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Too Sexy for the Stock Show burlesque at Bar Standard, 1/11/12

For the third year running, burlesque queen Cora Vette (aka Reyna Von Vett) is hosting the Too Sexy for the Stock Show burlesque extravaganza to provide a counterbalance to all that good, clean, wholesome fun. Photographer Emily Driskill brought back these photos from the January 11 show at Bar Sta ... More >>

Guess what I'm eating?

There are no Dippin' Dots vendors at the National Western Stock Show -- the company that created the "ice cream of the future" filed for bankruptcy in November -- and Biker Jim's truck, one of several at the Stock Show this year, wasn't manned until 4 p.m.yesterday afternoon. Still, we had no trou ... More >>

Denver Coliseum's sixtieth anniversary tied to National Western Stock Show

The Denver Coliseum was dedicated sixty years ago today, at a celebration dubbed "Salute to Soil." Today, the onetime showplace has become the poor relative of Denver's venues. Poor in amenities, perhaps, but rich in history.

Michael Hancock celebrates Denver's status as a cowtown: Yeehaw!

A year ago, no one was betting that Michael Hancock would win the crowded race to become Denver's next mayor. But the gamble paid off, and today, when Mayor Hancock celebrates Dress Western Day -- the one day that Denver doesn't apologize for being a cowtown -- he'll be wearing very appropriate foot ... More >>

Citizens Cropland Policy says no to GMOs in Boulder County

​"We, the citizens of Boulder County, in order to create a more perfect food system, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common need, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of a food system free from the influences of corporate power, and ensure publi ... More >>

Denver Crop Mob celebrates its first season of helping sustainable, local farms

All season, gangs of predominantly twentysomethings have been invading local farms each month, expanding vegetable beds, weeding and planting orchards. "It's like a flashmob, but for gardening," says Laurie Schneyer, organizer of Denver Crop Mob and a volunteer with Slow Food Denver. The seeds for ... More >>

National Western complex goes to pot: Welcome to the Mile (really) High City

​If the National Western Stock Show moves to Aurora -- and don't hold your breath for a big financial farewell from Denver voters -- it will leave one big gap in a part of Denver that's already been a dump site for polluting industries and a neighborhood-dividing Interstate. So why not an empt ... More >>

Top 6 names for Gaylord hotel (and National Western Stock Show neighbor?) in Aurora

​Aurora is so eager to have Gaylord Entertainment build its giant convention center/hotel/resort there that it's pushing for a $300 million tax subsidy for the project -- but only if Gaylord doesn't use the word "Denver" in the name of the hotel. Other options?

National Western Stock Show's future at center of Gaylord Entertainment's dog-and-pony show

​Gaylord Entertainment says its huge convention-and-hotel complex plan for Aurora is not contingent on the National Western Stock Show leaving its home for 105 years in north Denver and moving right next door to the new project. And what does the Stock Show say?

National Western Stock Show subject of a range war between Denver and Aurora

​While Denver City Council was approving a proposal to turn the city's back yards into a barnyard, Aurora was attempting to rustle the National Western Stock Show. The city dangled a $300 million incentive to lasso the annual event for a new complex that would be built by Denver International ... More >>

PETA can't get its impotence billboard up in Denver

Is this PETA billboard too sexy for Denver?​People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has had a beef with Denver before, most recently when PETA's McCruelty statue planned for the 16th Street Mall was determined to violate Denver sign ordinances. This time, PETA's billboard of a sexy, saus ... More >>

Stock show apologizes for gay jokes, Brokeback Mountain banter at Saturday rodeo

​Update: The spokeswoman for the stock show has responded to our post and acknowledged that mistakes were made. See her comments below our original item. I was sitting in the stands of the rodeo at the National Western Stock Show on Saturday night, watching men wrestle steer to the ground, wh ... More >>

Cowboy Up

​Update: The spokeswoman for the stock show has responded to our post and acknowledged that mistakes were made. See her comments below our original item. I was sitting in the stands of the rodeo at the National Western Stock Show on Saturday night, watching men wrestle steer to the ground, wh ... More >>

Faces of the National Western Stock Show Parade, 1/6/11

Faces in the crowd at the National Western Stock Show Parade on January 6, 2010 on 17th Street in Denver. More information about the show is available at nationalwestern.com. ​Katie Irwin "Horses are my favorite animal, pink is my favorite color, and the parade is definitely a good opening to ... More >>

Seen and Herd

Faces in the crowd at the National Western Stock Show Parade on January 6, 2010 on 17th Street in Denver. More information about the show is available at nationalwestern.com. ​Katie Irwin "Horses are my favorite animal, pink is my favorite color, and the parade is definitely a good opening to ... More >>

Chicken lovers cry fowl over city's rules banning against backyard birds

​The chickens are coming home to roost. James Bertini, the founder of Denver Urban Homesteading who's been campaigning for more than a year, will meet with city officials today in his campaign to "Free the Chickens" -- and remove the regulations that prohibit some Denver residents from keeping ... More >>

Denver Nativity Scene: Jesus, Mary and Joseph will have short stay at City and County Building

​Just as traditional as its tackiness is the duration of the annual holiday display at the Denver City and County Building: Mary, Joseph, the Baby Jesus and that weird Santa Helper Hoedown always stick around through the Stock Show, to stun and amaze every visitor to town. But not this year.

