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El Chalate Serves Salvadorean Warmth in the Form of Pupusas

When hunting for the cuisine of any country or ethnic group, Colfax Avenue is not a bad place to start. This month I'm looking for pupusas, the stuffed tortillas of El Salvador, and there are at least three restaurants on Colfax east of Quebec Street that either specialize in Salvadorean...
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Review: Moulin Scrooge Mash-Up Creates a Holiday Smash

Moulin Scrooge Bug Theatre Moulin Scrooge mashes together the well-known story of A Christmas Carol with the plot of Baz Luhrmann's overheated Moulin Rouge, a film about the love between a writer and a consumption-wracked cabaret dancer named Satine. With songs. The primary claim to fame of the play's author,...
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100 Favorite Dishes: Belgian Waffles from Waffle Up

No. 52: Belgian Waffles at Waffle Up 300 Elati Street 303-744-0174 In the streets of Brussels and many other Belgian cities, waffle vendors perfume the air with the aroma of yeast-risen batter and caramelized sugar. Tom McCarty fell in love with Liege-style waffles and perfected the recipe, bring the treats...
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Photos: Ten Bizarre Denver Terms on Urban Dictionary

This past summer, we shared our picks for the most memorable definitions of "Denver" on Urban Dictionary. But there are plenty of other Denver-oriented terms that are even more bizarre. Some are so disgusting we would feel wrong subjecting you to them: Look up "Denver Mudslide" only if you enjoy...
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Go Home Again

When Anna Winter and Laura Conway put out a call for submissions for their in-home art show, Staycation, they weren't expecting a global response, but sculpture, photography, videography and even live performers from as far away as Denmark, Poland and Russia all made their way to Boulder. The curators asked...
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Review: It’s Smooth Sailing With The Unsinkable Molly Brown

The Unsinkable Molly Brown is one of the Denver Center Theatre Company's most ambitious productions in its thirty-year history: The company has spared neither pains nor expense in having Meredith Willson's 1960 musical reworked and remounted -- and the results are impressive. See also: The Unsinkable Margaret Brown Was a...
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Mom Tries to Save Son From Death Penalty Even Though He Killed Her Parents

The debate over the death penalty couldn't be more personal for the mother of Brendan Johnson. In June 2014, Johnson and his then-girlfriend, Cassie Rieb, were arrested and charged in the murders of his grandfather and grandmother, Charles and Shirley Severance, in the eastern Colorado community of Sterling. A few months later, prosecutors...
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Slim Cessna’s Auto Club Rang in 2015 With a Gothic Sermon

In a New Year's concert filled with country-gothic murder ballads and tent-revival doomsday sermons, Slim Cessna's Auto Club singer Munly Munly put on the creepiest performance of the night. Duded up in all black, Munly played the slightly unhinged sidekick to Slim Cessna's country preacher on Wednesday, stalking around the...
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The Eleven Best Concerts in Colorado This Weekend

It's a busy weekend in Colorado -- local favorite Railroad Earth is in town, the Toasters' tour heads south and there's plenty more. Our picks for the best shows over the next few days are below. See also: 50 Photos That Prove Red Rocks Is the Most Beautiful Venue on...
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Introducing the 2015 Westword Music Award Nominees: Vote Now!

We held the first Westword Music Awards 21 years ago, in 1995. There were 55 nominees on the ballot that year, including such enduring names as Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, Ron Miles and Tim O’Brien. There was a lot of great music being made in Colorado then, just as there...
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Theater Options for the Week of December 18

Anything Goes. Anything Goes premiered in 1934, after a hasty rewrite: The original plot concerned a shipwreck, and shortly before the scheduled opening night, a fire broke out on a cruise liner and 137 passengers were killed. By then the writing team, which included P. G. Wodehouse, had moved on,...
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The Story of the Man Behind Boulder’s Last Great Record Store

“There was a time when there was a thriving music scene in Boulder. At least [there were] a lot of record stores and shows, places with interesting music,” says filmmaker Dan Schneidkraut, whose feature-length documentary Old Man — about his father, Andy Schneidkraut, and his iconic record shop, Albums on...