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Mary Ann Williamson on her short film, Packed, about fire evacuees and what they pack

The Colorado Independent Women in Film program, an annual three-day event at the Bug Theatre that showcases the work of women in the Colorado film industry, opens tomorrow. Packed, a short documentary that follows evacuees of Boulder's Fourmile Canyon Fire in 2010 and describes the possessions they ... More >>

Colorado wines will flow at Gold Hill Inn tonight

Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main Street in the old mining town of Gold Hill, ten miles outside Boulder, is marking fifty years in business under the ownership of the Finn family. The celebration continues with a Colorado wine dinner at 6 p.m. tonight, featuring wines from Augustina's, Cotton Wood and Garden ... More >>

Guest chefs at Frasca and El Diablo, beer dinners and more on this week's calendar

Happy Monday! Here are some cool events to help get your mind off the heat this week:

Denver's five best historic watering holes

While Denver's getting better and better at disguising the fact that it was once a cowtown with all the trappings of the Wild West, there are still a few holdover spots that provide a window into this state's rough-and-tumble history. Here, in no particular order, are our five favorite spots to dr ... More >>

Atmosphere goes a long way at the Gold Hill Inn

Slide show: At the Gold Hill Inn, atmosphere goes a long way

Gold Hill celebrates fifty years in business this weekend

Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main Street in Gold Hill, is marking its fiftieth anniversary with a three-day celebration beginning today. Festivities include live music from Tim O'Brien at 7:30 p.m.; view the full schedule here. There are also food deals, but as Laura Shunk notes in her review of Gold Hill In ... More >>

The Gold Hill Inn offers a taste of Colorado's history

Colorado has a rich (no pun intended) mining history, and when I was a kid growing up in the southern suburbs of Denver, my mom would devise elaborate lessons for my brother and me to carry out over summer break, packing us into the minivan for day or weekend trips to obscure corners of Colorado. We ... More >>

Civic Center Eats, Colorado Wine Week and more on this week's calendar

Summer is in full swing -- as evidenced by the blossoming of the local street-food scene -- and its culinary fruits are bountiful. Here's a taste of what's on the calendar for the first week of June) and if you know of one we missed, feel free to share it in the comments section below):

The gang's (almost) all beer! Restaurant roll call for May

Several new brewpubs rolled out this month, as well as the Lowry Beer Garden -- and there are many more beery spots brewing. But the gang isn't all beer: Last month saw dozens of other eateries open, which specialize in everything from upscale street tacos to vegan tamales to breakfasts to burgers.. ... More >>

Culinary Calendar: Cafe Society is off today; you should be, too

Happy Memorial Day! Cafe Society is taking the day off, and we hope you are, too. Looking for something to do? Here are some fun events worth attending. (And if you know of any others, feel free to drop them in the comments section below.)

Photos: Micah True story in NY Times brings back Westword cover

Micah True, the world-famous "ultrarunner" who was found dead in New Mexico in April, was profiled Sunday in a mammoth New York Times piece by Barry Bearak, who described True's days as a furniture mover and prizefighter in Boulder. That's when True, then going by the moniker "The Gypsy Cowboy," dis ... More >>

The Gold Hill Inn opens for its fiftieth season this weekend

In 1962, husband and wife Frank and Barbara Finn purchased the old Bluebird Lodge and its dining hall, nestled in the mining town of Gold Hill (ten miles west of Boulder, up Sunshine Canyon). The couple turned the almost-century-old spot -- now known collectively as the Gold Hill Inn -- into a gourm ... More >>

Tom Waits tribute this weekend at Gold Hill Inn

​Although Anti just released "Back in the Crowd," the second single from Tom Waits' forthcoming disc, Bad as Me, there's still close to another month before the album hits the stores. So if you're looking to your Waits fix in the meantime, Gold Hill Inn in Boulder is hosting a Tom Waits tribut ... More >>

Dish, the Denver Firefighters Chili Cook-Off and much more on this week's culinary calendar

Chef Eduard Xatruch appears in El Bulli: Cooking In Progress​Today, the Denver FilmCenter launches FilmFeast, a new annual festival celebrating food and film -- and between Westword's own Dish event and potato, green chile and local-food festivals happening this weekend, we've got you covered ... More >>

Up From The Ashes

Guess where you're eating? At an EatDenver restaurant, if you're bigboy325

The bar at the Gold Hill Inn​Cafe Society served up six Guess where contests last week, featuring everything from tacos al pastor at Toluca to a big burger at the Trinity Grille to this great bar in a historic mountain town. For correctly identifying it as the Gold Hill Inn, BigBoy325 wins an ... More >>

Grenade wrapped in duct tape found in Colorado Springs park: Happy Valentine's Day!

