For years Odell Brewing was a holdout, but now Colorado’s third-largest craft-brewer plans to start canning beer in November. “It wasn’t so long ago that I totally dismissed the can idea,” says Wynne Odell, who founded Odell Brewing in 1989 with her husband, Doug, and Doug’s sister Corkie. “But then…
HTML On this week’s Voice Film Club podcast: The Vacation reboot disappoints, as does Adam Sandler’s Pixels (but it can’t be near as bad as critics are describing, says the Village Voice’s Alan Scherstuhl). Meanwhile, the ’40s noir melodrama Phoenix might be one of the year’s best, says Voice film critic…
You liked the original, but maybe you love the cover even more! Left Hand Brewing in Longmont brought back its fifth annual Leftapalooza and Mile High Tribute Band Competition last weekend, featuring cover acts from all over the country. They included Paradise Theater (Styx), Dirty Femmes (Violent Femmes), REMember (REM),…
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Kelly Clarkson headlines the Pepsi Center this week, and Florence + the Machine, Sam Smith, Milk Chance, Walk the Moon will be at Red Rocks. The full list of our picks follows. MONDAY, AUGUST 3 Florence + the Machine $49.95-$69.50 8:00PM Red Rocks Amphitheatre Melissa Etheridge $72-$77 6:30PM Denver Botanic Gardens…
Solitaire opened in April in the space that once held Highland’s Garden Cafe — two Victorian homes surrounded by lovely gardens. When Gretchen Kurtz visited Solitaire for her latest review, she found that the gardens were still lovely and the new owners — Mark Ferguson and his wife, Andrea Faulisi Ferguson…
Can a pastor also be a schmuck? He can if he’s Walt Roberson. The senior pastor for Vinelife Church in Longmont, Roberson is one of four officials or elders at the house of worship to be sentenced for failure to report pervy sex allegations involving a church employee. The guilty…
The heat of the great green chile debate of June has subsided somewhat, but according to a report this week by the Associated Press, New Mexico’s green chile crop is in trouble. “As this year’s harvest begins, labor shortages, shrinking acreage, drought and foreign competition have hurt production in the…
This weekend’s best concerts include the Telluride Jazz Festival, the Vans Warped Tour, Motley Crue and Alice Cooper at the Pepsi Center and Hozier at Red Rocks. Check the full list of our picks below. ALL WEEKEND Telluride Jazz Festival $105-$575 3-day pass Telluride Town Park Denver Vintage Jazz Festival…
We know many fans of the thirty-year-old, homegrown Anthony’s Pizza & Pasta chain (especially the flagship store on Colorado Boulevard and the spot by the University of Denver). Now Anthony’s is rolling out major updates of all 25 locations in Colorado, even adding bars to several of them. But some…
The Jackalope Craft Fair, a newcomer to the Denver area, gave local artisans a chance to showcase their wares at the Exdo Event Center last weekend. Co-founded by Denver native Melissa Shipley, the national fair featured a wide range of merchandise, from homemade food items to fashion, accessories, home decor, kids’ clothing,…
There are some big shows at the Pepsi Center (Imagine Dragons, and Chicago and Earth Wind & Fire). Also this week: Alt-J and TV on the Radio, and HARD Red Rocks at Red Rocks, Fall Out Boy and Wiz Khalifa at Fiddler’s Green and Charli XCX and Bleachers at the…
Over the years, our panel of Schmuck of the Week experts have cited those deemed worthy of Schmuckification for a wide variety of acts. Somehow, though, we’ve never saluted anyone for wreaking furious vengeance on flowers. Consider that oversight corrected thanks to Bobby Joe Honeycutt, 51, who apparently has a…
Art shows and festivals are popping up all over Denver and around the state. But before you sample everything else opening this weekend, you can still catch Vault, the Metropolitan State University alumni exhibition at the Center for Visual Art, which closes July 25. Here’s what Michael Paglia has to…
This week’s best concerts include massive celebrations in Denver and Lyons: UMS and RockyGrass, respectively. There’s plenty more, though, including the String Cheese Incident’s weekend at Red Rocks and the first Colorado show by TV on the Radio in some time. The complete list of our picks follows: ALL WEEKEND…
The Denver-based Stronghold Society put on its annual One Gathering, a day of competition and community, on July 18 at the Denver Skate Park. The event supported Stronghold’s mission of building skate parks for Native American youth as a way to curb suicide, depression and substance abuse through community and…
The Dragon Boat Festival returned to Sloan’s Lake this past weekend, celebrating Asian culture with art and food vendors, martial arts and other performances — and boat races, of course. Photographer Danielle Lirette was there to capture all the action: See the complete Dragon Boat slideshow here…
We run down the ten best movies of 2015 (so far) on this week’s episode of the Voice Film Club. Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek of the Village Voice, joined by Amy Nicholson at LA Weekly, each share a few of their favorites on this mid-year (well for Hollywood, anyway)…
Just two days after a jury decided the verdict in the Aurora theater shootings case, organizers of the A Night to Remember Beer Festival hosted their annual event at the Four Mile Historic Park, honoring the victims of the crimes, which took place on July 21, 2012. The festival included beer,…
At Cho77, which Gretchen Kurtz just reviewed, she found many good dishes — but uneven service. Calling her assessment “dead on,” one reader advised that diners sit at the bar, the better to avoid the surly servers. (The bar also puts you closer to those good drinks.) But Cho77 isn’t…
The third Biennial of the Americas featured an event last weekend at Civic Center Park that included food trucks, family-friendly fun and performances by Bomba Estéreo, Companhia Urbana de Dança, Black Violin, Ian Cooke and the CSO, Wonderbound and Jeremy Bailey. Beginning on July 14 with opening week events, and…
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock officially kicks off his second term today with a series of inaugural events. The day starts with a swearing-in ceremony at 11 a.m. and ends with a party at the Denver Botanic Gardens featuring a performance from legendary new jack swing group Bell Biv DeVoe. There…
