What do Coloradans do when the rain just won’t stop? They keep drinking beer, partying and playing great music, just like the crowd who gathered at Upslope Brewing Company in Boulder did last weekend. Upslope held its annual Get Down festival, and folks did exactly that despite intermittent downpours. For…
Folks who had their hackles up over a lawsuit involving a cat bite at the Denver Cat Company earlier this month can retract their claws: owner Sana Hamelin announced today on the cat cafe’s Facebook page that the lawsuit has been dropped. As reported by 9News.com on May 11, Amanda Jamrogiewicz…
Denver blogs are chilled to the bone. It’s cold and rainy. Here’s where Mark Antonation thinks you should eat Asian noodle soups this weekend. Local photographer Mark Sink weighs in on architecture on the Denver Fugly Facebook page. Will A-Basin get more snow this weekend? Open Snow’s Joel Gratz always…
A package of Westword articles, including “Almost Home,” Kristin Pazulski’s November 5, 2014, cover story that took a long, hard look at Denver’s Road Home and the ten-year campaign to end homelessness in this city, won first place in Public Service in the large-paper category in this year’s Top of…
This weekend, one of Colorado’s most celebrated dance clubs will celebrate seven years of operation. In that time, Beta has won accolades both locally and nationally for its impressive roster of talent and its exceptional Funktion One sound system. The creator of that system, Tony Andrews, was in town this week…
It was a cold, rainy night, but the weather couldn’t dampen the spirits of hundreds of Denver Cruisers who came out on May 20 for the first ride of the tenth anniversary season. What started a decade ago as a casual pedal through the streets of Denver by thirteen friends…
It’s a great weekend for music in Colorado: Film on the Rocks kicks off its summer season tomorrow and a trio of festivals focus on the best of our state’s music. Be sure to check out the release of Tuyet Nguyen’s Nothing Without Providence at the hi-dive, as well.FRIDAY, MAY…
Hey, Westword readers. You love commenting on our stories, and we love reading what you have to say — the bad and the good. Late yesterday, we changed the way you can comment online: We’re be using Facebook comments for the foreseeable future. The bad news: all of your previous comments have…
Hey, Westword readers. You love commenting on our stories, and we love reading what you have to say — the bad and the good. Late yesterday, we changed the way you can comment online: We’re be using Facebook comments for the foreseeable future. The bad news: all of your previous comments…
As Schmuck of the Week aficionados know, we typically wait until Friday to designate the latest person to earn this august accolade. But we’ve moved the timetable up a day because we just couldn’t wait to tell you the biting story of Jade Gurley. And the word “biting” isn’t being…
Reclaimed, artist-designed skate decks rolled into MegaFauna last Saturday for the Skate Deck Art Show, organized by the RiNo apparel store with Truly Rejected magazine to benefit the Stronghold Society, an organization dedicated to building skateparks on reservations in South Dakota. More than thirty artists took part, and proceeds from…
The second annual Whiskey Throwdown & Doughnut Showdown took place over the weekend at Thrive Ballpark, featuring spirits from ten Colorado distilleries and a multitude of doughnuts from Lamar’s, Glazed & Confuzed, Voodoo Doughnut and Fractured Prune, to name a few. Photographer Danielle Lirette was on hand to capture the…
The final episode of Mad Men was upbeat — if you enjoy the death of the counter-culture. On this special episode of the Voice Film Club podcast, Village Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl and editorial fellow Lara Zarum, along with the Voice’s TV critic Inkoo Kang, discuss the final episode…
Though some of the entrants were more prone to oinking than barking, the Barking Bitches fashion show at last Saturday’s Rocky Mountain Pet Expo pitter-pattered across the stage in canine evening gowns and other smart animal attire. You missed the pet-friendly fashion gala? Photographer Scott Lentz pictures how it went…
Global Dub Festival brought Excision, Zomboy and plenty more to Red Rocks over the weekend. They did not manage to violate the venue’s new noise restrictions, but it was a party nevertheless. Photographer Miles Chrisinger was on hand to take pictures of happy teens, Colorado gear, weed gear and weed/Colorado…
There are few cultural events in Denver as well-run and enjoyable as Five Points Jazz. Evey year, the city’s Arts & Venues division organizes the fest, which features an impressive array of local and touring musicians along with food, shopping and a general block party feel. This year, photographer Brandon…
This week’s best concerts include Purity Ring at the Gothic, Bette Midler at the Pepsi Center and Diarrhea Planet at the Marquis. Read on for a full list of our picks! Diarrhea Planet$10. 7:00PM, Monday, May 18, Marquis Theater Streetlight Manifesto $22.50. 8:00PM, Tuesday, May 19, Ogden Theatre Purity Ring$25…
With weather looking better this week, at least before afternoon storms roll in, it’s the perfect weekend to roll out of bed and check out some of the restaurants on our list of the ten best brunches in Denver. If eggs and mimosas aren’t you’re thing, oysters and Anchorman-themed cocktails…
This weekend’s FRIDAY, MAY 15 Global Dub Festival$39.95/$75 6:00PM Red Rocks Amphitheatre Chasin’ Crazy$10 8:30PM Grizzly Rose William Elliott Whitmore$16.75/$20 9:00PM Bluebird Theater Denver Ukefest 2015 $27-$130 7:00PM Swallow Hill Music Hall R. Ring$10-$12 9:30PM hi-dive SATURDAY, MAY 16 Five Points Jazz Festival FREE 11:00AM Five Points Tipper$40-$45 4:30PM Red…
Just when our Schmuck of the Week crew thinks we’ve heard it all, we learn otherwise. Today’s lesson comes courtesy of Matthew McBride, who’s been arrested on suspicion of tying up his elderly mother with a vacuum cord — and threatening to kill her. But the 84-year-old outsmarted him by…
Pitch Perfect 2 hit a few wrong notes for the Village Voice’s Alan Scherstuhl and special guest Monica Castillo, but LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson interpreted the film’s humor a little differently. We circle back to Sofia Vergara’s performance in Hot Pursuit, before arriving in the desert for Mad Max:…
John Denver was best known for his music, his lyrics and his activist worldview, but as a superstar of the 1970s, he was also famous for his sense of fashion — a mix of down-home Western, country chic and a bit of the psychedelic ’70s style that could probably be…
