The time is now to pick up your Westword Music Showcase tickets. Starting today at 10 a.m., if you’re one of the first 2,000 folks to buy tickets using the “music” promo code, you’ll get an exclusive pre-sale price of $25. Act now to get this deal, as ticket prices…
5280 Burger Bar opened earlier this month in Denver Pavilions, but it will celebrate its grand opening at 11 a.m. today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a free scoop of 5280 Ice Cream chocolate “ribbon,” a one-day special of homemade Mexican Vanilla Ice Cream with a ribbon of Callebaut Belgian…
Rise and shine! The seventh Modmarket opens today in downtown Denver, at 900 16th Street. The fast-casual, farm-to-table concept opened its first restaurant in Boulder in 2009, and the homegrown chain is anticipating doubling in size this year. See also: 100 Favorite Dishes — curried split pea soup from Modmarket…
We have one more $50 gift certificate to give out for Denver Restaurant Week — and it’s to Boone’s Tavern, winner of our Best Green Chile award in the Best of Denver 2013! The restaurant has been remodeled and has a new menu, but the green chile is still on…
Westword has always covered the local arts scene. But ten years ago, we recognized that if the arts were really going to grow in those town, they could use some some fertilizer in the form of cold, hard cash. And so we created the MasterMind Awards, which every year gives…
Suddenly, it’s as if one of the most widely reported stories from late last year never happened…. We’re talking about the arrest of 127 Hours inspiration Aron Ralston and his girlfriend, Vita Shannon, on domestic-violence-related allegations. Ralston was quickly cleared of wrongdoing in the case. And now, Shannon has been,…
SAT | ARTOPIA at SOCO CLUBS | 2/22/14 Pruitt Poythress has crafted a sound that translates his fascination with the storytelling styles of hip-hop’s golden era into modern dance music. Creating big-room sounds minus the same old build-and-drop structure of most electronic sets, Pruitt works the ebbs and flows of…
SAT | ARTOPIA at SOCO CLUBS | 2/22/14 Artopia is always a blast, and this year’s lineup includes a cornucopia of producers and bands handpicked from the local scene, including Shady Elders, Confluence, FaceMan, Colfax Speed Queen, the Outfit, the Royal, Pruitt, Mikey Thunder, Decadon, Lotus Drops, Pan Astral and…
Bummer news if you were planning on catching Slaughterhouse at the Bluebird Theater on Tuesday, April 1. The show has been canceled, and refunds are available wherever you purchased tickets. According to the folks at AEG, the outfit has postponed its tour to focus efforts on finishing its forthcoming album…
Boulder is certainly used to obnoxious behavior. Whether it’s drunken college kids rioting on the Hill, homeless kids with dreadlocks harassing people on the Pearl Street Mall, entitled CEOs landing in jail (or just cutting us off in traffic), or the hippie elite lecturing the rest of the world on…
Railroad Earth is due at the Boulder Theater on Friday, August 1, followed by a show at Red Rocks on Saturday, August 12, with Greensky Bluegrass and the Wood Brothers. Tickets for the latter show go on sale this Saturday, February 22, at 10 a.m. Flux Pavilion, meanwhile, headlines Red…
Ace is introducing an updated menu today, with a new section of daily specials that highlight particular crowd-pleasers. “We really wanted to create that list of regular daily specials, so our guests would know what days to come in for their favorites,” says chef Brandon Biederman. See also: Best New…
Wit’s End Brewery celebrated Valentine’s Day this by pairing the holiday’s most iconic food, chocolate, with one of Denver’s big loves: craft beer. Our photographer Danielle Lirette was at the Chocolate and Beer pairing to capture this sweet, sweet event. See also: Beer dinners, beer festivals and a visit from…
For the act’s last show, local fixture Bop Skizzum decided to go all out at the Nerd Prom. Great music, thick-rimmed glasses and bow-ties filled the Gothic Theatre for the band’s farewell show, and Ken Hamblin was there to catch the action. Keep reading for a peek at the prom…..
TUES | MANOWAR at OGDEN THEATRE | 2/18/14 Manowar is powered by lyrics crowned in fantasy-flamed swords, armor, and everything having to do with metal warfare clashing into Norse mythology. Eric Adams’s powerful vocals are steeped in wordy wizardry that really drives home the aggressive themes. “Man o’ War” was…
This week in Cafe Society, Gretchen Kurtz reviewed Session Kitchen, the restaurant that the Breckenridge-Wynkoop group opened last fall in the former home of Izakaya Den. Lori Midson talked to Caitlin Mandigo of City Bakery about what it takes to bake bread for a living — and at altitude –…
The Wynkoop Brewing Company presented its inaugural Masters of the Brewniverse Beer Festival and Brewery Pageant on Thursday night at the Oriental Theater. Guests got to sample lots of beer from more than fourteen breweries while watching reps and brewers from each brewery compete on stage for the crowning title…
When Mayor Michael Hancock’s office announced that it would be sending green chile from the Original Chubby’s, as well as other local Mexican restaurants, to the mayor of Seattle to pay off a Super Bowl bet, we were concerned: Did the mayor mean the original Chubby’s, the restaurant on West…
As most of us know, nothing’s ever really free. There are always strings attached — and the more something’s worth, the more strings there are. Just ask John Stitt, our latest Schmuck of the Week. He probably thought he’d hit the bureaucratic-snafu motherlode when his aunt’s Social Security checks kept…
Lines formed hours before the doors opened this morning, but Denver has been waiting much longer for Trader Joe’s, the famous West Coast grocery store chain, to arrive in Denver. And today, three stories opened simultaneously in the metro area — one in Boulder, one in Greenwood Village, and one…
After teasing Denver with a couple of dates that were eventually scrapped altogether due to health issues on his part, Morrissey is finally slated to make his way to the Mile High City for what will surely be a highly anticipated show at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House on Saturday,…
The Avett Brothers are making their annual trek to Red Rocks, but this year, the outfit will be setting up shop for a three-night run with Bob Weir & Rat Dog on Friday, July 11, Lucero on Saturday, July 12, and Shovels and Rope on Sunday, July 13. Tickets for…
