The heat of the great green chile debate of June has subsided somewhat, but according to a report this week by the Associated Press, New Mexico’s green chile crop is in trouble. “As this year’s harvest begins, labor shortages, shrinking acreage, drought and foreign competition have hurt production in the…
This weekend’s best concerts include the Telluride Jazz Festival, the Vans Warped Tour, Motley Crue and Alice Cooper at the Pepsi Center and Hozier at Red Rocks. Check the full list of our picks below. ALL WEEKEND Telluride Jazz Festival $105-$575 3-day pass Telluride Town Park Denver Vintage Jazz Festival…
We know many fans of the thirty-year-old, homegrown Anthony’s Pizza & Pasta chain (especially the flagship store on Colorado Boulevard and the spot by the University of Denver). Now Anthony’s is rolling out major updates of all 25 locations in Colorado, even adding bars to several of them. But some…
The Jackalope Craft Fair, a newcomer to the Denver area, gave local artisans a chance to showcase their wares at the Exdo Event Center last weekend. Co-founded by Denver native Melissa Shipley, the national fair featured a wide range of merchandise, from homemade food items to fashion, accessories, home decor, kids’ clothing,…
There are some big shows at the Pepsi Center (Imagine Dragons, and Chicago and Earth Wind & Fire). Also this week: Alt-J and TV on the Radio, and HARD Red Rocks at Red Rocks, Fall Out Boy and Wiz Khalifa at Fiddler’s Green and Charli XCX and Bleachers at the…
Over the years, our panel of Schmuck of the Week experts have cited those deemed worthy of Schmuckification for a wide variety of acts. Somehow, though, we’ve never saluted anyone for wreaking furious vengeance on flowers. Consider that oversight corrected thanks to Bobby Joe Honeycutt, 51, who apparently has a…
Art shows and festivals are popping up all over Denver and around the state. But before you sample everything else opening this weekend, you can still catch Vault, the Metropolitan State University alumni exhibition at the Center for Visual Art, which closes July 25. Here’s what Michael Paglia has to…
This week’s best concerts include massive celebrations in Denver and Lyons: UMS and RockyGrass, respectively. There’s plenty more, though, including the String Cheese Incident’s weekend at Red Rocks and the first Colorado show by TV on the Radio in some time. The complete list of our picks follows: ALL WEEKEND…
The Denver-based Stronghold Society put on its annual One Gathering, a day of competition and community, on July 18 at the Denver Skate Park. The event supported Stronghold’s mission of building skate parks for Native American youth as a way to curb suicide, depression and substance abuse through community and…
The Dragon Boat Festival returned to Sloan’s Lake this past weekend, celebrating Asian culture with art and food vendors, martial arts and other performances — and boat races, of course. Photographer Danielle Lirette was there to capture all the action: See the complete Dragon Boat slideshow here…
We run down the ten best movies of 2015 (so far) on this week’s episode of the Voice Film Club. Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek of the Village Voice, joined by Amy Nicholson at LA Weekly, each share a few of their favorites on this mid-year (well for Hollywood, anyway)…
Just two days after a jury decided the verdict in the Aurora theater shootings case, organizers of the A Night to Remember Beer Festival hosted their annual event at the Four Mile Historic Park, honoring the victims of the crimes, which took place on July 21, 2012. The festival included beer,…
At Cho77, which Gretchen Kurtz just reviewed, she found many good dishes — but uneven service. Calling her assessment “dead on,” one reader advised that diners sit at the bar, the better to avoid the surly servers. (The bar also puts you closer to those good drinks.) But Cho77 isn’t…
The third Biennial of the Americas featured an event last weekend at Civic Center Park that included food trucks, family-friendly fun and performances by Bomba Estéreo, Companhia Urbana de Dança, Black Violin, Ian Cooke and the CSO, Wonderbound and Jeremy Bailey. Beginning on July 14 with opening week events, and…
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock officially kicks off his second term today with a series of inaugural events. The day starts with a swearing-in ceremony at 11 a.m. and ends with a party at the Denver Botanic Gardens featuring a performance from legendary new jack swing group Bell Biv DeVoe. There…
On Wednesday, the Colorado Board of Health rejected a petition to add Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder as an acceptable condition for prescribing medical marijuana, citing lack of sufficient scientific evidence to prove the plant’s efficacy in treating PTSD. After listening to over twenty veterans, victims of abuse and family members of…
Denver blogs are feeling grumpy. Westword music writer Andy Hermann explains why Apple Music Made him give up on iTunes. The Purple Row blog, covering the Colorado Rockies, had a thought-provoking take-down of the way the All-Star Game broadcasters talked about three Rockies players. And in the wake of the…
Brenda Littlespottedhorse gets our nomination for Bad Babysitter of the year. Yesterday the 55-year-old was in Denver County Court to plead guilty to a charge of wrongs to a minor, a misdemeanor; she’d previously pleaded not guilty. After the July 3 fireworks festivities in Civic Center Park, alert bystanders noticed…
ALL WEEKEND Global Dance Festival$99-$210 6:00PM Red Rocks Amphitheatre Winter Park Jazz Festival$25-$75 12:00PM Hideaway Park FRIDAY, JULY 17 Darius Rucker$25-$99.50 7:00PM Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre Jurassic 5$35-$40 9:00PM Ogden Theatre The Melvins$17/$20 8:00PM Summit Music Hall BLKHRTS$6 8:00PM Herman’s Hideaway Heems$15 9:00PM Larimer Lounge SATURDAY, JULY 18 The Fray$30-$99.50 7:00PM…
Death Cab for Cutie, playing its first tour without founding guitarist Chris Walla, stopped at Red Rocks earlier this week. After an opening set by tUnE-yArDs, the legendary band proved it still had plenty of power. Photographer Miles Chrisinger was there to capture the scene — check out a few of…
Chris Parente, host of Fox31’s Everyday and a popular emcee around town, has done some crazy interviews. But It would be hard to beat this one with hot-hot comic Amy Schumer and Bill Hader, stars of the new Trainwreck. Parente asked them to evaluate assorted male members of the Fox31…
By now you know the verdict. James Holmes was found guilty of murder in the deaths of twelve people who he opened fire on inside the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora on July 20, 2012. Many more were injured. The jury deliberated for two days before handing their decision over…
