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February 14, 2012
Couples taco-eating contest at Mezcal and other Valentine's Day events
Couples looking for an off-the-wall activity tonight -- those hungry for more than love -- should check out Mezcal's Couples Taco-Eating Contest, in which the competing couple that eats the most tacos (filled with either chicken or mixed veggies) wins a $150 gift card and a trophy. Although the rost ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
Yurt So Good
Couples looking for an off-the-wall activity tonight -- those hungry for more than love -- should check out Mezcal's Couples Taco-Eating Contest, in which the competing couple that eats the most tacos (filled with either chicken or mixed veggies) wins a $150 gift card and a trophy. Although the rost ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
Snow shortage postpones Junior Freeskiing Tour stop in Crested Butte
Snow Show fashion.A blizzard of snow business is about to hit Denver with the start of this week's Snow Snowconvention, and it's now snowing in the high country. But it's too little, too late to keep the Junior Freeskiing Tour on schedule.
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December 15, 2011
New Year's Eve 2011 Denver: ten best mountain celebrations
What better time to take advantage of this city's proximity to the beautiful Rocky Mountains -- and some of the best skiing in the world -- than New Year's Eve? Keep reading for our list of the ten best ways to celebrate New Year's, mountain-style.
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August 12, 2011
Top five ways to break out your bike this weekend
Get the lead out! Will he? Won't he? As of this writing Lance Armstrong hadn't yet tweeted his intention to compete in the Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race on Saturday (he pre-qualified by winning the Crested Butte Alpine Odyssey on July 31), but one of the gnarliest events in Colorado will b ... More >>
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August 1, 2011
Crested Butte couple creates a treehouse community in Costa Rica
Finca BellavistaErica and Mateo Hogan, a couple from Crested Butte, wanted to create a tropical paradise. "It was very muddy four or five months out of the year in Crested Butte, so we were thinking of buying some property somewhere warm to wait out the muddy season," Erica says. And after sloggi ... More >>
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August 1, 2011
Lance Armstrong wins Crested Butte Alpine Odyssey mountain bike race
Photo by Alex Fenlon, fenlonphoto.com, courtesy Crested Butte Mountain ResortLance Armstrong wins the Crested Butte Alpine Odyssey, qualifies for the 2011 Leadville 100Look out, Leadville 100 competitors: Lance Armstrong is coming for you again after winning yesterday's Crested Butte Alpine O ... More >>
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July 20, 2011
Crested Butte Land Trust Wine & Food Festival kicks off today
Beautiful Crested Butte is hosting its annual Crested Butte Land Trust Wine & Food Festival, showcasing amazing cuisine with wines from around the country, the Celebrity Chef Tour and more; events run through Sunday, July 24. For more information, go to www.crestedbuttewine.com. For informat ... More >>
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July 18, 2011
Women & Wine, tequila dinners, Summer Brew Fest and more on this week's culinary calendar
There's a lot of wine on this week's culinary calendar -- but you'll also find beer, tequila, pesto and cherry pie. Keep reading for a taste of what's ahead:
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July 7, 2011
Flower Power
There's a lot of wine on this week's culinary calendar -- but you'll also find beer, tequila, pesto and cherry pie. Keep reading for a taste of what's ahead:
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July 6, 2011
Bring on the ski porn: Level 1 Productions and Matchstick Productions drop new trailers
Something about this recent run of three-digit-degrees days and Monday's closing day at Arapahoe Basin have us looking forward to next ski season already, and it turns out we're not alone: On Monday director Josh Berman and the Denver-based ski porn specialists at Level 1 Productions released ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
Mountain Bike Hall of Fame hosts Crested Butte Bike Week opening bash tonight
The 31st annual Crested Butte Bike Week gets underway today with Alison Gannett's Rippin' Chix Mountain Bike Camps for women ($35 per session; $95 for the singletrack skills workshop) and a 6 p.m. "Night at the Museum" kick-off party at the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame, 331 Elk Avenue.
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May 19, 2011
Putting the Earth In Its Place
The 31st annual Crested Butte Bike Week gets underway today with Alison Gannett's Rippin' Chix Mountain Bike Camps for women ($35 per session; $95 for the singletrack skills workshop) and a 6 p.m. "Night at the Museum" kick-off party at the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame, 331 Elk Avenue.
