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Killer Dads: five movie dads you probably shouldn't mess with

Being a dad is tough, which is why, in honor of Father's Day, we're honoring the dads whose families have literally driven them to the brink of insanity (or further). Relax. It's only movie dads we're talking about here -- your dad probably won't go crazy and kill you this Sunday. Then again, as my ... More >>

Stanley Film Festival kickoff party (and volunteer bait) tonight

Be afraid. Be very afraid. The inaugural Stanley Film Festival, which will run May 2 through May 5 this year in Estes Park, is holding an open house for fright-film fans and potential volunteers tonight. The four-day Stanley Film Festival, which will celebrate the best in independent horror cinema ... More >>

3 things to do for free in Denver this week, January 7-10

Denver is full of fun -- and free -- events this week. From long-horned cattle on the downtown streets to art from around the world, there's plenty to see -- and you won't have to watch your wallet emptying out in order to enjoy the sights. For a full calendar of happenings, check out our online Wes ... More >>

Jesse Paul Speer's alleged kidnapping victim saw photos of other naked girls before assault

Update:Yesterday afternoon, Jesse Paul Speer, a photographer with Colorado ties who's accused of kidnapping and assaulting an eleven-year-old Cody, Wyoming, girl, waived his right to fight extradition during a brief court hearing in Montana yesterday. Meanwhile, new information about the crime is ac ... More >>

Colorado Mountain Club brings Mountain Fest to American Mountaineering Center

"This year the Colorado Mountain Club is celebrating its hundredth anniversary, and it's also a big anniversary -- the tenth -- for our annual Mountain Fest outdoor education event," says CMC spokeswoman Rachel Scott. "We have a great program on Saturday and six other big events this year as part of ... More >>

Review: Feel the Energy 03/09-10/12

There are assumptions to be made prior to attending something billed as a "Paranormal House Party." One makes assumptions about the crowd, about what could be passed off as "evidence" supporting the existence of ghosts, and what might be found lurking in the dark recesses of the Stanley Hotel's earl ... More >>

John Hickenlooper's bucket list for experiencing Colorado in 2012

​In recent decades, this state has been the focus of numerous doomsday predictions that Colorado -- if not the world itself -- was in imminent danger of disappearing. The most recent furor involves the Mayan calendar's prediction that the world will end on December 21, 2012 -- a prediction deb ... More >>

Reader: "Paying $246,000 for a small tile job? Sounds like a lube job to me"

Vandelay Industries' Blake Hinson on the Critter EP and that Seinfeld reference

Beaver Fever! Sherri Tippe gives a dam about Colorado's beaver population

Video: Sherri Tippie leads a beaver-trapping mission

Bill O'Reilly calls folks at Lane Guest Ranch patriots even though he's got saddle sores

Bill O'Reilly.​Unsurprisingly, last night's edition of Bill O'Reilly's Fox News show, The O'Reilly Factor, was mostly about the Casey Anthony verdict. But at the end of the program, in his trademark Pinheads & Patriots segment, Bill'O offered the latter designation to the folks at Lane Guest ... More >>

Hackl Guitars moving to new location in August

Justin Hackl hard at work.​You can't really talk about guitar building in this town without mentioning Scott Baxendale. About a year and a half ago, one of the area's most respected luthiers picked up stakes and moved to Athens, Georgia -- home of the Drive-By Truckers, an act that holds him i ... More >>

Manitou Springs: No kids allowed?

​Last week, my wife and I decided it was time for a last-minute weekend getaway, and we decided on Manitou Springs. We'd never been there, and its cave-and-castle kitschiness sounded like Niagara Falls mixed with oddball Colorado charm. As it would turn out, the town's lodgings would be happy ... More >>

Reader: Blogger outed by Guerin Green attacks power grabs, defends recall target Nate Easley

Easley.​Reporter Melanie Asmar has been covering the recall effort aimed at Denver Public Schools board president Nate Easley, including a post about publisher Guerin Green identifying a pseudonymous blogger critical of an anti-Easley group. In our comments section, that blogger fired back un ... More >>

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 >>

Big Country

Psychic Kay, aka Kathy Adams, found dead near Estes Park: Arrest warrant for John Marks Jr.

