Although much of the National Western Stock Show is devoted to farm and ranch animals, the performing pooches of Super Dogs are always a crowd favorite. Photographer Brandon Marshall was there to catch the show, and came back with these pictures. See also: Photos: Contemporary art on display at William…
The GOP in Colorado wants to bring the Republican National Convention to Denver in 2016 — an interesting move, considering the acute political and social divisions in the state. Colorado, which for many years had settled comfortably into red-state territory, now swings the other way. And today, it’s known more…
The space now occupied by Scatch Burrito and Happy Tap, which we review this week, once held Shazz Café, an ambitious restaurant that chef Benny Kaplan opened in late 2008. But his hyper-local shrine to innovative cuisine just didn’t make it in that location, and he closed the place in…
Music is life — or at least it is for us. When we’re not writing about it, we’re thinking about it, talking about it or listening to it. These are the things that were in heavy rotation for us this week. What are you listening to? What should we be…
Slayer headlines the Fillmore on Saturday, May 10, with Suicidal Tendencies and Exodus opening. Tickets go on sale on Friday, January 24 at 10 a.m. The Knife brings its Shaking the Habitual North American Tour to the Fillmore Auditorium on Monday, April 21, and tickets ($32.50-$35) are on sale now…
WEDS | JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE at PEPSI CENTER | 1/22/14 Last year was a busy one for Justin Timberlake. For starters, the pop god released The 20/20 Experience, his first album in seven years, and despite its profusion of six-minute-plus songs and baroque flourishes, the album was a huge hit –…
In the dark about the history of movies? Get a clue from critic Howie Movshovitz, who’ll be teaching Film 102, a four-class series that starts tonight at the Sie FilmCenter. Film 102 will look at the four major elements of cinema: color, genre, sound and melodrama. The first session, on…
Last September, when we reported that Kenneth Wheeler could get five years in prison for Facebook posts, a lot of you probably thought, “Fat chance.” And you were right to be skeptical, albeit only by a matter of degree. Wheeler’s now been sentenced to forty months — just over three…
Since the start of the new year, we’ve been filling our four blogs — Show and Tell, Backbeat, Cafe Society and the Latest Word — with a Colorado bucket list of the 100 things to do before you kick it. Here is the complete 2014 Backbeat bucket list. See also:…
FRI-SUN | MURDER BY DEATH at STANLEY HOTEL | 1/17-1/19 When Murder by Death first formed in Bloomington, Indiana, nearly fifteen years ago under the name Little Joe Gould, the outfit was somewhat of an anomaly, as the whole chamber-pop phenomenon hadn’t happened yet — and wouldn’t for another five…
Has Mayor Michael Hancock ever turned down a doughnut? In September, he was first in line when Dunkin’ Donuts opened out at Denver International Airport. And yesterday, he bit into a big one at Voodoo Doughnut, an offshoot of the Oregon-based cult shop that’s now rolling in dough on East…
Since the start of the new year, we’ve been filling our four blogs — Show and Tell, Backbeat, Cafe Society and the Latest Word — with a Colorado bucket list of the 100 things to do before you kick it. The final five Food and Drink contributions follow. See also:…
What are the hundred things everyone should do in Colorado before they die? We posed this question to our writers and editors, and over the next week, we’ll be rolling out the answers across our blogs. Check back on tomorrow for the full list — and in the meantime, feel…
Are Denver’s dives an endangered species? Over the past year, two of the dives featured on last year’s list of the dozen best dive bars have lost their divey status — one, the Hill-Top, closed and just reopened this past weekend as the Rocky Top Tavern, and the Squire, while…
Music is life — or at least it is for us. When we’re not writing about it, we’re thinking about it, talking about it or listening to it. These are the things that were in heavy rotation for us this week. What are you listening to? What should we be…
Yesterday, our sister paper in New York, The Village Voice, revealed the results of Pazz & Jop 2013. For more than four decades, the expansive critic’s poll has ranked the best releases each year based upon the input of music scribes from all across the country. This year, Kanye West…
Since the start of the new year, we’ve been filling a Colorado bucket list on our four blogs — Show and Tell, Backbeat, Cafe Society and the Latest Word. But now our suggestions are spilling over into print, so that everyone can see the top twenty items on our list…
The Hill-Top Bar was tiny, but had a mighty reputation as one of this city’s best dive bars. It closed last year, and was transformed into Rocky Top Tavern, which opened this past weekend. Although there’s no way you’d call the very renovated Rocky Top a “dive,” it has all…
What are the hundred things everyone should do in Colorado before they die? We posed this question to our writers and editors, and we’ve been rolling out their answers across our blogs: Cafe Society, Backbeat, Show & Tell and The Latest Word. We’ve already shared Latest Word Bucket List picks…
What are the hundred things everyone should do in Colorado before they die? We posed that question to our writers and editors, and this week we’ll be rolling out their answers across our blogs, with can’t miss events/activities in music, the great outdoors, the arts and, of course, food. Check…
Fall Out Boy and Paramore are set to co-headline Red Rocks on Tuesday, August 12, as part of their Monumentour. Tickets range from $44.75 to $49.75 and go on sale this Saturday, January 18, at 10 a.m. Keep reading to see what other shows are on sale, what songs were…
The National Western Stock Show kicked right off with all four hoofs in the air on Saturday, with bronco and bull riding, mutton bustin’ and trick-riding ladies. Photographer Brandon Marshall was there to capture the glory and the not-so-glorious action in the arena; a sampling follows. The National Western Stock…
