Email Author Nick Lucchesi

2011 Stories by Nick Lucchesi

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  Top ten Latest Word posts of 2011

  published Dec 30, 2011

  You've already read about the inductees into this year's Westword Hall of Shame and refreshed your memory of this year's strange-but-true news stories, so now, as a final goodbye in a month of goodbye... More >>

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  Top ten Cafe Society posts of 2011

  published Dec 30, 2011

  Including this post, the total number of posts on Cafe Society in 2011 was 3,241. That's a lot of bloggering for a local restaurant scene blog. And who has time to go through all of themr Certainly ... More >>

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  Top ten Show and Tell posts of 2011

  published Dec 30, 2011

  Depending on who you're listening to, the world is going to end in 2012, or the world will undergo some sort of transformation. Either way it's spiritual. What's not spiritual, however, are these cold... More >>

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  Top ten Backbeat posts of 2011

  published Dec 30, 2011

  By now, anyone who's ever blogged -- which is likely most of you reading this -- knows that the stories that took the most time, the really important ones, were often around the bottom when it came to... More >>

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  Top ten club shows and local shows of 2011

  published Dec 22, 2011

  Here are two quick lists to warm you up on this snow day; the ten best club shows and local shows (the two aren't mutually exclusive, by any means) of 2011, as picked by Backbeat writers and ranked by... More >>

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  Survey sez: Denverites do it at 8,000 feet, according to Westword sex survey

  published Dec 21, 2011

  This fall, Westword created an anonymous sex survey aiming to lay out the sexual habits of the Centennial State. We're now happy to announce these results of the first-ever Westword sex survey, of whi... More >>

• Apple Store Rewind 2011 includes the Best Of... iPhone app

  published Dec 13, 2011

  It's time to dust off the Westword glitter cannon, because the Best Of... iPhone app has earned some prestigious year-end acclaim. The Best Of... app (also available for Android!) has made it onto App... More >>

• How bicycles can save us (infographic)

  published Dec 12, 2011

  When you live in Denver, it's not surprising to see hearty folks pedaling to work on days when the temperature is in the teens and the snow is piled high. We're just like that: Denver is a bicycle tow... More >>

• Contest: Win an autographed Matt Duchene jersey

  published Dec 09, 2011

  Colorado Avalanche center Matt Duchene has already been picked by Westword as Denver's Best Av and Best Local Athlete on Twitter, so, you know we love him. But now you can join in the love with an a... More >>

• Corey Donahue: How we transformed him into Don Quixote for this week's cover (VIDEO)

  published Dec 08, 2011

  This week's feature story, "Tilting at Windmills," profiles Corey Donahue, a modern-day Don Quixote, who keeps the cops and the courts in Denver very occupied. We featured Donahue on the cover, and in... More >>

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  Westword's new home page a lot better than these embarrassing past designs

  published Dec 07, 2011

  Looking at Internet page design from years past has an almost high-school-prom-like photo quality to it. That color scheme! Those buttons! Why is that blinkingr! Westword's gazillionth new redesign, ... More >>

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  OpenSpace, Boulder-based start-up, wants to guide you to apps you didn't know about

  published Dec 07, 2011

  Open Space made a few headlines this week as a physical store in downtown Boulder that sells nothing. Instead, the 300-square-foot room has a few phone-and-tablet experts who promise to guide customer... More >>

• Kid Rock in Denver: Photos from December 1, 2011 at the Fillmore Auditorium

  published Dec 02, 2011

  Last night, Kid Rock, one the Motor City's most prized exports, pulled into the Mile High City on his Born Free Tour. On this tour, Kid Rock committed to donating money to various charities in each ci... More >>

• Boulder's finest, Warren Hammond, blows it on Letterman

  published Nov 25, 2011

  It's a non-holiday holiday today, and as such we thought we'd shine a light on the Papa John's delivery driver and glow-dart blower Warren Hammond of Boulder. Hammond, umm, blew it, on the Late Show... More >>

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  Black Friday 2011: A soul-crushing compilation of humanity at its worst

  published Nov 25, 2011

  It's Black Friday in America. When flat-screen TV's at deep discounts cause annual madness. It's like that scene in 28 Days Later, when a cluster of people become infected with rage and turn on one an... More >>

• Win a pair of tickets to see Adam Carolla December 4 at the Paramount

  published Nov 25, 2011

  If you also hate the holidays, you may enjoy professional smart-ass Adam Carolla's one-man show on Sunday, December 4 at the Paramount Theatre. We have a pair of tickets to give away. Details below.T... More >>

• Photo: Smurf creeps on Legacy High School Marching Band in Thanksgiving Parade

  published Nov 25, 2011

  If you missed the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade yesterday, you didn't see Broomfield's Legacy High School Lightning Marching band. The more than two-mile parade for Legacy High marked the first time ... More >>

• Is 16th at Welton Denver's most robber-friendly corner this yearr

  published Nov 23, 2011

  Last week, the Denver Police Department warned the public "to be vigilant and report suspicious activity while in the downtown area," reporting that there have been fifteen robberies or assaults in th... More >>

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  Photos: Colorado Uncovered shows nude models as works of art (NSFW)

  published Nov 23, 2011

  Colorado Uncovered, a new book of photographs by Darrell Pierson, shows models stripped down everywhere from the Colorado Convention Center to Mesa Verde National Park. "Most women would rather be pho... More >>

• Taylor Swift: A compilation of her surprised, shocked and awe-struck faces

  published Nov 23, 2011

  Sunday was a good day for Taylor Swift. A glowing profile by 60 Minutes' Leslie Stahl, followed by her cleaning up at the American Music Awards; she took home the awards for Favorite Country Female Ar... More >>

• How Tweet It Is!

  published November 10, 2011

  Who's the best Twittering bartender? Who's the most shameless social-media self-promoter in town? Those illustrious categories and more are part... More >>

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  Here are your 2011 Denver #WebAwards arts winners

  published Nov 17, 2011

  Here are the winners of the 2011 Denver #WebAwards in the category we're loosely dubbing "arts," which means Westword scribes report on the happenings in these beats, right here on Show and Tell. (And... More >>

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  2011 Denver #WebAwards winners announced!

  published November 17, 2011

  Westword recognized the best of the local Web again in 2011 with the Denver Web Awards, held on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at... More >>

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  Leaked! 2011 Denver #WebAwards winners

  published Nov 16, 2011

  OK, it's not really a leak if the source publishes the info -- more like a sneak-peek of Denver #WebAwards winners, we're publishing ten award winners this morning, in advance of tonight's party at Ca... More >>

• Soda's evil twinr The danger of "fruit drinks" (infographic)

  published Nov 15, 2011

  In one year, the average American consumes 45 pounds of sugar (enough to fill a wheelbarrow) -- and most of this is sugar we drink. Excess sugar intake is a driving force behind the obesity epidemic, ... More >>