Civic Center Park was filled with color and culture over the weekend during the city’s annual Cinco de Mayo celebration. The all-day event featured food, dancers, costumes and chihuahua races among other festivities — and photographer Danielle Lirette stopped by to capture the action. Continue reading for a few highlights,…
May the 4th be with you! Over the weekend, local fans celebrated Star Wars Day at Deer Pile with a costume party so fun even a few Trekkies showed their faces. Continue reading for a few highlights from the night, and visit our full slide show for more photos. See…
The first of two new retail outlets from Novo Coffee will open tomorrow morning at 1600 Glenarm Place (the second location will start pouring at 1700 East Sixth Avenue later this summer). Westword’s Danielle Lirette stopped by recently to take a look at the new digs. Keep reading to see…
The weekend’s beautiful weather provided a pleasant change in scenery for First Friday in the Santa Fe Arts District over the weekend, and Westword’s Christopher Morgan stopped by to capture the sunny scenes. Continue reading for a few highlights, and visit our full First Friday slide show for more photos…
The brand-new South Denver Beer Fest kicked off the summer beer festival season in style over the weekend, as more than sixty breweries poured beers and ciders for adoring fans in the southern suburbs. The two-day extravaganza, in Littleton’s Clement Park, was blessed with spring weather that was just warm…
Adelitas Cocina y Cantina — a family-owned and -operated restaurant that focuses on traditional Mexican fare with a Michoacan focus — just opened at 1294 South Broadway, in the space that had been Bistro One, then 3 Monkeys Cantina; it promises a family-friendly atmosphere during dining hours, with a more…
SHABAZZ PALACES @ LARIMER LOUNGE | MON, 5/6/13 In the first half of the ’90s, Ishmael Butler went by the moniker “Butterfly” as part of the rap trio Digable Planets. After the outfit’s 1995 split, the group performed one-off shows here and there, but since 2009, Butler has released music…
Aviano Coffee just closed its third location — but the good news is that this closure is only temporary. The homegrown coffee shop — which started out in the Beauvallon, then moved to Cherry Creek, then had to move abruptly in January because of a development project — is now…
We here at Schmuck of the Week HQ aren’t criminals — really! — so it’s hard to put ourselves in the mind of lawbreakers and miscreants. Yet it still makes sense to us for people stealing stuff from their workplace to make sure there are a lot of other suspects…
HANEYSTOCK @ GOTHIC THEATRE | FRI, 5/3/13 Although the lineup for this show would otherwise be considered pretty great, with Havok, Speedwolf, the Limbs and Lola Black, the reason everybody will be heading down to the Gothic Theatre tonight is to celebrate the life of Chris Haney, a dearly departed…
By Gil Asakawa I first visited the offices of Feyline, Barry Fey’s concert promotions company, in the early 1980s when I was music editor for Westword. I had become friends with Feyline’s publicist, Mark Bliesener, and I would go over to the office to get the skinny on upcoming shows…
Art critic Michael Paglia visits Plus Gallery and Spark Gallery in this week’s Westword, taking in works by four artists. The large show at Plus focuses on Colin Livingston and his dynamic brand of conceptual art, while Spark features three separate shows by Roland Bernier, Sue Simon and Madeleine Dodge…
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 listening…
The current happy-hour menu at the McCormick’s Fish House & Bar in the corner of the Oxford Hotel may not seem as much of a bargain as the legendary “cheap time” that denizens of LoDo remember so fondly, when every item — including a big fat cheeseburger and fries –…
Vietnamese soup is good food any time of the year, and always fun to accessorize with fresh vegetables and spicy sauces — but on a cold day like today, a great bowl of pho is enough to bowl you over. Fortunately, in Denver our cup runneth over with pho spots…
It’s been a big year for German DJ Thomas Gold. Having recently earned a nod from DJ Mag in its Top 100 DJs list for the first time in his career, Gold will take the bright lights and modern remixes of his live show across five continents this year, and…
Update: Congratulations to hambone904 and kevineoman! You’ve each won $200 in bottle service. Check your email for details on how to claim your prize Original post: Mother Nature can’t seem to make up her mind about what season it is in Denver right now, but that’s okay. We’ve got a…
One Colorado, the state’s most formidable LGBTQ-rights organization, hosted the Civil Soiree at the McNichols Building on the eve of the civil unions bill going into action across the state. Only hours later, many supporters traversed Civic Center and headed to the Wellington Webb Municipal Building to take steps toward…
The 2013 Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown took over the Sheraton Hotel in the Denver Tech Center from April 26-28, as arcade gaming fans and collectors converged for the three-day festival. Westword photographer Danielle Lirette stopped by to capture the lights and music of the region’s pinball wizards in action. Continue…
Over two dozen eateries opened in metro Denver in April, everything from coffeehouses to second outposts for local breweries (Upslope and Renegade) to a third spot for Ali Baba to a tenth restaurant for Bonanno Concepts, Bonanno Brothers Pizzeria. But Denver also lost an institution: Strings closed after 27 years…
After merging last summer at 250 Josephine Street, Opus Restaurant & Aria Wine Bar just unveiled a new spring menu, which features locally sourced ingredients, including meats from Two Mile Ranch and Tender Belly. The restaurant also revealed the results of a recent remodel, which removed a private dining space…
Friday’s Rock & Runway party, presented by Denver Gives at the Fillmore Auditorium, paired local style and sounds to benefit Denver charities. Backed by soundtracks from bands including Rachel & the Kings, models strutted down the walkway wearing designs from Infernal Contraptions, 927 Designs, Andreas Tsagas, Jump of Joy, Fashion…
