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Health-care fraud is big business. What are the feds doing about it?

First look: A splashy wood-fired Stefano Ferrara oven sets A-Town Pizza apart from its Aurora competition

How does a guy who worked at Domino's wind up opening a pizza joint that couldn't be more different from a chain whose reputation for quality 'za is one of life's biggest jokes? Turns out Will Harris, who just recently unleashed A-Town Pizza in Aurora with the help of his wife, Jessie, has a fetis ... More >>

Getting stoned with comedian Chris Charpentier

Few conversations reach the caliber of weirdness as ones that involve marijuana, entertainers and a tape recorder. And now that Amendment 64 has turned the ritual of pot-smoking into as normal a social custom as Sunday afternoon football, we at Westword have begun spending time with our favorite Den ... More >>

Debate 2012: Ten signs the presidential debate is coming to Denver

Let the hyperbole fly: Depending on whom you ask, the presidential debate coming to town this Wednesday is either the biggest event of the election season, the biggest-ever boon to the University of Denver's place in the national spotlight, or the biggest political anything to happen in Denver since ... More >>

Exclusive first look: Punch Bowl - Social Food & Drink, opening at the end of October

This, says Robert Thompson, is the "most ambitious project I've seen in Denver in a long, long time, and I guarantee you that it's going to be worth it." "This" refers to Punch Bowl - Social Food & Drink, the 23,700-square-foot, 900-person-capacity gastro-diner, bowling alley, Ping-Pong hall, marb ... More >>

Randy Balch, chef of Wazee Supper Club, on the new remodel, frying bacon naked and why Wazee has the best pizza in town

Randy Balch Wazee Supper Club 1600 15th Street 303-623-9518 www.wazeesupperclub.com This is part one of my interview with Randy Balch, chef of Wazee Supper Club, which will reopen on Saturday following a remodel. Part two of our chat will run in this space tomorrow. Before waltzing through the d ... More >>

Speak up for the homeless on the Denver Voice silent auction site

Although Albus Brooks crafted the proposed anti-urban camping ordinance, he supports help for the homeless. In fact, Brooks gave a shout-out to the Denver Voice in his recent Westword interview. And tomorrow night, Brooks will be on hand at a benefit to raise funds for this organization, a Westword ... More >>

Forget Julie & Julia: Which movie would you watch 365 times?

Lawrence Dai will be watching Julie & Julia for the 365th time at 8 p.m. tonight at the Jones, as part of the Denver Center Theatre Company's quirky Off-Center series. In addition to the screening, there will be free beer and unelaborated-upon shenanigans involving onions; tickets are $10. Julie & ... More >>

How to get my job: Ferrari salesman

​Unlike California or Florida, Colorado isn't known as a sports car state. We simply have too much crazy weather. But, despite mother nature's push to get us into all-wheel drive vehicles year round, there is a market for super-fast, super expensive sports cars. Ferrari of Denver specializes i ... More >>

Tree of Life, exploring the history of the universe, and more new-release picks for October 11, 2011

​This week, we have a load of solid new releases, including a new book from Jeffrey Eugenides, whom the reading public hasn't heard from in almost ten years and whose book Middlesex now holds a permanent spot in nearly every used book store in the country. We also have the DVD release of Terra ... More >>

Fast love: The KillaCycle brought this couple together

Green Means Go

Medical marijuana dispensary review: Rocky Mountain High -- Cherry Creek

​Rocky Mountain High fits in well with the expensive clothing boutiques in high-end Cherry Creek North. Not because it's got sky-high herb prices, but because the place literally is an expensive, vintage clothing boutique in exclusive Cherry Creek North.

