Hawaii

Sub.mission Dubstep expands to Hawaii

For the past six years, Nicole Cacciavillano and her Sub.mission crew has had the dubstep scene in Denver completely on lock. The locally-based powerhouse promoter has now extended its reach outside of Colorado by launching an outpost in Hawaii. Corey Blecha, an intern-turned-overseer who recently r ... More >>

Shaun Motoda, chef of TAG|RAW BAR, on the perfect bite and his obsession with Taco Bell

Shaun Motoda TAG|RAW BAR 1423 Larimer Street 303-996-2685 tagrawbar.com This is part one of my interview with Shaun Motoda, chef de cuisine of TAG|RAW BAR; part two of our conversation will run tomorrow. Shaun Motoda, the chef de cuisine at TAG|RAW BAR, grew up wanting to be an architect. But the ... More >>

How Cleo Parker Robinson conquered her fear of skiing and other confessions

Cleo Parker Robinson is a Denver institution. Her dance company is now in its fifth decade, and tonight will perform the long-forgotten Southland, which Katherine Dunham had danced more than sixty years ago. This production should be a real revelation, but when we spoke with Cleo about the dance, ... More >>

Medical marijuana dispensary review: Cure Colorado Dispensary

Cannabis might not be the cure for my stomach condition, but it sure helps. This week I stopped by Cure Colorado Dispensary to see if they had anything on the shelf to sooth what ails me.

Reader: Denver may not be perfect, but it's got mountains -- and plenty of hot chicks

Back in January 2011, in the wake of our "50 reasons we're glad we live in Denver and not the United States" post, we shared a Comment of the Day from a reader who declared the Mile High City boring and lacking in culture. The latter item has continued to collect responses for a year-plus, including ... More >>

Stacy Peralta: "When parents tell me their kids are skateboarders, I tell them, sorry, your kids are democrats."

Stacy Peralta -- legendary professional skateboarder, founder of the Powell Peralta skateboard company, documentary filmmaker and commercial advertising mogul -- visited the Auraria campus yesterday to speak with students on the art of being creative. "When kids tell me their kids are skateboarder ... More >>

Non-fat: Colorado least obese state, Boulder trimmest city

In a nation of widening waist bands and shrinking candy bars, Colorado's obese population is going the way of King Size Snickers. The results from a new Gallup-Healthways poll show the state came out on top (again) as the least obese in the nation. And while Boulder and Fort Collins both ranked amo ... More >>

Cuisine of India will go in where 8islands Hawaiian BBQ went out

Hawaiian places are hard to come by in our landlocked state, and the sun set on a couple of them in 2011.

Barack Obama's selective service records accessed by CO Springs birther Greg Hollister?

​Update below: The latest bizarre twist in Birther Nation's assault on President Barack Obama has a special home-state flavor. Colorado Springs-based retired Colonel Greg Hollister claims to have surreptitiously accessed Obama's selective-service records, which call into question if he was bo ... More >>

Cordova's Original Recipes does right by matriarch Stella

Ex-Barolo Grill chef Brian Laird tapped to be the new exec chef of Russo's Kitchen Tavern

Lori Midson​Six months ago, Mark Dym, the owner of Marco's Coal-Fired Pizza, 2129 Larimer Street, was interviewing potential chefs to oversee a new temple of gastronomy at Vallagio at Inverness, an urbanized, retail, restaurant and residence development spearheaded by Peter Kudla, the COO of ... More >>

Cold weather got you down?: Reader says, "Welcome to Colorado, you big pussies"

Flickr​The decision by school districts throughout the area to close today due to cold temperatures, not snow, has led to a lot of eye-rolling among old-timers, who remember the days when only Acts of God could justify class cancellations. Representing this viewpoint is one reader from Wheat R ... More >>

Pro Bowl 2011: Just Brandon Lloyd. Worst Bronco representation in 22 years.

Only Bronco capable of alarming this cheerleader.​One is the loneliest number. The Pro Bowl rosters were released last night, and, assuming there are no Broncos added as replacements, the team will have its fewest representatives since 1988, when punter Mike Horan was the lone Bronco. That tea ... More >>

Terrence Lakin, birther Lt. Colonel, found guilty of failing to report, becomes movement martyr

Terrence Lakin.​KHOW's Peter Boyles partly credits his number-one ratings to taking risks -- such as giving plenty of airtime to the birther controversy, which even Glenn Beck regards as loonbaggery. And he's got plenty of fresh fodder now that Greeley Lieutenant Colonel Terrence Lakin has bee ... More >>

