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  • 1. Feature

    Pot of Gold

    By Joel Warner
    Published: December 14, 2006

    Joseph Brodsky eyes the freshly pulled double espresso with scorn. "This looks terrible," he mutters darkly. From its poorly foamed surface, he can tell the coffee has been...

  • 2. The Beatdown

    Frayday

    By Dave Herrera
    Published: December 14, 2006

    Christmas came early this year for the Fray. Unless you've been holed up on your couch playing Guitar Hero II for the past week, you're undoubtedly aware that Denver's biggest...

  • 3. Cafe

    Brasserie Ten Ten

    By Jason Sheehan
    Published: December 14, 2006

    Like any American chef (current or former), I've had a love/hate relationship with France for a long time. Before I knew enough to know better, I hated the country for...

  • 4. Film Feature

    The Architect

    By Ella Taylor
    Published: December 14, 2006

    The actress Viola Davis has carved, handsome features and a tenacious stare that brooks no inattention. Though Davis's implacable integrity has, for the most part, saved her...

  • 5. Night & Day

    Prints Charming

    By Patricia Calhoun
    Published: December 14, 2006

    Forget the champagne fountains: Tonight the ten-gallon fish tank will be swimming with mojitos for MATTER's 8th Annual Printsale and Party. But the drinks aren't the only...

  • 6. Night & Day

    Best There's Ever Been

    By Mark Dragotta
    Published: December 14, 2006

    At every karaoke night I've ever attended, someone inevitably sings "The Devil Went Down to Georgia." As many times as I've heard that song, I'd still put even money on Eileen...

  • 7. Night & Day

    Insanity Claus

    By Michael Roberts
    Published: December 14, 2006

    By now, most of us have just about had it with "White Christmas" and "Jingle Bells." Fortunately, Dan Hicks offers a respite from the same old seasonal fare with tonight's...

  • 8. Night & Day

    Monkeys Around

    By Rick White
    Published: December 14, 2006

    You didn't catch bird flu this year. You watched the Dems dominate the polls. And you saw that one Real World girl kiss that other Real World girl — in Denver! Those are...

  • 9. Night & Day

    Ten Days 'Til Christmas

    By Mark Dragotta
    Published: December 14, 2006

    Every Christmas, my brother buys me something, um, unusual. That's why I have so many hand-carved Indian faces, hemp necklaces and — my favorite — a painting of a...

  • 10. Night & Day

    Holy Tamale

    By Amber Taufen
    Published: December 14, 2006

    "Tamales are kind of a traditional holiday fare in the community," says El Centro Su Teatro's John Kuebler, "like the equivalent of ham or turkey." So it only makes sense that...

  • 11. Night & Day

    Fairy Godmothers

    By Mark Dragotta
    Published: December 14, 2006

    Once upon a time, a friend lost everything in a fire. After that, he always said that fairy godmothers are hardest to find when you need them the most, which is why American...

  • 12. Night & Day

    Guy Buys

    By Michael Roberts
    Published: December 14, 2006

    Jennifer Ito, executive director of Foothills Art Center, doesn't believe that males are as clueless when it comes to shopping as legend suggests. "That stereotype doesn't...

  • 13. Theater

    Winter in Graupel Bay

    By Juliet Wittman
    Published: December 14, 2006

    When you enter Buntport Theater, you find yourself facing what looks like the front of a long, low, open dollhouse with rooms on two floors. These spaces are inhabited by...

  • 14. DVDish

    Farce of a Champion

    By Jordan Harper and Robert Wilonsky
    Published: December 14, 2006

    Talladega Nights (Columbia) This cut of Will Ferrell's NASCAR comedy runs 13 minutes longer than the theatrical version, and that doesn't take into account the deleted and...

  • 15. Feature

    Roast of the Town

    By Joel Warner
    Published: December 14, 2006

    Black Gold, a documentary about Ethiopia's coffee industry, promises that after you see it, "coffee will never taste the same." In the film, shots of perky Starbucks managers...

  • 16. Music

    Electrifying

    By Tuyet Nguyen
    Published: December 14, 2006

    Sitting with the members of Electric Side Dish on this Sunday evening in early December, I'm reluctant to utter the dreaded J-word. But as my eyes wander around percussionist...

  • 17. Bite Me

    The Hard Truth

    By Jason Sheehan
    Published: December 14, 2006

    I've often been accused of having a bias toward certain foods. Barbecue, American diner classics, specific types of very cheap Mexican grub. I've been told that I have a...

  • 18. Film Feature

    The Pursuit of Happyness

    By Robert Wilonsky
    Published: December 14, 2006

    About Will Smith's estimable talents, there is no doubt. Six Degrees of Separation, Ali...um...the "Parents Just Don't Understand" video: The man's got skills to pay the...

  • 19. Theater

    Sweet Charity

    By Juliet Wittman
    Published: December 14, 2006

    The big draw for this Denver Center production of Sweet Charity is Molly Ringwald in the title role. Almost everyone remembers Ringwald from the films with which director John...

  • 20. Game On

    Wii Love It

    By CHRIS WARD
    Published: December 14, 2006

    Nintendo has achieved the impossible: My 50-year-old, non-gaming father wants a Wii for Christmas. Either I've been whisked to Bizarro World, or The House That Mario Built is...

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