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Tonight: Scandanavian dinner series at Trillium with Jenna Johansen

Jenna Johansen joins the crew at Trillium, 2134 Larimer Street, tonight for the latest in the restaurant's Scandinavian dinner series. The paired menu will feature courses inspired by the cuisine of Denmark. See also: - Jenna Johansen talks frankly about her boot from Around the World in 80 Plates ... More >>

Stoner MacGyver marijuana product review: Cannabis Logbook 1.5 iPhone app

Now and then, companies send us medical marijuana-related products ranging from vaporizers to board games. We showcase them in our quasi-regular product review section, Stoner MacGyver. The latest? Cannabis Logbook 1.5 iPhone app.

Five things you'll always find in the fridges of the Denver FIVE

Like a lot of voyeurs, I'm intrigued by the contents of other people's refrigerators, especially the refrigerators of chefs. And apparently, so is Leigh Sullivan, the innovator behind FIVE -- five local chefs and their bar cohorts, all of whom cook (and pour) at various restaurants and venues around ... More >>

Draw Something takes another smart friend away with every lewd sketch

I've never played Draw Something for the same reason I've never tried cocaine: I know that if I did, I would become immediately addicted, drop out of society and ruin what's left of my life. If you're not familiar with Draw Something, it's an app that, according to the App Store, is "the most popul ... More >>

Burger King's new menu plays catch-up -- and kung pao -- with McDonald's

Burger King issued a battle cry yesterday. In order to help boost its sluggish sales -- the chain has slipped to third, behind McDonald's and Wendy's -- the company rolled out the heavy artillery: ten new menu items, including specialty salads, chicken snack wraps, smoothies, flavored frozen coffee ... More >>

John Bowers of Nurses on the band's evolving sound

Nurses (due at the hi-dive this Sunday, January 15) moved around a bit before settling down in Portland and completely shedding its previous, more rockist, musical identity. Having pretty much reinvented itself for its 2009 album, Apple's Acre, Nurses sounds as though some eccentric songwriters got ... More >>

Contest alert: Win dinner for two at Trillium on New Year's Eve

When Trillium, Ryan Leinonen's highly anticipated Scandinavian restaurant, opened a few weeks ago in the Ballpark neighborhood, the accolades began almost immediately, which was good news for Leinonen. "I want to have one of the top five restaurants in Denver," he told me during a pre-opening interv ... More >>

Gallery of the Future could move Union Station into a brave new world

Union Station, 1881​The two groups vying to win the contract to redevelop Union Station are both missing the boat, says one reader. Instead of building off the concepts of the past, they need to look to the future, to the "one-off-thinking of today's youth and young adults."

Signal Snowboards brings iShred Steve Jobs tribute to Loveland

​Signal Snowboards has built a special tribute to Steve Jobs, complete with an iPad mounted in the nose of the board and a glowing LED Signal logo in the aluminum base (similar to Apple's iconic MacBook laptops). To test it, the California-based Signal crew brought the iShred to Colorado for s ... More >>

Ten topical Halloween costumes to avoid this year

Just go as a beer.​If only because when you look back at the photos ten years from now, you may slap your palm to your face and think, "Did I really dress as the physical representation of WikiLeaks?!" And how many people did you see dressed as Zach Galifianakis's "Alan" from The Hangover duri ... More >>

Ten best Steve Jobs tributes (1955 - 2011)

Businessweek​10. Bloomberg Businessweek On Friday, Bloomberg Businessweek revealed its tribute to Steve Jobs. With a photo essay, an incredibly thorough biography and first-person input from Eric Schmidt, John Sculley and Steve Jurvetson, it's impressive in scope and quality. But it's just ... More >>

"I Didn't Back It Up," the final installment in my "Week of a Woman" contest entry

My theory for the reason I have no pets, children or serious commitments to other humans: I am free to move and do as I please in the world however I want, whenever I want. The same theory explains my lack of possessions: It is not likely that I will ever own a house or a car that is less than ten y ... More >>

In the kitchen with Uber Sausage's Brad Arguello: Apple coleslaw

​Brad Arguello, who I interview in this week's Chef and Tell, spends his days slinging sausages at the Uber Sausage, the hot dog hut he opened in August. Several of his dogs are topped with apple coleslaw, a housemade recipe that thumbs its nose at mayonnaise in favor of apple cider. "My wife, ... More >>

Björk's new album, Biophilia, slated for simultaneous iPad app release

​Björk has a relationship with technology that rivals that of Joe Satriani with his guitar -- the two cannot exist without each other. It has always seemed like Björk has been waiting for technology to catch up with her, and when Apple launched its iPad, she finally had a place to experiment ... More >>

As the music industry circles the drain, Netflix tops torrents in traffic. When is the music industry going to catch up?

​Earlier this year, a report surfaced detailing current BitTorrent usage, with porn being the number one most torrented media and music sinking to a miserable 2.9 percent. Now, Sandvine company has detailed the biggest data hogs of the past year, and Netflix's streaming is on the top. When is ... More >>

Quiznos' new commercials are the freakiest things we've ever seen -- but will they sell?