Flickr​What to get that special someone on Valentine's Day? Candy and flowers are so played out -- so how about a hand grenade? Granted, we don't know for certain that the grenade found at Colorado Springs' Memorial Park yesterday morning was intended as a gift. But it was wrapped -- in duct t ... More >>

Ski Schooled

Restaurant roll call for 2010

Lori MidsonChoLon Modern Asian Bistro was one of the big restaurants to open in 2010.​While many restaurants closed in 2010, many more restaurants opened -- including such hot spots as ChoLon, Euclid Hall, Green Russell, Lou's Food Bar and, on the very last day of the year, Bittersweet. Here' ... More >>

Emmitt-Nershi Band at Bluebird Theater, 11/26/10

​ EMMITT-NERSHI BAND With Spring Creek 11.26.10 | Bluebird Theater The Emmitt-Nershi Band is what happens when you get two of the biggest names to ever come out of jam-rock in Colorado and bring them back to their rootsy home. Comprising Drew Emmitt of Leftover Salmon and Bill Nershi of Stri ... More >>

Noodles & Company raises $10,000 for fire departments that battled Fourmile blaze

Noodles & Company fundraiser benefits Boulder area fire departments​The Fourmile Canyon fire inspired Boulder's restaurant community to rally in support of those affected by the blaze, feeding firefighters and evacuated homeowners for free and throwing impromptu benefits to support organizatio ... More >>

Boulder Fourmile Canyon fire update: County providing toilets, dumpsters, grief counseling

​Another sign that Boulder's Fourmile Canyon fire is flaming out: The County's providing burn-area resources to residents returning to their property, including portable toilets, dumpsters and more. Also offered -- grief counseling for those having a difficult time grappling with their loss. D ... More >>

Gang attack in Colorado Springs?: 10-15 men in gold Cadillacs bum-rush house, stab 44-year-old

Near the crime scene.​Early Sunday morning in Colorado Springs, between ten and fifteen men jumped out of four cars (including two gold Cadillacs), invaded a home and stabbed the occupant, a 44-year-old man. It's a scenario that screams "gang violence" -- and while the Colorado Springs Police ... More >>

Restaurant Roll Call for May

Shela BurgessTwo more Moe's signs joined the Denver dining landscape in May​Maywas a big month for barbecue, beer and frozen yogurt, that hot new/old trend. Our round up of openings/closings: RESTAURANTS/VENUES OPENING IN MAY * Brandon's Pub, 2037 East Second Avenue Brothers Bar & Grill, 192 ... More >>

3014 learns the cold, hard fax of surviving on Colfax

Remembering Frank Finn of the Gold Hill Inn

​The inn at Gold Hill, ten miles up from Boulder, has been around about as long as Colorado has been a state. Poet Eugene Field stayed there, and described his visits in "Casey's Table d'Hote," the first poem in his 1889 book A Little Book of Western Verse. Oh, them days on Red Hoss Mountain, ... More >>

Today's Featured Event: Telling stories with Richard J.D. Regnier

www.goldhilltown.com Gold Hill, lifelong summer home of Richard J.D. Regnier. ​Colorado resident Richard J.D. Regnier is a cultural treasure. ​ His grandfather was at the infamous Ludlow Massacre; his father worked in the fields around Boulder. Regnier himself was born in Erie to a famil ... More >>

Kings of the Hill

Kick back at the Gold Hill Inn on July 4.

A mountain of food fun this weekend

If you're heading to the hills Memorial Day weekend, sustainability advocate Bill McKibben will be the keynote speaker at the Moving Mountains Symposium in Telluride today. It kicks off this weekend's Mountainfilm festival. For details, go to http://mountainfilm.org. From 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Ma ... More >>

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