Subject:

Egypt

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    Reader: Beer made human civilization possible!

    Did beer save the world? According to this infographic, beer has been a boon to mankind since the time of the Egyptians (who used it as medicine), an economic driver behind railroad development, commercial refrigeration and, yes, the automatic (and hypnotic) bottling process.

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2012

    How beer saved the world: An infographic on the historical benefits of beer

    Dating back to the time of the Egyptians, beer has benefited man (beer was prescribed as a medicine, naturally.) Through the modern age, beer was an economic driver behind railroad development, commercial refrigeration, and yes, the automatic (and hypnotic) bottling process. Below is an infographi ... More >>

  • Music

    March 8, 2012

    Men in Burka mix it up at Rhinoceropolis on March 8

    Dating back to the time of the Egyptians, beer has benefited man (beer was prescribed as a medicine, naturally.) Through the modern age, beer was an economic driver behind railroad development, commercial refrigeration, and yes, the automatic (and hypnotic) bottling process. Below is an infographi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    Stoner MacGyver product review: The Little Black Book of Marijuana

    Now and then, companies send us medical marijuana-related products ranging from vaporizers to board games. We showcase them in our quasi-regular product review section, Stoner MacGyver. The latest? The Little Black Book of Marijuana by Steve Elliott.

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    The history of candy -- very short and sweet

    Flickr photo​There's something so sweet about sweet. The cavemen knew it, and were willing to risk limbs and whatever other body parts weren't covered in hair in order to grab honey from beehives. Over many, many thousands of years, the preferred form of sweet evolved from honey to all kinds o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    Reader: Princess Diana showing up in Egypt is no pyramid scheme.

    ​What if Princess Diana wasn't killed by that car wreck in Paris? What if she survived, and re-invented herself as a commoner in Egypt, where she attempted to solve the mystery of what happened to Ankhesenamun, King Tutankhamun's wife? What if? That's the unlikely premise behind The Lost Qu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Princess Diana survives the crash and starts a new chapter in The Lost Queen of England

    ​Boulder author H. Elizabeth Owen just published a book about Princess Diana surviving her paparazzi-induced car wreck and escaping to Egypt, where she became intertwined with another long-lost queen. So let's get this out of the way right now: Does Owen actually believe Princess Diana is aliv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2011

    Peter Hessler: Q&A with winner of MacArthur Foundation genius grant and cool half million

    Peter Hessler.​Colorado-based writer Peter Hessler, best known for his articles and books on China, won a MacArthur Fellowship. Colloquially called the "genius" grant, the $500,000 award, paid out over five years, is a blank check for the recipient to pursue his or her creative ambitions. For ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2011

    What's in a tres leches cake?

    Peter Hessler.​Colorado-based writer Peter Hessler, best known for his articles and books on China, won a MacArthur Fellowship. Colloquially called the "genius" grant, the $500,000 award, paid out over five years, is a blank check for the recipient to pursue his or her creative ambitions. For ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    How The Inner Room, filmed entirely in Colorado, was made

    Filming on location in Bumfuck, Egypt.​Fairplay, Colorado, is a tiny mountain town with about one street, situated some 40 miles south of Frisco between the San Isabel and Pike national forests. In other words, it's in the middle of nowhere. In other other words, it's a really difficult place ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    Cars 2 and other sequels that tried (and failed) to freshen up by going abroad

    ​What's the best way to perk up a tired movie franchise? Most of the time, there is no way. But movie producers still continue to try by taking the old characters overseas and hoping the new locale will reheat the leftovers. Case in point: Cars 2. The film comes out this Friday and promises to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    On cooo: If pigeons didn't love MCA Denver, they wouldn't keep coming back, right?

    ​Homing pigeons are amazing birds. From a young age, they have the ability to find their way home to where they were raised from hundreds of miles away. This ability -- which has yet to be fully understood - made them perfect for delivering messages in ancient Egypt, where people would tie not ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Gay immigration: Queen Boat incident, Egypt's infamous anti-gay raid, is reason to seek asylum

    ​ "Coming Out To America" tells the story of Sam, a gay Egyptian seeking asylum in the United States. Though Egypt doesn't have any explicit laws against homosexuality, gay men there are routinely arrested and tortured. In one infamous incident, 52 men were arrested in 2001 on a floating disco ... More >>

  • News

    May 5, 2011

    Gay immigrants need asylum from persecution at home

    ​ "Coming Out To America" tells the story of Sam, a gay Egyptian seeking asylum in the United States. Though Egypt doesn't have any explicit laws against homosexuality, gay men there are routinely arrested and tortured. In one infamous incident, 52 men were arrested in 2001 on a floating disco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    Science Lounge combined the whimsy of childhood with the drinking of adulthood

    Please touch the artifacts.​As a small child whipping my crayons around the perfect spiral assistance of the Spirograph, I never never anticipated that I could maximize that activity by adding the sweet elixir of booze, or that I'd be doing both with the aid of the Denver Museum of Nature and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2011

    SXSW Travelogue: Air Dubai engages in water gun fight and plays its first showcase

    ​ Saturday, March 19 (or Friday, March 18 -- since the night just isn't over) Let me first start today's travelogue by saying how amazing a time it has been here in Texas. It's 4 a.m. currently (technically, still the night of Friday the 18th, but whatev), and I am writing from our hotel roo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Photos: Lions at DIA portend of the vast Illuminati conspiracy

    Clever ruse, Bob Barker, but we know of your nefarious designs.​If there's one thing we've learned from Dan Brown, it's that, when the Illuminati get a vast conspiracy reaching to the very highest levels of the world's centers of power going on, they like to drop little hints about it. For exa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    UFO Phil on his plan to build a giant pyramid on Pikes Peak