The warm taste of Maui Brewing is on its way to chilly Colorado

​On November 15, a shipment of Maui Brewing Company's canned beers left Hawaii by boat, bound for one of the ports in Southern California -- and eventually for Colorado. It hasn't arrived yet. But it might soon, and when it does, says Dave Watson of the CR Goodman liquor distributorship in C ... More >>

The Lobby's Charley Sinden thinks that offal is awful and pimping the roach coach is ready for prime time

Lori Midson​ Charley Sinden The Lobby 2121 Arapahoe Street 303-997-9911 www.thelobbydenver.com This is part one of Lori Midson's interview with chef Charley Sinden. We'll run part two of Sinden's interview tomorrow. By his own admission, Charley Sinden was a teen who liked trouble. He was t ... More >>

Rene Ogden and twins Olivia and Chase ID'd in CO Springs deaths: Was she depressed?

Large photo below.​The Colorado Springs Police Department has confirmed that Rene Ogden and twins Olivia and Chase died in their home on Monday -- but not much else. Husband Tommy Ogden is reportedly cooperating with police, but nothing has been ruled out -- neither an intruder homicide nor mu ... More >>

New Bruno Mars track "The Other Side" features B.o.B. and Cee-Lo. Time to get excited about next week's EP.

Here's the newest track off the upcoming Bruno Mars EP It's Better If You Don't Understand, which comes out May 11. This song started cropping up on YouTube last night. It's not as good as "Nothin' On You" or the first single off the EP, which you can hear below. But it is likely to be the one t ... More >>

John Temple: Honolulu Civil Beat isn't like INDenver Times

John Temple has gone Hawaiian.​After the Rocky Mountain News shut down in February 2009, Rich Boehne, CEO of the tabloid's owner, E.W. Scripps, promised Rocky editor/publisher/president John Temple a job. But Temple turned it down to pursue other opportunities -- the largest of which turned o ... More >>

Terrence Lakin, birther Lieutenant Colonel refusing to honor Obama's "illegal" orders to serve in Afghanistan, is a Colorado native -- naturally

Lieutenant Colonel Terrence Lakin, who's refusing to return to Afghanistan for a second tour until President Barack Obama produces proof that he was born in the U.S., is a Colorado native. Which makes perfect sense given the case of birther fever that continues to run through the state more than a ... More >>

Colorado is fourth happiest state -- despite all that stress!

A Flickr photoSee: even our puppies are happy!​The barrage of apparently contradictory surveys continues. Just last week, we told you about American Psychological Association survey that showed Denverites are more stressed than Americans nationwide. Now comes a roundup from the Gallup Organiz ... More >>

From the week of September 24, 2009

Liberal authors offer prize even birthers can love

​Earlier today, Sean Duffy, spokesman for gubernatorial hopeful Scott McInnis, said he didn't want his candidate to be reduced to a caricature by Michael Huttner, the man behind the left-leaning ProgressNow Colorado operation. After making that comment, Duffy noted that Huttner's very effectiv ... More >>

No vacation this year? Nintendo wants to help

Photo by JohntexNintendo wants to take you here, via the Wii​Since you probably can't afford that getaway to a remote beach this year, how about the next best thing: video games. In this case, Wii Sports Resort, which is coming to Southwest Plaza, 8501 West Bowles Avenue in Littleton (www.sout ... More >>

TAG has a target opening date

Troy Guard was cooking again last night, and it felt good. The former Nine75/Zengo chef had joined Jamey Fader as a guest chef for a special dinner at Lola featuring dishes inspired by the flavors of Cabo and the Yucatan. It wasn't much of a stretch for Guard, who was raised in Hawaii, and it made ... More >>

Denver Independent newspaper announces impending launch

Shmuck of the Week

Bingo Bonanza

Jack Daniel's and Coke

The Cowboy Bar

Ling & Louie’s Asian Bar and Grill

Randy Schoch delivers Chinese treats with an American twist.

How far would you go for a Violet Crumble candy bar?

How far would you go for a Violet Crumble candy bar?

Weekend Update

Our top DVD picks for the week of February 27:

The Line King

Dominique Thomas specializes in the sneaker attack.

Welcome to My World

Why I love The Real World.

Towering Inferno

Pinnacle Club

Live Long and Prosper

The state of 240 Union is very, very good.

Wet Kisses

Riding Giants gushes over the legends of "big wave" surfing.

Net Loss

Roy's Cherry Creek is beginning to show its age.

Bite Me

To market, to market

Back to the Present

Revitalized modernism is highlighted at Havu and Edge.

Artbeat

Brief sketches of what's happening in the Denver art scene.

War As Video Game

In the whiz-bang Pearl Harbor, vintage history takes a back seat to a dated love triangle.

Off Limits

I'm KK, you're KK

Best handbags

Alice's Tapestries

In the Mood

Perfectly Revolting

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