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Phish Dick's Sporting Goods Park August 30 - September 1, three nights, Labor Day weekend

Phish is at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on Labor Day weekend for the third consecutive year. Tickets ($49.75-$60) for the shows go on sale March 30 at 10 a.m. via TicketHorse, or in person at TicketHorse kiosks at Dick's Sporting Goods stores and the box offices at the Pepsi Center and 1STBANK Center ... More >>

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

Photos: The Kong Off II Donkey Kong World Championship

Aurora theater shooting: Couple who escaped Century 16 having their first child

Three days after Jeremiah and Lindsay Wheelersburg escaped the Century 16 shootings in Aurora unharmed, the couple got some unexpected news: They are having their first child. For the pair from Aurora, it's strange and wonderful news that gives them new perspective on one of their most traumatic e ... More >>

SnowMont Music Festival cancelled, even as SnowBall Music Festival a total success

Last week, organizers of the upcoming SnowMont Music Festival, slated to take place on March 30 and through April 1 in Killington, Vermont, announced the cancellation of the event. This news was puzzling primarily because those same organizers are the ones responsible for Snowball Music Festival, wh ... More >>

PANTyRAiD on why the act doesn't tour and why its name is synonymous with female energy

Tk Kayembe​PANTyRAiD doesn't tour. So when the act, which is made up Josh Mayer of Glitch Mob and Marty Folb of MartyParty, bring its sexy, dubbed out hip-hop beats to the Fillmore this Saturday, November 19, along with a brand new lighting rig, you can bet it's going to be a night to remember ... More >>

Keep the ski porn coming: Poor Boyz Productions drops trailer for The Grand Bizarre

​We know it's kind of torturous of us to keep showing you the new trailers for this year's forthcoming ski and snowboard porn in the middle of July, but we just can't help ourselves. Keystone and Breckenridge get some love in The Grand Bizarre, this year's film from Poor Boyz Productions, whic ... More >>

EpicMix app takes hold at Vail Resorts, turning skiing into The Social Network

​While seeking some epic pow-pow at Breckenridge recently (read: practicing my "pizza and French fries" on the cruisin' slopes), I noticed a new phenomenon: ski dudes and dudettes whipping out their smart phones to compare stats on Vail Resorts' new EpicMix social-media app, which tracks guest ... More >>

Social media app EpicMix tracks fun at Vail Resorts & more: How sick are your "sick days"?

​Unless you want your boss to know exactly how sick your "sick" days are, you might want to be careful about who's in your social network when you're at Vail Resorts this season.

Breaking into tele-skiing: It doesn't suck as bad as you might think

I don't know why anyone would want to do 10,000 squat thrusts in a day -- guess some people are just gluttons for punishment.  But that's exactly what I decided to do a few years ago when I decided to learn to telemark at the oft-overlooked California resort of Kirkwood (my personal fave in the ... More >>

A rested, birdie-making, film-studying Mike Shanahan is somewhat terrifying

Shanahan, in less withered days.Woody Paige took time from his television foibles to chime in with a pretty decent column on Sunday, about the very fine life of former Broncos coach Mike Shanahan. Shanahan -- who talked with Paige at the celebrity golf tourney in Lake Tahoe -- has apparently been b ... More >>

Smokin' Aces

Joe Carnahan’s overly slick, heavily edited dark comedy works despite itself.

The Fight Is On!

Mixed martial arts competition is getting vicious -- outside the ring.

Vail at the Crossroads

Must Peter Knobel destroy the village to save it?

Room & Board

Riders rest easy on The Block.

Westword Music Showcase 2005

Big Heir

Jesse Csincsak gives handouts in a hand-to-mouth sport.

The Ride of Their Lives

These women are going downhill fast.

Other People's Life Shines

A surprising portrait of an aging godfather deserves a place of honor with the Corleones.

The Eyes Have It

Keeping hype to a dull roar, Eyes Adrift washes ashore with an all-star veteran lineup -- and plenty of scars.

Ultra-Violence

Gangster No. 1 paints a bloody good picture of a soulless British thug.

Top Ten of 2001

The year's screen gems.

Something's Fishy

The Museum of Contemporary Art lays out a postmodern fish story.

The Living End

From the directors of Suture comes a deeply satisfying new film noir.

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