Colette gets soulful at Bar Standard on May 4

Colette was one of the reasons that Chicago house garnered such a feverish following in the 1990s — and today she remains one of the reasons that the world at large hasn’t forgotten the Windy City’s contributions to that subgenre of electronic music. She was a pioneer of the live…

Tuna-safe salad for a lunchtime staple on Meatless Monday

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. This is a fast, easy substitute for tuna salad that requires no cooking and harms no fish. We served it up on…

Tennyson Takes Off

The organizers of Totally Tennyson have gone out of their way to ensure that everybody will have a good time at the blocks-long party showcasing Tennyson Street’s restaurants and boutiques. Event co-chair Kristen Speth says the idea for the party came from a group of parents who wanted to put…

Lulacruza wraps up Communikey on April 29 at BMoCA

What does Communikey have in store for lucky festival-goers this year? Plenty, and one of the most intriguing options is Lulacruza, a duo that fuses Latin melodies with funky electronic drumbeats, soaring female vocals and elaborate guitar lines. Alejandra Ortiz hails from Colombia and provides vocals as well as sounds…

The vegan fare at Hops & Pie makes us jump for joy

Hops & Pie is an ideal neighborhood establishment: simply furnished, small enough to have a strong sense of intimacy — but with a big beer list. As a bonus, the kitchen offers not just several vegetarian options, but also vegan dishes. One look at the menu, and moving to the…

Edamame and corn salad for an easy lunch on Meatless Monday

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. This salad is easy to make and a great way to liven up some leafy greens — while still filling you up…

Reefer Mania: Boobs and bud rule Bar Standard for 4/20

There are a lot of marijuana-related goings-on tomorrow, what with it being 4/20 and all, but this event looks like a definite hit. Burlycute, the burlesque production company run by Cora Vette (aka Reyna Von Vett), happens to be booked on the third Friday of every month at Bar Standard,…

Dog Days of Spring

Since 1973, the organization Moving to End Sexual Assault (MESA) has lived up to its name by offering a hotline, services for survivors of assault, prevention education and much more. And for twelve years now, MESA has hosted the Canine Classic 5K run/walk, a Bolder Boulder qualifier at the Boulder…

Choose High on Life at Lumonics on 4/20

If your main objective on 4/20 is to get as blitzed as possible, well, there are plenty of options out there. But if you’re thinking that this year you might want to elevate your consciousness instead of merely getting high, then the Choose High on Life bash at Lumonics should…

Budding Artists

Shawn Sheehy has been creating pop-up cards and books for years, and after he moved into his first-ever house (and spent a summer gardening in his new yard), he was inspired to create Pop-Up Wildflowers, a curriculum focusing on everything from accurate, three-dimensional pop-up renderings of flowers to botanical certification…

Smokin’ Hot!

Austin Weishel is hot stuff. Not only is he a firefighter in Loveland, but he’s also an artist who’s designed a monument to arson dogs that is destined for a fire station in Washington, D.C., as a national salute to these canine crime-fighters. Unlike the dalmatians that were used to…

DJ Beufie spins at Funky Buddha on April 14

DJ Beufie, owner of Native Soul Recordings and Speakeasy, is coming in from New Mexico for another episode of Supernova’s House Revival. No stranger to Denver, Beufie has been playing shows out of his home base in Albuquerque for several years, where he’s been instrumental in shaping the city’s dance-music…

Up in Smoke

Those who attended the initial Vaporize psychedelic music-and-art extravaganza two years ago have been asking Liz E11even, one of the event’s organizers, when the Sculpted Sound crew planned to throw the next one. “It was a mind-blowing experience for them,” she says, “which is what we hear about a lot…

Connie spins her stuff at Funky Buddha on April 7

It’ll be ladies’ night at the Funky Buddha on Saturday, April 7 — not in the drink-special sense, but in the lots-of-ladies-playing-funky-tunes-for-your-dancing-pleasure sense. Connie, of Resolute, Halcyon and Cement Recordings fame, is coming in from the Big Apple to rock the house (or tech-house, to be completely accurate). Connie’s streamlined…

Hummus recipe for snacking and full meals on Meatless Monday

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. Hummus is awesome. It’s one of those versatile spreads that can work on bagels for breakfast, in sandwiches for lunch, or with…