Welcome to the weekend! The sun’s hiding this morning and rain’s in the forecast for the next few days, but even that can’t dampen spirits today. The Nuggets destroyed the Lakers last night, and you’ve got another full slate of local goodness on tap this weekend: Tonight the Fray kicks…
This week’s cover story, “Water World,” takes a look at the river that runs through Denver: the South Platte. Two decades ago, then-Westword staffer Robin Chotzinoff wrote her own cover story (with Kenny Be illustrations) about the Platte, a true piece of immersion journalism. For “I Cover the Waterfront” in…
We’re just over a month out from this year’s Westword Music Showcase, and we’ve already let you know who we have headlining the mainstage this year — but keep it locked on Backbeat for another big announcement this coming Monday. Now it’s time for us to give up the goods…
A river runs through the heart of Denver, this city’s most liquid asset. But the South Platte River wasn’t always regarded that way. “We came to the shallow, yellow, muddy South Platte, with its low banks and its scattering of flat sand-bars and pigmy islands — a melancholy stream straggling…
Today, the Denver Record Collectors Spring Expo is taking place at Ramada Plaza in Northglenn (I-25 and 120th). For a $2.00 admission, you can sort through a treasure trove of vinyl from over forty dealers from all over the country. While there will also be CDs, posters and other stuff…
Not only will the 16th Street Mall have a bigger range of food vendors than ever before this summer, but those vendors will be keeping much more extensive hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, under new contracts with the Downtown Denver…
Welcome to another outstanding music-filled weekend in the Mile High City! Local music abounds: We’ve got a trio of CD release shows from Rubedo, the Congress and Chingaso, a three day Mini Fest with forty bands at 3 Kings Tavern and the hi-dive. If that weren’t enough, BoomBox is back…
After months of delays, both Adrift and Gary Lee’s Motor Club & Grub opened last month on the same strip of South Broadway. But from new pizza joints to mo’ pho, there’s action all over town. Here’s our restaurant roll call for April:…
See Also: • Cobraconda goes on Spring Break • Q&A with Alex Bleeker of Real Estate • Q&A with Alex Bleeker of Real Estate • Q&A with Jules Bethea-Rateliff and Joe Sampson • Q&A with Carbon Choir • Q&A with Kurt Wagner of Lambchop Welcome to the weekend! You’ve worked…
Individual results may vary.We’ve just rolled out a new and improved calendar of Denver concerts. Our online music listings are now sortable by artist, venue and price. We’ve also got a raw, unadulterated, alphabetical list of upcoming shows in the drop-down menus on the right hand side of that page…
See Also: • Twenty most gnarly metal shirts we saw last night • (Photos) Opeth at the Ogden Theatre, 10/11 • Q&A with Bill Kelliher of Mastodon • (Review) Mastodon at Ogden Theatre, 11/9/11 • (Review) Ghost at Marquis Theater, 1/27/12 The Mastodon, Opeth and Ghost tour may be the…
See Also: • Best of Coachella weekend one • Ten awkward Coachella dance moves weekend one • Ten awkward Coachella dance moves weekend two • Tupac hologram at Coachella: Here’s how it was done • Complete Coachella coverage The first weekend of Coachella was cold, damp and wet. The second…
Happy 4/20! Whether you partake in the green festivities or not, this entire weekend will be greener than Kermit. With a slew of album release parties to choose from, enough reggae to keep the bodies winding on the dance floor through clouds of smoke, and more, this weekend is shaping…
See Also: At the Helm – A throat cancer survivor, the Band’s Levon Helm can’t sing anymore — but the beat goes on Levon Helm, iconic drummer and singer extraordinaire of the Band, died yesterday at the age of 71, after a long and strenuous battle with throat cancer. Helm’s…
See Also: A 4/20 playlist from Westword’s marijuana critic William Breathes Happy 4/20! Welcome to the end of another work week. As always, there are plenty of music options to consider this weekend — and that’s whether you’re living the Mile High life or not. The second edition of the…
See Also: A comprehensive guide to Record Store Day 2012 activities See Also: Wax Trax celebrating 33 1/3 birthday in April See Also: Download a track from Wheelchair Sports Camp’s forthcoming EP, Where We All Live In honor of Record Store Day this Saturday, we dug deep into our collection…
Feel like cutting loose this weekend? Good news, you will lack for nothing when comes to things to do, whether you feel like losing your inhibitions and partying like a rock star or losing your mind to some killer dance music. Our own Ru Johnson will be at Milk Bar…
TGIF! You’ve worked hard all week, now it’s time to coast into weekend. Plenty of great music on tap to help you unwind — or get wound-up, as the case may be. Tonight at the Ogden, Sleigh Bells assaults the senses, Mojo Nixon kicks off a two-night stand at the…
Tonight at Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver will be graced with the four-part Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses tour, where audiences will see the legendary Nintendo game soundtrack scored by a collection of classically trained musicians. But is this just another gimmick to get people out to see the…
Welcome to the end of the work week! Unsurprisingly, your musical options are plentiful this weekend: Gotye packs the Ogden tonight for a sold-out show with Kimbra, Fun. is at the Fox Theatre, John Scofield returns to Colorado after the successful three night stand with Phil Lesh not too long…
Wyclef Jean is coming to the Coors Event Center on Friday, April 20, to perform at a free party thrown for students, sponsored by the CU Student Government in partnership with the Program Council. As you’ve probably deduced, there’s a method to the madness: This show is being held on…
March saw some much-anticipated openings, including a Denver outpost of The Kitchen as well as James Mazzio’s Red Star Deli in the Ice House, Cinque Soldi Salumeria on South Pearl Street, and the revamped Spuntino in Highland. But longtime barbecue joints dried up all over the metro area. Keep reading…
