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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 >>

National Western Stock Show has old city facilities, new parking lot prices

The Denver Coliseum was dedicated sixty years ago, on January 10, 1952, with a "Salute to Soil." We didn't see starlet June Haver, the star of that show, during our afternoon at the National Western Stock Show yesterday, but we did spot at least one down-and-dirty move by the city.

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.

Photos: Stock Show parade gives different twist to Denver boots

Parking ticket scofflaws think of Denver boots as something to avoid, but not at yesterday's Stock Show parade. The event took place on what Mayor Michael Hancock designated as Dress Western Day, and as you can see, he and Denver's first lady got into the spirit of things. So did plenty of others wh ... More >>

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 >>

Gaylord Entertainment, Stock Show fan, sponsors Aurora's big night... in Denver

Proposed hotel.​There have been some tense times between Aurora and Denver officials since word came down this summer that Gaylord Entertainment would like to build a hotel/resort complex in Aurora -- and move the National Western Stock Show there, too.

National Western Stock Show: Will Aurora give Gaylord Entertainment the right to vote?

​What's next? Cows will get to cast ballots in Aurora? The Libertarian Party -- like the National Western Stock Show, an institution that got its start in Colorado -- is concerned that Aurora is about to give voting rights to a corporation: Gaylord Entertainment, the out-of-state company tryin ... 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?

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.

Greenpeace rates Colorado supermarket seafood

​While Kroger is making efforts to improve its seafood sourcing practices, it is doing so at a "painfully slow pace," according to a "supermarket scorecard" recently issued by Greenpeace. That King Soopers's parent company might not be ultra-conscientious about where it gets its swordfish and ... 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 >>

Wake-Up Call: Where there's smoke, there's ire at Denver City Council's medical marijuana hearing

​Our throats were dry, our eyes were red. Blame it on pot. Specifically, on listening to four hours of pot testimony and discussion -- on top of the salute to the National Western Stock Show and another hour of civic housekeeping -- at last night's Denver City Council meeting. But there was ... More >>

The Fort closes Monday for kitchen renovation

Sam and Holly Arnold outside the Fort.​The Fort will be closed from January 11 through January 21 for a kitchen renovation -- the first since the Morrison restaurant, a recreation of Bent's Old Fort, was built out of 80,000 handmade adobe bricks back in 1962. Some of those bricks are right beh ... 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 >>

These April Fool's Day events are no joke

On Wednesday, April 1, the Wynkoop Brewing Co. (1634 18th Street), will host an April Fool's Day beer dinner inspired by Dr. Seuss; the first pour is at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $35, for reservations, call 303-297-9999. Or go hog wild at Zolo Southwestern Grill at 2525 Arapahoe in Boulder, where chef ... 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 >>

Grand Marshall Nolan Ryan

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 >>

Ride 'em, Cowboy!

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 >>

Forward Into the Past

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 >>

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

Off Limits

This place is a zoo!

Honey's Dew

Get pleasantly stung at the International Mead Festival.

Best Happy Hour for Absolutely Free Food

Four Mile House

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 wafting odor

Jolly Rancher Candies

Thrills for the week

Jolly Rancher Candies