Things to do in Denver: Denver Restaurant Week, WinterWondergrass

Denver Restaurant Week turns 20 Friday-March 10.  The 20th anniversary of Denver Restaurant Week rolls into town March 1-10, offering a chance to sample the city’s newest, best and most beloved eateries. Book a reservation at one of 260 participating spots, all of which are serving multi-course meals priced at $25, $35, $45 or $55. … Read more

Post-punk, hardcore, metal – ‘guerilla’ Hong Kong live music promoter on levelling the playing field for niche genres

The founder of Rice, Adrianna Lee, saw that small bands in Hong Kong’s underground rock scene needed support. Photo: Xiaomei Chen Live music gigs are well established in the West, but in Hong Kong the rise of techno has seen the already underground hard-rock scene dwindle. Lee says she had a hard time finding “loud … Read more

Two Moons Music Hall opening in RiNo

A formerly bricked-up storefront along Larimer Street will soon be opening as the River North Art District’s latest bar and music venue. Two Moons Music Hall, which is scheduled to open in early March, is a 4,000-square-foot concept from Pearl Street Hospitality — the group behind Denver’s Hudson Hill, Lady Jane and The Wild. “It … Read more

Denver’s Bar Bar aka Carioca Cafe is returning to business despite “permanent closure” notice

Iconic Denver dive bar Carioca Cafe and Bar — better known in the DIY music scene as Bar Bar — has been closed in recent weeks due to a broken pipe that flooded the bar during January’s deep freeze. However, the bar is returning to business despite an online profile listing it as permanently closed. … Read more

Denver’s Bar Bar aka Carioca Cafe may have closed for good

Iconic Denver dive bar Carioca Cafe and Bar — better known in the DIY music scene as Bar Bar — appears to have permanently closed. Its doors have been locked, windows boarded up, and its lights turned off during otherwise normal business hours in recent days. A Google profile of the cash-only bar, at 2060 … Read more