The SXSW floodgates probably extend as far as Denver, and regardless this week brings an exceptionally strong crop of bands to town. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, subjects of a recent cover story in our sister paper in St. Louis, play the Gothic tonight. There are plenty more below…
Guinness and Jameson are the undisputed kings of St. Patrick’s Day drinking, but Irish coffee comes in a close third — and makes a good hair of the dog for the day after. Westword’s Bailey Geoghan talked to two masters of the drink, bartender Kari Cummings of Vesta Dipping Grill…
Two more restaurants are joining the brunch bunch tomorrow. Just over a year after it opened in LoHi, Old Major will launch a Saturday and Sunday brunch menu. And down the hill in Riverfront, La Biblioteca — a Sandoval Restaurant concept that took over for Al Lado last fall –…
Knowing that Ohio’s Greg Kasarcik has been arrested and extradited to Colorado for alleged sexual exploitation adds creepiness to one item on his Facebook page and dark humor to another. The creepy part? Kasarcik’s decision to share a notice about a missing fourteen-year-old — since his alleged victim is thirteen…
The Denver Pavilions has big celebrations planned for St. Patrick’s Day, with a Celtic celebration set for noon to 5 p.m., when DJ Aaron,the Celtic Steps and a leprechaun stiltwalker will entertain the crowd; there will also be an outdoor Irish photo both. Many of the businesses in the complex…
Hooo buddy. There are shows this weekend in Denver. Who needs Austin when you’ve got the legendary New Orleans Suspects, the even more legendary De La Soul and a bunch of dudes with laptops, right here in your hometown? Not us. We’ll be here, seeing what Chris Adolf is up…
Wafflich, the neighborhood breakfast-and-lunch joint at 4166 Tennyson Street that chef Benny Kaplan opened after closing Shazz two years ago, had some problems from the start — chief among them the fact that it didn’t serve waffles. Now the tiny spot on Tennyson Street has been turned over to the…
Colorado may be a square state — in shape, if not in spirit — but History Colorado promises to break “out of the box” at its new monthly program, COmingle, which kicks off from 6 to 9 p.m. today, March 13, at the History Colorado Center. The theme of the…
Dinner and a movie? How about dinner inside a movie? At Monkey Town 4, artist Montgomery Knott’s new installation at Exdo Hall, diners sup on gourmet food and wine pairings inside a cube whose walls feature works by eighteen local and national video artists. Denver native Knott debuted the original…
In anticipation of the Best of Denver, we’ve already shared our list of the ten best new restaurants in Denver — spots that opened in 2013 that are all contenders for the Best New Restaurant award. But last year, we also saw many restaurants close and then reopen — sometimes…
Although Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery opened last November, the downtown spot held an official grand opening last Saturday. Hey, it’s never too late for a party, right? There was live music, raffles, free schwag, food and four new beers: two old ales and two versions of a Belgian dark strong…
Xtreme Action just opened on the 16th Street Mall — above the mall, actually, since it’s on the second floor — and this place packs a punch! That’s because it’s a bar designed to celebrate mixed martial arts. Think of it as the Twisted Kick, or a hyped-up Hooters. We…
A musician who has experienced tremendous success with a career second act and spends lots of time and/or money on hair care has announced a Red Rocks show. Also, Lana Del Rey will play there in May. Keith Urban has pretty great hair, too, but he’s playing Fiddler’s Green. More…
Bronies and Pegasisters (male and female fans of My Little Pony, to the unenlightened) showed up in force at the Sie FilmCenter this past weekend for a showing of Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony — and some even sported My Little Pony costumes. Photographer Danielle…
DSTILL made its debut in Denver last year, and now the joint partnership between the Colorado Distillers Guild, Something Independent, the Colorado Bartenders Guild and the American Craft Distillers Association is back for round two, a four-day celebration of spirit tastings, craft cocktail events and workshops spotlighting the country’s top…
Fear the gaze of Angel Olsen, whose smirk has a greater effect on a room than the average five guitar-wanker power slides combined. She plays the black box on Larimer Street tonight. Elsewhere, fireworks in the form of Austin’s The Sword come to The Black Sheep, slick bro G-Eazy hits…
Sean VanDerAa — yes, that’s how his name is spelled — was a professional massage therapist who gave clients a little something extra. Like, for instance, a view of his erection. And that wasn’t the only creepiness in which he specialized, judging by his recent sentencing for unlawful sexual contact…
How sweet it is! The Golden Triangle now has a new bar:Dulce Vida, which finally opened this week in the former home of the Cherokee Grill. Jason Tietjen, owner of the Dive Inn, bought the space, promising to turn it into the kind of neighborhood watering hole he’d created on…
It’s a good weekend for live music in Denver. Let’s start at the end, with Paul Simon’s Graceland collaborator Ladysmith Black Mambazo at Boulder Theater. The day before that, pop clinician Dr. Dog stops by on the same night as the collaboration between knotty rappers Madlib and Freddie Gibbs. There…
Is St. Louis taking over Denver? On Saturday, March 8, Arch Pizza Co. will open its third St. Louis-style pizza restaurant in less than a year. And it will be the biggest one yet, with 2,800 square feet indoors and plenty of outdoor dining space outside, too, at 10101 East…
Sunnyside is a fast-changing neighborhood, attracting restaurants like Bocadillo (which Gretchen Kurtz reviews this week), with more new spots to come. And one of them will be moving into the former home of Hash, which Heather Haupman opened back in 2011 in a storefront that had held La Crema Cafeteria…
Soon after he brought Tamayo to Larimer Square, renowned restaurateur Richard Sandoval opened Zengo in Riverfront Park, when the Platte Valley was still on the urban edge. But Riverfront has grown up, and so has Zengo; this week the restaurant is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Today through Sunday, March 9,…