Beer-jolais Nouveau: Could fresh hops do for beer what Beaujolais Nouveau does for wine?

The Tommyknocker crew.www.sanjuanhopfarms.com​On the third Thursday of every November (today), vintners in France have been releasing a kind of red wine called Beaujolais Nouveau. The wine isn't powerful or rich or even that all that good. Its main quality is light freshness. It's fermented f ... More >>

Ronald McDonald versus chickens in the ultimate cage match

​Why did the chicken cross the road? To get away from McDonald's. Ronald McDonald apparently wants his laying hens to spend their days inside a cage too small even for a waif supermodel s addicted to binging and purging her morning Egg McMuffin. The Humane Society of the United States has flo ... More >>

Green Fairy at CY Steak

​Why did the chicken cross the road? To get away from McDonald's. Ronald McDonald apparently wants his laying hens to spend their days inside a cage too small even for a waif supermodel s addicted to binging and purging her morning Egg McMuffin. The Humane Society of the United States has flo ... More >>

Cowboy up for some wild West eating

​The National Western Stock Show has doubled your drinking pleasure this year. Not only has the Cowboy Bar -- the temporary saloon set up in the basement of the Hall of Education, right by the stalls where bulls are groomed -- expanded, adding more than a dozen seats and space for an imprompt ... More >>

Bill Ritter goes to the dogs

Photo courtesy of Nestlé Purina"Could somebody remind me why I wanted this job?" Before Bill Ritter co-hosted a tribute to MediaNews Group CEO and Denver Post publisher Dean Singleton, who's hardly a fan of his policies, he appeared at a photo opportunity with a dog. Yep, Ritter joined Dealer, a M ... More >>

Milking It: LiveActive Nut Harvest Crunch

LiveActive Nut Harvest Crunch Post Rating: Two-and-a-half spoons out of four Cereal descripton: Considering that I tend to prefer cereals with cartoon mascots, it's no surprise that the look of this stuff struck me as pretty scary. After all, the rough-hewn, light brown flakes are jumbled togeth ... More >>

Buffalo to go

Eating buffalo is not only good for you, but it's good for the future of the animal, as Jonathan Shikes notes in this Save the Buffalo post. And thanks to Colorado Buffalo Grill, you can get it on the go. From 6 a.m.- 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday (weather permitting), the mobile restaurant i ... More >>

Go West at the Arvada Center

Eating buffalo is not only good for you, but it's good for the future of the animal, as Jonathan Shikes notes in this Save the Buffalo post. And thanks to Colorado Buffalo Grill, you can get it on the go. From 6 a.m.- 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday (weather permitting), the mobile restaurant i ... More >>

A Night & Day featured event preview: Go West at the Arvada Center galleries

Because the Arvada Center for Arts and Humanities has such a great track record for tying all the loose ends together thematically, a trio of West-inspired photography shows open in the galleries today -- just in time for the regional influx of National Western Stock Show ... More >>

The Commerce City Pizza Crop Circle: A Sign That Extraterrestrials Love Pepperoni?

Because the Arvada Center for Arts and Humanities has such a great track record for tying all the loose ends together thematically, a trio of West-inspired photography shows open in the galleries today -- just in time for the regional influx of National Western Stock Show ... More >>

Papa John's Gets a Pizza the Action

Because the Arvada Center for Arts and Humanities has such a great track record for tying all the loose ends together thematically, a trio of West-inspired photography shows open in the galleries today -- just in time for the regional influx of National Western Stock Show ... More >>

Jack Daniel's and Coke

The Cowboy Bar

Ride 'em, Cowboy!

The Cowboy Bar

Forward Into the Past

The Cowboy Bar

Red Beer

Cowboy Bar, National Western Stock Show

A Bumpy Ride

They promised a hot party. They didn’t say how hot it would get.

My Way for the Highway

North Denver neighbors get a crash course in I-70's future.

The Dean of Halloween

Denver’s spooky sleuth gives his bloody thumbs up to haunted houses.

Drink of the Week

Crown Royal and Coke

Drink of the Week

Agave Pear Martini

Artbeat

Brief sketches of what's happening in the Denver art scene.

Off Limits

This place is a zoo!

Sporting Chance

How and where to get in the game

Move 'em Out

The Livestock Exchange building may be headed for its last roundup.

Best National Western Stock Show Event

Mexican Rodeo Extravaganza

Consumed

Udder Bliss

Scene and Herd

Building the future of the Stock Show.

Best Place to Get a Trophy (or Huge Gavel) for Scoring Well

Colorado Badge and Trophy

Best new concession item

Italian sodas

Thrills for the week

Italian sodas

Seeds of Discontent

Kansas farmers say their weather-modification program causes rain. Colorado farmers say it causes trouble.

Growing, Growing, Gone

When the U.S. declared war on drugs, Colorado's carnation industry went up in smoke