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Growing Up Gamer brings world-record video game collector to speak in Aurora

In just more than forty years, video games have evolved from technological novelty to cultural staple. That transformation is chronicled in the Aurora History Museum's "Growing Up Gamer", a look back at the history of video games as home entertainment that documents not just gaming's origins but its ... More >>

Passion Pit at 1STBANK Center with Matt & Kim, 3/1/13 (review, photos and setlist)

PASSION PIT @ 1STBANK CENTER | 3/1/13 Passion Pit's show at 1STBANK Center was more about feel than flash, more about mood than pageantry. The globes started to glow pink right before Passion Pit broke into the slow tempo of "Constant Conversations" and singer Michael Angelakos busted out some fine ... More >>

It's on like Donkey Kong at the 1UP this week

Photos: The Kong Off II Donkey Kong World Championship

Jefferson Airplane's Bark inspires Paul Berry's film about buffalos on the moon

Ask local filmmaker Paul Berry what BARK, showing at the Mercury Cafe this Wednesday, is "about," and you end up with a shake-and-bake collection of themes and pop-culture references that include George Lucas, the Baghavad Gita, political satire, George W. Bush, buffalo on the moon and an implied po ... More >>

Aurora theater shooting: Meet Jonathan Lee Riches, prime suspect in bizarre court filings

Last week, we told you about a bizarre court filing in the Aurora theater shooting case -- one that blamed the incident on a police chief and the Illuminati, among others. Shortly thereafter, Reddit user FreedomsTorch set out to unmask the prankster behind the document. He concludes the culprit is s ... More >>

Five best concerts this week, September 10-14

Guitars, you say? Oh, we've got guitars, friend. Big ones, loud ones, twangy ones, whatever your flavor, and all being played by people pushing their amps into overdrive with passion. If you feel like indulging your inner rocker this week, let's just say you will have no problem finding places of wo ... More >>

From the Archives: 1960s-era Denver Beer bottle and case, made in the Tivoli

Beer is more than just a commodity here in Denver. It's a cultural staple. Tickets for this year's Great American Beer Festival -- an event that holds a Guinness World Record for offering the largest number of beers on tap in one place -- sold out within minutes of going live. In 2011, Colorado was ... More >>

TRUCK IT!, Boulder's first food truck party, is coming in June

Good weather looks like it's here to stay, which means that food-truck season is revving up. Boulder is finally getting in on the action with "TRUCK IT!", the town's first truck party, set for June 8.

Marijuana: Remembering "Michigan" Mike Torpie's Nederland legalization campaigner

Backbeat editor Dave Herrera broke the news that Nedfest music festival founder "Michigan" Mike Torpie had died at the age of 43. As Herrera wrote, Tarpie was a "vital, highly esteemed and beloved member of the [music] scene." But his death is also a blow to the Colorado pot community, which lost a ... More >>

200-year-old bottle of Chateau d'Yquem sets record for most valuable bottle of white wine ever sold

The Antique Wine Company​What could you buy with $117,000? A really nice luxury vehicle. Some sort of tricked-out boat. A home away from home. Or one bottle of wine.

A photo tour of the Cherry Creek Fresh Market

Lori Midson​I spent Saturday morning meandering around the Cherry Creek Fresh Market -- a market, frankly, that I've never been terribly fond of, mainly because much of the produce is unseasonal and trucked in from outside state lines, plus I was tired of seeing vendors pimping acres of dried ... More >>

Migg and Mutts Craft Creamery creates a record-breaking number of ice cream flavors

​Matt and Mike Casarez have their hands full running Crook's Palace, the historic Black Hawk restaurant they opened in 2008 with a board of burgers and beer -- and a commitment to making what they could in house. "I have a passion for food and so does my brother," says Matt. "When we started ... More >>

Jeff "Sketch" Gagliardi to attempt a Guinness record for most people Etch A Sketching tomorrow

You will not have to draw this.​A God-send to every kid with a mildly sadistic urge to make drawing, like, a hundred times harder than it needs to be, the Etch A Sketch has been around for more than half a century, proudly complicating the shit out of tasks as normally simple as making a diago ... More >>

Dirtbikers can stake out their turf at Cheapskates Action Sports Bar

The Council of Awesome invites awesome people to form like the Voltron of awesome