    UFO Phil.​Think you're good at suspending disbelief? The latest story from Phil Hill, aka UFO Phil, will put you to the test. The vigorous self-promoter, who says he's been abducted by aliens "my whole life," now has a plan to generate free electricity for all by building a giant pyramid on P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Birds in Arkansas: Ten more crazy things that fell from the sky

    Courtesy of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette​More than a thousand blackbirds, grackles and starlings fell from the sky on New Year's Eve in Beebe, Arkansas. So far, there has been no official explanation for the avian precipitation, but we thought we'd look to other unexpected things falling fro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    Cut Chemist at the Gothic, 12/10/10

    Paul LukesCut Chemist on Friday night at the Gothic Theatre.​ CUT CHEMIST J Flash • Skwared 12.10.10 | Gothic Theatre DJ Skwared took the stage at 9 p.m. Surprisingly, the kid in the Tap-Out hat knew his hip-hop. He started his set with Newcleus' "Jam On It," went into Juan Atkins' "Clear" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Red Sea parted (on computer) by CU & National Center for Atmospheric Research: Holy Moses!

    ​Hallelujah! The parting of the Red Sea, one of the great miracles of ancient times, has occurred again -- only this time it happened on computer simulators designed by Boulder researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the University of Colorado at Boulder. The result, sa ... More >>

  • Music

    August 20, 2009

    The Language of Termites

    In a Different Time & Place
    Self-released

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2009

    What does Joe Biden like so much about the Denver Museum of Nature and Science?

    Joe the Veep, not Joe the Plumber. Vice President Joe Biden sure must dig the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, where he'll conduct a town-hall meeting today. He was just there in February, standing by as President Barack Obama signed the stimulus package there. Maybe it's because the facility h ... More >>

  • News

    May 7, 2009

    You'll have a swine time at the Cherry Creek mall

    Joe the Veep, not Joe the Plumber. Vice President Joe Biden sure must dig the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, where he'll conduct a town-hall meeting today. He was just there in February, standing by as President Barack Obama signed the stimulus package there. Maybe it's because the facility h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2009

    Mile Hi-Fidelity playlist - 02.25.09

    Really fun show last night. Rob Burleson -- drummer extraordianaire of Lion Sized, d.biddle, the Fire Drills and sometimes Eyes & Ears -- filled in for Andy who was off exploring pyramids in Egypt or trying to find a cure for the common cold or something this week. Tall shoes to fill there, boy, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 2, 2008

    Light Rock

    Really fun show last night. Rob Burleson -- drummer extraordianaire of Lion Sized, d.biddle, the Fire Drills and sometimes Eyes & Ears -- filled in for Andy who was off exploring pyramids in Egypt or trying to find a cure for the common cold or something this week. Tall shoes to fill there, boy, ... More >>

  • Music

    October 2, 2008

    Mini Reviews

    Really fun show last night. Rob Burleson -- drummer extraordianaire of Lion Sized, d.biddle, the Fire Drills and sometimes Eyes & Ears -- filled in for Andy who was off exploring pyramids in Egypt or trying to find a cure for the common cold or something this week. Tall shoes to fill there, boy, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 7, 2008

    The Color Purple

    Really fun show last night. Rob Burleson -- drummer extraordianaire of Lion Sized, d.biddle, the Fire Drills and sometimes Eyes & Ears -- filled in for Andy who was off exploring pyramids in Egypt or trying to find a cure for the common cold or something this week. Tall shoes to fill there, boy, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2008

    Q&A With Erykah Badu

    Really fun show last night. Rob Burleson -- drummer extraordianaire of Lion Sized, d.biddle, the Fire Drills and sometimes Eyes & Ears -- filled in for Andy who was off exploring pyramids in Egypt or trying to find a cure for the common cold or something this week. Tall shoes to fill there, boy, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 13, 2008

    Howling with Laughter

    Animals get funny at the Pet Comedy Challenge.

  • Calendar

    February 28, 2008

    Earth Mother

    Animals get funny at the Pet Comedy Challenge.

  • Dining

    January 31, 2008

    Big Hoss Bar-B-Q

    Smoking out another great barbecue joint – and something more.

  • News

    November 8, 2007

    Beaner Bawl

    Adding insult to racist injury.

  • Music

    March 2, 2006

    British Bulldog

    A new Stout Street pub with bite.

  • Music

    July 21, 2005

    Mt. Egypt

    Sunday, July 24, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

  • Culture

    October 7, 2004

    To Die For

    Exquisite Egyptian funerary art graces the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.

  • Calendar

    September 9, 2004

    Pharaoh Weather

    Travel through time with Treasures of Ancient Egypt

  • Calendar

    April 1, 2004

    Sing Out

    Denver Gay Men's Chorus tunes up the First Amendment

  • Film

    November 27, 2003

    Flick Pick

    September 11

  • Music

    June 14, 2001

    Hit Pick

    Red Rocks birthday party

  • Music

    November 30, 2000

    Sounds Like Fun!

    Moonlight Safari

  • Culture

    June 10, 1999

    The Shock of the Now

    Moonlight Safari

  • Calendar

    June 10, 1999

    Night & Day

    June 10 - 16, 1999

  • Music

    January 21, 1999

    Playlist

    June 10 - 16, 1999

  • News

    January 7, 1999

    Letters

    June 10 - 16, 1999

  • Film

    December 24, 1998

    The Greatest Story Never Told

    June 10 - 16, 1999

  • Culture

    July 23, 1998

    Star of Stripes

    June 10 - 16, 1999

  • Film

    June 18, 1998

    Honoring Balzac

    June 10 - 16, 1999

  • Culture

    May 28, 1998

    Mummies Dearest

    June 10 - 16, 1999

  • Calendar

    April 2, 1998

    Night & Day

    April 2-8, 1998

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