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  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Dog attacks: Which two Denver neighborhoods do mail carriers fear most?

    It's the stuff of Saturday-morning cartoons and "The Far Side:" a hapless postal carrier being chased around the neighborhood by the family dog. But the vicious attack on a Denver postal carrier on Monday demonstrated that mail carriers face real danger even on their regular routes. In fact, Denver ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    Phish returns to Colorado, three days at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, August 31 through Sept. 2

    Phish at Dick's Sporting Goods in Commerce City, three days, confirmed! The band just announced the second leg of its summer tour, and Colorado is on the docket for three shows: Friday, August, 31, Saturday, September 1 and Sunday, September 2. A limited number of tickets are available through Phish ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Tenacious D at Red Rocks July 26. Tickets on sale this Friday, March 30 at 10 a.m.

    Tenacious D at Red Rocks on Thursday, July 26. This is not opinion. This is fact. The dudes are back and touring in support of Rize of the Fenix, their new album and purportedly the greatest album of all time. This, apparently, is not opinion either, but rather fact. The tour kicks off on May 23 in ... More >>

  • News

    March 1, 2012

    Online poker kings get cashed out

    Killing livelihoods and a $2.5 billion industry, the feds attack Internet gambling

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Mastodon, Opeth and Ghost at Fillmore April 23

    Aaron Thackeray​This should be pretty killer: In support of their latest albums, Heritage and The Hunter, Opeth and Mastodon -- two acts that recently headlined the Ogden Theatre and are certainly no strangers to the Mile High City -- are preparing to hit the road together on the aptly named H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Van Halen in Denver on 5/24 at Pepsi Center

    ​Oh, hell yeah! Mark your calendars. It's really happening. Van Halen is coming to Denver. It's confirmed, and we finally have a date. Thursday, May 24, at the Pepsi Center, Van Halen will be here with Kool and the Gang. So stoked! Almost as stoked as we are to hear the new record, A Different ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Download John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light's just posted Daytrotter session

    Johnnie Cluney​This past Friday, Daytotter.com posted the session John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light recorded at their studios in Rock Island, Illinois over the summer while the band was in the midst of its Midwest tour. If you're not already a member of Daytrotter, it's totally worth s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    A protest at Bank of America demands loan modifications and accountability

    Illustration from Colorado Progressive Coalition.​Linda Stapel was a field researcher in February 2009, making enough money to buy a home by herself. But that's when she was blind-sided a by a woman in her car while collecting data for work. Stapel was left with Annular tears in her neck, seve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Anarchist protesters could strike 2012 Dem convention, Denver officials warn (VIDEO)

    ​Officials from Charlotte, North Carolina -- the host of the 2012 Democratic National Convention -- recently came to Denver to learn from our city's experience hosting the 2008 DNC. What was Charlotte Chamber of Commerce President Bob Morgan's take-away after meeting with Denver's civic leader ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    Social networking: Denver ranked 3rd in U.S. by Men's Health (eat our hashtags, Portland!)

    ​Congratulations, Denver: You have officially been swallowed up whole by the Matrix. Men's Health recently came out with its list of the country's most socially networked cities, and Denver, of all places, came in third. Do we get a prize for this? Like a new FarmVille animal or something?

  • News

    March 10, 2011

    Denver has Democratic National Convention advice for Charlotte

    ​Congratulations, Denver: You have officially been swallowed up whole by the Matrix. Men's Health recently came out with its list of the country's most socially networked cities, and Denver, of all places, came in third. Do we get a prize for this? Like a new FarmVille animal or something?

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Amazing but true: Taco Bell robbed of food

    ​An incredible story out of Charlotte, North Carolina, where a Taco Bell was robbed -- not of money, but of food! Who knew that Taco Bell even served edible items? A car with three men had pulled up to the drive-thru window when one of the men pulled out a weapon and demanded food from the f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Cybercrime in Denver: We're number eight

    "I have a feeling there's something phishy in Denver."​In the not exactly thrilling 1995 cyber-thriller The Net, Sandra Bullock's character, Angela Bennett, reveals that she was raised in La Junta -- a community whose name she pronounces as if she were Hugo Chavez. Little did Bennett know, how ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    Frank Bonanno, Alex Seidel, Jennifer Jasinski, Steve Ells and James Rugile among James Beard semifinalists

    Lori Midson Venue chef James Rugile ​Restaurant and chef semifinalists for the 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards were released this morning, which gives all the nominees exactly 32 days to chew on their success before the five finalists in each category are announced on Monday, March 22. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Single File heading back out on the road

    Pamela Littky​Update 11/02: Just received word that Dashboard Confessional has postponed its upcoming tour due to "a family situation that is beyond our control," including a scheduled appearance at the Fillmore on Monday, November 9. No word on when the dates will be rescheduled or how this new d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    Here's a tip: Denver diners are the second best tippers in the nation, according to Zagat surveyors

    ​Tim and Nina Zagat just dropped the 2010 edition of America's Top Restaurants (full disclosure: I edited the Colorado section), along with pages and pages of dining summations that sling stats culled from eaters who responded to Zagat's annual dining survey that, more or less, sums up the bes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2009

