The Eight Best Concerts in Denver This Week

As it officially starts to feel like fall outside, the concert calendar eases up a bit — but there are still plenty of good shows out there, including Titus Andronicus at the Marquis on Wednesday. See the full list of our picks below.  MONDAY, OCTOBER 5 Dirty Few$8 9 p.m…

Black Eye Coffee Wins Best Brew Award

It’s only October 2, but it’s already been a big month for Black Eye Coffee. Yesterday the hot spot in Highland was named the Denver winner in the KRUPS Best Brew Awards — the fifth round of the annual contest, but the first time people were allowed to vote for a…

Reader: Another Bitter and Pretentious Review

The dual missions of Baur’s Restaurant and Listening Lounge are made clear in its name — but it’s not easy combining the two in a single space, as Gretchen Kurtz noted in her recent review of Baur’s, which moved into a historic downtown space this year and has already made some…

Reader: Get Those Fake Green Chiles Outta Here!

This past weekend Pueblo hosted its 21st annual Chiles and Frijoles Festival, which celebrates the bounty of Colorado’s farms — and the great chiles grown there. Farmers brought in Pueblo, or Mirasol, chiles; Anaheims and Big Jims; scorching Dynamite and lesser-known varieties like Mosco and Marconi — and there wasn’t…

Reader: People Can’t Afford Places Like Trillium Anymore

Tomorrow we’ll publish our Restaurant Roll Call for September, compendium of all the openings and closings around town. And there were plenty of closings — some expected, some not. The original Las Delicias shuttered its doors, but promises to return to its Uptown home next spring after a big remodeling…

Photos: Big Gigantic’s Light Show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Boulder duo Dominic Lalli and Jeremy Salken, who make up the band Big Gigantic, played their fourth Rowdytown show at Red Rocks over the weekend. As usual, the group brought a particularly impressive light show. Photographer Brandon Marshall was there to capture the scene. Check out a few highlights below,…

The Nine Best Concerts in Denver This Week

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 Cannibal Ox$13/$15 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 Queensrÿche$32.50-$89.50 7:30 p.m. Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre Purity Ring$25 8 p.m. Boulder Theater Shannon & the Clams$10 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 A$AP Rocky$45 7 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre KRS-ONE$20/$25 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side Calexico$25…

Dalai Lama Cancels October Appearances in Boulder

They were some of the hottest tickets in town. But for medical reasons, the Dalai Lama will not be coming to Boulder for a series of scheduled programs on October 20 and October 21, or attending any of his planned events in the United States next month. Today the Tibetan Association…

The Eleven Best Concerts in Colorado This Weekend

This weekend’s concert calendar includes a couple good festivals: Life’s a Beach at 3 Kings Tavern and the Larimer Block Party in RiNo. Elsewhere, Big Gigantic returns to Red Rocks, Def Leppard and Styx co-headline the Pepsi Center and more. See the full list of our picks below.  FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER…

Reader: BBQ Is One of the Only Things Colorado Did Not Get Right

Barbecue and beer: Everyone has opinions about those. But while people uniformly praise Colorado craft beers, opinions of this state’s barbecue offerings are much more mixed. Last week we served up our updated list of the Ten Best Barbecue Joints in Denver, which includes Brewshine — a place that happens…

Reader: Nothing Like Being Awash in a Sea of Drunken Douchenozzles

Denver’s being invaded by craft-beer lovers coming to town for this weekend’s Great American Beer Festival — or, if they couldn’t get tickets, the many beery events connected with GABF. But there’s another sudsy holiday already being celebrated all along the Front Range and in the mountains: Oktoberfest. And if…

Marijuana Legalization to Become History at CSU

Since the passage of Amendment 64 in November 2012, Colorado has been in the forefront of regulating the use of marijuana, both for medical and for recreational purposes – and Colorado State University’s library archive has begun collecting materials related to this historic event. “The Amendment 64 Collection is focused…