Hank Shaw, foraging expert, featured at Black Cat tonight

How awesome to forage for your own food, then turn it into a fabulous dinner. Tonight foraging expert Hank Shaw will tell you how to do it at Black Cat Restaurant, 1964 13th Street in Boulder, where he’ll be the headliner of the Hank Shaw Dinner and Book-Signing. The $65…

Vegetable barley soup to warm up Meatless Monday

​​​No one’s saying you have to go meatless just because it’s Monday — but as an incentive to join the growing Meatless Monday movement, we’re featuring an animal-free recipe each week. This vegetable barley soup is beef-broth-free — but the cooking sherry and barley miso add a full-bodied flavor to…

Twilight-themed cocktails at Edge

If a weekend of Halloween parties left you thirsty for more, this is the last day to get spooky cocktails at Edge Restaurant & Bar, in the Four Seasons at 1111 14th Street. The special menu of mixed drinks includes several that are Twilight-inspired. For more info, call 303-389-3343 or…

Ghosts by Lantern Light at Beatrice & Woodsley

Get into the Halloween spirit at Beatrice & Woodsley, 38 South Broadway, which is hosting Ghosts by Lantern Light tonight and tomorrow night. The event, which start at 6:30 p.m., features uncommon, Halloween-themed cuisine that will be served in the cellar of the restaurant. Tickets run from $48 to $72…

Educational French Wine Tasting at Alliance Francaise

Maybe you like wine, but don’t have the first idea how to start educating yourself about it. Leave that to the Alliance Francaise de Denver, 571 Galapago Street; the club has been hosting Educational French Wine Tastings focusing on different regions of France for the past few months. From 6:30…

Children of the Corn

You know it’s really fall when the Corn Maze at the Chatfield outpost of the Denver Botanic Gardens opens for business. This year’s maze is designed to pay tribute to the work of Allan Houser; the current exhibit at the York Street gardens, Native Roots|Modern Form, is the seed from…

Monster Mash

Yeti. Bigfoot. Abominable Snowman. These are actually not interchangeable terms — yetis, for example, are specific to the Himalayas, while Bigfoot is an American beast — but clearly, humans have a fascination with all of the giant man-beasts that dwell in mountains. Hence, the American Mountaineering Museum’s annual Yeti Night…

Disassembly Dinner with Il Mondo Vecchio at Row 14

You’ll be in hog heaven tonight at Row 14 Bistro & Wine Bar, 891 14th Street, where the folks from Il Mondo Vecchio will host a Disassembly Dinner. Each course will focus on a different cut of pork. The dinner starts at 6:30 and costs $70; for reservations, call 303-825-0100…

Halloween Community Table at Firenze a Tavola

Don your best fedora and overcoat combo for tonight’s gangster-themed Halloween Community Table at Firenze a Tavola, 4401 Tennyson Street. Appropriately enough, the multi-course dinner is always served family style, and starts at 6:30 p.m. At $28, this is an offer you can’t refuse! For reservations, call 303-561-0234 or visit…

Alpha Zeta Wine Dinner at Amaro Drinkery Italia

Amaro Drinkery Italia, 2785 Iris Avenue in Boulder, will pour on the charm — and pour out the Alpha Zeta wines — at tonight’s five-course dinner. The meal starts at 6:30 p.m., and each course will be paired with wines from the Veneto region of Italy. Tickets are $79; for…

Roy England spins October 29 at Apex Movement in Boulder

Sure, there are massive parties and club nights where you can celebrate Halloween this weekend — but you’ll probably have more fun at an intimate gathering like Easy Killer: It’s a Halloween Party. Filled with local favorites — Roy England (pictured; Make Mistakes), Ejay (Hotbox, Spellbound Music), Khalib (Treehouse Collective,…

Artichoke and green-olive tapenade for a snack on Meatless Monday

​​No one’s saying you have to go meatless just because it’s Monday — but as an incentive to join the growing Meatless Monday movement, we’re featuring an animal-free recipe each week. Appetizers and small plates tend to be meat-and-cheese heavy, but this tapenade is completely plant-based; serve it on top…

Rose for a Cure at the Palace Arms

It’s that time of year — the time when “fill-in-the-blank-for-the-cure” events start filling up your calendar. Tonight’s Rose for a Cure at the Palace Arms, the elegant restaurant in the Brown Palace Hotel, will have you in the pink, with pink-inspired hors d’oeuvre, pink wine and cocktails, plus live jazz;…

Wines in the Pines: From Keystone With Love

Everyone knows Britain’s best spy took his martinis shaken, not stirred — but his wine preferences weren’t as well known. Turns out that he liked vintage Taittinger champagne, Mouton Rothschild ’53 when someone else was buying the red, and Loire Valley Vouvray, according to wineportfolio. But he didn’t limit his…

Wildflower Throwback at Empire Lounge and Restaurant

Remember Vail’s Wildflower? The restaurant was legendary, and at 7 p.m. tonight The Empire Lounge and Restaurant, 816 Main Street in Louisville, will host a Wildflower Throwback. Wildflower’s founder, Jim Cohen, who owns the Empire, will host this gastronomic tribute. Admission is $65; to make a reservation, call 303-665-2521. For…

An Evening with Crown Royal at Elway’s Downtown

Bottoms up! Whisky master Robert Sickler will join the diners at tonight’s “An Evening with Crown Royal”; the multi-course meal will be paired with Crown Royal cocktails. The fun — and food — starts at 6:30 p.m. at Elway’s Downtown, 1881 Curtis Street; for more details, call 303-312-3107 or go…