Even those of us who buy and use recycled items tend to draw the line at sex toys — because we may not know where they’ve been, but we can guess. Does that make Charles Bush an environmentalist? Not to the Greeley Police Department, which arrested him on the shmucky…
Got plans this weekend? Cancel them and go support live music instead. We’re here to help with our freshly updated calendar of Denver concerts. The listings are sortable by artist, venue and even price, if you like to choose bands based on cost per riff. There’s also a big list…
Last night Westword’s annual food party turned eighteen, and more three dozen local restaurants and food trucks stopped by to help celebrate the food fete. Held in the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, Dish 2012 celebrated the city’s culinary culture by serving up samples from some of…
As people who think about, talk about, write about, listen to and make music, it shouldn’t be too surprising to find that the most common (and our mutually favorite) topic of conversation among all of us is the same: “What are you listening to right now?” Stick a quarter in…
Welcome to the weekend! We know, it’s here already? Indeed. Hooray for short weeks! As always in our beloved Mile High City, the options are ripe for the picking and plentiful. We have them all listed in our massive concert calendar. If you’re feeling industrious and have some time to…
We’re a world away from Burning Man Festival in Black Rock City, which took place this past weekend in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get a taste of what we missed. Our West Coast Sound counterparts were on hand and took a slew of pics,…
For this week’s art review, Westword critic Michael Paglia focused on feminism in two simultaneous shows at Ice Cube Gallery and Pirate: Contemporary Art. And before even analyzing their art, he offered up this apology: “I was wrong. Apparently, the subject of feminist art is as urgent and relevant now…
Update: Congratulations, teresa.giovanne, Charles Wood, and Heather Ashley Davis, you’ve each won two VIP tickets to Westword Dish 2012! Please check your email for details on how to claim your tickets. It’s almost here: Tomorrow night, Westword’s annual food fest arrives in Sculpture Park, but for a few lucky Cafe…
Summer’s over — well, at least according to the time-tested seasonal benchmark, the annual passing of Labor Day. Of course, it still feels like we might burst into flames at any moment, but whatever. The Taste of Colorado has foisted its parade of also-rans upon us and Phish has now…
Young Cherry Creek restaurant Phat Thai offered a strong start to Labor Day weekend. Upper-body strong, that is. Organizers channeled muscle and mettle with a female arm-wrestling competition that featured members of the Denver Derby Dolls and the public pushing up their sleeves and pitching in to raise funds for…
This weekend’s A Taste of Colorado filled attendees up with a mouth-watering spectrum of local cuisine, but corn on the cob appeared in abundance. Revisit the weekend’s food and festivities with the full slide show below, and continue reading for our favorite pieces of corn porn. (Don’t worry: It’s completely…
Labor Day weekend packed a peck of pickled parties, but for the holiday outing’s best costumes, look no further than Saturday’s 1950s Tiki-Exotica Ball. Held at the Millenium Harvest House in Boulder, the event featured historic fashion, Polynesian pageantry and vintage music for a night dedicated to the Hawaii of…
Disgusting and moronic is a helluva bad combination — and one that appears to perfectly describe the actions for which former Boulder deputy sheriff Rick Ferguson has now pleaded guilty. Ferguson has admitted to Internet sexual exploitation of a child — from a sheriff’s office laptop. And his sentence is…
In advance of Gretchen Kurtz’s debut next week as the new Cafe critic, we asked some of our previous restaurant reviewers to weigh in — and given their jobs, we do mean weigh in — with advice for our newest critic. Kyle Wagner, now the travel editor at the Denver…
Welcome to the (long) weekend! As the summer heat continues, so do the shows. There’s a great variety to choose from over the next few days, a healthy mix of imports and exports. We have them all listed in our massive concert calendar. If you’re feeling industrious, print that bad…
In advance of Gretchen Kurtz’s debut next week as the new Cafe critic, we asked some of our previous restaurant reviewers to weigh in — and given their jobs, we do mean weigh in — with advice for our new newest critic. Kyle Wagner, our reviewer for close to a…
Colorado is a key swing state in the upcoming presidential election. In polls, Colorado looks like a toss-up between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, with leads shifting back and forth by the day — and which way the vote ultimately goes here could decide the national outcome. By the numbers,…
Colorado is a key swing state in the upcoming presidential election. In polls, Colorado looks like a toss-up between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, with leads shifting back and forth by the day — and which way the vote ultimately goes could decide the national outcome. By the numbers, though,…
Colorado is a key swing state in the upcoming presidential election, with polls suggesting a toss-up between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. And no wonder, since Colorado is a purple state, with nearly equal numbers of Democrats, Republicans and independents. Still, parts of Colorado are definitely Democratic blue or Republican…
In advance of Gretchen Kurtz’s debut next week as the new Cafe critic, we asked some of our previous restaurant reviewers to weigh in — and given their jobs, we do mean weigh in — with advice for our new newest critic. Kyle Wagner, our reviewer for close to a…
Update: The winners have been notified! Thanks. A Taste of Colorado will return to Civic Center Park this weekend for its twenty-ninth year of fun and serious food. Seriously: The Taste features more than sixty food vendors cooking and selling their fare. Interest in eating your way through Labor Day…
In advance of Gretchen Kurtz’s debut next week as the new Cafe critic, we asked some of our previous restaurant reviewers to weigh in — and given their jobs, we do mean weigh in — with advice for our new newest critic. Kyle Wagner, our reviewer for close to a…
