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Mind Benders closes after a few months

Mind Benders, the black light-themed club that just opened in the former Brickhouse Nightclub space this past March, has already closed. There’s no word on exactly why the venue was shuttered, but the newly renovated space is up now up for lease…

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Chlóe opening this month, now hiring

From the billboards to the Twitter posts, there’s been a bit of a buzz for the last few months about Chloe, Francois Safieddine’s new high-profile club and restaurant, which is slated to open Friday, July 22, in the former Ruth’s Chris Steak House space at 1445 Market Street. The spot…

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Tonight: Follow That Bird! at the hi-dive

Oooh, baby, baby, baby, baby! Get up on this! Salt-n-Pepa’s here… Erm, they’re going to be rather, on Saturday, December 17 at the Gothic Theatre for Jammin’ 101.5’s T’was the Jam Before Christmas. Tickets for the holiday soiree go on sale this Friday, November 4 at 10 a.m. and range…

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Stick & Poke Round 2 gets all evil tonight

Because of the old piece of folded-paper designer Tony Farfalla’s used as a background, this sucker looks like something you’d dig up out of some crazed Renaissance doctors hand if Maurice Sendack travelled back in time to create handbills for exorcisms, and the double-headed demon certainly helps add to the…

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Roxy Theatre open for business again

As partners in Strong Survive Promotionz for the past five years, independent concert promoters Travis Ragan and Ivan Ovchinnikov have booked shows at a number of venues around Denver, but they’ve never gotten a cut of the bar sales. So when they found out that the Roxy Theatre, an old…

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Sub.Mission’s Electronic Tuesdays

Last night, the Sub.Mission crew kicked off its Electronic Tuesdays series, and for the next three weeks, it will be packing the Other Side full of electronic music from nearly two dozen different DJs. Generally speaking, when you have that many artists spread over a series of dates, it’s difficult…

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Devo tapped to headline Denver County Fair

Update: We just received word that tickets for Devo’s performance on July 30 at the first annual Denver County Fair go on sale this morning at 10 a.m. So that’s what Barry Fey was working on. In news that’s sure to inspire the nerdiest of our pals to spontaneously bust…

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Bright Eyes Boulder Theater show announced

Anyone who missed Bright Eyes’ show last night at the Fillmore will get another chance to see Conor Oberst and company, as the Boulder Theater just announced a date with the band on Tuesday, August 9. Tickets ($30 in advance and $35 day of show) go on sale this Friday,…

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Cheapskates Action Sports Bar now open

After working in the action-sports industry for years and setting a Guinness World Record for longest journey on a mini-motorcycle, Ryan Galbraith and Chris Stinson have now embarked on a different journey: Cheapskates Action Sports Bar, which opened last week in the former home of Bliss Café at 7501 Grandview…

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5 Degrees closing this weekend

After more than a decade-long run, 5 Degrees (1475 Lawrence Street) is closing this weekend with a final bash on Saturday, June 4, with $20 for all-you-can-drink wells and $50 of bottle service. The building that houses the club is under construction to make way for University of Colorado Denver…