So you’re a beer fan — but are you a connoisseur? If you not only drink good beer but revel in the art of craft, keep reading. In conjunction with the 2012 Denver Web Awards, Westword’s annual celebration of the best and brightest projects in digital Denver, we’re launching a…
We here at Show and Tell never expected — not even in our wildest dreams — to type the words “sexy Lorax” anytime soon. But that’s what just happened. And you know why? Because “sexy” is the costume trend that will never die. Not even your sweetest, most sacred childhood…
As people who think about, talk about, write about, listen to and make music, it shouldn’t be surprising to find that the most common (and mutually favorite) topic of conversation among us is the same: “What are you listening to right now?” Stick a quarter in us, and, boy, wouldn’t…
Halloween is the time where it’s acceptable to wallow in the creepy, the crawly, the dark, and the macabre. Sounds like the themes of heavy metal, year-round! Here then, are those most spine-tingliest metal album covers, for your All Hallow’s Eve viewing pleasure. Step inside… See also: – The 25…
Update: Congratulations to Cerealluna and salmonavenger. You’ve each won twenty tickets to Hollywood Theaters. Fore the rest of you, keep your eyes out: This will be a regular contest in the future. Original post: We’ll cut straight to the chase: Movies are one of this planet’s greatest pleasures, and there’s…
Rockbar closed its doors after last call on Saturday night — after an epic party full of costumed customers. After more than six years, the hipster hangout — whose liquor-license renewal was denied — rang out its final night in style, with hundreds of patrons lining up outside for a…
Every year, this city goes ape over the Denver Gorilla Run. The annual event raises money for the Mountain Gorilla Conservation Fund by pairing humans with gorilla costumes and setting them free on foot. Photographer Brandon Marshall was along for the fun on Saturday, and brought back these photos of…
The genius part of the Church’s Friday-night party theme — Naughty Tricks and Sexy Treats — is that the majority of Halloween costumes can be adapted to fit it. And they did: Hundreds of costumed party people flocked to the nightclub to dance, drink and enter the Church’s $1,000 costume…
Triad Dragons know how to throw a party. Over the weekend, they threw a small country. The massive annual costume party that is HallowFreak’nWeen took over the National Western Complex on Saturday with more than forty electronic acts and thousands of dressed-up (and dressed-down) ravers celebrating both sin and salvation…
Lola celebrated its tenth birthday on Saturday with a combination fall fiesta/Halloween bash. Sadly, the promised donkey was a no-show; too bad-tempered, we hear. But everyone who made the party — complete with a pig roast and plenty of live music — was in good, if spooky, spirits. See also:…
At Halloween, what’s better than a haunted house? How about a haunted hotel? Over the weekend, Kevin Larson Presents took over the Hyatt Regency in the Denver Tech Center for the fourth annual Haunted Hotel party. Spread across multiple floors, the spooky celebration featured live music and art as more…
Happy Monday, amigos. Hope you didn’t go too hard this past weekend — though, judging from the pics from Rockbar’s last call, some of you apparently did — because there’s at least four truckloads of shows (including Ryan Adams acoustic set at Boulder Theater tonight) going down this week, which…
Less than a year after Ambria opened on the 16th Street Mall in the former home of Ling & Louie’s, the last vestiges of its time there are about to disappear. It was a wild twelve months for Ambria, which opened last November, kicked its starting chef to the curb…
Installing a water softener is supposed to improve the quality of the wet stuff flowing into your house. But that’s not the way it worked out for Nick and Roxanne Cattaneo. After paying for a new system, they felt that their water had an unpleasant smell — and no wonder,…
Welcome to the weekend, amigos! Ah, yes, we finally made it. Is it just us, or has this seemed like the longest week ever? Ah, maybe it’s just the weather. Whatever the case, it’s in the rearview now, and it’s time to blow off some steam. Drinks are on the…
Get to the art of the matter tonight, at a free panel discussion — complete with refreshments and a DJ — in support of the Urban Arts Fund. This graffiti-prevention program of Arts & Venues Denver produces unique opportunities for young people to participate in diversionary art and leadership programs…
The original Mile High Vienna Stand has moved from 258 Santa Fe Drive to a larger space half a block away at 300 Santa Fe, in the heart of Denver’s Art District on Santa Fe. “People kept telling me we were too busy — something I didn’t think was possible,”…
The 2012 Mayor’s Design Awards, announced last night, celebrate a range of notable projects across six categories: I Wanna Live Here!, Oh, Pioneers!, Use It Or Lose It!, Eye-Catcher!, The City’s Gotta Eat! and Goin’ Rogue! This year’s winners include restaurants, breweries and livable properties, as well as such cultural…
Leaf & Crumb, a bakery specializing in tea-infused cakes and cupcakes, just opened at 4416 East Eighth Avenue. Owner Jennifer Rocha, who gave up a career as a pharmacist to pursue her passion for baking, and her crew officially put the icing on the cake yesterday. Westword photographer Elyse Mitchell…
As people who think about, talk about, write about, listen to and make music, it shouldn’t be surprising to find that the most common (and mutually favorite) topic of conversation among us is the same: “What are you listening to right now?” Stick a quarter in us, and, boy, wouldn’t…
Contest is over. Congratulations to Elise Smedley, the winner of a pair of tickets to Caspa’s show at the Fillmore. And thanks for all the other entries. Got plans this Thursday? You do now…well, potentially. Caspa — the dubstep phenom known to his mom and dad as Gary McCann, and…
Denver’s regular adult skate night, Down & Derby, is known for its costumes, but attendees went all out on Saturday in honor of Halloween. Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Thing 1, Thing 2 and the walking dead joined a surprising group of peers at the Exdo Event Center over the weekend…
