Want to see The Book of Mormon? The touring show’s Denver dates in August are officially sold out, with tickets going for astronomical amounts on the web. At this point, your best bet might be to fly to New York (Jet Blue has a one-day sale today), then get in…
On Friday, Lori Midson broke the news that Jeremy Kittelson, the exec chef at Ambria (and a partner in the four-month-old restaurant) had been fired in the middle of Denver Restaurant Week. “I was relieved of my position — told, simply, that it wasn’t working out — and I’m really…
The Colorado Republicans held their caucuses last month. The Colorado Democrats have launched a caucus locator to help members find their caucus sites tonight. And the American Constitution Party, the state’s third major party? “We’re going to do the best job we can,” says Doug Campbell. “Let the chips fall…
Talk about painting the town! Every weekend, Denver is overflowing with activities and events. But Mythica von Griffyn’s live body-painting performance at Xcentricity Gallery Friday could have topped them all…
A McAlister’s Deli opens today at 13950 East Mississippi Avenue in Aurora — in a space formerly occupied by a Bennigan’s and one of the doomed BenchWarmers. There’s already a McAlister’s Deli at 3471 Salida Street, also in Aurora…
On Friday we posted our Restaurant roll call for February, a compendium of that month’s openings and closings. The big surprise was the closing of The Crushery; on February 28, owner John Davidson signed a deal to sell the spot to Kayvan Khalatbari, who’ll turn the space at 1579 South…
They like us! They really like us! Denver has long seemed like the Sally Field of cities, eager for any national recognition. And this past weekend, Denver got plenty, for everything from its beer to its beer-drinking governor….especially its beer-drinking governor…
People had a lot to say about Shit Girls in Denver Say, a video created by 25-year-old Erin Streets, a local designer and stylist. And we’ll give the last word on the three-minute video to her:…
The Kitchen Table Cooking School is doing double duty on meatless Monday. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, it will offer a cooking class on “The Incredible Edible Egg”; from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight, the course is “Meatless Monday: Contemporary Mexico.” Each class is $80, and includes food;…
Adam Lerner, billed as “Director and Chief Animator, Department of Fabrications” on his business cards, and his creative crew at the Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver rate a rave in the New York Times this week. The March 1 piece titled “Puppies, Paintings and Philosophers” focuses on the Mixed Taste programs…
Vintage Theatre Productions has found a new home: In April, it will move into the Dayton Street Theatre at 1468 Dayton Street in Aurora, which will be renamed Vintage Theatre. “This is an extremely exciting move for us in our tenth anniversary season,” says executive producer Debbie Laureta. “Our new…
There is no question that Joe Garcia is a cool guy, as Governor John Hickenlooper pronounced in his State of the State speech; he called his lieutenant governor the “ever-cooler.” And he’s probably the coolest Colorado lieutenant governor ever, as Hickenlooper has suggested. No insult to Barbara O’Brien or Gail…
Patrick Canfield, the sous chef at the Trinity Grille who’s the subject of this week’s Chef and Tell interview, has won new fans — for his position on gluten-free diets, his memories of old Denver restaurants, and this answer to a question about what would be his dream restaurant: “I…
The KinkforAllDenver event on February 25 may have left a few people out of that all. A group of Denver kinksters staged a protest at the conference, criticizing the organizers — Rebecca Crane of Boulder and Maymay, formerly of New York and the co-founder of KinkForAll — for censoring presentations…
There’s still more than a week to go in Denver Restaurant Week, and just reading the comments that diners have posted about their DRW experiences has made us very, very hungry, as we salivate over the descriptions of great meals at Trillium, 1515, TAG and many others. But this round…
The Crushery has closed, adding another casualty to the list of restaurants that have shuttered on South Pearl Street. “I love the people in this neighborhood, and, in a way, I feel like I’m letting them down, but I got a very nice offer from Sexy Pizza, and now I’m…
We’ve seen our last leap day for four years — but not discussions the earth’s rotation and other arcane calendar information you’ll need to look at before you leap. And then there’s this from Mothy:…
The Colorado Restaurant Association usually waits until its annual dinner celebration to announce its Industry Spotlight Awards. But this year, it’s revealed more than a dozen people who’ll be honored at the April 4 event at the Ritz Carlton, including the new additions to the Colorado Food Service Hall of…
Denver Restaurant Week is only five days old, but thousands of meals have already been consumed (and that was in the first hour at Elway’s Cherry Creek alone!), and as many nerves worn thin. Those of this stay-at-home diner, for example:…
Denver Restaurant Week has begun! Kitchens were scrambling to keep up with the crush last night, with sold-out houses all over town for the first day of DRW, which officially started February 25 and continues through March 9. It’s the biggest eating-orgy ever, with a record 340 restaurants all offering…
J. Wilson, who was named Beerdrinker of the Year this past weekend at the Wynkoop Brewing Company, has gone through trials before. Last spring, for example, he lived for 46 days on nothing but water and dopplebock (a German style of beer) that a local brewery in Iowa, where he…
The February 26 Denver Post featured a lengthy article on Joneen Mackenzie and how she became a crusader for abstinence education — a crusade she leads through her Center for Relationship Education, which is funded by a pair of grants, including one approved by the Colorado Board of Education even…