Blogs
March 22, 2011
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 >>
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March 18, 2011
Staycation: Colorado's best dog-friendly hotels for you and your mutt
Hotel ColumbiaAdmit it, you have become one of those crazy dog people. Every time you go on vacation, the sight of your little buddy's puppy-dog eyes gets you in the gut, ruining your Colorado getaway before you even leave. Why not exchange good old-fashioned guilt for a healthy dose of shame ... More >>
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February 24, 2011
South of Banff
Hotel ColumbiaAdmit it, you have become one of those crazy dog people. Every time you go on vacation, the sight of your little buddy's puppy-dog eyes gets you in the gut, ruining your Colorado getaway before you even leave. Why not exchange good old-fashioned guilt for a healthy dose of shame ... More >>
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February 16, 2011
Today in Stoke: U.S. Extreme Freeskiing Championships at Crested Butte this week
Crested Butte Mountain Resort celebrates 20 years of hosting the U.S. Extreme Freeskiing Championships this week, a truly extreme action sports event that predates the X Games and other extremism in sports lexicography by about four years. The resort bills itself as "the birthplace of Big Mou ... More >>
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December 20, 2010
Today In Stoke: Forecast calls for snow all week
Photo via SkiCB.comGreetings from Crested Butte, reporting nearly a foot of new snow this morning.If you're planning a holiday ski vacation, you might want to go ahead and start it early: It snowed all weekend at most Colorado resorts, and it's expected to keep coming down until Thursday, whi ... More >>
Culture
November 11, 2010
The Edge: Westword's Winter Activity Guide 2010-2011
Photo via SkiCB.comGreetings from Crested Butte, reporting nearly a foot of new snow this morning.If you're planning a holiday ski vacation, you might want to go ahead and start it early: It snowed all weekend at most Colorado resorts, and it's expected to keep coming down until Thursday, whi ... More >>
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September 2, 2010
Crested Butte Parties for the People
Photo via SkiCB.comGreetings from Crested Butte, reporting nearly a foot of new snow this morning.If you're planning a holiday ski vacation, you might want to go ahead and start it early: It snowed all weekend at most Colorado resorts, and it's expected to keep coming down until Thursday, whi ... More >>
Blogs
July 30, 2010
This weekend: Crested Butte hosts the Denver FIVE and more
A Flickr photoThe Crested Butte Annual Arts Festival kicks off today and runs through Sunday, August 1; among the fabulous culinary offerings are cocktail seminars, gourmet dinners and free demonstrations. But the real draw is tonight's five-course dinner prepared by the infamous Denver FIV ... More >>
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June 17, 2010
The Dirtiest Dirty 30
A Flickr photoThe Crested Butte Annual Arts Festival kicks off today and runs through Sunday, August 1; among the fabulous culinary offerings are cocktail seminars, gourmet dinners and free demonstrations. But the real draw is tonight's five-course dinner prepared by the infamous Denver FIV ... More >>
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June 10, 2010
Way to Grow
A Flickr photoThe Crested Butte Annual Arts Festival kicks off today and runs through Sunday, August 1; among the fabulous culinary offerings are cocktail seminars, gourmet dinners and free demonstrations. But the real draw is tonight's five-course dinner prepared by the infamous Denver FIV ... More >>
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December 31, 2009
Resolute Run
A Flickr photoThe Crested Butte Annual Arts Festival kicks off today and runs through Sunday, August 1; among the fabulous culinary offerings are cocktail seminars, gourmet dinners and free demonstrations. But the real draw is tonight's five-course dinner prepared by the infamous Denver FIV ... More >>
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December 4, 2009
Q&A with Vince Herman of Leftover Salmon
Vince Herman with Great American TaxiLeftover Salmon occupies a unique spot in music. The band does not adhere to any one genre, though it borrows liberally from bluegrass, Cajun, rock, swing, jug band and even Latin and Caribbean influences among others. What the band does do is whip up one hell ... More >>
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November 26, 2009
A Beaut in the Butte
Vince Herman with Great American TaxiLeftover Salmon occupies a unique spot in music. The band does not adhere to any one genre, though it borrows liberally from bluegrass, Cajun, rock, swing, jug band and even Latin and Caribbean influences among others. What the band does do is whip up one hell ... More >>
Culture
November 12, 2009
