Photos: Inside Monkey Town 4, an arts-and-eating extravaganza

Dinner and a movie? How about dinner inside a movie? At Monkey Town 4, artist Montgomery Knott’s new installation at Exdo Hall, diners sup on gourmet food and wine pairings inside a cube whose walls feature works by eighteen local and national video artists. Denver native Knott debuted the original…

Five best new-old restaurants in Denver

In anticipation of the Best of Denver, we’ve already shared our list of the ten best new restaurants in Denver — spots that opened in 2013 that are all contenders for the Best New Restaurant award. But last year, we also saw many restaurants close and then reopen — sometimes…

Photos: Bronies and Pegasisters gallop into the Sie FilmCenter

Bronies and Pegasisters (male and female fans of My Little Pony, to the unenlightened) showed up in force at the Sie FilmCenter this past weekend for a showing of Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony — and some even sported My Little Pony costumes. Photographer Danielle…

DSTILL starts pouring today, Showcase on Thursday

DSTILL made its debut in Denver last year, and now the joint partnership between the Colorado Distillers Guild, Something Independent, the Colorado Bartenders Guild and the American Craft Distillers Association is back for round two, a four-day celebration of spirit tastings, craft cocktail events and workshops spotlighting the country’s top…

The 10 best concerts in Denver from March 10 to March 13

Fear the gaze of Angel Olsen, whose smirk has a greater effect on a room than the average five guitar-wanker power slides combined. She plays the black box on Larimer Street tonight. Elsewhere, fireworks in the form of Austin’s The Sword come to The Black Sheep, slick bro G-Eazy hits…

First look: Dulce Vida opens in the Golden Triangle

How sweet it is! The Golden Triangle now has a new bar:Dulce Vida, which finally opened this week in the former home of the Cherokee Grill. Jason Tietjen, owner of the Dive Inn, bought the space, promising to turn it into the kind of neighborhood watering hole he’d created on…

The ten best concerts in Denver this weekend

It’s a good weekend for live music in Denver. Let’s start at the end, with Paul Simon’s Graceland collaborator Ladysmith Black Mambazo at Boulder Theater. The day before that, pop clinician Dr. Dog stops by on the same night as the collaboration between knotty rappers Madlib and Freddie Gibbs. There…

Hash goes sunnyside up, will be replaced by Sunny’s

Sunnyside is a fast-changing neighborhood, attracting restaurants like Bocadillo (which Gretchen Kurtz reviews this week), with more new spots to come. And one of them will be moving into the former home of Hash, which Heather Haupman opened back in 2011 in a storefront that had held La Crema Cafeteria…

Blackfish director will share a whale of a tale tomorrow

In celebration of International Women’s Day, the Biennial of the Americas, the Women’s Foundation of Colorado and the Denver Film Society are hosting a screening of Blackfish, the film by award-winning director Gabriela Cowperthwaite that’s a psychological thriller with a killer whale at its center — but this is a…

Photos: March of the Zombies

The undead rose up on Saturday, March 1 for the sixth annual March of the Zombies fashion show at the Oriental Theater. Spectators enjoyed music from Son Survivor, Postal Holiday, Blue Collar Killers and Death for Breakfast as local artists exhibited their monster-themed work. Ursula Romaine was there to capture…

Photos: The Gayest Oscar Party Ever

Hollywood’s elite weren’t the only ones all dolled up last night. Guests got plenty gussied up for the “Gayest Oscar Party Ever,” held at Hamburger Mary’s during the Academy Awards ceremony. The event benefited Off-Center, and featured a rainbow carpet, a gown contest and more. And photographer Brandon Marshall was…

Photos: People of Animeland Wasabi 2014

Over the weekend, cosplayers from around the region gathered at the Animeland Wasabi convention for an Asian pop-culture jubilee, with costumes, concerts, animation and 24-hour gaming provided through partnerships with the Colorado Cutthroat Connection and National Video Game Association. Photographer Danielle Lirette caught the spirit of the con in the…