David Byrne, a group of scientists and Radiolab co-host Latif Nasser will put their heads together on the eve of Byrne’s new show world-premiering in Denver to divulge details about the mysterious production.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Ciara seems to be everywhere right now, and we’re not just talking about the places she and husband Russell Wilson have been spotted in the Mile High City since the quarterback was traded to the Denver Broncos.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareMaggie Peterson, whose character on “The Andy Griffith Show” developed a memorable infatuation with Mayberry sheriff Andy Taylor, has died, her family said Monday. She was 81.
A post to her Facebook page said Peterson died in her sleep on Sunday with her family present.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Denver Zoo launches Asian American festival
Saturday-Sunday. To celebrate Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month, Denver Zoo this weekend is holding its first Asian American and Pacific Islander Festival. The event is driven by the zoo’s partnership with the Filipino-American Community of Colorado, organizers said, and will offer multicultural dance, music, art, workshops and community engagement, highlighting “the Zoo’s unique connection to Asian cultures and countries through its animals and conservation programs.”
Meow Wolf will open a pair of new immersive-entertainment installations over the next two years, adding to its portfolio of destinations that already includes Santa Fe, Denver and Las Vegas.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Russell Wilson’s position as the quarterback of the Seattle Seahawks may have inspired one of his wife Ciara’s Met Gala outfits, but fashion comes and goes. Naming a dog? That’s forever.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The World Beer Cup, an international beer competition hosted by Boulder-based trade organization the Brewers Association, honored craft beer-makers globally Thursday for the first time since 2018. And with more than 10,500 entries from nearly 2,500 breweries representing 57 countries, it was the largest edition of the beer competition yet.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareColorado mountain jazz festivals are making a comeback in the summer of 2022, and live creativity (with a beat) at altitude kicks off this month and runs through Labor Day weekend.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
With its mint juleps and elaborate hats, the Kentucky Derby horse race is a good excuse to get together with friends each spring, even if you’re completely uninterested in sports.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
LOS ANGELES — Comedian Dave Chappelle was tackled during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl Tuesday night. Security guards chased and overpowered the attacker, and Chappelle was able to continue his performance while the man was taken away in an ambulance.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareMichael Konopasek will leave FOX31 Denver after almost six years reporting on May 23 to work as a corporate communications manager for Frontier Airlines.
Konopasek works as an anchor on FOX31 Morning News and Channel 2’s Daybreak on Sunday mornings.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The Denver Art Museum has been selected as one of the world’s best museums, in league with Antwerp, Belgium’s Momu and architectural wonders such as Oslo’s Munch Museum and Tokyo’s Murakami Library.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe first expedition of Black mountaineers to attempt to summit Mount Everest made history this week when the group successfully climbed the world’s tallest peak.
Seven members of the Full Circle Everest expedition, including Coloradans Eddie Taylor and Thomas Moore, accomplished the epic feat on Thursday, according to a statement released Friday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Nearly 108,000 people died from drug overdoses in 2021, the Centers for Disease Control reported this week, breaking previous records and highlighting a public health crisis spurred to new levels by the COVID pandemic.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
As Boulder’s music scene begins to rebuild following the coronavirus pandemic, a new venue will soon give local artists a stage to crank up the sound and get people back on the dance floor.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareMountain biking is often portrayed as a sport for thrill-seeking adrenaline junkies throwing themselves down hair-raising slopes where danger lurks around every corner. The Front Range has plenty of trails to satisfy those appetites.
More | Talk | Read It Later | SharePharus Young is the most gifted singer in the lauded choir at Charles R. Drew Preparatory School for Boys. So why do a couple of his fellow choir members whisper slurs during his — and the choir’s — big commencement performance at the start of “Choir Boy”?
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareGoing big (and little) for Cinco de Mayo
Through Sunday. Given that Cinco de Mayo falls on a Thursday this year, Denver’s extending its themed parties through the weekend. That includes the giant, outdoor event at Civic Center on Saturday, May 7 and Sunday, May 8 — the Cinco de Mayo Celebrate Culture Festival — which is expected to draw more than 100,000 visitors.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
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With a name like “Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” arguably the pulpiest in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there’d better be ample strangeness.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Since legal recreational marijuana sales began in 2014, Coloradans have had a plethora of places to buy weed — but not a ton of places to actually consume it.
For many years, consumption spaces like Tetra Lounge and the Coffee Joint in Denver invited tokers to come and bring their own substances for use, but locals’ options were limited to just that — until recently.
Ciara is on a hot streak – so hot that the singer and new Denverite recently traveled to Barbados for a dip in the ocean and a photoshoot to grace the cover of the new Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Naomi Judd was celebrated with words and soaring music at a public memorial service Sunday that ended with her daughter Wynonna announcing that a tour planned for later this year would go on.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Acclaimed indie acts Audrey Nuna, The Knocks, Faye Webster, Jawny, Sudan Archives, The Beths, Kooze, Brasstracks and at least 100 more will play the 22nd Underground Music Showcase, organizers announced this week.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareCalling all thrill-seekers to the Western Slope: The Ouray Via Ferrata is now open, and this season there’s a new route along the Uncompahgre River Gorge for advanced climbers to traverse.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareEvery few weekends in junior high and high school, I’d work out my frustrations by smashing, shooting and burning. My friends and siblings usually joined me in these weirdly innocent, unsupervised activities — normal as they seemed at the time for kids growing up in rural areas.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
It’s been said that beer and the outdoors make a natural pairing, so it feels fitting that Colorado Parks and Wildlife decided to partner with alcohol makers statewide on a fundraising effort to celebrate its 125th anniversary.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
One of the fake axes used in Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror classic “The Shining” has been donated to Estes Park’s Stanley Hotel for its new movie-memorabilia museum and film center.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Halfway through reading the cocktail menu at La Doña Mezcaleria, the story starts to change.
It opens, of course, with a house margarita, plus coin-style and flaca (skinny) options, then the obligatory mezcalrita (subs mezcal for tequila) and easy-to-love paloma (matches grapefruit with mezcal).More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Cinco de Mayo? Sure. But these three cocktail, spirit and beer bars truly deserve a visit any day of the year.
While you might spot a margarita on (one of) their menus, we suggest going for something else.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share