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A few more Colorado beer floats in case Red Robin's didn't float your boat

On Tuesday, we wrote about the debut of the beer milkshake at 460 Red Robin locations across the country and pointed readers to our 2010 list of places around Denver and Boulder where they could enjoy other beer milkshakes, floats and desserts. We also suggested the beer floats offered by Freshcraft ... More >>

National campaign to improve third-grade reading launches in Denver

Here's the problem: In Denver, 56 percent of public school fourth graders are not proficient in reading -- a measurement that experts say is closely linked to dropout rates, graduation rates and possibly even incarceration. It's an alarming trend that is much worse for minority and low-income studen ... More >>

John Hickenlooper: Winter Olympics 2022 bid could bring Colorado together

Bringing the 2022 Winter Olympics to Denver has the potential to bring people together in a way that nothing else can, Governor John Hickenlooper said today, expressing serious interest in a possible bid. The governor chatted with Westword this morning about what the Olympics could mean for Colora ... More >>

In The Rough

Photos: Denver's best female chefs strut their prowess at WomenCook!

Denver's top female chefs cooked up a storm last night at Temple Emanuel, the stamping grounds for WomenCook, an annual benefit for Work Options for Women, a local non-profit that provides hands-on cooking instruction to disadvantaged women who have hopes of working in the food industry. Hundreds ... More >>

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: sushi-making, Argentinian barbecue and wine and more

​As the restaurant community gears up for Christmas -- and let's not forget the planned blowouts on New Year's Eve -- this week's culinary calendar is somewhat slim. Don't forget, though, you can check out a blizzard of ongoing weekly and monthly events in our online food-and-drink listings, a ... More >>

Patrick Horvat, exec chef of Venue, on silly chemicals, egos and being "Master Frodo"

Lori Midson​ Patrick Horvat Venue 3609 West 32nd Avenue 303-477-0477 www.venuebistro.com This is part one of my interview with Patrick Horvat, executive chef of Venue. Part two of my chat with Horvat will run in this space tomorrow. Most chefs are quirky -- or at least have quirks -- and Pa ... More >>

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Valentine's Day fills the menu

A Flickr photo.​There's one week till Valentine's Day, and you'd better believe the restaurant industry knows it; our calendar is packed to overflowing this week with chocolate, wine and intimate dinners. Here's a taste of what's ahead:

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

The year in features: a handy link guide to all local interviews/profiles in Westword in 2010

Jim J NarcySnake Rattle Rattle Snake, profiled in June 2010​Whatever the measure of success -- whether its defined by artists making music on their own or having someone else doing their bidding -- a music scene is only as interesting as, well, the music being made there, of course, and the pe ... More >>

Michael Bloomberg and Tom Boasberg meet the students at Bruce Randolph: Photo gallery

More photos below.​What brings New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to Denver? An invite from his Denver counterpart, John Hickenlooper, to participate in tonight's Denver Scholarship Foundation fundraiser at the Colorado Convention Center Hyatt. But before then, he made a carefully scripted ... More >>

Economy to remain in crapper: CU prof Richard Wobbekind delivers bad news at NABE meeting

Richard Wobbekind.​Congratulations, CU professor Richard Wobbekind. You're president-elect of the National Association for Business Economics, whose annual meeting wraps up at Denver's Grand Hyatt Hotel today -- so you get to tell America that the ballyhooed economic recovery ain't happening a ... More >>

American Idol: Lilly Scott discusses her Idol experience

​ Lilly Scott isn't going to be the next American Idol. Not tonight. Not ever. And that's baffling. She should be. In spite of her undeniable talent, though, she wasn't even chosen to be among the final dozen contestants. Early on, before she was even cut, there was no shortage of folks (ours ... More >>

DIA Dreams: Aviation director Kim Day plans to take DIA where no airport has gone before

Starbucks at the Grand Hyatt Denver will be pouring out history today

Denver Public Library Digital ImagesA Creede restaurant, circa 1889​The expanded, full-service Starbucks in the Grand Hyatt Denver, 1750 Welton Street, reopens today -- and 100 percent of the day's sales will benefit the Denver Public Library. Which is appropriate, because among the new ameni ... More >>

Culinary calendar for the week ahead

Our online Food & Drink listings include dozens of culinary events around Colorado this week, with benefits for March of Dimes and Project Angel Heart, as well as the University of Denver's inaugural DU Vin Festival. A taste of what's ahead: Through November 5: Jax Fish House in Boulder, 928 Pear ... More >>

Urbavore's Dilemma: Christie Isenberg aims to till the asphalt jungle

Urbavore's Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers' commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from backyard chickens to front-lawn gardens, from greenhouses to co-ops and food-sharing. ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Churchill loses a job, kids look for them

When Ward Churchill faces off against the University of Colorado in Denver Chief District Judge Larry Naves's courtroom today, it will be the culimination of a controversy that dates back not just years, but decades. It wasn't until January 2005, when a student publication complained about the th ... More >>

More quote/unquote Restaurant Week deals

First there was Denver Restaurant Week--a brilliant idea that boosted both the profile and the bank balances of many fine Denver restaurants.  Restaurant Week was such a good idea, in fact, that this year, when everyone is broke and every day is starting to look worse than the day before, the s ... More >>

The week ahead: and the rest is history

Be a Society type. At 5:30 p.m. today, the Colorado Historical Society will host a public confab on the new History Center project, to be built in the 1200 block of Broadway – and not smack-dab in the middle of Civic Center Park, the original scheme when the entire 1300 block of Broadway, whi ... More >>

Talking Shop at the DNC

Ralph Nader Pitches His Tent on Block 162

Delegating Denver #36 of 56: New York

Pie Hole in the Wall

Pie Hole in the Wall

This Just In…

Denver’s Pi fight, and more nightlife news.

Party On

Larry's Place

Seven 30 South aint' broken, but under new management.

Mind Over Matter

Welcome back, Patricio Córdova.

On the Down-Low

Shovel away all that Usher, Prince and Lil Jon you've been jamming and dig this year's buried black-music treasures.

The biggest party of them all!

Freak Show

This band doesn't take rock and roll for granted.

Off Limits

The evilness that men do

Off Limits

Holy high rollers

Is Everybody Happy?

Smile, Denver! The tourists are in town.

It's a Small World

Tiny and terrific, Emma's is off to a great start.

Off Limits

May Day, May Day...

Feedback

Off Limits

Breaking Up Is Easy to Do

Local experts offer reasons why so many of Denver's biggest bands are vanishing.

Bondage & Domination

Denver's bail bondsmen are good at getting other people out of trouble--and themselves into it.

Ripe for the Picking

Mouthing Off

Feedback

Letters

LETTERS

SHADOW OF A DOUBT

THE DEFECTION OF PHILIP ANSCHUTZ IS JUST THE LATEST RED FLAG IN THE PEPSI CENTER DEAL.

FOR YOUR AMUSEMENT

THE CITY IS UP TO ITS NECK IN THE OLD ELITCH'S--AND NOW IT'S CLAMMING UP.QUEASY RIDERS THE BATTLE OVER THE OLD ELITCH'S THROWS A CITY COUNCILMAN--AND HIS CONSTITUENTS--FOR A LOOP.

OFF LIMITS

GENTLEMEN PREFER BONDS

FOR THE FIRMS THAT CRANK OUT DIA'S FINANCIAL PAPERWORK, THE PROFITS ARE SKY-HIGH -- AND THE WORK IS ALL LEGAL.