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April 26, 2012
The 500-mile Colorado Trail from Denver to Durango: Even a kid can complete it
Hiking the 500-mile Colorado Trail from Denver to Durango is one of the most epic -- and scenic -- adventures in the state, and it's a more accessible bucket-list goal than you might think: Last year the Colorado Trail Foundation added three kids under the age of twelve to its official list of CT Co ... More >>
Blogs
April 5, 2012
USA Pro Cycling Challenge releases full route details including time trial ending in Denver
Cycling nuts can start picking their viewing spots for the 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge -- and participants now know the full extent of what they will be up against. Yesterday, organizers released full details of the route for this year's race, which will take place Agust 20-26 and lead racers fro ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2012
The Lone Ranger, starring Johnny Depp, to film in Colorado and Utah, is looking for extras!
Johnny Depp in "Pirates of the Caribbean." Hollywood is coming to Colorado (again)! In the midst of a push by movie boosters to increase the state's film incentives, an initiative born of the fact that filmmakers have largely abandoned the state for cheaper locales, word comes down that Disne ... More >>
Blogs
January 24, 2012
It's Canned Craft Beer Day! Celebrate with Star Bar or by toasting Ska Brewing
Update: The Cheeky Monk is also celebrating Canned Craft Beer Day at its Colfax and Westminster locations. Try two canned beers from Belgium, Wittekerke and Bavik Pils ($5), along with Maui Coconut Porter, Avery IPA and Ska True Blonde ($4). The canned craft beer revolution began ten years ago in L ... More >>
Blogs
December 13, 2011
USA Pro Cycling Challenge celebrates 2012 host cities today
Today was supposed to be the big reveal of the host cities for the 2012 Pro Cycling Challenge -- but that list leaked on Friday, in the Denver Post. Still, the event organizers are going to make an event out of the announcement, with a live Internet broadcast at 5:15 p.m. MST today that will ... More >>
Blogs
November 2, 2011
Zombie riot in Durango: At least guy with fake penis & upside-down flag wasn't busted (VIDEO)
Video below.Denver's Zombie Crawl was a record-setting success, with even the Downtown Denver Partnership singing its praises. But things didn't go as well in Durango, where early the morning after Halloween, police reportedly busted 22 "unsanctioned" zombie marchers, some of whom they shot w ... More >>
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September 1, 2011
Vroom Service
Video below.Denver's Zombie Crawl was a record-setting success, with even the Downtown Denver Partnership singing its praises. But things didn't go as well in Durango, where early the morning after Halloween, police reportedly busted 22 "unsanctioned" zombie marchers, some of whom they shot w ... More >>
Blogs
July 7, 2011
The Salt Fire Circus explores the human condition: A photo preview
It doesn't necessarily look like it, but there's an epiphany happening here.In these postmodern times, people need something more than elephants standing on barrels and shit to make a circus entertaining; along with the aerialists, snake-charmers and burlesque dancers, we're going to need som ... More >>
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May 5, 2011
Candyconomics
It doesn't necessarily look like it, but there's an epiphany happening here.In these postmodern times, people need something more than elephants standing on barrels and shit to make a circus entertaining; along with the aerialists, snake-charmers and burlesque dancers, we're going to need som ... More >>
Blogs
April 19, 2011
Colorado craft-brewed Mexican lagers on tap before Cinco de Mayo
Ska BrewingMexican-style craft-brewed lagers are set to make a splash in Denver this summer, with a couple of new ones joining the fiesta in the run-up to Cinco de Mayo. Because of its lighter, more mellow profile, Mexican lager isn't a style that's common among craft brewers, who typically ... More >>
Blogs
March 8, 2011
Ska Brewing makes light of beer -- but not light beer -- in new video
Craft beer has been the star of a recent documentary, a television series and a couple of Youtube videos over the past year, now another feature-length documentary is scheduled to be released this summer. Most of these efforts have been serious, noble -- sometimes overly so. Leave it to the ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2011
Colorado must bow down and pray before Durango's Texas Taco
On a recent trip to Durango, I had what may have been one of the best, most unusual food creations every to grace the fine, square state of Colorado -- and it came from Texas. Now Texas, as most old-school Coloradans know, is a place to be scorned. But frankly, Texas has a lot of offer from a cul ... More >>
Blogs
February 25, 2011
Top 10 list of Colorado movies a ten-cent ticket fee didn't subsidize
"The Searchers."The Colorado legislature just nixed a plan to tack a ten-cent fee onto movie tickets, money that would have been used to provide financial incentives for film companies that want to make movies in this state. As revised, the bill would now ask for donations from movie-goers -- ... More >>
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February 24, 2011
South of Banff
"The Searchers."The Colorado legislature just nixed a plan to tack a ten-cent fee onto movie tickets, money that would have been used to provide financial incentives for film companies that want to make movies in this state. As revised, the bill would now ask for donations from movie-goers -- ... More >>
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February 24, 2011
Fight the Good Write
"The Searchers."The Colorado legislature just nixed a plan to tack a ten-cent fee onto movie tickets, money that would have been used to provide financial incentives for film companies that want to make movies in this state. As revised, the bill would now ask for donations from movie-goers -- ... More >>
Music
January 6, 2011
History Of...
