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The Six Best Beers Inspired by Colorado Bands

Collaborations between breweries and bands are nothing new. But with the explosion of craft breweries in the Denver area, this year has brought an unprecedented number of band-themed beers. With the Great American Beer Festival in town, we thought this would be the perfect time to explore six of those...
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Denver’s Mini Walk of Fame: Could It Be History?

KBTV Channel 9 went on the air on October 12, 1952, when few houses in Denver had televisions. But that changed quickly, and the next year the staton moved from its makeshift studio into a spanking-new headquarters at 1089 Bannock Street. OK, MAKE SURE THE SENTENCES ABOVE MATCH WHAT'S IN...
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Art Review: Clyfford Still’s Greatness Bears Repeating in Replicas

From the moment it opened, four years ago this month, the Clyfford Still Museum has been one of the city’s greatest cultural treasures. Located inside a lovely little concrete building, the museum is dedicated to the conservation and presentation of the work of the legendary abstract-expressionist pioneer Clyfford Still, who,...
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How Do Colorado Prisons and Jails House Transgender Prisoners?

How do Colorado jails and prisons house transgender prisoners? In part, it depends on their policies. In reporting this week's feature, "No Way Out," we researched the policies of the federal Bureau of Prisons, the Colorado Department of Corrections and the Denver Sheriff Department, which runs the Denver County Jail...
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Five Makers to Meet at the Denver Mini Maker Faire

When Colorado Maker Hub teams up with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science this weekend for the Denver Mini Maker Faire, the result will be a geekophile’s paradise, a thriving village of more than 100 tinkerers, artisans, tech nerds, robot-builders, Daleks and droids. We’d be hard-pressed to name them...
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Cabal Gallery Celebrates Its First Anniversary With Afterbirth

Sometimes the name says it all. Adam Stone’s initial idea for Cabal Gallery’s big birthday bash was to simply call it Ew — and according to resident artist Mar Williams, “I think most of our art evokes a bit of that.” Cabal got its start last October, when a group of...
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How Long Should You Wait Before Reviewing a Restaurant?

Last week I started a conversation about the rules of restaurant criticism — or rather, the modern-day lack thereof. Some guidelines remain in effect: Professional critics should not accept free food, for example. Others are increasingly optional, such as anonymity, though in my opinion a critic who publishes his or...
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Would You Like to Be Westword‘s New Social Media Editor?

Westword has an opening for a part-time social media editor. This 20-hour/week position combines journalism with social-media skills to increase Westword’s audience and serve as its online public face. The social media editor manages Westword’s Facebook and Twitter accounts, among others, with the expectation of continued engagement and growth. The social media...
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Denver Film Festival, Weekend Roundup: Brooklyn, Michael Moore, Raiders!

Regular Denver Film Festival-goers tend to judge their experiences in part by the percentage of good movies to lousy ones they see before each edition of DFF runs its course. By that measure, my experiences since catching Charlie Kaufman's low-key, defiantly weird Anomalisa on the fest's opening night this past Wednesday...
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Broad Daylight Shooting Possibly Gang-Related, Teen Hit Multiple Times

Earlier this year, numerous gang-related shootings took place in Denver, as well as in Aurora, raising concerns about violence levels throughout the metro area. And if such worries had ebbed in recent months, an incident yesterday afternoon has rekindled them. A teenager was hit multiple times during broad-daylight shooting in Aurora...
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Jasmine Burlingame Busted for False Rape Claim on Valentine’s Day

Over the years, we've reported about numerous cases in which DNA led to arrests in sexual assaults. The same is true in regard to Jasmine Burlingame — but with a twist. In previous instances, the people busted were men accused of committing sex crimes against women. This time around, Burlingame...
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Get Your Irish Up: A Second Helping of Cafe Society, May 25-29

This week saw a number of openings and closings haunted by the spirits of Denver restaurant history. Spruce Tap House closed without notice after only seven months on Blake Street, the victim of a redevelopment project that will result in new condos. The space had seen a fair amount of...
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Get Ready for a Fringe Binge at the Boulder International Fringe Festival

The Boulder International Fringe Festival has no permanent venue and presents twelve days of events featuring nearly three dozen productions and many more performers, staged all over Boulder. So how do viewers prepare for the Fringe binge that starts this week? “It really is kind of like geocaching,” says Alex...
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Five More Underappreciated Films Made in Colorado

Colorado's movie industry has taken off in fits and starts over the last 120 years, but while boosters are always hoping that more films will be made here, some of the movies already made in this state deserve far more attention than they've received. Our survey continues (see the first...
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Ten Best Fashion Events in Denver This Week

November is here and while the temperature is dropping, the fashion scene in Denver is heating up. This month is filled with fashion shows, trunk shows, galas and fundraisers, all designed to get you stylish just in time for the holidays around the corner. Here are ten of the best...