There are few cultural events in Denver as well-run and enjoyable as Five Points Jazz. Evey year, the city’s Arts & Venues division organizes the fest, which features an impressive array of local and touring musicians along with food, shopping and a general block party feel. This year, photographer Brandon…
This week’s best concerts include Purity Ring at the Gothic, Bette Midler at the Pepsi Center and Diarrhea Planet at the Marquis. Read on for a full list of our picks! Diarrhea Planet$10. 7:00PM, Monday, May 18, Marquis Theater Streetlight Manifesto $22.50. 8:00PM, Tuesday, May 19, Ogden Theatre Purity Ring$25…
With weather looking better this week, at least before afternoon storms roll in, it’s the perfect weekend to roll out of bed and check out some of the restaurants on our list of the ten best brunches in Denver. If eggs and mimosas aren’t you’re thing, oysters and Anchorman-themed cocktails…
This weekend’s FRIDAY, MAY 15 Global Dub Festival$39.95/$75 6:00PM Red Rocks Amphitheatre Chasin’ Crazy$10 8:30PM Grizzly Rose William Elliott Whitmore$16.75/$20 9:00PM Bluebird Theater Denver Ukefest 2015 $27-$130 7:00PM Swallow Hill Music Hall R. Ring$10-$12 9:30PM hi-dive SATURDAY, MAY 16 Five Points Jazz Festival FREE 11:00AM Five Points Tipper$40-$45 4:30PM Red…
Just when our Schmuck of the Week crew thinks we’ve heard it all, we learn otherwise. Today’s lesson comes courtesy of Matthew McBride, who’s been arrested on suspicion of tying up his elderly mother with a vacuum cord — and threatening to kill her. But the 84-year-old outsmarted him by…
Pitch Perfect 2 hit a few wrong notes for the Village Voice’s Alan Scherstuhl and special guest Monica Castillo, but LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson interpreted the film’s humor a little differently. We circle back to Sofia Vergara’s performance in Hot Pursuit, before arriving in the desert for Mad Max:…
John Denver was best known for his music, his lyrics and his activist worldview, but as a superstar of the 1970s, he was also famous for his sense of fashion — a mix of down-home Western, country chic and a bit of the psychedelic ’70s style that could probably be…
Twenty-three incredibly fit men and women set the night on fire last Saturday at the 2016 Colorado Firefighter Calendar Tryouts, an annual fundraiser for the Children’s Hospital Colorado Burn Center and and Burn Camp that packed Exdo with more than a thousand hooting fans who were pretty well-oiled by the…
Lipgloss is one of the longest-running, most successful dance nights in Denver. After several years in both La Rumba and Beauty Bar, the event recently moved to Syntax Physic Opera on South Broadway, where you’ll find it every Friday. Photographer Brandon Marshall was there last week to capture the lively…
It’s a good week for shows — the Jesus and Mary Chain play tonight at the Ogden, and Courtney Love will be at Red Rocks with Lana Del Rey tomorrow. There’s plenty for you if you aren’t into nostalgia, too — the full list of our picks follows. MONDAY, MAY…
Seven years ago chef William Wahl and his wife, Stephanie, opened Indulge French Bistro, at 4140 West 38th Avenue. Just a few blocks away Tennyson Street has evolved into a hot dining destination, but Indulge always seemed a little too ambitious for the area, and the restaurant finally closed three…
Colorado’s independently-owned breweries and liquor stores have banded together to Keep Colorado Local — and keep supermarkets and convenience stores from selling full-strength beer, wine and other spirits. Their campaign tactics include Colorado LocALE, a new brew created by Dry Dock Brewing in Aurora. But grocery stores have formed their own…
This week we cooked up a list of the ten best burgers in Denver; Meadowlark Kitchen, which Gretchen Kurtz reviews this week, landed in the top ten with an egg-and-bacon extravaganza that she says is perfect for people who are “up for whatever.” Another lark made the list, too: Larkburger,…
Despite the week of gray skies and wet sidewalks, the weather held off long enough yesterday for Civic Center Eats to kick off its tenth season of food truck rallies in Civic Center Park. The Civic Center Conservancy, which produces the twice-weekly event, wanted to get the season started on…
Bill Cadman is mad as shmuck. The state senate leader is mighty steamed. Not because the legislative session that ended with a thud this week was one of the most impotent and gridlocked in recent memory, or because a host of bills dealing with pressing issues such as affordable housing,…
Denver blog posts are feeling the beat of the streets. Streetsblog, which writes about “livable streets in cities and regions across the country,” launched a Denver website this week. Its most recent story looked into “funding mechanisms” for the proposed I-70 expansion through Denver. At our arts blog, Keith Garcia…
Westword editor Patricia Calhoun has won first place for General Column Writing in the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Awards (daily circulation 1-100,000/non-daily publication) with a collection of columns that included two pices on the Sand Creek Massacre (including Governor John Hickenlooper’s apology to descendants) to a pioneering…
Primus brought its Willy Wonka-inspired tour to Red Rocks last night, with the oddballs of Beats Antique in tow. It was a strange night, to say the least, with the rain and the carnival gear and Les Claypool. Photographer Brandon Marshall was there to capture the scene — here are…
FRIDAY, MAY 8 Adventure Club$39.95-$55/VIP $75-$100 6:00PM Red Rocks Amphitheatre Caramel Carmela$10/$12 6:00PM Summit Music Hall Waka Flocka Flame$22/$55 8:00PM Aggie Theatre The Royal$10 9:00PM Larimer Lounge SATURDAY, MAY 9 Gramatik$37.50-$75 6:00PM Red Rocks Amphitheatre All Time Low$26/$30 6:00PM Fillmore Auditorium SUNDAY, MAY 10 The Moody Blues$44.50-$69.50 7:30PM Red Rocks…
The chicken stories were really flying this week. Mark Antonation visited Welton Street Cafe for the start of an Ethniche series on soul food, although he focused on the pork chops rather than the fried chicken. Patricia Calhoun reported that the White Fence Farm has signed the first members of…
Avengers: Age of Ultron director and screenwriter Joss Whedon wants to give us everything in his movie, and that he fits it all in is its own kind of feat, writes LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson in her review of the film, which opens May 1. Joining her on…
Though the actual commemoration falls on today’s date, Denverites of all ages and cultures came together at Civic Center Park over the weekend to celebrate the Mexican army’s 1862 victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla, led by General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín at NEWSED’s 28th annual Cinco de…
