100 things to do in Colorado before you kick it

Since the start of the new year, we’ve been filling a Colorado bucket list on our four blogs — Show and Tell, Backbeat, Cafe Society and the Latest Word. But now our suggestions are spilling over into print, so that everyone can see the top twenty items on our list…

Rocky Top Tavern opens in former Hill-Top Bar

The Hill-Top Bar was tiny, but had a mighty reputation as one of this city’s best dive bars. It closed last year, and was transformed into Rocky Top Tavern, which opened this past weekend. Although there’s no way you’d call the very renovated Rocky Top a “dive,” it has all…

The Westword 2014 Denver Bucket List: #5-1

What are the hundred things everyone should do in Colorado before they die? We posed this question to our writers and editors, and we’ve been rolling out their answers across our blogs: Cafe Society, Backbeat, Show & Tell and The Latest Word. We’ve already shared Latest Word Bucket List picks…

The Westword 2014 Food and Drink Bucket List: #15-6

What are the hundred things everyone should do in Colorado before they die? We posed that question to our writers and editors, and this week we’ll be rolling out their answers across our blogs, with can’t miss events/activities in music, the great outdoors, the arts and, of course, food. Check…

The Westword 2014 Food and Drink Bucket List: #25-16

What are the hundred things everyone should do in Colorado before they die? We posed this question to our writers and editors, and this week we’ll be rolling out their answers across our blogs, with can’t miss events/activities in music, the great outdoors, the arts and, of course, food. Check…

The best concerts in Denver this week

FRI-SUN | MURDER BY DEATH at STANLEY HOTEL | 1/17-1/19 When Murder by Death first formed in Bloomington, Indiana, nearly fifteen years ago under the name Little Joe Gould, the outfit was somewhat of an anomaly, as the whole chamber-pop phenomenon hadn’t happened yet — and wouldn’t for another five…

Food at the Riverside opens today on the banks of Boulder Creek

When the venerable John’s closed on Pearl Street in Boulder last fall, Corey Buck, the chef/owner of John’s for over ten years, just kept rolling — right over to Food at the Riverside, a cafe planned as part of Agora, a cooperative office space/events center created in a century-old historic…

Broncos are popular animals at the Denver Zoo

If you can’t make one of the Denver Zoo’s free days today and tomorrow, not to worry: The Denver Zoo will offer half-off admission to anyone in Bronco wear on Sunday, January 12 (remember, the zoo opens at 10 a.m. and the game isn’t until 2:40 p.m.). And win or…

The best concerts in Denver this weekend

FRI & SAT | ADVENTURE CLUB at OGDEN THEATRE | 1/10-1/11 The Montreal-based Adventure Club is a duo that started as a pop-punk act. Quickly outgrowing that hybrid, Christian Srigley and Leighton James started making electronic music, their first foray into it being a remix of Brand New’s “Daisy.” Adventure…

The best rap shows in Denver in January

MON | EARL SWEATSHIRT at CERVANTES’ | 1/13/14 After releasing his prodigious self-titled debut at age sixteen, Earl Sweatshirt was exiled to a Samoan disciplinary program by his mother during the most exciting years of Odd Future’s meteoric rise, depriving the act’s rabid fans of his music. As a result,…

The Westword 2014 Latest Word Bucket List: #15-6

What are the hundred things everyone should do in Colorado before they die? We posed this question to our writers and editors, and over the next week, we’ll be rolling out their answers across our blogs. We shared Denver Bucket List picks 25-16 last week. Next up are 15-6. Count…

Backbeat’s 2014 Colorado bucket list: #25-16

What are the hundred things everyone should do in Colorado before they die? We posed this question to our writers and editors, and over the next week, we’ll be rolling out the answers across our blogs. Check back on January 16 for the full list — and in the meantime,…

What we’re all listening to right now

Music is life — or at least it is for us. When we’re not writing about it, we’re thinking about it, talking about it or listening to it. These are the things that were in heavy rotation for us this week. What are you listening to? What should we be…

Sip and snack at Rioja, enjoy beer bites at Euclid Hall tonight

After all the big holiday parties and meals, restaurants can be slow in January. But there’s reason to get up and out to Larimer Square, where two sibling restaurants are bringing back their successful Tuesday specials to celebrate the new year: Sips and Snacks at Rioja, and Beer Bites at…

Photos: Off Panel comic art show

Over two dozen Colorado comic artists showed their work at Wazee Union on Saturday, January 3, at the Off Panel comic art show. The event included works by TK Miller and Stan Yan, as well as organizer Daniel Crosier and Westword contributor Noah Van Sciver — and photographer Danielle Lirette…

The best concerts in Denver this week

FRI & SAT | ADVENTURE CLUB at OGDEN THEATRE | 1/10-1/11 The Montreal-based Adventure Club is a duo that started as a pop-punk act. Quickly outgrowing that hybrid, Christian Srigley and Leighton James started making electronic music, their first foray into it being a remix of Brand New’s “Daisy.” Adventure…

First Look: Corvus Coffee opening in new space today

It’s been a tough few months for Phil Goodlaxson, owner of Corvus Coffee, who took on a new space at 1740 South Broadway, just two blocks from Corvus’s original home at 1947 South Broadway — and then had some challenges getting that location open. But on Friday, he revealed that…