What are the hundred things everyone should do in Colorado before they die? We posed this 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…
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…
When the venerable John’s closed on Pearl Street in Boulder last fall, Corey Buck, the chef/owner of John’s for over ten years, just kept rolling — right over to Food at the Riverside, a cafe planned as part of Agora, a cooperative office space/events center created in a century-old historic…
In 2010, mom and onetime Leadville resident Jamie Paulin-Ramirez was indicted for giving material support to terrorists — among them Colleen LaRose, also known as “Jihad Jane.” Eventually, Paulin-Ramirez started singing about LaRose, as well as her hubby, an Algerian terrorist. But the tune only went so far considering that…
If you can’t make one of the Denver Zoo’s free days today and tomorrow, not to worry: The Denver Zoo will offer half-off admission to anyone in Bronco wear on Sunday, January 12 (remember, the zoo opens at 10 a.m. and the game isn’t until 2:40 p.m.). And win or…
FRI & SAT | ADVENTURE CLUB at OGDEN THEATRE | 1/10-1/11 The Montreal-based Adventure Club is a duo that started as a pop-punk act. Quickly outgrowing that hybrid, Christian Srigley and Leighton James started making electronic music, their first foray into it being a remix of Brand New’s “Daisy.” Adventure…
MON | EARL SWEATSHIRT at CERVANTES’ | 1/13/14 After releasing his prodigious self-titled debut at age sixteen, Earl Sweatshirt was exiled to a Samoan disciplinary program by his mother during the most exciting years of Odd Future’s meteoric rise, depriving the act’s rabid fans of his music. As a result,…
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 their answers across our blogs. We shared Denver Bucket List picks 25-16 last week. Next up are 15-6. Count…
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 January 16 for the full list — and in the meantime,…
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…
The latest Dunkin’ Donuts to debut in the metro area, at 2001 Sheridan Boulevard in Edgewater, did a real public service by getting its doors open before January 1 — when people eager to buy pot started lining up outside Northern Lights just up the street. The shop did a…
After all the big holiday parties and meals, restaurants can be slow in January. But there’s reason to get up and out to Larimer Square, where two sibling restaurants are bringing back their successful Tuesday specials to celebrate the new year: Sips and Snacks at Rioja, and Beer Bites at…
Over two dozen Colorado comic artists showed their work at Wazee Union on Saturday, January 3, at the Off Panel comic art show. The event included works by TK Miller and Stan Yan, as well as organizer Daniel Crosier and Westword contributor Noah Van Sciver — and photographer Danielle Lirette…
FRI & SAT | ADVENTURE CLUB at OGDEN THEATRE | 1/10-1/11 The Montreal-based Adventure Club is a duo that started as a pop-punk act. Quickly outgrowing that hybrid, Christian Srigley and Leighton James started making electronic music, their first foray into it being a remix of Brand New’s “Daisy.” Adventure…
It’s been a tough few months for Phil Goodlaxson, owner of Corvus Coffee, who took on a new space at 1740 South Broadway, just two blocks from Corvus’s original home at 1947 South Broadway — and then had some challenges getting that location open. But on Friday, he revealed that…
Nectar House, a raw, vegan cafe and elixir bar, just opened inside Kindness Yoga on South Broadway — which means when you’re done exercising your body, you can refuel it with all kinds of healthy fare here. We sent photographer Brandon Marshall to visit the new place; get a taste…
Denver blogs get into the spirit of 2014. Westword’s Cafe Society reports on West Flanders Brewing, which is releasing Recreational Smoke as a tie-in to legal weed: “30 cents per ounce.” Colorado Pols updates us on Magpul Industries, the ammunition maker, which is getting million in incentives to leave Colorado…
FRI | ILL.GATES at BETA | 1/3/14 With more than two decades in the electronic-music scene under his belt, ill.Gates is now helping to inspire a wave of new-school producers via his ill.Methodology online courses and the events he hosts, which cater to those interested in stepping up their game…
FRI | SLEEP at GOTHIC THEATRE | 1/3/14 Stoner rock and doom metal gained mainstream popularity over the past decade thanks to acts like Queens of the Stone Age and High on Fire, whose reach expanded beyond metal fans. Before playing in the latter band, guitarist Matt Pike had been…
Hundreds of restaurants opened in metro Denver in 2013, including spots as ambitious as Old Major and Beast + Bottle, and others as formulaic as several Dunkin’ Donuts that, along with Voodoo Doughnut, had this town rolling in dough. Some of the restaurants that opened in 2013 also closed in…
Colorado blogs are feeling frisky in 2014. Westword’s own Beer Man runs down twenty of his favorite Colorado brews from 2013. Wait, so South Stands Denver is saying the Cleveland Browns would ruin Josh McDaniels? Shouldn’t it be the other way around? And Denver Egotist likes it calligrahy on naked…
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 few weeks, we’ll be rolling out their answers across our blogs. First up on the Denver Bucket List are Latest Word’s 25-16 picks. Count…
