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The Outfit Takes the Long Road to New LP

At a time when all things indie rock have been relegated to the dustbin of pop culture, Denver band the Outfit still stands out. The group’s soon-to-be-released self-titled album is representative of its current creative ambitions. The Outfit is the first twelve-inch vinyl record that the band has released; it...
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Blake Lively and The Shallows Are Well Worth the Dive

According to IMDb, Jaume Collet-Serra’s over-before-you-know-it The Shallows runs for one hour and 27 minutes — a number that produces a reaction something like when an NBA roster lists a short-looking player at five-foot-nine and you marvel, Really? Nate Robinson is that tall? The shark thriller has only three or...
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Great Divide Changes Denver Pale Ale To Fit a Growing City

Denver has grown a lot in the twenty years since Great Divide Brewing began making a pale ale named for the city, and next month the beer will change with the times as well. Great Divide, which first brewed Denver Pale Ale in 1996, has completely revamped the recipe, updating...
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Best Toxin-Free Beauty Store

The new wave of beauty products is toxin-free, and former beauty-industry exec Kathryn Murray of the beauty boutique Aillea rode it right to 14th and Larimer in 2015, bringing a curated selection of all-natural, chemical-free cosmetics, cleansers, fragrances and creams that smell just as nice — if not nicer — than the old-fashioned, non-natural kind. […]
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Best Improvised Theater Space

The Boulder-based Catamounts is one of the wittiest companies around, so when the Dairy Arts Center became unavailable due to construction, they improvised as only the Catamounts can. For A Public Reading, they took over a large room at Madelife — a Boulder store and gallery intended as a launching pad for artists and entrepreneurs […]
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The Fox’s Rick Lewis on Life After Michael Floorwax and More

Two years ago this month, popular Denver radio personality Michael Floorwax formally announced that he wouldn't be returning to Lewis & Floorwax, the 103.5 The Fox morning program on which he'd co-starred with Rick Lewis since July 1990. In a letter read by Lewis during an early October 2014 program,...
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La Guatemalteca: Two Stops for Central American Breakfast and Pastries

When it comes to south-of-the-border restaurants, Denver is certainly not lacking in Mexican-cuisine options — but what about farther south? Aside from a smattering of Salvadoran joints frying up pupusas, the countries of Central America have yet to establish a firm presence on Denver’s culinary map. Where, for example, can...
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Sex Workers Get a Second Chance at Street’s Hope

When Lillian Ballard moved into a transitional-housing facility for women leaving the sex industry and survivors of sex trafficking, nobody, herself included, thought that she would last there. During her first three days at Street’s Hope in Denver, Ballard suffered from severe panic attacks, spending the majority of her time...
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Over 15K Fans Sad Woody Paige Left Denver Post, One Not So Much

On July 29, we reported that sports columnist Woody Paige was leaving the Denver Post, his newspaper home for the lion's share of 35 years. In the subsequent Sunday edition, the paper published Paige's goodbye column, in which he cited memorable pieces (including one in which he revealed that he'd once...
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Best New Womenswear Boutique

Ily and Iley opened in April 2015 in lower Highland, raising the bar for boutique shopping in Denver. Co-owners and stylists Ilyse Mark and Bailey Lemak began their business after running into each other in Miami and New York; luckily for us, they decided to settle in Denver. In addition to two floors full of […]
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Denver Is Drowning in Awful Architecture: Here Are the Hateful Eight

Denver is changing rapidly. Some of the changes have been good: the burgeoning art scene, the museum-building boom, the explosion in restaurants and the whole Napa-of-craft-beer thing, not to mention legalized marijuana. But there have also been some bad changes: the terrible traffic, the litter and pet waste everywhere, the...
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First Look: Vital Root Sprouts on Tennyson Street

When chef/restaurateur Justin Cucci opened Root Down in 2008, guests were wowed by reclaimed gymnasium floors, a room divider festooned with old telephones, and remnants from the building's previous incarnation as an auto mechanic's garage cleverly given a second life. That year was the beginning of the Great Recession, though,...
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How Racially Segregated is Denver Compared to Other Major U.S. Cities?

America is a nation built by immigrants, and its cities are supposed to be melting pots where people of different backgrounds, ethnicities and races interact and learn from one another. The reality, however, is that cities are oftentimes divided by race and ethnicity. And when it comes to racial segregation, Denver...
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See a Snowmobiler Trigger an Avalanche — and Fall Into It

Coloradans are very familiar with the dangers of avalanches, which can (and often do) prove deadly. Back in February 2014, for example, we reported about six deaths from western avalanches in less than a week, including Colorado's Ashleigh Cox. These risks are reinforced by a remarkable, newly posted video that...
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Highland Tap & Burger’s Menu Includes Tastes of Puerto Rico

Highland Tap & Burger at 2219 West 32nd Avenue is known for, you guessed it, beer and burgers. But Juan Padro, who owns the lively bar with his wife, Katie O'Shea Padro, grew up eating his family's Puerto Rican cooking and visits the Caribbean island regularly, so it's his prerogative as...
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Best TV Commercial

Most car dealership pitchmen stick in viewer’s minds because they’re loud and crazy (we’re looking at you, Dealin’ Doug). But Kent Stevinson of Stevinson Automotive is the exception that proves the rule, doling out humor that’s decidedly low-key, and all the more amusing as a result. “Meet the Dragon” is a case in point: In […]