The 2015 Westword Music Showcase Schedule

Join us on Saturday, June 20, 2015, for the 21st Westword Music Showcase, featuring Flume, The Black Angels, MisterWives, Robert DeLong, Wave Racer, Roadkill Ghost Choir plus more than 100 local bands and artists. And now, you can start planning your day with the full schedule! The Showcase is a…

Podcast: There’s Hope in Dope

Part of what makes writer-director Rick Famuyiwa’s Dope so fresh and joyous is that in many key ways it’s not new at all. Like Dazed & Confused or The Breakfast Club, this is a film about just how weird the extraordinarily normal kids are — kids like you. The teen…

Playbill: Three New Performances in Denver for June 18-21

This week, a festival about TV takes a sidetrip onstage for a trio of free readings of comedy scripts by finalists in a high-stakes contest, while a couple of local dance troupes strut their best stuff. Here’s where to get a piece of the action. SeriesFest, Storytellers Initiative Script Competition…

Westword Music Showcase 2015: Get to Know Our Headliners

Join us this Saturday, June 20, 2015, for the 21st Westword Music Showcase! The Showcase is a 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…

Photos: The ’40s Are In Again at the 2015 1940s WWII Era Ball

The women sported victory rolls and Rosie the Riveter bandannas while the men put on fedoras, suspenders and WWII military gear to dance under a blazing sunset at the the annual 1940s WWII Era Ball on at Boulder Airport on Saturday night. Photographer Danielle Lirette was there to document the…

Photos: Freaks and Geeks at the 2015 Denver Mini Maker Faire

Art cars, 3D printers, Tesla coils, plasma globes, Star Wars droids, a giant electric muffin: If it qualifies as geeky, chances are you could find it at the Denver Mini Maker Faire, which gathered together more than 100 makers and creatives of every stripe — crafters, hobby scientists, hackers, droid…

The 2015 Westword Music Showcase: Preview Playlist

Join us on Saturday, June 20, 2015, for the 21st Westword Music Showcase, featuring over 100 of the best bands and artists from Colorado and beyond on a dozen stages in Denver’s Golden Triangle neighborhood. Tickets start at $30 and are on sale now! This year’s headliners are Flume, the…

The Fifteen Best Concerts (and Festivals) in Colorado This Weekend

This weekend’s concert calendar features a legendary guitarist (Tedeschi Trucks band) a couple legendary rappers (Summer Jam) and a legendary Latin lover (Romeo Santos). The rest of our picks follow.ALL WEEKEND Snowmass Mammoth Fest$55-$225 2:00PM Snowmass Village Palisade Bluegrass and Roots Festival$35-$135 4:00PM Riverbend Park Golden Music Festival$10-$20, 3-DAY PASS $30 6:00PM Clear…

Here’s What a Massive Thunderstorm at Red Rocks Looks Like

On Friday, the summer’s funkiest Red Rocks concert featured an unexpected intermission. After opening sets from DJ Jazzy Jeff and Exmag, the skies opened, the stairwells became waterfalls and the venue advised fans to take cover. Fifteen minutes later, the worst of it had passed and people emerged from their…

Ali Baba Grill Opening a Restaurant in LoHi

Ali Baba is a Lebanese restaurant, a Persian restaurant, a Mediterranean restaurant with hints of Syrian and Saudi Arabian modernity and haute cuisine. It’s also a mini-chain that got its start in Golden fifteen years ago, when partners Fiyahd Aoutabachi and Mahmoud Dukmak opened the first Ali Baba, which is…

Photos: Hello Kitty’s Supercute Friendship Festival

Denverites who believe that there can never be enough cute in the world gathered at the Denver Coliseum this past weekend to commune with everything bright, happy and shiny — and each other — at Hello Kitty’s Supercute Friendship Festival, a brand-new American tour featuring stage shows, exhibits, interactive elements…

Three-Word Governor’s Ball Reviews From Fans

Sometimes, a band elicits such a strong emotional response following their performance at a music festival that it’s difficult to put into words. We totally get it: After your brain’s been massaged until it’s a radioactive pile of goo thanks to Deadmau5’s thunder-bass or your heart breaks from listening to…

Photos: The Second Annual Wings & Whiskey at Ace Eat Serve

The second annual Wings & Whiskey at Ace Eat Serve on Sunday, June 7 drew 375 guests (a sellout) who gobbled wings from the chefs of eleven different restaurants to raise money for the Denver Housing Authorities Youth Culinary Academy. This year’s winners were chef Ryan Higgins of Lou’s Food…

More Comic Relief From Our Third Annual Cartoon Contest

Our May 28 issue featured the ten winners of our third annual comics contest; you can see them here. And below, we’re sharing many more entries, some of which look at such serious Denver issues as growth and the plans to repair I-70, while others just turn a wry eye…