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Five weirdest food heists of 2012 -- and what would've made them even weirder

This year has seen some random -- and downright nutty -- food heists. Stealing enormous amounts of edibles is a strange crime, especially since rarely are the thefts committed to feed starving people or to make significant political statements. What sort of greedy, soulless riffraff steals pilfers f ... More >>

The ten best concerts this week: December 10-14

We're blessed to live here, you know. If you haven't already come to this conclusion on your own from feeling the ever-present sunshine and observing the wondrous sunset paintings we're treated to each evening, all you have to do is take a look at the brimming concert calendar. Whereas the live musi ... More >>

Lamb of God

Monday, December 10, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

Lamb of God's John Campbell talks about the Czech incident and how his brother Jeff from 3 Kings Tavern defiled his Star Wars slippers

Lamb of God started in 1990 as an instrumental metal band called Burn the Priest. But it wasn't until 1995, after recording a few demos and playing countless house parties, that the band recruited singer Randy Blythe and started developing into the band you would recognize today as Lamb of God. With ... More >>

Photos: Cafe Zuri now pouring in Highland

Coffee's on at Cafe Zuri, which recently opened its doors at 3718 West 32nd Avenue. And its heart is in the right place: metro Denver. The quaint cafe offers locally roasted coffee from Coda, French pastries from Trompeau Bakery in Englewood, apple strudels from Praha Restaurant in Longmont and ice ... More >>

Reader: Schnitzel is my number-one comfort food

Do people care about schnitzel? You're darn Teuton! As a side to her review of Cafe Berlin, Gretchen Kurtz served up the five best restaurants for a schnitzel fix -- and her list has taken a pounding. Where is Cafe Prague? Sobo 151? And where's that umlaut? See also: - Five best restaurants for a ... More >>

USA Today names Denver one of the top 10 beer cities in the WORLD!

Not only did USA Today just name Denver one the best beer capitals in the world -- the whole fucking WORLD, y'all! -- but the internationally distributed daily newspaper also gave a shout-out to Patty's Chile Beer, named, of course, for Westword founder and editor Patty Calhoun, who likes things spi ... More >>

Photos: The MCA's Continental Drift brings Colorado art into focus

In this week's issue, art critic Michael Paglia reviews the MCA's current exhibit, Continental Drift, a group show featuring seven Colorado artists. Installed in several areas across the museum, the exhibit brings "the character of a set of shows as opposed to a singular endeavor, something that's r ... More >>

Denver Beer Co celebrates one year with a block party; Oskar Blues keeps growing

On the heels of the Boulder-based Brewers Association report that craft beer sales are up 14 percent so far this year, Longmont's Oskar Blues has posted even more outstanding numbers. The brewer said revenue was up 53 percent in the first six months of 2012. Oskar Blues credited the growth to a rece ... More >>

Croke-Patterson Mansion turns into Patterson Inn

The Croke-Patterson Mansion is a historic gem, with official designation from the Landmark Preservation Commission, Colorado State Register of Historic Properties, and the National Register of Historic Places. And new owners are ready to add a new chapter in that history, opening the building as the ... More >>

Catheter on being slept on at home in Denver and how grind will never become a commodity

Denver's Catheter recently issued its first full-length album in seven years, Southwest Doom Violence, the follow-up to 2005's Dimension 303. The band's latest effort -- bolstering an extensive library of EPs and split releases -- offers a healthy mix of grind, doom, sludge and even crust punk, buil ... More >>

Aurora's not exactly a tourist trap, but you might just visit it anyway

Vaclav Havel's revolution was a testament to the subversive power of art

​Vaclav Havel, the unassuming playwright dissident who helped spearhead the Velvet Revolution of 1989 that overthrew Communism in Czechoslovakia, died on December 18. He became the country's president after the revolution, presiding over its peaceful break-up into the Czech Republic and Slovak ... More >>

Aurora wins another powerlifting trophy in redistricting fight

​The world's powerlifting championship is coming to Aurora next year. But this once scrawny suburb has been doing plenty of powerlifting of its own this year, muscling in on the turf of its big brother, Denver. Aurora's most recent trophy? Becoming part of just one congressional district, rath ... More >>

Skyrim, Stephen King and Harry Potter highlight our new releases heading into 11-11-11

​This is an unusual week for new releases because many companies have decided to forgo the usual Tuesday or Wednesday timeframe in order to take advantage of the far more eponymous sounding 11-11-11. Still, we've tallied up everything worth a mention, which includes novels from two heavyweight ... More >>

Denver-based skydiver Nick Batsch wins third USPA Canopy Piloting Nationals

Photo by Dq Israd, courtesy J. Walcher CommunicationsNick Batsch coming in hot at the 2011 USPA National Skydiving Championships of Canopy Piloting​The mere thrill of jumping out of a plane wasn't enough for Denver-based skydiver Nick Batsch, who took up the sport of canopy piloting (where the ... More >>

Fact Czech: The gang's all beer at Sobo 151

​After a summer of travels, Laura Shunk revealed the five restaurant concepts she'd love to see in Denver, ranging from a Burmese restaurant to a Czech restaurant and beer hall. Which had commenters wondering: What about Sobo 151?

