Larimer Square was jammed over the weekend with spectators watching an asphalt canvas come alive with color during the annual Denver Chalk Art Festival, a favorite summer kickoff for fest-goers of all ages. Scott Lentz was there to capture the crowd, the artists and the masterpieces-in-progress. See also: Hoodlab will…
Ed. We got a dispatch from this weekend’s Bassnectar show by a young writer and music lover who is just over three months sober. We’ve chosen to leave her name off of it because the Internet never forgets anything. She is experiencing her first summer in the concert playground of…
Coohills will again sound off this summer with its free, Tuesday evening concert series, which kicks off June 17 with Funkiphino — and a groovy costume contest in which participants can win a $100 Coohills gift certificate. Keep reading for the complete Beats on the Creek lineup. See also: Here’s…
More than fifty craft breweries — most who can their beer — brought their talents to Bohn Park in Lyons on Saturday for the Burning Can Beer Fest. Hosted by Oskar Blues, the native Lyons brewpub, the festival was held in conjunction with the adrenaline-fueled Lyons Outdoor Games and included…
The Kinfolks Soul Food Festival made a stop in Denver this past weekend, and sold out all 10,000 tickets available for Saturday’s soul-food celebration in Civic Center Park. In addition to food from local soul-food vendors, festival-goers enjoyed music by artists including Bootsy Collins, Cameo and Morris Day. Kinfolks will…
There are bigger concerts, sure, but for our money there is no better way to see Red Rocks than during Film on the Rocks. The series, which features Colorado bands opening for beloved movies, starts Tuesday with Ark Life, Covenhoven and Caddyshack. You can also see some masterful old-timey updates…
Over two dozen restaurants opened in metro Denver in May, ranging from new outposts of homegrown chains (Modmarket, Live Basil Pizza, Park Burger) to Range, a new-style Old West saloon in the stunningly renovated old Colorado Bank Building. But only a few blocks away, another vintage building lost its restaurant…
It’s the most wonderful time of the week. There are some excellent concerts in town on this final weekend of May, including John Prine with Emmylou Harris and Bootsy Collins in Civic Center Park for the The Kinfolks Soul Food Festival. There are some fresher faces too, like Bassnectar at…
The caption on a photo of Jamie Carrillo and Angelo Arellano found on her Facebook page notes that the couple have been an item for more thirteen years — and one way to remain close is to do lots of things together. Then again, maybe it’s not the best idea…
Since it opened six years ago, Masterpiece Del has been a hot spot in LoHi; on sunny weekends, the patio is overflowing with fans of “fine dining between bread.” And starting this weekend, there will be more of a good thing: Masterpiece Deli Uptown, which opened last year, will be…
The Western genre isn’t entirely comprised of spaghetti or John Wayne talking out the side of his mouth: From its earliest days, filmmakers were putting a comic spin on stories set on the dusty trail, with the genre hitting its apex between the mid ’70s and mid ’80s. We’ve gathered…
After a successful Kickstarter campaign, Blooming Beets Kitchen, a paleo-friendly restaurant in Boulder, is now in full-bloom. To celebrate the opening, owner Iva Paleckova is offering half-off on all ciders and wines this week. Photographer Danielle Lirette stopped by Blooming Beets this past weekend; keep reading for a taste of…
By Sarah Stanley-Ayre Electronic music’s recent surge in popularity comes with serious side effects for underground-party aficionados. Suddenly, Daft Punk is winning Grammys, and drunk girls (and guys) are ruining life at 4 a.m. in a warehouse somewhere. Take this recent incident: Under a haunting pink hue Dustin Zahn tended…
Worlds collided on Friday when the Colorado Symphony Orchestra held the first of three cannabis-friendly fundraisers whose concept collected a lot of attention — and press. Brass and bongs. Corsages and cannabis. Hemp and Handel. Horns and hashish. By most accounts, the event was a success and raised about $50,000…
The brand-new 4 Noses Brewing in Broomfield held its grand opening party last weekend with several beers on tap, including a few special firkins. There were also food trucks and live music — all the hallmarks of a new brewery party. Westword photographer Ken Hamblin was there, and brought back…
Want to work in a piece of history? The Crawford Hotel — the independent luxury hotel that will soon debut in the renovated Union Station — will be hiring more than fifty employees before its July 12 opening. And from 1 to 6 p.m. Friday, May 30 and 10 a.m…
Over Memorial Day weekend, ArtStir — a Colorado-centric festival of fine art and craft — brought a taste of local culture to downtown Denver and the Denver Pavilions. Crafted by Samuel Schimek of the I Heart Denver shop in the Pavilions, the fest cast a modern, urban slant on an…
Think pink! As Kendra Anderson noted last week, it’s rose season — and tonight, Elway’s Cherry Creek will host its annual Pink Patio Party, where guests can sample more than thirty rosé wines from around the world — and help Elway’s sommelier Adam Vance pick the three wines for the…
The Boulderado is home to two bars, one new and one old. The Corner Bar, which just got a facelift, has been around for decades, providing drinks and food in a lodge setting for hotel guests and locals alike. Now it’s been joined by License No. 1, which replaced the…
We hope your long weekend was as full of smoked meats and assorted outdoor activities as ours was. And now we’re back and ready to talk about Denver concerts some more. Obviously the selections are a little lighter in this week’s show round-up given that we lost a day. But…
This week in Cafe Society, reviewer Gretchen Kurtz got in touch with her inner veggie-girl at Leaf Vegetarian Restaurant in Boulder. For Chef and Tell, Lori Midson talked to chef de cuisine Samuel McCandless of Squeaky Bean — a place she claims has the best burger in town — about…
Bartenders and chefs from Session Kitchen, the Corner Office, Ace, Old Major, Central Bistro and Bar, Squeaky Bean, Lower48 Kitchen, and TAG went head to head in the second annual Toques and ‘Tails at Casselman’s last night….and photographer Danielle Lirette was there to catch all the action. Keep reading for…
