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NATHANIEL RATELIFF & NIGHT SWEATS @ BOULDER THEATER | 5/17 At this stage of his career, particularly in Denver, Nathaniel Rateliff is a man who requires absolutely no preamble. Nonetheless, the limited-edition two-song seven-inch he produced for Record Store Day feels like a fresh and glorious reint ... More >>

From burnt eggs to brown cheese: Five more terrible foods -- and how we got stuck with them

Like everyone else who eats and drinks, I have a list of certain grubs and sips that are so foul that I won't go near them, and it is a constant source of curiosity for me that other people would -- to the point that some of the grossest edibles are actually quite popular. Here are five more terri ... More >>

Medical marijuana dispensary review: LivWell Broadway Wellness in Denver

LivWell is one of the larger Colorado dispensary chains, with seven affiliated dispensaries scattered from Colorado Springs all the way up to Boulder, including PostModern Health and Denver Patients Group here in Denver. The Broadway shop I visited is a combination of the old Broadway Wellness that ... More >>

In Jon, teens express themselves in an artificial world

Part one: Denver and Boulder's most quotable chefs

Check back tomorrow to see another round of our favorite Chef and Tell quotes. Thanksgiving is a day that gives us food for thought and time to reflect on the things for which we're thankful - our health, our friends, our kids, our jobs and dogs, wine, and the family master baster whose glossy gol ... More >>

Heavy Dose brings psych rock to Beauty Bar

Just two years in, Beauty Bar has become one of the premier homes for vinyl geeks looking to have their aficionado minds blown by one local wizard of wax or another, curating nights of Britpop, Motown or vintage hip hop. Tomorrow night, Beauty Bar will play host to yet another sweet night with Heavy ... More >>

Contest: Win free food and booze to tomorrow's Justice League of Street Food soiree

UPDATE: The winner of our contest is tropicalchrome1, who guessed 257 shots. The actual number of shots sold is 270. ________________________________________________________________________ There are tons of deviations this weekend to tear you away from the comfort of your couch (and the Olympics) ... More >>

Medical marijuana dispensary review: The Health Center in Uptown

The Health Center is a tiny center in a tiny house on a tiny block in the Uptown neighborhood. What isn't little, though, was the selection of unique strains more than worth taking home.

Does Mac Miller owe Lord Finesse $10 million for using his beat for "Hip 2 tha Game"?

Hip-hop's perennial debate topic "old school versus new school" got literal recently when legendary D.I.T.C. crew producer/rapper Lord Finesse swung a $10 million law suit at Mac Miller, his record label and the mixtape website DatPiff for Miller's use of Finesse's beat for his 1995 song "Hip 2 tha ... More >>

Broncos schedule broken down -- because it's never to early for Peyton to start game-planning

A stitch in time saves Denver blog posts nine. Max Denver's Andrew Mason breaks down the Broncos' entire sixteen game season in tremendous detail. Overachiever.... Square State's Zappatero lauds Coke and Pepsi for severing ties with Scott Gessler's "Kool-Aid supplier." At Colorado Education News ... More >>

Five incredible pink wines to kick off rosé drinking season

A sun-soaked, 75-plus degree afternoon for the Rockies' home opener. Buds blooming on the trees outside our terrace. Flip-flop adorned feet everywhere we look. Seems it's been an age since Denver enjoyed a springtime as warm and inviting as this one -- and the early onset of balmier temps has brough ... More >>

Adult rollerskating dos and don'ts: Guess where dry-humping fits in?

When I was growing up, everyone had birthday parties at Skate City. Like, everybody. My mom was more of the "let's roll the Slip N' Slide out on our dead lawn and make Kool-Aid (because it's cheap)" kind of party-thrower, but I really just wanted to celebrate with a wax candle jammed in a Little Deb ... More >>

Over the weekend: Flashing on the Sixties with Lisa Law

The Kool-Aid was Kool-Aid, the brownies were brownies and people were packed into the room like sardines. But the vibe still flew free Friday night at the Byers-Evans House Gallery, for the opening of Lisa Law: Flashing on the Sixties, a meaty show of images both iconic and fascinating from a social ... More >>

Insane Clown Posse vs Odd Future: Without Google, can you pick who's who from the lyrics?

​If you look at both Insane Clown Posse (due at the Ogden on September 29) and Odd Future (due in Denver/Boulder next month), you could easily mistake them for being on the same label. Besides the face paint, they have so much else in common: Both groups are loved/hated and take their lyrics a ... More >>

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How to unsuccessfully give yourself an Internet makeover

That's me, sporting a chestnut-brown Tori Spelling.​This past Monday was, as far as I could tell, the last official day of summer. I decided to take advantage of this sad occasion by going for one final swim in my Aunt's apartment complex pool, a pool I had been dipping in like it was my own a ... More >>

Clubs: Sunday's Labor Day party rundown

​What are you doing this weekend? Duh, partying like it's the end of summer, because, well, it is! It's also Labor Day weekend, and so hopefully you'll have nothing to do on Monday except recover from said partying. To that end, we've got the drop on a slew of events that are going down this S ... More >>

Medical marijuana: Top 10 medicated edibles in Colorado

​I'm not a big edibles guy -- something that stems from my early experiences making brownies using ground-up schwag. The memory of the slightly burned, and entirely gritty, undercooked chocolate mass that put me to sleep still haunts me to this day. And medically, it doesn't make much sense fo ... More >>

Medical marijuana dispensary review: Sailing the sea of green at Mayflower Wellness

​To me, summer is the season of bike rides to Rockies games, barbecues, disc golf, and smoking joints under beautiful Colorado skies. The latter being one of my favorites, I've been looking for new strains to twist up and enjoy, and after checking out Mayflower Wellness's menu online, I hopped ... More >>

Ask the bartender: Meet Evan Faber, Colorado Cocktail contestant

​Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource ... More >>

Top five foods to stock up on when you're about to get fired

​The roof you're working under is about to cave in. What to do? Start thinking about what you're going to eat for the rest of the week -- while you can still afford to eat.