Ask the bartender: Samogon comes from Russia, with love

​Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with 25 years behind the bar, including at some of this town's most liquid assets, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduat ... More >>

Plum good: Golden Europe's schnitzel, spaetzle and strudel

Culinary treasures are revealed through a family's history

A taste of Denver International Wine Festival 2010

Photo: J. WohletzWine sediment draining at Balistreri​The Denver International Wine Festival celebrated year six with a VIP tour of Front Range wineries and Roundhouse Spirits -- a tour that began Saturday with plenty of wine, ended with plenty of gin, and stuffed the middle with gourmet nibbl ... More >>

Medical marijuana acceptance in Europe can fuel U.S. expansion, says Cannabis Science CEO

Dr. Robert Melamede.​Cannabis Science Inc., a Colorado Springs company, wants to boost the cannabis-based pharmaceutical industry in the United States. But rather than focusing solely on investors in America, the firm is putting a big emphasis on Europe. Right now, according to president and ... More >>

Meet Park Hill Shortbus, a global, Park Hill-based hip-hop consortium

​ Whether or not these Park Hill natives rode the short bus to school is irrelevant, because there is no doubt that these crazy bastards are the ones your mom told you not to play with. This eclectic group of MCs, producers and DJs use Shortbus as their outlet for their outlandish and truthfu ... More >>

Wovenhand's David Eugene Edwards interviewed for Czech radio

​ Between fronting 16 Horsepower and Wovenhand, David Eugene Edwards has spent a fair amount of time touring Europe. Before opening for Tool recently on seven dates, including Red Rocks last week, Wovenhand was in Europe once again, where Edwards was interviewed on Radio Waves in Prague, Czec ... More >>

LEGO Universe -- even adults think it's out of this world!

The knife, the bathtub, the butcher and the corpse

If only it had been a tomato instead of a fresh body​We know how much chefs love their knives -- "It's hurt me, I've hurt it, and we're still together," joked Kyle Fitzgerald in last week's Chef and Tell interview -- but Heiko K, a slasher chef in Germany, took butchery to a whole new level wh ... More >>

Brit's Pick for the Starz Denver Film Festival, November 16: Protector Czechs in

"Protector."​Editor's note: This year's Starz Denver Film Festival, November 12-22, features more than 200 films. To help navigate this cinematic abundance of riches, we asked fest artistic director Brit Withey to highlight some worthy selections off the beaten screening-room path. Look for Br ... More >>

Becherovka at Sobo 151

Veggie Girl: Arada Ethiopian

The first time I tried Ethiopian food, I was visiting my friend, Mat, in Montreal. We'd met the previous summer on a train headed to Berlin, and since we were both backpacking solo around Europe and trying to get to Prague, which had just suffered a flood, we found ourselves staying in the same ho ... More >>

And You Don’t Stop

Lawrence Argent to Create Holocaust Memorial at DU

Q&A With Swell Season and Once Star Glen Hansard

Help, I'm Dating a Mexican!

How can a gringa deal with her friends' racism?

From Subway With Love

Starz FilmCenter

Scared Stiff

Wayne Kramer's latest casts a Paul over the proceedings.

God Save the Queen

A talented rapper narrowly survives another lousy movie.

The Frames

Friday, October 7, Bluebird Theater, 303-322-2308.

Czechmate

Druhá Tráva won't be a pawn in the bluegrass game.

Bite Me

Beard House Rules

Ice Follies

Fans chill as pro hockey pucks up.

Do You Believe?

Long-suffering Nuggets fans tell tales worth hearing -- at last.

Student Projections

A student film festival tries to launch careers from Denver.

Pucking Around

Remembering their boyhood passion, tabletop-hockey players are reviving their tiny game.

Check, Please!

Readers give our food critic something to chew on.

Foreign Affair

Czech indie rockers Sunshine are three wild and crazy guys -- musically speaking, anyway.

Prague Rock

Uz Jsme Doma creates a bohemian rhapsody.

Feedback

Air Jordans for Everybody!

Strange but True

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