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Ten Reasons to Go to the 2015 Colorado State Fair

If you've never been to the Colorado State Fair, it's time. And if you go every year, it's time to start planning the annual trek to Pueblo, which still hosts the Fair despite occasional attempts to move it. (Extra points if you pronounce the city's nam properly: Pee-EBB-low!) Why? First...
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How Mike Devine Became Denver’s Hip-Hop Pastor

A church service is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. on the first Friday of October at Church in the City-Beth Abraham, at the corner of Gaylord Street and 16th Avenue, and about forty worshippers have gathered in the main sanctuary. But this will not be a traditional church service...
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Force Publique Found a New Scene and a New Identity in Portland

Sometimes a geographical change is necessary for a band to find its own path. For Cassie McNeil and James Wayne, the Pacific Northwest felt like the right part of the country to re-root the duo’s work as Force Publique. Both musicians grew up in different parts of Colorado, eventually landing...
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Adele Says Hello Again to Denver

Adele, the Grammy- and Oscar-winning British singer-songwriter and reigning queen of cross-generational radio pop, just announced dates for her 2016 North American tour, and it includes two performances in Denver. On a tour that features a six-night stand at Madison Square Garden in New York, she will appear on July...
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Arielle Holmes Burns Through the Screen in Heaven Knows What

New York has often been the setting for films about heroin addicts, with titles ranging from Shirley Clarke’s cinéma-vérité-tweaking The Connection (1961) to Slava Tsukerman’s new-wave cult classic Liquid Sky (1982) mining the drama of smack freaks tying off, shooting up and nodding out. But Josh and Benny Safdie’s tough,...
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Magic Sword: The Most Unusual Act at UMS 2015

Perhaps the most unusual act of this past weekend's Underground Music Showcase was Magic Sword. This mysterious trio hails from Boise, Idaho and the two musicians perform incognito while a third member handles the projections in a way that is far from obvious. “I try to set up in a way...
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Humboldt’s New Chef Rolls With the Seasons

Will Tuggle made the move from executive chef at Stout Street Social to Humboldt recently and has begun adding new dishes to both the lunch and dinner menus while outgoing chef, DJ Nagle, transitions to his new role as executive chef at Blue Island Oyster House, scheduled to open later...
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Will and Coral Frischkorn Add a Second Cured in Boulder

Will and Coral Frischkorn opened Cured in 2011 with two ideas in mind for their business. The first was that “we wanted a place with what we eat for dinner six nights a week,” says Will. The second was simply this: “Passion.” Four years later, those two ideas have produced...
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The Mayday Experiment: A Tiny Jamboree for Tiny Houses

At least once a week, someone squeals to me that they love tiny homes. There are a lot of tiny home fans out there, along with tiny house television shows (none of which I’ve watched), movies and blogs. The zeitgeist is here. Which is why over 10,000 people registered for...
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Chef & Tell: Nick Shankland of Hideaway Kitchen + Bar

Restaurateur Alan Zizmor closed Hideaway Kitchen & Bar in Genesee last winter for a makeover, reopening in April with not just a new look, but also a new chef: the young but seasoned Nick Shankland. The chef, who has done time in some of Denver’s top kitchens, quickly installed a...
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Chastity Belt and the Promising Future of the American Underground

The Seattle-based rock band Chastity Belt made its second Denver appearance at Dryer Plug Studios over the weekend. (The first was in 2013, when the group played with Pony Time at Rhinoceropolis.) This time, at least half the band members discarded their shoes while performing. The way the they interacted...
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The Overnight Success of Kenny Knight’s Long-Forgotten Masterpiece

Kenny Knight is a 62-year-old Parker man who put out a country/psych-rock album called Crossroads in 1980. It was not a success, and disappeared into obscurity until it was discovered by a record collector earlier this year. Now, Crossroads is the subject of glowing reviews in national music publications like...