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Beirut

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    A second Beirut Grill is set to open downtown

    Beirut Grill is opening a second location at 1600 Champa Street, in what was once the home of Champa Street liquors. Although information is sketchy, we know that the menu will be the same as at the original location, 203 West Hampden Avenue: traditional Middle Eastern fare. Look for this Beirut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Mile Highlights: Denver/Boulder area concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

    Here's what's happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, December shows by Beats Antique and Pretty Lights were announced. On local radio specialty shows, Veronica, Vices I Admire, INCA and Hazel Miller all got some spins. Meanwhile, at our local record stores, new and re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Mile Highlights: Denver/Boulder area concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

    Here's what's happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, a show at the Paramount Theatre featuring Puscifer was announced, along with a Kulwicki Twins Foundation benefit at the Bluebird Theater in January being headlined by Mudhoney and The Fluid. On local radio specialty ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Mile Highlights: Denver/Boulder area concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

    ​Here's what's happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, shows from Dierks Bentley, Mickey Hart Band and Dirty Nasty were announced. On local radio specialty shows, Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, The Congress and The Epiloguesall got some spins. Meanwhile, at our local ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    Mile Highlights: Denver/Boulder area concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

    ​Here's what's happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, shows from Paul Simon, Amos Lee and Matisyahu were announced. On local radio specialty shows, Whiskey Bottles, Petals of Spain and Hot IQsall got some spins. Meanwhile, at our local record stores, new and rec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    Mile Highlights: Denver/Boulder area concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

    ​Here's what's happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, shows from Mastodon, Stephen Stills and Trans-Siberian Orchestra were announced. On local radio specialty shows, Saints, Kinetix, the Fluid and Dave Beegle all got some spins. Meanwhile, at our local record s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Mile Highlights: Denver/Boulder area concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

    ​Here's what's happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, shows Tech N9ne, Lucinda Williams and Jimmy Buffet were announced. On local radio specialty shows, Monroe Monroe, Air Dubai, Spires and Popcult all got some spins. Meanwhile, at our local record stores, new a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Ninja Tune outs alleged leaking journalist

    In the music industry, leaks seem as inevitable as they are unavoidable these days. Leaks have often forced labels to rush the release of their records months before intended. Such was the case recently with Ninja Tune, the London-based electronic imprint founded by Coldcut and DJ Matt Black, who is ... More >>

  • News

    June 23, 2011

    Proponents of marijuana legalization know that where there's smoke, there's ire

    In the music industry, leaks seem as inevitable as they are unavoidable these days. Leaks have often forced labels to rush the release of their records months before intended. Such was the case recently with Ninja Tune, the London-based electronic imprint founded by Coldcut and DJ Matt Black, who is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Marijuana legalization debate preview: Meet the advocates who'll be hashing it out

    Free me.​It's fitting that Wednesday night's debate between Colorado cannabis activists has been dubbed "Round One." The event is being advertised as a "lively and friendly" debate -- but if it's as impassioned and fiery as the comments on our marijuana blogs have been, it might be closer to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Reader: Colorado Public Radio, big market systems should be taken off federal dole

    ​Public-radio funding survived its latest flirtation with elimination at the federal level. But that doesn't mean all problems have been solved according to one reader, who weighed in on a Comment of the Day post from last month in which another commenter suggested that Colorado Public Radio c ... More >>

  • Music

    October 28, 2010

    Hot Rize was bluegrass before bluegrass was cool

    ​Public-radio funding survived its latest flirtation with elimination at the federal level. But that doesn't mean all problems have been solved according to one reader, who weighed in on a Comment of the Day post from last month in which another commenter suggested that Colorado Public Radio c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    Medical marijuana in Colorado Springs: Drew Milburn touts cannabis to his fellow veterans

    Drew Milburn.​The prospect of an initiative that could ban dispensaries in Colorado Springs frustrates We Grow Colorado's Drew Milburn. After all, he views his business as a public service -- one that can benefit fellow military veterans like him. He's especially eager to reach those who suff ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    NPR's All Songs Considered weighs in on the best music of 2009

    ​Last time we checked, there's still a good four months left until the end of the year. Regardless, that hasn't stopped Bob Boilen and company from NPR's All Songs Considered from weighing in on the best music of 2009 (so far). Actually, check that -- the results, which were posted on the show's b ... More >>

  • News

    April 23, 2009

    There's more Lebanese sangre in Mexico than you might think

    ​Last time we checked, there's still a good four months left until the end of the year. Regardless, that hasn't stopped Bob Boilen and company from NPR's All Songs Considered from weighing in on the best music of 2009 (so far). Actually, check that -- the results, which were posted on the show's b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    U2 top seller at Twist & Shout

