyday ephemera and chords, he relays an easy sense of intimacy. Something almost thematic in…
Mulder and Scully are back, at least for the length of a mini-series, and legions of costumed X-Files fans re-emerged from the shadows to cheer on their long-lost heroes at a big-screen premiere party at the Oriental Theater. The Enigma was there, too — tattoos, horns and all — just to…
Teague Bohlen recently ticked off a list of seven things that make Stapleton residents really, really mad — and ticked off many of those residents in the process. But it appears that he barely scratched the surface of the irritants; among other things, readers sent in complaints about a lack…
Sting and Peter Gabriel team up for their Rock Paper Scissors tour, which stops at the Pepsi Center on Tuesday, July 12. “Having first toured together in the eighties for Amnesty International,” a press release states, “Rock Paper Scissors will find Peter Gabriel and Sting performing both separately and together,…
Robert and Erica Sansone have been operating Sansone’s Bistro at 5969 South University in Greenwood Village for more than a dozen years. It’s been a popular restaurant, so popular that in late 2014 the couple opened a second spot, the fast-casual fins & noodles Italian Seafood at 7530 South University. Explains…
Editor’s Note: Late last week, hip-hop artist Macklemore and producer Ryan Lewis released a new track titled “White Privilege II,” and debate about its merit, as well as larger conversations about race, began immediately. The pair behind megahit “Thrift Shop” has been the source of controversy before: When Macklemore’s album…
It’s time to bring out your best! At noon today, our 2016 Best of Denver Readers’ Poll goes live, asking your opinion on everything from the best new restaurant to the best chef to the best burger. As we’ve been eating our our way around town, we served up a…
Although Casselman’s Bar & Venue, which closes this weekend after a six-year run, it will leave a hole in the live music scene in RiNo, but there are still other spots to see live music in the area, some of which have around way before the area was even dubbed…
Some longtime Denver restaurants — Andre’s Confiserie Suisse, Le Central, Rosa Linda’s Mexican Cafe — closed in 2015, and Denver’s losing some of its newer favorites, too — places that people with pets were particularly partial to. After a year of doggie drama, the Bark Bar closed last January, and…
After local makers showed off their wares, tasty treats and exploding ice cream, the members of DeVotchKa took the stage at the Denver Art Museum to make Art of the Maker, a CultureHaus benefit, a night to remember. Photographer Ken Hamblin III captured all the arty fun on January 23…
Native Foods Cafe, which got its start in California in 1994, came into Colorado strong two decades later, winning our Best Vegetarian Restaurant award in the Best of Denver 2014. But over the last year three of its local locations have closed — including spots on the 16th Street Mall…
This week’s best shows include Trivium tonight at the Black Sheep, Los Lobos at the Boulder Theater, Nas at the Belly Up and JEFF the Brotherhood at the Summit Music Hall. See the full list of our picks below. MONDAY, JANUARY 25 Trivium $18-$20, 7 p.m. The Black Sheep Mountain…
Denver is a hot market these days, and nothing gets this city’s residents hotter than talk about recent transplants versus natives — and everything in between (which comprises most of the people in Denver). Artist Lauri Lynnxe Murphy has been painting quite a picture of the changes in this town…
The National Western Stock Show leaves town at the end of the rodeo today, but not before dropping money, memories and maybe a little manure into the local economy. On Friday, the very well-behaved 2016 Grand Champion Steer and the Reserve Grand Champion visited the Brown Palace for tea and…
In-N-Out Burger has lots of fans, one of which suggested that the California chain should move into the vacated Griff’s space. That led to a discussion of why In-N-Out won’t come to Colorado — too far from its distribution centers — which then sparked a debate over whether Colorado wants…
If beer and sausage are your thing but you never had a chance to make it to Wurstkuche before it closed last week, you’re in luck because Kline’s Beer Hall opened last night in Arvada. Owners Lenka Juchelkova and Mike Huggins, who also operate the Arvada Tavern and Union Lodge…
Where’s the beef? It was at Denver’s poshest hotels this morning. An annual tradition of the National Western Stock Show took place once again as the Grand Champion steer was lead into the lobby of the Brown Palace Hotel while onlookers enjoyed tea service. Remi, the winner, and Moses, the…
For those of you wondering what it takes to make a Schmuck of the Week, one key factor involves a series of events that rapidly spirals out of control. In other word, one damn thing leads to another. Schmuck honoree Donald Quint knows all about that. In the beginning, he…
Shred Alert! Ruby Hill Rail Yard, the country’s first free urban terrain park, kicked off its tenth season this month. Every day through February, kids from all over Denver will gather at the park in the southwestern part of the city to show off their moves. Ken Hamblin was on the…
This week we served up our list of the Ten Best Pizza Places in Denver, which included Cart-Driver, the winner of Best Pizza in the Best of Denver 2015. But readers disagreed with that choice, as well as many more on the list. Where were Buenos Aires Pizzeria, Virgilio’s, Slice Work’s, Carl’s…
Jack’s Mannequin celebrates the tenth anniversary of Everything In Transit tonight while X’s John Doe returns to the Lions Lair for a two-night stand, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony is at the Fillmore tonight and T.I. is at the Ogden Theatre on Sunday. See the full list of our picks below. FRIDAY, JANUARY 22…