    Q&A with Mike Watt

    Mike Watt is most certainly a man whose thoughts cannot be expressed in a mere 500 or so words. Needless to say, this week's Rough Mixes entry only highlighted excerpts of our recent conversation with punk's elder statesman. While on tour supporting his newest punk rock opera "Hyphenated Man" and in ... More >>

  • News

    April 30, 2009

    After so-called "Craigslist killings," a victim's family finds an unlikely ally: Craig Newmark

    Mike Watt is most certainly a man whose thoughts cannot be expressed in a mere 500 or so words. Needless to say, this week's Rough Mixes entry only highlighted excerpts of our recent conversation with punk's elder statesman. While on tour supporting his newest punk rock opera "Hyphenated Man" and in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    The Columbine effect: A horrific roster of school shootings since 1999

    The most resonant information that's come my way thus far today in relation to the anniversary of the April 20, 1999 shootings at Columbine High School was contained in an e-mail sent to Westword by Vicki Newell, a public-policy director with the Colorado PTA. It's a list of school shootings since ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    Breathe Carolina premiers new video, tours until the end of time

    Breathe Carolina, a band that tours so often these days that it almost doesn't seem like a Denver band anymore (seriously, with the exception of April and May, the act is going to be on the road from now until at least the end of August; check out the list of tour dates on the next page), recently p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2009

    Are you the best teen chef?

    If you think you're the country's best teen chef, it's time to enter the Art Institute's Best Teen Chef Competition. The contest is open to high schoolers graduating in 2009 with a GPA of 2.0 or better; applicants must sign an entry and release form by this Friday, February 6, and then submit their ... More >>

  • News

    January 1, 2009

    Republicans weren't the only ones who took a beating in 2008

    If you think you're the country's best teen chef, it's time to enter the Art Institute's Best Teen Chef Competition. The contest is open to high schoolers graduating in 2009 with a GPA of 2.0 or better; applicants must sign an entry and release form by this Friday, February 6, and then submit their ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2008

    Tickle Me Pink releases explicit version of "Typical Whore" video

    Tickle Me Pink, who's in the midst of a cross country tour right now with Hawthorne Heights (full dates after the jump), has posted an explicit, NSFW version of their "Typical Whore" video. Like the the original version, the video features porn star Gabriella Fox crawling through comforters on her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2008

    Last suspect apprehended in 2004 rape of twelve-year-old girl

    Tickle Me Pink, who's in the midst of a cross country tour right now with Hawthorne Heights (full dates after the jump), has posted an explicit, NSFW version of their "Typical Whore" video. Like the the original version, the video features porn star Gabriella Fox crawling through comforters on her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2008

    A few more details on our very own IKEA

    Tickle Me Pink, who's in the midst of a cross country tour right now with Hawthorne Heights (full dates after the jump), has posted an explicit, NSFW version of their "Typical Whore" video. Like the the original version, the video features porn star Gabriella Fox crawling through comforters on her ... More >>

  • News

    July 5, 2007

    Healthy Habits

    I brake for sex. Even pedestrian sex.

  • News

    September 14, 2006

    Them's Fighting Words

    Activists arm for battle with cockers.

  • Calendar

    March 24, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Activists arm for battle with cockers.

  • News

    June 17, 2004

    Taking Stocks

    Driver Jerry Robertson aims to be king of the oval.

  • News

    August 28, 2003

    The Message

    Take Two

  • Music

    May 22, 2003

    Get in the Vamp

    Saxophonist Wally Shoup blasts new life into free jazz.

  • News

    May 22, 2003

    You Gotta Have Cart

    Young American hopefuls are driven to become Formula 1 race heroes.

  • Music

    November 14, 2002

    Polar Opposites

    Norwegian retro-rockers Cato Salsa Experience heat up Scandinavia with a cool sound.

  • Culture

    August 23, 2001

    Far and Wide

    A pair of striking solos at BMoCA display a broad range of styles.

  • News

    February 22, 2001

    The Home of the Rave

    Promoters hurry to get their acts together -- before parents, police and the courts decide the party's over.

  • Film

    August 17, 2000

    Comic Relief

    The Original Kings of Comedy stars some very black humor.

  • News

    January 13, 2000

    Twenty-First Century Fox

    Channel 31 staffs up for its evening news show.

  • News

    December 30, 1999

    Hall of Shame 1999

    Although Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were an impossibly horrific act to follow, others gave it a shot.

  • Music

    July 23, 1998

    Keen Thinking

    Robert Earl Keen won't dumb down his music for country consumption.

  • News

    September 25, 1997

    Bill of Fare

    The meter ran out on this DIA concessionaire.

  • Culture

    June 12, 1997

    On the Rise

    The meter ran out on this DIA concessionaire.

  • Culture

    April 10, 1997

    Life's a Stitch

    The meter ran out on this DIA concessionaire.

  • News

    August 22, 1996

    Baseball's Labor Pains

    The meter ran out on this DIA concessionaire.

  • Culture

    June 13, 1996

    Freedom of Expressionism

    The meter ran out on this DIA concessionaire.

  • Culture

    March 8, 1995

    Flying Blind: The Art at DIA is mostly DOA.

    The meter ran out on this DIA concessionaire.

  • News

    March 2, 1994

    STORMING THE OUTFIELD WALLS

    The meter ran out on this DIA concessionaire.

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