You can call what Julius Papp produces and spins “house” — and it is, beyond the shadow of a doubt — but the sweeping, funky melodies and soulful beats have roots and branches in genres from disco to hip-hop. Papp started collecting vinyl in the 1970s and began playing with…
With Memorial Day comes the start of camping season, and here’s a new tool to put in your pack: Patty Ruwoldt’s Open Range Cook’n: Home on the Range Cooking Made Easy — A Camp Cook’s Guide to Tasty Vittles. Not only does the book include recipes for satisfying meals you…
Atomic Tamale landed on the list of our top ten vegetarian meals of 2011, and the tiny spot on Santa Fe Drive was always packed (especially on Sundays, when free vegan menudo was offered up with entrees), selling tamales by the singles and dozens. But as with Denver Seitan Company,…
Best of Denver award-winner Denver Seitan Company has been mysteriously absent as of late: no presence at this past Sunday’s Neat Market, no Denver Seitan pizza at the Marquis — and we just found out why: The health department embargoed and confiscated all DSC wheat meat due to permitting issues…
This weekend’s Playa Bazaar-B-Q is a shopping extravaganza unlike similar events held at the Fusion Factory: It features vendors bringing “whatever they make,” says Meghan Woodhouse. “So we’ve got costumes, we’ve got artists bringing art, people doing jewelry, cupcakes, zombie dolls, fur costumes, hoops and fire toys and that kind…
At some point in all lives, we’ve all wanted to live in a tree house, but perhaps no one more so than tree house expert Pete Nelson, who will kick off this year’s Bonfils-Stanton lecture series at the Denver Botanic Gardens. “He’s extremely passionate about building tree houses,” says DBG…
The concept behind The Garden, which recently sprouted in the former Kate’s at 35th Avenue spot, is deceptively simple: seasonal dishes — including raw, vegan, gluten-free and nut-free fare, as well as entrees with consciously sourced meat and dairy — served at brunch, and brunch only. Some of that concept…
Darin Epsilon has long been on the cutting edge of the progressive and tech-house genres, possessing both the selective taste of a premier club DJ and an elite producer’s talent for creating hypnotic tracks. He was a winner of John Digweed’s DJ competition in 2011, he hosts a radio show…
No one’s saying you have to go meatless just because it’s Monday — but as incentive to join the growing movement, every week we’re offering an animal-free recipe. Last week, we showed you how to roast red potatoes and use a parsley pesto to make a vegan-friendly potato salad. This…
The Blend got its start when DJs Hoang and Sami T launched the night in Los Angeles; after they moved to Denver, they started it up again with another local favorite, Brick Lee. “Each month one of us takes the lead, and we’ll have creative control for that month,” explains…
Cora Vette (aka Reyna Von Vett), burlesque madame extraordinaire, has been getting back to basics: the vintage songs, costumes and vibe that pulled her into the burlesque scene to begin with. That’s part of the concept behind a store she’s opening with burlesque wife Eve Vette. To help cross-promote her…
It might seem that Subb-an has appeared on the scene overnight, but give him some credit: The guy’s 24 years old, and considering that he started mixing tracks at the tender age of fourteen, he got here as fast as he could. He earned a prestigious degree in sound design…
One of the joys of living overseas are all the savory concoctions you find wrapped in pastry and baked. Now — finally! — the wonderful folks behind Maria Empanada have brought authentic, vegetarian-friendly Argentinian empanadas to Lakewood…
No one’s saying you have to go meatless just because it’s Monday — but as incentive to join the growing movement, every week we’re offering an animal-free recipe. Memorial Day is fast approaching, which means cookouts and buckets of potato salad. This version (adapted from vegan king Bryant Terry) is…
Joshua LaBure, the man behind Chomp! Vegan Supper Club and the vegan Neat Market (and a member in good standing of the vegan activist collective Plants & Animals Denver), has arguably done more for vegans in this town than anybody else. And now, he’s about to take his efforts to…
Electronic music is like any other of genre of music in that the artists who stick around for decades tend to be the most innovative, the ones who constantly experiment and evolve as artists. Patrik Skoog is one such example; he’s created hard techno under his Headroom project, made a…
During its short time on the map, Sub-Culture has become very popular; it opened last year and has already garnered a Best of Denver award as the Best Non-Sports Spot for Watching Games. But we were more concerned with the food than the atmosphere when we swooped in to pick…
It seems counterintuitive for a business book to tout the virtues of unpopularity, but author Erika Napoletano has thoroughly embraced the concept of unpopularity — which is not a pejorative term, as she explains in the Q&A that follows. Basically, unpopularity means you don’t have mass appeal for everyone, which…
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No one’s saying you have to go meatless just because it’s Monday — but as incentive to join the growing movement, every week we’re offering an animal-free recipe. The stores are starting to stock fresh, fat blueberries, which are perfect for muffins. These vegan offerings contain juicy blueberries and lemon,…
The concept behind the business book The Power of Unpopular came from, of all things, a debate over Oprah versus Ellen between the book’s author, Erika Napoletano, and a publisher. “I’m more of an Ellen girl,” Napoletano says. “She’s witty, she’s super-smart and she’s fun. And she was like, ‘I…
Although Russo’s, the spot next door, closed last month, Street Kitchen Asian Bistro has managed to capture a decent-sized lunch crowd in this strip of restaurants that sits, like an oasis, amid chains and office complexes. (Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizzeria is another Street Kitchen neighbor.) The Street Kitchen menu draws from…