Elle Fanning outshines her adult co-star in Sofia Coppola's Somewhere

Buzzov•en at 3 Kings Tavern, 12/19/2010

"Reverend Dirtkicker," who is also missing half a dozen teeth. Photos by Kiernan Maletsky​ BUZZOV•EN With Kingdom of Magic • Il Cattivo 12.19.10 | Larimer Lounge We'll get to that confederate wristband in a bit because Buzzov•en's Southern hillbilly persona did not define this show at ... More >>

Updating the soundtrack to On the Beach

​If you haven't seen the 1959 film On The Beach, you might want to tune out now before we spoil anything. It's a post-apocalyptic emotion-drain that chronicles the last days of humanity in a painstakingly slow manner -- which is to say it's a bit slow in the hips but fast in the brain. Anyw ... More >>

Italian versus Irish: Stew on this, St. Patrick

​The Emerald Isle is no match for the globe-conquering Christopher Columbus and his ship of fools. For years, the two cultures have waged an epic battle for ethnic supremacy in this country. On the one plate, you have some boiled potatoes. On the other, a generous serving of seven-layer lasagn ... More >>

Does Westword encourage the arts -- or just shelter loser college boys?

Panzano reveals its delicious new digs

Recast: If Hans Zimmer had a clue, this is what The Rock's soundtrack would've sounded like

​Let's just go ahead and get this out of the way from the get-go: we love The Rock. We can't explain it but there it is. That said, we also hate Hans Zimmer with a passion usually reserved for evil dictators and ex-patriots. So what better example of Recast then to add a soundtrack to this beloved ... More >>

Nearly four decades of rocking has taken its toll on Joe Perry and Aerosmith

Q&A with Joe Perry of Aerosmith

Photo by Ross HalfinJoe Perry, right, and his Aerosmith brethren, between hospital visits. In Rolling Stone's list of the greatest guitarists of all-time, Aerosmith's Joe Perry placed 48th -- a ranking capable of slackening the jaw of any true rock-and-roll fan. This former Toxic Twin has penned on ... More >>

Big blue bear artist Lawrence Argent tells critics to lay off the big blue mustang

With the ongoing controversy over the the late Luis Jimenez's deadly "Mustang" sculpture at Denver International Airport getting bluer and veiny-er with each passing day, we decided to call up another artist (a live one) who has also been on the receiving end of airport-art criticism: Denver art ... More >>

Artist behind Denver's Big Blue Bear has Californians seeing red

These Crocs were made for walking...if nothing more.

Culinary Cruising: The Bored Millionaire

Fat City Gets the Steve Bigari treatment

Face East

An exhibit of Chinese art at Robischon Gallery is here and Mao.

Asia Like It

Going fusion on Sixth Avenue.

Brotherly Love

New Super Mario Bros. scores by plumbing old ideas.

Sketches

Brief reviews of current shows

Sketches

Brief reviews of current shows

Lino Tagliapietra: il Mito e la Materia (Myth and Material)

Pismo Fine Art Glass

Sketches

Brief reviews of current shows

Shop Over

The sky's the limit at DIA for last-minute giving.

That's Our 'Cue

M&D's Cafe looks -- and tastes -- like a million bucks.

Continental Cycles

Moto Euro rides overseas trend

You Gotta Have Cart

Young American hopefuls are driven to become Formula 1 race heroes.

Now, That's Italian

A trip to Venice, by way of Albuquerque.

The Mystery of Pai

He came. He saw. He bought a mountain. But can Lou Pai make peace with his neighbors?

Eyes Half Open

Cameron Crowe takes Jerry Maguire on a dizzy trip through dreamland.

Pop Goes the Heartbreak

Death Cab for Cutie lays the sorrow on sweetly.

Reality Bites

If you want to eat, try a restaurant. If you want to be taken for a ride, try Holoworld.

A Sporting Chance

The good, the bad and the very ugly of athletics in 2000.

Death Takes a Holiday

There are many ways to wind up in a hearse. Here are a few.

Big Wheels

Spending $250,000 on a car may not make you happy. But among Denver's rich and famous, it's one way of keeping score.

The Greeding of America

Boiler Room's first-time director follows the money.

Clean Dishes and Dirty Laundry

The Magness family takes time out from squabbling to drop a few million here and there.

Losers No More

Med Alert