Hundreds of art-lovers flocked to the cordoned-off streets of Cherry Creek North over the Fourth of July weekend for the 25th annual Cherry Creek Arts Festival, which featured work by 260 artists in thirteen media categories, as well as live music, eats and hands-on art activities for all all ages…
This week’s best concerts include a handful of enduring musical legends, including Brian Wilson, Neil Young, Steely Dan and Elvis Costello. Elsewhere: Gin Blossoms will play in Louisville, Blitzen Trapper returns to town and more. The complete list of our picks is below. MONDAY, JULY 6 Steely Dan and Elvis…
In the current Westword cover story, artist Lauri Lynnxe Murphy (who writes about her Mayday Experiment here every Tuesday) talks about the changing area where she lives, the Whittier neighborhood, and describes how a class of students from Manual High School have been involved with the Gentrification Project, studying the…
Back when John Hickenlooper and his partners founded the Wynkoop Brewing Company, Hickenlooper was insistent that Colorado’s first brewpub pronounced its name “WINkoop.” As he would tell anyone who would listen, “After all, we don’t produce WINE.” But Colorado definitely does, and its current governor – one John Hickenlooper –…
The upcoming Amy Winehouse documentary Amy is one of the best music docs Village Voice film critic Stephanie Zacharek has ever seen, and she explains why to Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl and LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson this week. Also this week: The confusing (yet really, really enjoyable) explanations…
Though the action had to move over to Cherry Creek due to unsafe conditions on the nearby Platte, the South Platte RiverFest went down without a hitch as summer-ready revelers tried paddle-boarding and other outdoorsy activities under cloudless skies. Here’s how RiverFest looked to photographer Miles Chrisinger. Now see the…
A combination of multicultural performances, live street art, music and recycled goods helped demonstrate the unique urban flavor of downtown Aurora over the weekend at the Re-UP! Aurora Arts Festival. Photos by Scott Lentz. Now see the full Aurora Arts Festival slide show…
The usual Saturday mall-crawlers got a taste of something different on Saturday when vendor booths lined the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver to sell artisan wares and ethnic handcrafts at the 16th Street Fair. Photographer Christopher Morgan brought back these images from the urban market. Now see the full…
This week a multi-talented author and artist relives American history first-hand in her memoir of life as a girl in a Japanese-American internment camp, while another goes Little House on the Prairie in a modern urban setting during a year of processing her own foods the old-fashioned way. And still…
This week Gretchen Kurtz reviewed the Union Station outpost of Zoe Ma Ma, the second home-style Taiwanese eatery from Edwin Zoe and his chef/mom Anna. And while she found deep flavors in a bowl of Sichuan braised-beef noodle soup, she also put some deep thought into the idea of service fees…
This weekend’s best concerts include the Shredded Beats Festival (with a lineup full of artists you’ll be hearing much more from soon), two nights of Widespread Panic at Red Rocks, and more. Check the full list of our picks below. ALL WEEKEND Loudwire Music Festival $59-$489 6:00PM Jam Ranch Shredded…
The term “going postal” became part of the American lexicon decades ago for unfortunate reasons — a slew of incidents during which postal workers lashed out violently at co-workers, including one in Edmond, Oklahoma circa 1986 that left fourteen people dead. As such, neither local law enforcers nor the federal…
Despite an evening rain shower, folks of all ages had a roaring good time Tuesday night at the Film on the Rocks screening of Jurassic World, complete with a pre-movie set by the School Of Rock All-Stars. Photographer Brandon Marshall brought back these images of all the prehistoric partying. Now see…
On this week’s Voice Film Club podcast, the LA Weekly’s Amy Nicholson and the Village Voice’s Alan Scherstuhl in New York disagree on just about everything in Ted 2 — except that it has a few very funny moments — but only after revisiting the impressive Inside Out, which is nearly…
Last weekend’s Westword Music Showcase, along with the Westword Music Awards, serve as our annual celebration of our state’s vibrant music scene. Colorado is home to internationally renowned experimental bands, pioneering folk artists, Grammy winners and much, much more. On most nights in Denver, you can see just about any…
The party hadn’t gestated yet for MTHDS’ early set, and that was too bad: the band jounced through cheerful dance-rock tunes like it was playing for thousands, though it was more like tens, and the little crowd bobbed listlessly, sluggish and not yet primed. A dude in purple pants chugged…
Electric Daisy Carnival is such a massive assault on the senses that, after the dust has settled (mostly in one’s lungs), it can be hard to pick out the highlights and lowlights. We’re still processing everything we heard and saw out there on the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but here…
Paint the town read! At events this week, you can delve into the American mass-murder epidemic, reconnect with the Brontë sisters in a study of their most intimate moments, or line up to meet dozens of historical fiction authors — including the author of the Outlander series — at a…
One could hardly go outside this past weekend in Denver without stepping right into a street festival of one kind or another. PrideFest, touted to be one of the nation’s largest pride events, was one of the biggest, bringing the city’s LGBTQ community together under the sun at Civic Center…
Over 100 of the best Colorado bands and artists (plus a few notable out-of-towners) crowded onto fifteen stages in the Golden Triangle on June 20 for the 21st Westword Music Showcase: our annual celebration of Denver’s music scene. To mark the occasion of our festival reaching drinking age, we asked…
This year’s Westword Music Showcase brought thousands of Denver music fans to the Golden Triangle, and they did a remarkable job documenting the 100-plus bands. There probably isn’t a better way to relive the chaos than by scrolling through the #westwordshow entries on social media — we picked out a…
Over 100 of the best Colorado bands and artists (plus a few notable out-of-towners) crowded onto fifteen stages in the Golden Triangle on June 20 for the 21st Westword Music Showcase: our annual celebration of Denver’s music scene. To mark the occasion of our festival reaching drinking age, we asked…
