The 9 best concerts in Denver this weekend

It is Texas time in Denver. All we’d need is the Geto Boys and Gary Clark Jr. to hit the spectrum of Lone Star exports: St. Vincent brings her shock of white hair to town tomorrow, the Toadies’ Rubberneck victory lap hits Englewood and songwriting genius Joy Ely makes the…

Photos: Jammin Joe’s BBQ is smokin’ in Wheat Ridge

For a while there it looked like Jammin Joe’s was really jamming. After opening a barbecue joint in West City Park last summer, Joe Van Dyke recently opened a second location at 4272 South Broadway, and right after that a third restaurant in Wheat Ridge. While the South Broadway spot…

The Best of Denver 2014: Music category winners

Westword’s annual Best of Denver issue is on newsstands now. Within it, you’ll find several hundred of our favorite things about this city, everything from best handcrafted signs to best tater tots. Go find yourself a copy to earmark and keep in your car or bicycle basket or whatever. It’s…

The ten best Denver album covers of the past year

Editor: Westword’s 2014 Best of Denver issue is on news stands now. You can peruse several hundred categories to find your next meal, night out or whatever thing you’re into. And while we’re thrilled with the results, we encountered plenty of debate while determining our favorites across this great city…

Trista Sutter opens her heart in Happily Ever After

Was it really dozen years ago that Trista Sutter, a pediatric physical therapist moonlighting as a Miami Heat dancer, had her heart broken on the first season of The Bachelor and then became the very first Bachelorette, falling for poetry-writing firefighter Vail Ryan Sutter and getting married on national TV?…

Coloradans get crafty as Supreme Court hears Hobby Lobby case

Renegade Colorado crafters will be out in force this morning, delivering handmade “no thank you” cards to Attorney General John Suthers and telling him that birth control is #NotMyBossBusiness. Suthers filed a friend-of-the court brief in the Sibelious v. Hobby Lobby case, which the Supreme Court will hear today along…

The 8 best concerts in Denver from March 24 to March 27

Novelty had its moment in hip-hop; vision had its moment; abstraction had its moment. But thanks in no small part to Top Dawg Entertainment and its star, Kendrick Lamar, good old fashioned high-quality rapping is once again the standard of the day. And now, K.Dot’s longtime running mate Schoolboy Q…

The 9 best concerts in Denver this weekend

Lorde and Robin Thicke are playing the Fillmore this weekend. Oh! Not together. No, it’s a Saturday/Sunday situation. But do you know who would make one exceedingly odd twerking couple? Those two. Elsewhere, the great Tower of Power hits our neighbor to the south, D.R.I. will be yelling at Englewood…

Five lucky bets for St. Patrick’s Day

Denver started celebrating St. Patrick’s Day last week, partied hard through the weekend — and the fun isn’t over yet. Bars and restaurants around town are featuring St. Patrick’s Day deals and parties today — some starting as early as 7 a.m. Keep reading for five of our favorites. And…