#WMS 2012 recap: City Hall Upstairs

Every year, for the Westword Music Showcase, we enlist our army of Backbeat wordsmiths to host various stages, and, in addition to their emcee obligations, we ask them to pull double duty (or triple-duty in some cases) and also write up the acts that appear on their individual stages. Nicole…

#WMS 2012 recap: City Hall Street Level

Every year, for the Westword Music Showcase, we enlist our army of Backbeat wordsmiths to host various stages, and, in addition to their emcee obligations, we ask them to pull double duty (or triple-duty in some cases) and also write up the acts that appear on their individual stages. Noah…

#WMS 2012 recap: Stoney’s Bar & Grille

Every year, for the Westword Music Showcase, we enlist our army of Backbeat wordsmiths to host various stages, and, in addition to their emcee obligations, we ask them to pull double duty (or triple-duty in some cases) and also write up the acts that appear on their individual stages. Due…

#WMS 2012 recap: Bar Standard

Every year, for the Westword Music Showcase, we enlist our army of Backbeat wordsmiths to host various stages, and, in addition to their emcee obligations, we ask them to pull double duty (or triple-duty in some cases) and also write up the acts that appear on their individual stages. Tom…

#WMS 2012 recap: City Hall Amphitheatre

Every year, for the Westword Music Showcase, we enlist our army of Backbeat wordsmiths to host various stages, and, in addition to their emcee obligations, we ask them to pull double duty (or triple-duty in some cases) and also write up the acts that appear on their individual stages. Britt…

Hot Rocks Griller Challenge heats up Cherry Creek

The fourth annual Hot Rocks Griller Challenge at Elway’s Cherry Creek last night, a benefit for the Denver Health Foundation, was hot in more ways than one: hot in temperature, with the the late spring sun beating down during the first hour or so; hot in hotties who stripped down…

Wazee Supper Club reopens today after renovations

Wazee Supper Club, 1600 15th Street, opened its doors today after closing in late April for a remodel. The renovated space now boasts air-conditioning, new furniture, an upstairs lounge and, most important, a fully redesigned kitchen — which Wazee chef Randy Balch couldn’t be happier about. Read why in his…

Electric Daisy Carnival Vegas coverage ahead

Colin Young-Wolff This weekend, the traveling dance music bacchanal Electric Daisy Carnival comes to Las Vegas. For those who are still bummed that it’s skipping Denver this year or just can’t afford the trek and want to live vicariously, we’ve got ya covered. Beginning tomorrow morning, our top-notch West Coast-based…

Oops! Hammond’s Candies Garage Sale starts today

Hammond’s Candies employees have been working overtime in the Oops Room, where they sell their mistakes. But there have been so many delicious blunders lately that they’ll spill out into the company’s fifth annual Hammond’s Candies Garage Sale, which runs today through Saturday in a tent in the parking lot…

Photos: Civic Center Eats rolls into the heart of Denver

The seventh annual Civic Center Eats — a moveable feast in the heart of Denver — kicked off yesterday, with an assortment of Denver dignitaries, a record number of trucks…and no urban campers in sight. “We know we’ve had some challenges in the park,” said Lauri Dannemiller, head of the…

The gang’s (almost) all beer! Restaurant roll call for May

Several new brewpubs rolled out this month, as well as the Lowry Beer Garden — and there are many more beery spots brewing. But the gang isn’t all beer: Last month saw dozens of other eateries open, which specialize in everything from upscale street tacos to vegan tamales to breakfasts…

Lipgloss moves from La Rumba to Beauty Bar

Lipgloss is changing locations. After an award-winning, eight-year run at La Rumba, one of Denver’s longest-running dance nights is on the move from the Golden Triangle to Capitol Hill, where it will land at Beauty Bar.This Friday, June 1, will be your last chance to experience Lipgloss as you’ve known…

Food Truck Renegades: We brake for mobile vendors

Although there was no Biker Jim’s truck at the Food Truck Renegades event Friday night, Jim Pittenger was there, checking in on some of his favorite mobile vendors — and also accepting accolades from a visitor from Orlando, who’d stopped by his Biker Jim’s restaurant for a vegan dog earlier…

Photos: Micah True story in NY Times brings back Westword cover

Micah True, the world-famous “ultrarunner” who was found dead in New Mexico in April, was profiled Sunday in a mammoth New York Times piece by Barry Bearak, who described True’s days as a furniture mover and prizefighter in Boulder. That’s when True, then going by the moniker “The Gypsy Cowboy,”…

A second Beirut Grill is set to open downtown

Beirut Grill is opening a second location at 1600 Champa Street, in what was once the home of Champa Street liquors. Although information is sketchy, we know that the menu will be the same as at the original location, 203 West Hampden Avenue: traditional Middle Eastern fare. Look for this…