    U2's No Line on the Horizon and Neko Case's Middle Cyclops, both released on Tuesday, March 3, showed some of best numbers at Twist & Shout in many months. The Fray moved back up into the top five, followed by Van Morrison and Beirut for the week ending March 8. See the full breakdown after the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    Beirut grabs top spot at Wax Trax Records

    Beirut's new double EP March of the Zapotec grabbed the top at Wax Trax Records last week while the Dark Was the Night compilation, which features Andrew Bird, Arcade Fire, Beach House, Bon Iver and more, came in second. Local bands Git Some and Eyes & Ears also made the top 10. See the full bre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2009

    Morrissey top seller at Twist & Shout

    Morrissey's new album, Years of Refusal, released last week on Decca, grabbed the top spot on Twist & Shout's top seller list for the week ending February 22. Andrew Bird, M. Ward and Beirut also performed strong while the Fray's latest album dropped from its number one position for the last two ... More >>

  • Film

    January 8, 2009

    Waltz With Bashir

    Morrissey's new album, Years of Refusal, released last week on Decca, grabbed the top spot on Twist & Shout's top seller list for the week ending February 22. Andrew Bird, M. Ward and Beirut also performed strong while the Fray's latest album dropped from its number one position for the last two ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 2, 2008

    The St. Pauli Girl sucks at beer pong, and that's just fine

    Morrissey's new album, Years of Refusal, released last week on Decca, grabbed the top spot on Twist & Shout's top seller list for the week ending February 22. Andrew Bird, M. Ward and Beirut also performed strong while the Fray's latest album dropped from its number one position for the last two ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2008

    Last Night... Roger Waters @ Pepsi Center

    Morrissey's new album, Years of Refusal, released last week on Decca, grabbed the top spot on Twist & Shout's top seller list for the week ending February 22. Andrew Bird, M. Ward and Beirut also performed strong while the Fray's latest album dropped from its number one position for the last two ... More >>

  • News

    September 13, 2007

    Taking the Cure

    There’s only one remedy for a hangover, and it’s not this.

  • Film

    July 26, 2007

    No Reservations

    No Reservations is sweet and savory fare. Without the foam.

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2007

    Gibraltar au No Go

    No Reservations is sweet and savory fare. Without the foam.

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2007

    I Drive, You Mix the Drinks

    No Reservations is sweet and savory fare. Without the foam.

  • Home Entertainment

    May 17, 2007

    More Shriek Than Shrek

    Pan's Labyrinth The War Tapes M*A*S*H The Siege

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2007

    A Good-Bye in Vegas

    Pan's Labyrinth The War Tapes M*A*S*H The Siege

  • Music

    April 5, 2007

    On the Download

    Linking you to the best in legitimate, artist-approved exclusives.

  • News

    December 29, 2005

    What Was So Funny?

    We laughed until it hurt in 2005.

  • Film

    July 14, 2005

    Could Be Verse

    A love story told in iambic pentameter? Yes, and yes again.

  • Dining

    April 21, 2005

    So Far, So Good

    Hookah Cafe will hook you.

  • Dining

    March 3, 2005

    Bite Me

    Comforting Thoughts

  • Culture

    December 9, 2004

    Encore

    Comforting Thoughts

  • Culture

    December 2, 2004

    Encore

    Comforting Thoughts

  • Culture

    November 25, 2004

    Encore

    Comforting Thoughts

  • Culture

    November 18, 2004

    Lust Lost

    Unblinking Beirut imagines an era when AIDS poisons intimacy.

  • Culture

    June 5, 2003

    Something to Learn

    Risky casting in Bas Bleu's A Lesson From Aloes creates an imbalance.

  • News

    November 28, 2002

    Hiding in Plain Sight

    To find truly progressive media outlets, try looking beneath the radar.

  • Culture

    October 3, 2002

    Solitary Confinement

    The politics of pain are displayed in Two Rooms.

  • News

    March 14, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of March 14, 2002

  • News

    February 15, 2001

    Anchor in Waiting

    Sportscaster Les Shapiro is rested and ready. But will TV take him back?

  • Dining

    November 9, 2000

    Middle Ground

    Two Denver eateries offer diners the spice of life.

  • Best of Denver

    June 29, 2000

    Best new old music hall

    The Fillmore Auditorium

  • Dining

    March 30, 2000

    The Best Is Yet to Come

    Sami Kraydie's Sinbad is the real deal.

  • Calendar

    March 26, 1998

    Night & Day

    March 26-April 1, 1998

  • Calendar

    May 2, 1996

    Thrills for the week

    March 26-April 1, 1998

  • Culture

    May 17, 1995

    CAPTIVE AUDIENCE

    March 26-April 1, 1998

  • Dining

    January 25, 1995

    THE FALAFEL TRUTH

    March 26-April 1, 1998

  • News

    August 31, 1994

    LETTERS

    March 26-April 1, 1998

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