The Edge: A handy calendar of winter events
Vince Herman with Great American TaxiLeftover Salmon occupies a unique spot in music. The band does not adhere to any one genre, though it borrows liberally from bluegrass, Cajun, rock, swing, jug band and even Latin and Caribbean influences among others. What the band does do is whip up one hell ... More >>
Blogs
November 2, 2009
And Colorado's prettiest town is... you must be joking
It's been at least a week since our fair state made it on any Most Livable, Charming, Fittest or Drunkest list. So thank heavens for the folks at ForbesTraveler, the "luxury travel authority from inspiration to reservation." Its latest ingenious and largely predictable compilation of "America ... More >>
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July 23, 2009
Crested Butte Land and Trust Food and Wine Festival uncorks today
The first day of the four-day Crested Butte Land Trust Food and Wine Festival uncorks today. And unlike some local food and wine festivals where our homegrown chefs are snubbed, the Crested Butte powwow, which includes wine seminars, wine walks, chef dinners, grand tastings and gourmet picnics, par ... More >>
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July 23, 2009
The Westword.com blog shortcut, July 23 edition
Lori MidsonFogo de Chao may specialize in meat, but that pie looks like just what I needed. Today in Cafe Society: -Denver welcomes a new Brazilian steakhouse. It looks like a great spot to take a vegetarian on a date. -Crested Butte Land and Trust Food and Wine Festival is underway. -That c ... More >>
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July 2, 2009
Just Add Flower
The blooms are abundant at the Crested Butte Wildflower Festival.
Culture
June 4, 2009
Go for the Gold!
The blooms are abundant at the Crested Butte Wildflower Festival.
Blogs
January 28, 2009
Slim Cessna's Auto Club hits the road with Reverend Horton Heat
Photo: Gary IsaacsBefore heading off across the pond for a sizable nineteen-day jaunt through Europe in April, Slim Cessna's Auto Club will be crisscrossing Colorado in the company of the Reverend Horton Heat. Kicking things off at the Ogden Theatre this Friday night alongside Reno Divorce, the band ... More >>
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December 25, 2008
Run for It
Photo: Gary IsaacsBefore heading off across the pond for a sizable nineteen-day jaunt through Europe in April, Slim Cessna's Auto Club will be crisscrossing Colorado in the company of the Reverend Horton Heat. Kicking things off at the Ogden Theatre this Friday night alongside Reno Divorce, the band ... More >>
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December 18, 2008
Carry a Torch for Christmas
Get lit at one of several torchlight parades in the mountains.
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June 19, 2008
Bridging the Gap
Get lit at one of several torchlight parades in the mountains.
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June 12, 2008
Fat Chance
Get lit at one of several torchlight parades in the mountains.
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September 20, 2007
Veni, Vidi, Vinotok
Get rid of your grump in Crested Butte.
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August 2, 2007
Short and Sweet
Get rid of your grump in Crested Butte.
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June 21, 2007
Fat Tired Out
Celebrate mountain biking in Crested Butte.
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July 7, 2005
This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
Celebrate mountain biking in Crested Butte.
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September 23, 2004
This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
Celebrate mountain biking in Crested Butte.
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September 9, 2004
Pranks for the Memories
What they did on your summer vacation.
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August 5, 2004
This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
What they did on your summer vacation.
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January 29, 2004
Burn One Down
Crested Butte lights up for the Progressive Bonfire Dinner
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July 12, 2001
Walk on the Wild Side
Wildflowers are boomin� and bloomin� at the annual Crested Butte gathering.
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March 29, 2001
Best Festival Dedicated to Flower Power
Wildflower Festival
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September 3, 1998
Night & Day
September 3 - 9, 1998
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November 7, 1996
Edge
Westword's Guide to teh '96-'97 ski and snowboard season
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June 29, 1994
SPORTS & RECREATION
Westword's Guide to teh '96-'97 ski and snowboard season
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