SNOWBALL MUSIC FESTIVAL @ VAIL VALLEY | 3/3/12 (DAY 2) Having survived the frigid first night, the sunshine and above-freezing temps of the second day are a treat. Feeling a little wear and tear from the night before, I was hoping to make it back to the festival grounds in…
SNOWBALL MUSIC FESTIVAL @ VAIL VALLEY | 3/2/12 (DAY 1)It took about four bone-chilling minutes, starting at the opening of gates, to remind me of the frigid misery I signed up for again this year. Did I learn my lesson from last year in regard to snow boots, multiple layers,…
The Louisville-based Lucky Pie closed out the month’s action on February 29, when it opened a second Lucky Pie in (half of) the former home of Dixons. But other local ventures have not been so fortunate with their expansion plans: The companies behind both the Spicy Pickle and Mercedes Mexican…
Welcome to the weekend! Whether you’re making your way up to the mountains for Snowball Music Festival 2012 or staying behind in the city, there’s an abundance of musical choices: Tonight at the Fillmore Snoop Dogg throws down before heading up the hill himself for a slot at Snowball, while…
The Village Greek opened on Tuesday, February 21, at 6886 South Clinton Street in Englewood, an area that could use more ethnic flavor. The restaurant is owned by Stanley Pappas and managed by his chef/brother Steve Pappas. For more information — including details on this weekend’s special of roast leg…
TGIF! We made it to the weekend! Another fine lineup of live music in store for you in the Mile High City over the next couple days. Tonight, Overcasters play the second night of its three-night stand at City Hall. Dubbed Gathering of the Clouds, the second edition of this…
Welcome to the weekend! You made it! While we’re assuming we’ll be seeing you at Artopia tomorrow night, if for some reason we don’t, there’s a pretty diverse lineup of music on tap otherwise for the next three days, including two more nights of Phil Lesh at 1STBANK Center, two…
Owner/chef Alec Schuler of Arugula Bar e Ristorante, Tangerine and Amaro Drinkery Italia will be one of four Colorado chefs honored on February 20 for leading the charge on the use of locally grown, raised and processed products. The American Culinary Federation Colorado Chefs Association partnered with Colorado food-service companies…
The Great Harvest Bakery reopened last week at 7745 Wadsworth Boulevard in Arvada, and will celebrate being back in business with a ribbon-cutting at 4:30 p.m. today, followed by a weekend of deals on Friday, February 17, and Saturday, February 18. “We are so excited to reopen the bakery doors,”…
Ah, yes, we’ve reached the end of another glorious week in the Rockies, which can only mean another dope weekend of music in the Mile High City. Lenny Kravitz kicks things off tonight with a show at the Buell Theatre, Widespread Panic pulls into the Fillmore for a three-night stand,…
We’ve followed Benny Armas since he was cooking up Mexican food in the kitchen of the old Oak Alley (that building is now home to Hanson’s). In the ’80s, he finally opened his own place at 225 East Seventh Avenue (now Mizuna), then moved across the street to a bigger…
Update: The Ryan Adams show originally slated for tonight the Temple Buell has been postponed until tomorrow night. The Dr. Dog show has also been postponed, but a new date has not been announced. What’s a little snow? Blizzard schmizzard. There’s too much great music this weekend to stay at…
The new year got off to a fast start, with Pearl Street claiming another casualty: Ototo. And that was just the start of the closings. But while Mo’s is no more on Broadway, Moe’s now has one more store in Boulder. And several new pizza joints sliced off a piece…
So with all the hip-hop, punk rock and scary metal happenings this weekend, you hair metal maniacs probably feel a bit left out that we haven’t mentioned a word about Vince Neil playing at the Grizzly Rose tonight. Well, rest easy. We didn’t forget about you. We’ve been busy crafting…
If it’s going down in the streets, we’ve got you covered party style. Everything from weekly reggae parties, queer-centric open mike nights, an all female Wu-tang cover band and more. This week has already been a doozy, let us help you send it on home with something from our guide…
Are you ready? This is a weekend to remember. Tonight for the first time ever, the famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre will add to its renown by hosting the first ever wintertime concert with Icelantic’s Winter on the Rocks with Atmosphere, Common, Grieves and Budo and Get Cryphy. And that’s just…
Denver’s best live music bets, weekend of January 20, 2012
Three years ago this past Sunday, Denver police officers pulled over Alex Landau, then nineteen, for allegedly making an illegal left turn onto Emerson Street — and then, wielding flashlights and radios as weapons, they beat him bloody (“Black and Blue,” January 20, 2011). Although Landau received one of the…
Even in the early part of January when the concert calendar is typically just barely beginning to ramp back up after the holiday season, there’s still plenty of great music to catch. Tonight, Mudhoney’s at the Bluebird, Cattle Decapitation’s at the Marquis, the Wailers are at the Fox in Boulder…
Close to 300 new restaurants opened in the metro area last year — and with that much action, perhaps it’s not surprising that two of them are named Cebiche, and two of them are named Chinook. But the local dining scene also lost a surprising number of mainstays: the 29-year-old…
There’s always a lot of action at the end of the year, and 2011 was no exception: After last call early on December 31, the Pearl Street Grill closed its doors, after almost thirty years in business. The Pearl isn’t gone for good, though. It will reopen in 2012 –…
There were a ton of albums released this year, and while we spent a great deal of time with the staggering number of outstanding local releases from the past twelve months (see last week’s annual Moovers and Shakers list), we also found time to devote to the imports. And while…
