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2011 Stories by Jonathan Shikes

• Going To the Birds

  published December 15, 2011

  At the risk of pigeonholing MCA Denver, the city’s bastion of contemporary cool seems to focus a lot on conceptual projects, and its latest,... More >>

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  Oskar Blues reveals label for its 2012 Deviant Dale's tallboys

  published Dec 30, 2011

  On Wednesday, I laid down my picks for the best new Colorado beers of 2011 -- a group that had to meet certain qualifications to make the cut. Then, on Thursday, I posted pictures of seventeen new Col... More >>

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  Drunken speeding is no reason to be fired, says ex-cop Derrick Saunders

  published Dec 30, 2011

  The Denver Police Department has had a difficult time firing bad cops over the past few years. And while the Department of Safety finally made some headway in 2011, it still has issues. For example, ... More >>

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  Colorado beer calendar: Breweries are popping off on New Year's Eve

  published Dec 29, 2011

  There are plenty of places around Denver to drink good beer on New Year's Eve, and that appears to be the main event this week as breweries, beer bars and beer-friendly restaurants are focusing on the... More >>

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  Colorado beers to look forward to in early 2012

  published Dec 29, 2011

  The past twelve months have seen the release of some truly amazing canned and bottled beers in Colorado, and 2012 is shaping up to be quite a big year as well.For starters, Oskar Blues and New Belgium... More >>

• Lockheed takes over the U.S. government's Antarctic operations, keeps staff in Denver

  published Dec 28, 2011

  More than two years past its original deadline, the National Science Foundation has finally awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin to handle the U.S. government's vast operations in Antarctica. The thi... More >>

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  Three Denver Broncos who should have made the Pro Bowl

  published Dec 28, 2011

  Three Denver Broncos will be going to the Pro Bowl this year -- the NFL's annual all-star game in Hawaii, and all of them, cornerback Champ Baily, defensive end Elvis Dumervil and rookie linebacker Vo... More >>

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  See the Robert Adams show at the Denver Art Museum before it closes

  published Dec 28, 2011

  The stunning Robert Adams: The Place We Live, at the Denver Art Museum, closes on New Year's Day, so this is your last chance to see it. The show highlights the photography of Adams, who became famous... More >>

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  The ten best Colorado beers of 2011

  published Dec 28, 2011

  Colorado breweries released dozens of amazing beers this year, further expanding their range and making once-exotic beers easy to find and enjoy. A few stood out above the rest, though. To make this l... More >>

• Reader: Is $9 too much to pay for a cocktailr

  published Dec 28, 2011

  On the Thursday before Christmas, Laura Shunk highlighted five festive cocktails that don't include hot chocolate with peppermint schnapps, including the Figgy's Manhattan at Steuben's, which is made ... More >>

• Reader: Beware the golden egg of Denver's goose harrassers

  published Dec 28, 2011

  Geese seem to have become as common in Denver's winter months as Suburus with ski racks, a situation that Westword's Kelsey Whipple decided to look into. What she found is that there is a population o... More >>

• Was your X-Mas this f@#kng merryr

  published Dec 27, 2011

  Three Kings Tavern hosted its sixth Annual "F@#K X-Mas Party" on Christmas night with Ooh La La Burlesque and Mark Star Karaoke. The 21-and-up party promised to include "the best of everything 3 Kings... More >>

• Who will make Westword's 2011 Hall of Shamer

  published Dec 27, 2011

  Colorado certainly withstood its share of shmucks, scoundrels and scumbags in 2011, from poorly-behaved celebrities to douchebags in parking lots to public servants and politicians who made us cringe.... More >>

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  Has a Tim Tebow double Sports Illustrated cover curse come to passr

  published Dec 27, 2011

  In late November, in the midst of his amazing run of fourth-quarter comebacks, Tim Tebow and Sports Authority Field at Mile High graced the cover of Sports Illustrated, in what we figured would be wou... More >>

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  Strange but true news stories from the past year

  published December 29, 2011

  Behaving badly It takes extra effort to get initiated into More >>

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  Who made the cut in our 2011 Hall of Shame

  published December 29, 2011

  Patrick J. Sullivan Some men take up golf when they retire. Others collect model trains or travel the world. Patrick J.... More >>

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  Latke Love is for latke lovers, and Hanukah is the height of the season

  published Dec 22, 2011

  December means latkes to most of the people in this country who celebrate Hanukah (and even to many happy eaters who don't), but the simple yet delicious -- and infinitely variable -- potato pancakes ... More >>

• A pair of peppermint porters on tap at Dry Dock, Yak & Yeti

  published Dec 21, 2011

  There are dozens of holiday beers on tap around town, whether it's at beer bars like the Falling Rock Taphouse and Freshcraft or at local breweries themselves. But there's one style of beer that absol... More >>

• Salvagetti Bicycle Workshop will open a small outlet on South Broadway

  published Dec 21, 2011

  Salvagetti Bicycle Workshop will kickstart a tiny, 250-square -foot version of its bike shop on South Broadway sometime in the next few weeks. It will be located right behind Happy Coffee, which Salva... More >>

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  Happy Coffee will open next year in the Fancy Tiger Crafts space

  published Dec 20, 2011

  Scott Taylor will be closing his Happy Coffee kiosk inside Salvagetti Bicycle Workshop this Friday, and then open a full-size coffee shop this spring at Ellsworth and Broadway, in the space now occupi... More >>

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  The Wig Out Bandit provides a good nickname, but a better photo

  published Dec 20, 2011

  The Denver area seems to have a lot of bank robbers, and the FBI and local law enforcement officials like to tell them apart with funny or clever nicknames. We've had the Shaggy Bandit, the Perennial... More >>

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  California's Fifty Fifty Brewing brings its high-end Eclipse beer to Denver

  published Dec 20, 2011

  Fifty Fifty Brewing out of Truckee, California, is the latest out-of-state brewer planning to see if there is room in Denver's crowded craft-beer market for another name. But Fifty Fifty will take an... More >>

• Kyle Orton stages his own Tebow-like miracle against the Green Bay Packers

  published Dec 19, 2011

  The somewhat anti-climatic showdown between Tim Tebow and Tom Brady may have been the most hyped story of the week before Sunday, but it was the neck-bearded man who Tebow replaced who made the bigges... More >>

• Photos: Lee the Horselogger rolls through Denver on cross-country trip benefiting nothing

  published Dec 16, 2011

  A guy rolled through Denver today -- and down the bus lane in Broadway -- in a massive double-carriage contraption pulled buy six big brown horses. The whole thing looked sort of like a homeless guy w... More >>

• Rod "Blago" Blagojevich, shmuck -- for trying to work the prison system like he did politics

  published Dec 16, 2011

  Rod Blagojevich, the disgraced former Illinois Governor who's headed to prison for trying to broker a political deal, is now trying to broker another. Blago, who was sentenced to fourteen years in the... More >>