Alcheringa: The Dreaming
Self-released
Blogs
November 10, 2010
Westboro Baptist Church: 1,000-plus show up for Durango protest, none from actual church
Fred Phelps.The evil bigots and homophobes from the Kansas-based, Fred Phelps-led Westboro Baptist Church have a habit of saying they're going to show up to picket something positive or sacred and then not bothering to show up. This scenario played out again in Durango yesterday, with love at ... More >>
Blogs
September 16, 2010
The Great American Beer Festival pours into town. But there's plenty of other beer fun to be had if you don't have tickets.
Falling Rock is home away from home.Good morning beer lovers. Welcome to the best three days of your life. The Great American Beer Festival kicks off today at 5:30 p.m. with 462 breweries pouring 2,200 different beers -- the biggest number ever served. But if you're not one of the 49,000 peo ... More >>
Blogs
July 19, 2010
Today: BoulDurango launches 470 miles of cycling and craft breweries
A Flickr photo.There's a special synchronicity between sports and beer. Sure, you can sip a brew while you're watching your favorite team -- but how are you going to burn off the calories? Maybe by riding a bicycle -- and there's no better way to relax after that than with a beer. The Tour o ... More >>
Blogs
June 21, 2010
A Denver bartender's sociological analysis: Sizing up you and your drink order
Last week, if you recall, I brought you a list of five bar types adults should avoid. Now I'm back with a rundown of what your drink order says about you. Most bartenders aren't judgmental people. We never really want to bite the hand that feeds. If you want your Macallan 25 and soda, we p ... More >>
Blogs
May 7, 2010
Silverton Brewing is canning and plans to distribute statewide
Silverton Brewing Company, a small pub that had never shipped its beer beyond the Silverton city limits until this year, plans to start distributing statewide this summer thanks to a shake-up at another Southern Colorado brewery. Founded in 2004 by Joel and Katherine Harvie, Silverton Brewi ... More >>
Blogs
May 6, 2010
Today: Wine up your week with four vino events
How would you prefer to kick off your weekend -- at a wine dinner, a wine-tasting benefit or a full-blown, three-day wine experience? You're spoiled for choice tonight with four different wine-centric events: Black Pearl, 1529 South Pearl Street, hosts a Pink Wine Dinner -- which is also the ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2010
Mason Tvert on Fort Lewis College approving a marijuana initiative -- and what it means for legalization
These days, Mason Tvert is a big man on campus.After an attempt to decriminalize statewide the adult possession of an ounce or less of marijuana failed at the polls in 2006, Mason Tvert, executive director of the drug policy reform organization Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation (SAFE ... More >>
Blogs
December 9, 2009
Beer and Cheer: Spruce Goose at Steamworks
When I first tried this beer last year, on the recommendation of a liquor-store employee, I thought I'd gotten a bottle from a batch that had been contaminated. Although it smelled like pine trees, it tasted like, well, the mold that grows on a plastic container full of spaghetti that's been ... More >>
Blogs
November 10, 2009
How not to relinquish control of your Thanksgiving dinner
Andre BaranowskiA few years back, I spent Thanksgiving with the large family of a friend whose house was tucked into the side of a mountain somewhere near Durango. Like most families at Thanksgiving dinners, we had segregated ourselves into two groups: those who were slamming wine and watchi ... 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 >>
Blogs
October 7, 2009