​The Denver-bred Quiznos chain is an odd duck. While its toasted sandwiches are now sold coast to coast, it's courted controversy because of its franchise practices. And its commercials, while memorable, are pretty damn strange, whether it's singing mutant hamsters, sexualized talking ovens or ... More >>

Today in Stoke: Dream ski porn job opening at Matchstick Productions

MSP crew celebrates 2010 Best Film win at the Powder Magazine Awards. Photo via SkiMovie.netApply now for a chance to be in this picture next year.​Crested Butte-based Matchstick Productions (ski porn filmmakers extraordinaire) picked up its 7th Movie of the Year nod in January at Powder Magaz ... More >>

Hulu might die. Here's why you shouldn't care.

​News Corp. and Disney (who own Fox and ABC, respectively) are considering pulling their ad-based free streaming shows from Hulu -- remember that they are two of the three companies who founded Hulu back in 2008. Hulu has done incredibly well in terms of viewership, but its subscription-based ... More >>

Not-So-Private Dancers

The Chain Gang of 1974, Rexway, Wire Faces, Dressy Bessy spun on local radio this week. See what other acts got spins.

​Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows including, KTCL's Locals Only, 99.5 the Mountain's Homegrown Show, The Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Col ... More >>

The Northern Way, Kinetix and the World Romantic got spins this past week on local radio. See who else got played.

​Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows including, Radio 1190's Local Shakedown*, KTCL's Locals Only*, KBCO's Local Edition, The Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-bro ... More >>

Watch some pretty lines with interactive pocket-art Thicket

Yesterday's news might have been a bit too iPhone-centric for normal, non-tech-dork human beings, but for those of us enthralled with shiny, touchable objects, it's a format and medium we've come to love. While the iPhone and iPad are often lauded as great media consumption devices they're rarely ... More >>

Gettig piggy with Marczyk Fine Foods and Ellis Scharfenaker: Pork belly!

photo courtesy of www.them-apples.co.uk.​Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market's choicest ingredients home with them, and c ... More >>

Sprint employees fired for capturing shoplifter

Mike McGee and Paul Shoemaker were trying to do the right thing.​"Mike and I thought we did the good deed of the day," says Paul Shoemaker -- and why wouldn't he? After all, Shoemaker and Mike McGee, co-workers at a Sprint outlet at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center, were heading on break when ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Double chocolate pudding from LoHi Steakbar

Lori Midson ​As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com.

100 Favorite Dishes: Samosas from Vesta Dipping Grill

Lori Midson ​As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com.

Dialed In: This week's local music radio playlists

​Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows including, Radio 1190's Local Shakedown*, KTCL's Locals Only, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado ... More >>

For the Record: Beaterator iPhone review -- is it worth $2.99?

As technology moves forward, we've found new and interesting ways to make, record and brainstorm music on the go. There has been a flood of music production and recording applications for devices like the iPhone/iPod Touch, Nintendo DS, PSP and others. Finding worthwhile applications is another stor ... More >>

Denver Public Library offers e-titles on the go -- sort of

A Flickr photo.​The Denver Public Library has long been hip to technology, whether it's offering DVD selections that rival Blockbuster or allowing patrons to download tawdry B-movies from its website. Now the institution's getting into the smartphone craze, having developed a mobile website o ... More >>

Dialed In: This week's local music radio playlists

​Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows, including Radio 1190's Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only, 99.5 the Mountain's Homegrown Show*, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and i ... More >>

Dialed In: This week's local music radio playlists

​Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows, including Radio 1190's Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only, 99.5 the Mountain's Homegrown Show*, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and i ... More >>

Next frontier in smart phones: decent service

AT&T: Sucks like an ElectroLux​Here's a free tip for all you tech entrepreneurs looking at making an "iPhone killer:" Concentrate on the phone's Achilles heel, its service. People love the phone, but all too often the service simply sucks. Actually, it's unfair to single out Apple/AT&T for a ... More >>

Candy Girls: Indulge Gourmet Soft Caramels

Liz Kellermeyer​ This is serious caramel.  If all you've ever known is Caramello and Brachs, then Indulge Caramels will blow your mind.  It's only related to that store-bought stuff in the most broad connection of similar ingredients.  But this fresh, melt-in-your-mouth candy is bot ... More >>

Can Modmarket make it at Boulder's Twenty Ninth Street mall?

Come August, Rob McColgan and Anthony Pigliacamto will open Modmarket at 1700 28th Street in Boulder's flailing Twenty Ninth Street mall, a risky move that is nothing short of roulette, considering the succession of restaurants that have opened, and subsequently shuttered, in that wasteland of ... More >>

Lollipops and whiskey at Dougherty's

I was at Dougherty's the night that chef R.J. Van Stockum was adding Irish Leprechaun Lollipops to the menu. Lucky Leprechaun Lollipops. Irish Lollipops. The name had not yet been decided, but the prep had: a wad of Irish cheddar wrapped in prosciutto, cooked and stuck on the end of a breadstick.&nb ... More >>

Dialed in: This week's local music radio playlists

Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows, including Radio 1190's long-running Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Co ... More >>

Only in 21st-century America: Warring fartlords head to court

An image from the ifartmobile.com website. There's a flatulence flap a-brewin' in Denver's U.S. District Court. Loveland-based software developer InfoMedia, Inc. -- creator of the Apple iPhone app iFart Mobile -- has asked a judge to rule that it can use the phrase "pull my finger" in its marketin ... More >>

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