Johnny Hsu has shuttered his Palace. Although its website doesn’t indicate that the longtime Chinese and Vietnamese restaurant on East Evans has closed, both the phone number and a sign on the door send Palace customers to Imperial Chinese Restaurant. That’s Hsu’s 28-year-old mainstay on South Broadway. See also: Imperial…
The third annual edition of the Great American Techno Festival is going down this weekend, and it features a slew of top-notch talent, including Lusine, Jeff Mills, Ctrl_Alt_Dlt and Brendon Moeller (check out the full lineup if you haven’t already). We recently spoke with all four of those acts. Keep…
SAT & SUN | THE LUMINEERS at RED ROCKS | 9/14-9/15 Last summer the Lumineers played Red Rocks for the first time, opening for Cake. And that was just a few months after playing the Bluebird Theater for the first time. What a difference a year makes. Thanks to the…
Party! Party! On Thursday, September 12, many of the town’s movers and shakers will gather on the 19th Street Bridge in Riverfront Park for the Greenway Foundation’s annual Gala on the Bridge. But that’s just the start of the fun. From 6 to 10 p.m. on Friday, September 13, the…
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 weather was hot but the drinks were cool at the Art of the Cocktail party at Denver Food and Wine Friday night. See our slide show of the event here, and keep reading for a look at Saturday’s Grand Tasting. See also: A photo recap of the Food &…
On Sunday, September 22, DISH will dish out food and drinks from dozens of Cafe Society’s favorite restaurants and trucks, as well as Best of Denver readers’ winners, in the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Boone’s Tavern will join the lineup this year, serving up its self-proclaimed…
After nearly two decades, Mazzy Star is making its highly anticipated return with a new album, Seasons of Your Day. In support of that record, the band is coming to Denver on Sunday, November 10, for a show at the Ogden Theatre. Tickets ($35) go on sale this Saturday, September…
The story of three multi-generational drag queens traveling through the Outback in a glittery pink bus — to a disco beat — takes a back seat to the costumes in Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical. The touring Broadway show is in the middle of its run at the…
On Saturday, City Park turned into a circus on wheels as thousands of costumed lunatics on bicycles rallied for New Belgium Brewing’s annual Tour de Fat Denver celebration. Along with a pedal parade of riders who communally let their freak flags fly, the one-day event included live music, contests, games…
MONDAY | ANIMAL COLLECTIVE at OGDEN THEATRE | 9/9/13 Animal Collective’s unconventional rhythms and effervescent guitar sound can be heard in the music of countless indie acts that sprang up after the band formed in 2000. The band’s latest record, 2012’s Centipede Hz, is hailed as a return to form,…
Plenty of douchebags spend their every waking hour coming up with new ways to separate the rest of us from our hard-earned lucre. But few of their schemes are as creative as the one developed by the pseudonymous “Major Tom Wilson,” who came up with a way to ostensibly trick…
What does Kylie Ireland — the star of Deep Anal Abyss 3 and Star Wars XXX: A Porn Parody — have in common with John August, who shares screenwriting credits for Big Fish, Corpse Bride and Charlies’ Angels? How about with Monica Staggs, who served as a stunt double for…
MGMT @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | FRI, 9/6/13 Back in 2008, at the peak of their Coachella-studded career, Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser were living one dream (deliciously abstract pop art) and singing about another: one rooted in Paris, heroin, cocaine, “elegant cars” and “models for wives,” to quote their festival-friendly…
On Sunday, September 22, DISH will dish out food and drinks from dozens of Cafe Society’s favorite restaurants and trucks, as well as Best of Denver readers’ winners, in the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Interstate Kitchen & Bar will park in the park for the afternoon,…
On Sunday, September 22, DISH will dish out food and drinks from dozens of Cafe Society’s favorite restaurants and trucks, as well as Best of Denver readers’ winners, in the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Among those serving samples: Azucar Bakery. See also: Dishes of DISH: Williams…
Happily wedded Hollywood sweethearts Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman make beautiful music together — and comedy, too! Although both found fame and fortune on sitcoms — Offerman as Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation, Mullally as Karen on Will & Grace — their talents are too big to be confined…
Last week’s episode of Top Chef Masters ended in a nail-biter for Denver fans — and Work Options for Women, the charity for which chef/contestant Jennifer Jasinski is competing. At the end of the August 28 installment, Jasinski and chef Sue Zemanick were both kicked off the show after the…
We love the Broncos; we bleed orange; we have season tickets. But we just can’t quite muster enough righteous indignation to be angry about the Joe Flacco signs that went up around Denver last week, infuriating so many. Sportscaster Vic Lombardi pretended to be so upset about it that he…
On Sunday, September 22, DISH will dish out food and drinks from dozens of Cafe Society’s favorite restaurants and trucks, as well as Best of Denver readers’ winners, in the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Williams & Graham, our pick for Best Contemporary Cocktail Bar in 2012,…
On Sunday, September 22,DISH will dish out food and drinks from dozens of Cafe Society’s favorite restaurants and trucks, as well as Best of Denver readers’ winners, in the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Joining the lineup this year: Patxi’s, which will be dishing out two deep-dish pizzas…
Inviting the audience to work with musicians, dancers and performance artists in intimate, one-on-one shows, Tara Rynders, creator of You & Me, has seen great success across Colorado since she started her site-specific interactive perforcmances in 2011. The dancer has also taken her show on the road with events in…
