Thirty years ago this week, amid launches of balloons and speeches and other emissions of hot air, Denver’s 16th Street Mall was officially declared open for business. It was the beginning of a new era for downtown merchants and office workers, the first big move by a voracious transit empire…
The fall art season is fully under way, and in this week’s review, Michael Paglia visits Rule Gallery, Edge Gallery and Space Gallery. Two of these galleries are offering solo shows by local abstract artists; the third is a group show also featuring abstracts by mostly local artists. All three…
It’s almost time: Depending on your political alliance and your favorite beers, chances are you’ve already chosen who you’re going to vote for in the upcoming presidential election. But have you chosen where you’re going to watch the debate? Stayed tuned to Westword for our upcoming list of the best…
Welcome to Rawktober! The month is getting kicked off with a bang tomorrow night at 1STBANK Center with the Twins of Evil Tour featuring Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson, and the rest of the week is shaping up to be pretty stellar, too, with some dubstep and doom metal shows…
The Denver dining scene saw plenty of action in September — much of it in the 900 block of Lincoln Street, where Japoix finally gave up the ghost in that haunted spot in the Beauvallon that had previously swallowed up Nine75. But other outfits haven’t been discouraged from the area,…
Temperatures have begun to drop — and so have inhibitions. It’s that ghoulishly glorious time of year: haunted house season. Westword photographer Christopher Morgan stopped by the 13th Door & Slaughterhouse on its opening night this past weekend to capture the behind-the-scenes magic of creating serial killers, zombies and haunted…
According to a lawsuit filed by Timothy Siaki, he was cuffed and forced to the floor by Adams County deputies because he wasn’t responding to verbal commands — which isn’t all that surprising, given that he’s deaf. There’s much more in the suit, filed against Sheriff Douglas Darr on behalf…
By B. Caplan Unless Genghis Khan comes back to life in the next 48 hours, the most badass dude in Denver this weekend is going to be Cody ChesnuTT. No bones about it. That’s Mr. ChesnuTT in the picture above. And he’s cooler than you. Sorry. He wears an army…
Updated: Congratulations to Curt Von Feldt and fatj, who have each won two tickets to opening night of GABF! Check your email for information on how to claim your tickets. To the rest of you: Keep reading. We’ll be giving out more tickets in the coming weeks. (And continue through…
Did you miss Lady Gaga’s last tour? Don’t worry. Tonight you can catch HBO’s Lady Gaga: The Monster Ball Tour documentary that was filmed at Madison Square Garden, complete with Gaga’s many-colored wigs and famed fire-shooting bra — but without the inflated ticket price. Eden will project the film and…
Since 2005, “I See What You Mean,” arguably Denver’s most beloved piece of public art, has been photographed, imitated and miniaturized. The sculpture outside of the Colorado Convention Center, nicknamed the Big Blue Bear, has been laughed at, loved, lingered over, tagged with a yarn-made ball and chain and pranked…
A year after he opened the 1UP arcade/bar in LoDo, business was so good that Jourdan Adler took over the former Monkey Bar on East Colfax and turned it into the 2UP. Inspired by the “barcade” trend, Jesse Gossett and Mike Boselli recently took over the former Round Midnight –…
GOLDRUSH 2 @ DEER PILE | 9/21/12-9/22/2012 By Leya Lynette and Tom Murphy The hype around Goldrush 2 had not been identical to that of Goldrush 1. The original crew that did the booking had changed, and the festival this year focused on more under-the-radar acts from around the country…
It is a universally acknowledged truth that there’s no better way to measure stokedness than the rock fist. Three upturned fingers and an angry grin are all you need to indicate your appreciation for a rowdy show — and Denver has a lot of those. Looking back through our slide…
Ahoy, mateys! Perfectly timed to follow September 19’s Talk Like a Pirate Day, Denver’s annual pirate convention sailed into the Red Lion Hotel over the weekend. For three days, the scallywags, their wenches and other pirate friends celebrated the high crimes of the high seas — in costumes. Continue reading…
Oktoberfest season is here, and with that comes the chance to eat brats, down pints and dress in pop culture’s best approximation of traditional German attire. In short, it’s a drunk, occasionally debauched form of heaven on Earth that took over LoDo this weekend, and will repeat next weekend. Continue…
Colorado’s largest indoor dance festival, Skylab, came to the Denver Coliseum once more on Saturday. Hosted by Triad Dragons and Beta nightclub, the night featured more than twenty acts and thousands of costumes. Continue reading for our favorite looks from the fest. See also: – Slide show: People of Skylab…
What’s the best way to celebrate your first birthday? By wearing a super-hero costume, of course. Down and Derby, Denver’s regular skating bash, did just that — on roller skates, no less — over the weekend with a party at Exdo Center presented by Beauty Bar. Continue reading for the…
The case of Ricky Mayber was a tough one for our Shmuck of the Week jury. Is he a shmuck because he thought a good way to cover his bills would be to rob a bank? Or because the person who turned him in was his wife? Hard to say…
Hola, amigo! Welcome to the weekend! A massive amount of musical goodness awaits you this weekend, the first of this fall season. Whatever you feel like getting into, there are a ton of shows to choose from, whether you’re looking for metal, rock, hip-hop or just want to party down…
By Leya Lynnette Goldrush Music Festival is the brainchild of Jake Martin, occasional Backbeat contributor Crawford Philleo and Ryan Pjesky. The three friends all knew each other from going to local shows and writing about experimental music on the internet. At some point, they began exchanging e-mails and hashing out…
Smart Balance has been busy since it purchased Udi’s Gluten-Free Foods, a spinoff of Udi’s Healthy Foods, a Colorado company that got its start baking bread, for $125 million this summer. Today it will launch five new Udi’s items at the Natural Products Expo East in Baltimore, the country’s premier…