Medical marijuana dispensary review: Platte Valley Dispensary a low for Mile Highs and Lows

​I could feel the guy across from me in the waiting room at Platte Valley staring at me, his leg twitching up and down nervously. "You're going to really like this place, man. They have the best weed in town." I hadn't even seen the herb yet, and I knew this guy needed to get out more.

Top five foods we're sick of finding truffles in

They deserve so much better.​ Truffles are the rock stars of the edible universe. They smell like pungent earth, sweaty sex and crushed garlic. A mere shaving of truffle atop a bowl of hot buttered pasta is enough to evoke primal passion and raw emotion in the most stoic of human beings. So ... More >>

Black Cat exec chef Eric Skokan on cooking for kids, the demise of burrata and his Niwot farm

Lori Midson ​ Eric Skokan Black Cat 1964 13th Street, Boulder 303-444-5500 www.blackcatboulder.com This is part one of Lori Midson's interview with Eric Skokan, exec chef/owner of Black Cat in Boulder. Part two of that interview will run in this space tomorrow. In the exhibition kitchen, th ... More >>

Boonie Mayfield on rebuilding his studio after being buglarized

Red Bull​ Boonie Mayfield (aka Solomon Vaughn) is one of the hottest emerging hip-hop producers in the game. And that's not just us talking. While it's true: He is one of our favorite beat makers; it's not just us who are smitten Boonie's beats. For the past two years, Boon Doc has taken home ... More >>

Hip-Hop Congress keeps The Spirit of Hip-Hop alive this weekend at La Raza park

​What's that you say? You can't get enough of hip-hop in the park after the Mighty 4 Denver b-boy jam this past weekend? Say no more. We hear ya like you're screaming. Hip-Hop Congress is helping keep the Spirit of Hip-Hop alive in the Mile High City this weekend with a jam of their own called ... More >>

Estrela Bartending School's Tom Lucas keeps his fridge kid-friendly

Photos courtesy Tom LucasWhat, no maraschinos? This bartending pro keeps not a single mixer in his fridge.​While by day you'll find him teaching aspiring bartenders how to mix up a martini and what garnish to put in a White Russian, you won't necessarily find Tom Lucas honing his cocktail-sha ... More >>

Ten kid beverages you should totally still drink

​Back when you were young, only taste mattered in terms of drink selection. Well, that and availability -- i.e. what your Mom allowed you to have. But mainly it was taste -- you weren't thinking about caloric content, or artificial sweeteners, or the effects of too much caffeine on your slee ... More >>

Food, Ink: Five notably bad food tattoos

Tattoos have risen in popularity over the years as a permanent form of self-expression -- a branding of time and history -- but devotion and proclamation no longer stop at inking the name of your betrothed on your bicep. And just in case you haven't noticed, the food industry is hardly immune to the ... More >>

DU's May Days fest gives you another reason to ditch work early today

Well, what do you know? Here's another reason this week to ditch out on work early. Who, us? Yeah, we know. We just couldn't, right? Uh, yeah we could. Pffth! What are you talking about? You know how we roll. After we give you drop, in fact, we're outta here like Vladamir, Jeeves. Yesterday, Dr. Kno ... More >>

Nuts & Berries show canceled

Just received word from Brad Turner of Nuts & Berries that the show slated to take place this Wednesday, December 17, that Tom Murphy wrote up this week has been canceled to make room for the Larimer Lounge's annual Christmas party. Turner and the Lounge are in the process of setting up another ... More >>

Whew! I didn't piss civilization's future down the drain after all

Unusual things I’ve put in my mouth for money: Mysterious Fruit Tablets

Delegating Denver #31 of 56: Nebraska

Purple Haze

Santa Fe Tequila Company

Black Moth Super Rainbow

Thursday, October 18, Cervantes' Masterpiece, 1-866-455-2263; Friday, October 19, Fox Theatre, 303-443-3399.

Sketches

Brief reviews of current shows

Reproductive Freedom

Kick your cabin fever with this quartet of photo shows.

Drunk of the Week

Bennigan's

Mark Farina

Thursday, August 19, the Church, 303-832-3528.

Hearty Appetites

Electro Lunchbox packs a flavorful blend of music, art and dance

Dashboard Confessional

A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar (Vagrant)

Drink of the Week

Menagerie Martini

Best Non-Alcoholic Beverage

Julia Blackbird's

Critic's Choice

Jane's Addiction

Blood Brothers

Albert and Allen Hughes deliver a sensuous but grisly message From Hell.

In With the New, Out With the Hooch

The only cocktails at the Denver County Jail this New Year's Eve were fruit cocktails.

Mouthing Off

A Bigger League

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