Larger photo below.​Update: From the beginning, John Marks Jr. was the top suspect in the death of his common-law wife, Kathy Adams, better known as Psychic Kay, whose body was found near an Estes Park ravine. But now, the Larimer County Sheriff's Office has formalized the search for Marks, i ... More >>

Photos: Denver Public Works "Snow Road-eo"

Not actual size.​More than 120 total Public Works employees are competing in the 22nd annual Denver Public Works "Snow Road-eo" competition, testing the safety and driving skills of snow plow operators and loaders.

Grimm Brothers Brewhouse opens tomorrow in Loveland serving German-style beers

​When Grimm Brothers Brewhouse opens tomorrow in Loveland, it will be the town's only independently-owned brewery. But it will also be one of several craft beer makers around the state that focus on a specific style of suds. "There are breweries in Fort Collins, Greeley, Longmont, Boulder, Es ... More >>

Drink in History

Fact or science fiction? Colorado's importance in the sci-fi world is no fantasy

Colorado beers: fifty to try before you die -- or die trying

​Last week, GQ magazine released a bucket list of fifty beers to drink before you die. It was a decent compilation, but a little short on Colorado offerings. So we decided to come up with our own list of fifty Colorado-made beers to drink before you die. Arranged alphabetically, we have tried ... More >>

John Hickenlooper, Scott McInnis trigger political elk apocalypse?

A Flickr photo"Oh, shit. Is that Jane Norton with a shotgun?"​There's a reason political campaigns are known as the silly season... Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis has been bedeviled by implications that he's not very charitable since at least last August, when he came unglue ... More >>

Mile Highs and Lows: Evolution Medicine Services

​As Colorado's medical-marijuana industry grows, marijuana dispensaries of all types and sizes are proliferating around the state. Some resemble swanky bars or sterile dentist offices; others feel like a dope dealer's college dorm room. To help keep them all straight, Westword will be offering ... More >>

Cafe Society: Week in review

​ What you may have missed this week on Cafe Society while you were buried in gravy, a slave to stuffing or checking out Sheehan's roundup of Denver's best pub grub, which is exactly what you want after too much tryptophan: Saul Hudson learned that Chipotle Mexican Grill is entering the Lond ... More >>

Drive safely this weekend -- or else an army of cops will bust your ass

This weekend, law enforcement agencies across the state will be out in force to make sure you don't do anything stupid behind the wheel over the Memorial Day weekend. This link on the Colorado Department of Transportation website details the specific plans of 85 separate organizations. For instanc ... More >>

One-day fund drive works again for KUNC

Even those public-radio fans who financially support their favorite stations tend to despise fundraisers that eat into regularly scheduled programming -- particularly the ones that stretch out for the better part of a week, if not longer, as is usually the case at Colorado Public Radio, which is c ... More >>

KUNC experiments with a one-day fund drive

Welcome to Collywood

Sports Go to Extremes

Welcome to Collywood

Sports Go to Extremes

JACK Flash

Folk art hangs at Oskar Blues.

Delegating Denver #27 of 56: Minnesota

The AFI Top 100 Films -- And The Top Ten Movies Filmed in Colorado

Let the Buyer Beware

Little meth house on the prairie.

Group Grope

Join the club!

Weird Science

Sci-Fi Uterus brings electronica out of the dark days.

The biggest party of them all!

Confronting the Past

A Denver native's prize play probes his boyhood sexuality

Mountain High

Gorgeous landscapes are absolutely captivating at David Cook Fine Art.

The Message

Power Up

Mountain Man Stand

Lance Grabowski walks the nineteenth-century walk.

Off Limits

Animal farm

The Bite

John Hickenlooper's lastest, and other news on the food front.

Black to Nature

Bill Gwaltney wants to see more people like him at Rocky Mountain National Park.

Snake Charmers

Denver's Boa and the Constrictors squeeze new life out of jump blues.

Spaced Out

Colorado residents take the initiative in slowing growth.

Mouthing Off

THRILLS