Cold Crush Closed as Public Nuisance by Denver Police

Since it opened in May 2013 (earning our Best New Bar award for that year), Cold Crush has been a hotbed of activity, with live music inside and a lot of live art outside, including the recent Colorado Crush 2016. But things definitely got too hot this past weekend, when…

Ten Types of Uber and Lyft Drivers You Meet in Denver

Whether you’re going to an event downtown and don’t want to mess with parking or you’ve had six IPAs and need to be put to bed, Uber and Lyft are there for you. And in a growing city like Denver that’s full of car-averse millennials, drivers are everywhere. To pay homage…

Lotus, Green Day and All New Denver Concert Announcements

Country stars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill bring their Soul2Soul world tour to the Pepsi Center on Tuesday, August 1, 2017; tickets go on sale Friday, October 14, at 10 a.m. Last July, Lotus released Eat the Light, the electronic outfit’s first album with vocals on every song. The band headlines…

Photos: Ophelia’s Sunday Peepshow, Halloween Edition

Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, always the perfect backdrop for an old-fashioned burlesque show, played host to a spooky seasonal edition of Vivienne VaVoom’s monthly Sunday Peepshow on October 9, with a focus on the gorgeous costuming worn by Denver’s leading ladies of burlesque. And in this case, one boylesquer! All photos…

Vita Has Given Up the Ghost in LoHi

Is the space at 1575 Boulder Street in the Olinger Mortuary complex haunted? That’s what some neighbors wondered as they walked past the crowds lined up at Little Man Ice Cream, or waited for a table at Linger or Lola. Meanwhile, just down the street, Vita often seemed as quiet as…

Photos: The Gang’s All Beer at the 2016 GABF!

The gang was all beer at the 35th annual Great American Beer Festival, a three-day, sold-out celebration of suds at the Colorado Convention Center this past weekend. By the end of Saturday, 60,000 people had poured through the festival, sampling 3,500 beers from 800 breweries. Photographer Brandon Marshall took it…

Photos: The People and Horrific Art of the Cabal Creep Show

South Broadway’s Cabal Gallery crew painted the town bloody on Saturday, October 8, for the Cabal Creep Show, a horror-fanatic’s dream/nightmare come true, with art depicting fanged underworld creatures, cleaver-wielding housewives, skeletal wildlife and giant spiders. And then there were the people! All photos by Aaron Thackeray. Now see the…

Green Day Coming to 1STBANK Center in April

Green Day, which just released Revolution Radio last Friday, will be coming the to 1STBANK Center on Wednesday, April 5 as part of the band’s North American tour, which kicks off in Phoenix in March. Against Me! will open the show.  Pre-sale tickets go on sale for Idiot Nation fan club members on…

Phantogram, Miguel and the Best Concerts in Denver This Week

It’s metal Monday tonight with Slayer and Anthrax at the Fillmore Auditorium and Brujeria at the Bluebird Theater. Dave Matthews plays a rally today at National Western with vice president hopeful Tim Kaine while Andrew W.K. brings his The Power of Partying 50 State Speaking Tour to the Gothic Theatre tomorrow and…

Quixote’s True Blue Is Closing

What a long, strange trip it’s been, indeed.  Quixote’s True Blue will close at the end of this month, according to a Facebook announcement that owner Jay Bianchi posted yesterday. The venue, which Bianchi writes, began twenty years ago “as a sort of refuge for Deadheads who needed a place to…

The Worst News to Come Out of the Denver Post in Recent Months

The last few months have been especially trying for the Denver Post. Its soul-sucking hedge-fund owner is gutting the paper for all it’s worth, and we’re frequently getting news of reporters jumping ship or being forced to walk the plank. That’s bad news for the Post, but it’s especially bad…

Our Ten Best Italian Restaurant Stories Over the Past Three Months

After Gretchen Kurtz’s review of Mas Kaos (where pasta and pizza share equal billing with tacos and guacamole), and with Columbus Day just around the corner, we have Italian cuisine on our minds. Looking back over our coverage of the local restaurant scene over the past few months, we noticed just…

Readers: Plan for No-Parking Micro-Apartments Blows Up Into Major Debate

On October 11, the Denver Board of Adjustment for Zoning Appeals will hear the Humboldt Street Neighborhood Association’s appeal of the city permit issued for a project on two small, combined lots in the 1500 block of Humboldt Street. Real-estate developer Pando Holdings has partnered with Denver businessman and philanthropist Barry…

Reader: Chaotic Concept Adds Up to a Good Time at Mas Kaos

Gretchen Kurtz just reviewed Mas Kaos, Patrick Mangold-White’s new restaurant in the Berkeley neighborhood that specializes in both pizza and tacos — and tequila. Drink enough of that and the combination seems completely reasonable (and as Mark Antonation discovered, other restaurants around town specialize in the Mexican-Italian combo). But even…

Meet Nahid “Dr. Venus” Moshrefi, Alleged Defrauding Cancer-Faker

At Colorado Springs-based Holistic Healing Health, she’s known as Dr. Venus K. Moshrefi, a specialist in natural healing therapies. But the First Judicial District DA’s office refers to her as Nahid Moshrefi, who allegedly bilked an elderly man out of more than $30,000 by pretending to have cancer. If true, these actions…

The Best Concerts in Denver This Weekend

British electronica producer Tipper is bringing three different shows at the Fillmore over three nights, including a trip-hop night on Friday, an uptempo night on Saturday and an ambient night on Sunday. This weekend’s lineup also includes Big Head Blues Club at Boettcher, the Floozies at Red Rocks, the Selecter at the…