Have we got a treat for you: Free tickets to the three-day extravaganza that is the Sonic Bloom Festival up in Georgetown. Here’s how you win: You’ll get two free tickets if you can name the musical act that’s appeared at all five Sonic Blooms. Leave your comment below (use…
After a weekend full of Pride and the greatest Music Showcase we’ve presented, how can you even think about enjoying yourself again? Well, we have a few ideas for you. This weekend is as chock-full of dance grooves as ever. Sonic Bloom up in Georgetown is where the big party…
Miley Cyrus’s opinion aside, is there anything more wholesome than Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers — the Disney Channel success story turned legit boy band — and Quaker Oats? We think not. And now, Nick Jonas has scheduled a trip to Denver to find a childhood superstar for his…
Since Fear of Flying was released in 1973, Erica Jong has been a force to be reckoned with in both the literary and feminist worlds; she’s published twenty books, including eight novels, six volumes of poetry, six non-fiction works, plus articles in an array of prestigious publications. In her latest…
Like it or not, John Digweed helped bring electronic music to the masses in the late ’90s; his residency at Twilo in New York City with fellow DJ Sasha helped blow up the electronica scene, and Digweed’s appearance in films like Groove sealed the deal. He’ll be coming to Beta…
Although gluten intolerance is gaining mainstream attention, Rudi’s bakery has long been on the bandwagon, having rolled out its own version of gluten-free bread last year. And from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today, Restaurant 4580 in Boulder will host Rudi’s Gluten-Free Bakery Recipe Contest Cook-Off. For all the details,…
Frank Bonanno, one of Denver’s busiest restaurateurs, has scheduled himself in for a wine dinner at Luca d’Italia tonight. Dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. and costs $95; for more info, call 303-832-6600 or visit www.lucadenver.com. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food & Drink…
Being a vegetarian or vegan sometimes means you’re not always sure whether something like Civic Center Eats is a good plan for lunch. Sure, there will be dozens of selections — but how many of those cater to a vegetarian palate? Plenty, as it turns out. When we visited the…
Root Down is collaborating with Denver Urban Gardens to host GreenShoots2, a celebration of urban agriculture and community gardens. The festivities, which run from 7:30 to 10 p.m., include food, drink and screenings of the Denver Urban Gardens research documentary, A Garden in Every Neighborhood. Admission is $20; for more…
Michelle Hastie was a top cop in the Henderson, Nevada, police department, a hostage negotiator and peer-support officer with an excellent service record. But in November 2007, she reported a colleague for wrongdoing — he was opening mail that didn’t belong to him and threatening not to back up other…
From the mid-’80s to the early ’90s, San Francisco was a Shangri-La of house music. It’s where impresarios like Doc Martin got their start or continued their careers. Martin began spinning records in the summer of 1986, playing legendary eight-hour sets at such clubs as Flammable Liquid and Sunday Love…
Get a taste of the most historic part of downtown, the place where Denver got its start, at LoDo Bites tonight. A $30 ticket ($35 at the door) sends you to a starting restaurant, where you can begin your tour at 5 p.m. From there, you have until 9 p.m…
Happy Summer Solstice! On June 21, daylight hours reach their peak; to celebrate the few extra seconds of sunshine, Interstate Kitchen & Bar will present a Spirited Summer Solstice starting at 7 p.m. tonight. Tickets, which buy you a tasting of fine whiskeys, grub and more, are $30; for details,…
>Tomorrow is the longest day of the year, and this could be one of the biggest weeks of 2011 for food and drink events, culminating in the long-awaited Colorado Cocktail Contest. Here’s a taste of what’s ahead:…
Every Monday night at 7 p.m., The Kitchen in Boulder hosts a Community Night, serving up seasonal offerings family-style. Reservations are required for the $35 dinner (20 percent of the proceeds are donated to the Growe Foundation); sign up by calling 303-544-5973 before 4 p.m. today. For information on dozens…
You can get your chance to be a go-go dancer for Global Dance Festival at the end of June — or, you know, just watch a lot of sexy go-go dancers wile their wares. The Church has Go-Go Auditions tonight, featuring the sounds of Kostas, Trajikk, and Jontron alongside the…
Happy Free Beer Friday! Every Friday from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Rialto Cafe on the 16th Street Mall serves up a free draft beer with the purchase of any lunch entree. That should make your post-lunch Friday much more bearable! For details, call 303-893-2233 or visit www.rialtocafe.com. For information…
Talk a walk on the wild side tonight at Do at the Zoo at the, um, Denver Zoo, 2300 Steele Street. This bash is always one of the major parties of the summer, filled with food samplings, drinks, live music and more. It runs from 7 to 10:30 p.m. and…
When artist Frank Warren handed out 3,000 postcards to strangers in 2004, inviting them to write down their secrets and mail them back, he probably didn’t anticipate that the PostSecret project would grow into what it is today: an ongoing blog, several books and a traveling exhibition — the latter…
The annual 1940s WWII Era Ball gets bigger and better every year — and if you were at the first ball, which featured vintage military vehicles and uniforms, aerial burlesque, a barbershop quartet, a big band, a costume contest and dancing, then you know that’s really saying something. This year,…
Any vegetarian with a hankering for pho will be very familiar with the fact that most pho restaurants serve their noodles swimming in beef broth, which is the traditional preparation for pho. Thankfully, there are a handful of pho restaurants in the metro area that offer a vegetable broth, too,…
The two Elway’s locations are offering very different food-centric events today. First up: The original Elway’s, 2500 East First Avenue, is hosting the annual Hot Rocks Griller Challenge from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight, when sixteen of Denver’s top chefs will join in a heated competition to make the best…