You're either the first one or the second one.​When John Larson conceived of the Council of Awesome back around February, he envisioned it as a sort of network for people who want to do more than network, and experiment, you might say, for people who like to experiment. Like a college chemistr ... More >>

Twisted Pine is bottling Ghost Face Killah, the hottest beer in the world

​Boulder's Twisted Pine Brewing Company is bottling fire. The brewery, which is fond of adding unusual flavors to its whimsically named beers, will release Ghost Face Killah in twelve-ounce single bottles for Cinco de Mayo. It's the first time this very hot (very hot!) cult beer has been sold ... More >>

Tomorrow: Guinness records for evelopes ripped, grapes eaten with a small spoon to be challenged

Not a world-record holder.​Deepak Sharma Bajagain already holds four Guinness records, and tomorrow, he'll attempt to add two more to that illustrious legacy: Most Envelopes Torn in Half in 30 Seconds and Most Grapes Eaten in Three Minutes by a Small Plastic Teaspoon. Yes, these are actual ent ... More >>

Charlie Sheen is hiring a social media intern, and we're throwing our hat in the ring

Winning.​Charlie Sheen has a lot going on right now; giving interviews to anyone with a camera and microphone, getting fired, battling for custody of his kids, going bat-shit crazy and winning, duh. But he's not too busy to capitalize on his social media prowess. Sheen recently set the Guinne ... More >>

DJ Shadow on the potential extinction of vinyl and his massive record collection

Dean Fernando​ Josh Davis, better known as DJ Shadow, is one of those artists that invents genres. Since the release of his 1996 critically-acclaimed debut, Endtroducing....., he has been regarded as one of the founding fathers of instrumental hip-hop. Endtroducing..... made the Guinness Book ... More >>

Video: Watch the Beer Man drink (maybe) the spiciest beer in the world

​I've cooked in chili cook-offs, competed in a hot wings eating contest and eaten my fair share -- and then some -- of jalapeno poppers, New Mexico and Colorado green chile. And I've sampled at least four kinds of chili beer. Hell, my boss even has one named for her at the Wynkoop Brewing Com ... More >>

Ghost Face Killah: Tasting the world's hottest beer at Twisted Pine Brewing in Boulder

The Beer Man with the tools of his trade at Twisted Pine.​I've used beer to cool the fires of green chile, Buffalo wings and jalapeno poppers. I've chugged it like water on scalding hot days and sipped it like wine to help turn down the heat of fiery discussions. I've drank it warn, but heaven ... More >>

Easy Virtue Q&A with Stephan Elliott and Sheridan Jobbins

Ben Barnes and Jessica Biel in "Easy Virtue." Easy Virtue, which opens today at the Esquire Theatre, marks a return for Stephan Elliott, who directed the film and co-wrote the screenplay with fellow Australian Sheridan Jobbins, who accompanied him during a recent publicity trip to Denver and took p ... More >>

Encounters at the End of the World

Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

Revenge of the Nerds

More know-it-alls are taking to the bars to show off their big brains and pickle them at the same time.

Act II

The MCA follows up its summer extravaganza with the perfect chaser.

Off Limits

Walk softly and carry a big shtick

Off Limits

Out of the frying pan and into the fire

Off Limits

Taking it to the mats

Good Hair Day

The Mile Hi Hair Ball seeks to raise awareness, and hairness, in Denver.

The Usual Suspects

Are the stars out tonight? Depends on who's asking.

A Wing and a Prayer

Even at 100, Cole Kugel is ready for takeoff.

Strange but True

From the penthouse to the outhouse, the highs and lows of 2000.

The Name of the Game

This city for sale.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of October 5.

Off Limits

No bang for the buck

Off Limits

Never send a man to do a mom's job.

Two's Company

Together Productions gives the city's dance scene something to rave about.

Captive Market

Jobs. Gadgets. Profits. Crime pays big-time for the prison-industrial complex.

Piano Man

Give Louis Colaiannia a hand--he'll need one after his 24-hour marathon.

Sex Machine

Dr. Stanley Biber has made 3,500 women--and 300 men.

Mouthing Off

Power Rangers

Tooting His Own Horn

Toots Hibbert is a reggae giant--and he's not afraid to tell you why.

The Mambo King

At 74, Tito Puente is still sitting on Latin music's throne.

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