Photos: Sculpture Brunch Serves Up Creativity at Syntax Physic Opera

Teams of budding artists gathered at Syntax Physic Opera over the weekend to compete and create in the Sculpture Brunch. The bar provided art supplies — found objects, tools, paint and glue — as well as brunch and cocktails, while guests hammered, painted and glued their way toward artistic achievement…

Reader: A Dumb Rule Keeps In-N-Out Burger Away From Denver

Ah, In-N-Out Burger. Ask Denver residents what they’re hungry to see in this city, and the name of the iconic California burger chain inevitably pops up. In fact, In-N-Out cropped up n two different westword.com conversations yesterday: one about what could go into the Wurstkuche location at 2036 Broadway (In-N-Out…

Reader: Everybody Wins When a Chain Concept Closes

More people seem to be commenting on the disappearance of Wurstküche from 2036 Broadway than ever ate there. Many of the comments focus on the gall of a California concept coming to peddle sausages in Colorado — when so many other places do it well here, including Biker Jim’s and Uber…

Three Upcoming Benefit Dinners Feature Top Denver Chefs

Denver chefs are donating their time and skills for good causes at several upcoming events. On Sunday, January 24, the Squeaky Bean (at 1500 Wynkoop Street) is hosting the third annual Dining Out for Earth to benefit Rock the Earth, an organization dedicated to protecting natural resources. This year’s dinner…

Denver’s Football Blogs Are Bleeding Orange After Playoff Victory

Denver blogs are bleeding orange. The Mile High Report dished on all things Broncos, including analysis of the victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers and Von Miller’s new sack dance. Predominantly Orange hands out stars to Brandon McManus, C.J. Anderson and Kayvon Webster. And the Bleacher Report noted that the Broncos tweeted out a…

Everyone Orchestra Gets Down at Cervantes’ Anniversary Party

Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom celebrated its fourteenth anniversary on January 15, which featured a performance by Everyone Orchestra to celebrate. Everyone Orchestra is an improvised band that features a list of revolving musicians and includes such luminaries as Oteil Burbridge (Dead & Company, Allman Brothers Band), Michael Kang (String Cheese Incident), Michael Travis (String…

Photos: Governor John Hickenlooper’s Wedding to Robin Pringle

Realizing that this could be the time their schedules aligned for months, Governor John Hickenlooper and Liberty Media exec Robin Pringle married on Saturday morning at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church on the edge of downtown, surrounded by friends and family members. Official wedding photographer Evan Semón shared these photographs of the ceremony…

Fifteen Ways to Remember Martin Luther King Jr. in Metro Denver

Colorado was one of the first states to make Martin Luther King Day a state holiday, and Denver’s annual march/parade in his honor — known as the Marade — is one of the largest commemorations in the country. The theme for this year’s Marade is “Remember, Celebrate, Act – A Day…

The Best Shows in Denver This Week

Todd Rundgren headlines the Oriental Theater tonight while Tony Lucca is at the Walnut Room tomorrow and Orgy and Cut Chemist are town on Wednesday. See our picks for the next four days below.  MONDAY, JANUARY 18 Todd Rundgren  $40, 8:30 p.m. Oriental Theater Monday Night Menagerie $15, 7 p.m. Cervantes’…

Reader: Sputnik Is a Hipster Haven at Brunch in Denver

Brunch could be Denver’s favorite meal — for suburban families and urban hipsters alike. Lauren Monitz recently tried what could be Cherry Creek’s hippest brunch, at Harman’s Eat & Drink. But her description of that meal prompted a reader to point out that brunch does not have to be hip. Still,…

Reader: Never Thought a Brewery Would Close — We Need the Hydration!

Independent outfits, including craft-beer breweries, are popping up in the suburbs. Arvada will soon get its own Steuben’s — but it just lost the four-year-old Arvada Beer Company in Olde Town.  Why? Says Hallie:  Rent is at a premium in Olde Town…and there are too many similar restaurants and not much parking, which…

The Best Concerts in Denver This Weekend

There’s an impressive assortment of music in town this weekend, including SunSquabi at the Ogden Theatre, Ladysmith Black Mambazo at L2 Church, Cervantes’ 14th Anniversary with Everyone Orchestra, and Car Seat Headrest at hi-dive. See the full list of our picks below.  FRIDAY, JANUARY 15 SunSquabi $17/$20, 9 p.m. Ogden Theatre…

Photos: Bucking Broncos and Bulls at the National Western Stock Show

Rodeo events rock the arena throughout the run of the National Western Stock Show, with bull-riding shows, mutton-busting and the flashy Mexican rodeo, and photographer Brandon Marshall caught a lot of the action during 2016 NWSS opening weekend. But there’s still more to come: Official Pro Rodeo sessions kick off…

Reader: Soon Downtown Denver Will Just Be Another Big Chili’s

Over the past decade, many restaurants have come and gone on the 1500 block of Blake Street, which is overloaded with eateries. But the homegrown Jimmy’s Urban Bar & Grill stood out from the crowd from the minute it opened, winning fans and our Best of Denver 2015 burger award. With rents…

Bassnectar’s Bass Center Lineup and Every New Colorado Concert

Bassnectar heads up Bass Center 2016 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on Friday, July 29, and Saturday, July 30. In addition to extended Bassnectar sets, Flux Pavilion, Flying Lotus, Lupe Fiasco, Minnesota and Dabin will perform on Friday, and Wu-Tang Clan, Porter Robinson, AlunaGeorge, G Jones and Thriftworks will perform…

Reader: Happy to Have the Rackhouse Mac and Cheese Back in My Life

The Rackhouse Pub has finally reopened in its new location in RiNo, much to the relief of loyal fans. But somehow our story about the Rackhouse reopening failed to mention its award-winning mac and cheese, focusing instead on the beer and other delights. Says Crissy:   I couldn’t be happier that The Rackhouse Pub…

Photos: The Food of the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo

The National Western Stock Show and Rodeo threw open the gates to a stampede of rodeo lovers over the weekend — who all worked up a mighty hunger perusing livestock and catching up with their favorite cowboys. Smoked turkey legs may be the biggest draw, but there’s plenty of other…