Holiday beer season 2009 has begun
Are you still in summer mode? Having trouble folding up your linen and packing it away in favor of fleece? Still pretending to be warm while shivering on some bar's patio? Well, here's a sudsy fact that might shock you into reality: local breweries have already begun rolling out their holida ... More >>
News
July 30, 2009
Colorado's most hazardous roads - for wildlife
Are you still in summer mode? Having trouble folding up your linen and packing it away in favor of fleece? Still pretending to be warm while shivering on some bar's patio? Well, here's a sudsy fact that might shock you into reality: local breweries have already begun rolling out their holida ... More >>
Blogs
July 7, 2009
Breckenridge Brewery: Yes they can
Cans of Breckenridge Brewery's Avalanche Ale began rolling out of the plant this week and into liquor stores, just in time to catch the heart of the summer season. Breckenridge, which is borrowing its canning line from Ska Brewing Company in Durango, will also supply concert venues, golf courses an ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2009
A Crush on Cans: Steamworks, Upslope and more
It's American Craft Beer Week - seven days that even the United States Congress felt should be set aside for drinking micro brews. But Colorado's beer culture is worth a deeper look, since 100 craft breweries operated here in 2008, producing 75,000 barrels of delicious beer. Of particular interest ... More >>
Calendar
August 28, 2008
Ultimate Rush
Durango hosts a competition for Frisbee fans.
Summer Guide
June 12, 2008
Sports Go to Extremes
Durango hosts a competition for Frisbee fans.
Culture
June 12, 2008
Sports Go to Extremes
Durango hosts a competition for Frisbee fans.
Blogs
June 22, 2007
The AFI Top 100 Films -- And The Top Ten Movies Filmed in Colorado
Durango hosts a competition for Frisbee fans.
Calendar
December 21, 2006
Christmas Choo-Choo
Durango hosts a competition for Frisbee fans.
News
September 9, 2004
Pranks for the Memories
What they did on your summer vacation.
Calendar
February 26, 2004
Foot Loose
Shred-heads get their kicks
Calendar
August 21, 2003
All Aboard!
Old pufferbellies stay on track at the Narrow Gauge Railfest.
Calendar
October 17, 2002
Feel the Burn
The fires that scorched Durango have ignited artist Shan Wells�s imagination.
Goods & Services
April 4, 2002
Best Map to Take on a Plane Out of DIA
Spin Maps
News
August 2, 2001
Risk-Ski Business
Can Aaron Brill's single lift save Silverton and earn salvation for the sport?
Summer Guide
June 14, 2001
Get Rail
Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad and Museum
Sports & Recreation
March 29, 2001
Best Local Float Trips
Flexible Flyers Rafting
News
December 31, 1998
Strange but True
Flexible Flyers Rafting
News
November 13, 1997
Gold Diggers of '97
The TV star, the fortune-teller, the gun-toting miner and Captain Ecology: Meet the loopy cast of characters feuding over a tiny Colorado gold mine.
News
April 10, 1997
Trickle-Down Economics
A new proposal could leave Animas-La Plata proponents high and dry.
News
November 7, 1996
Below the Belt
Opponents of the Animas-La Plata project say Durango's ex-mayor got down and dirty.
News
October 3, 1996
Wade in the Water
Governor Romer and the lieutenant governor step into the Animas-La Plata dispute.
News
June 13, 1996
Rough Waters
The Animas-La Plata project is supposed to fulfill the government's promise to Colorado Utes. But tribal opponents worry it will leave the reservations high and dry.
Calendar
December 21, 1994
THRILLS
The Animas-La Plata project is supposed to fulfill the government's promise to Colorado Utes. But tribal opponents worry it will leave the reservations high and dry.
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