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Ghosts with the Most

Caution Brewing gets hoppy and the Falling Rock gets busy in our weekly beer calendar

Crabtree Brewing in Greeley has announced that it is moving and expanding in order to make more Eclipse, Oatmeal Stout, Ginger Bee and -- hopefully -- its GABF award-winning Berliner Weisse. The brewery will hold a grand opening at the new location, 2961 29th Street, on Wednesday, August 8 at 4 p.m. ... More >>

Photos, videos: Waldo Canyon fire finally 100 percent contained

Update: At long last comes the announcement residents of Colorado Springs have been awaiting since June 23, when the Waldo Canyon fire flared to life. The blaze, which destroyed 346 homes and took the lives of Barbara and William Everett, age 73 and 74, respectively, is finally 100 percent containe ... More >>

Waldo Canyon fire update: One death, 347 homes destroyed, 20K threatened

Update:Firefighters made progress against the Waldo Canyon fire near Colorado Springs yesterday -- enough to get a better sense of the destruction that took place the previous day. The number of homes destroyed had been estimated at north of 300, and that proved all too accurate. Thus far, 347 homes ... More >>

Ten shows the History Colorado Center should have opened with

The brand new History Colorado Center opens on Saturday. Last week, in my column about the wonderfully-designed museum, I pointed out how poor the two debut shows, Colorado Stories and Destination Colorado, are. Rather than trying to elevate the discussion, the museum and History Colorado chief oper ... More >>

Sitting pretty? PlatteForum seeks funky chairs

Another year, another residency -- it's business as usual at PlatteForum, the award-winning nonprofit that pairs struggling kids with resident artist/mentors to create something communal and beautiful. The latest resident, installation artist Jessica Kruetter, has been working with ArtLab students f ... More >>

Artists! Pull up a chair for the Big Chair Project Art Show in Manitou Springs

Colorado Springs artist Sean O'Meallie and the Business of Art Center put on a once-in-a-lifetime show last October, when they brought the Manitou Chair Project -- a 600-chair conga line down the middle of the main drag in Manitou Springs at sunrise -- to fruition. We liked it so much we named it on ... More >>

Fifteen best Denver ART moments in 2011

Bicycle vs. Homing Pigeon vs. Moped from Village Voice Media on Vimeo.We've been rolling off lists this week like there's no tomorrow, and maybe there isn't, considering that pesky 2012 Mayan prophecy and all that. Earlier this week, Jef Otte presented his 10 best moments in Denver arts list, riffin ... More >>

The Manitou Chair Project: A town transformed

On Sunday morning in Manitou Springs, early risers were treated to a sight they're not likely to ever see again: The Manitou Chair Project went down as planned, featuring nearly 700 disparate chairs on loan from the tourist town's artsy community lined up, one after the other, in a front-to-back tra ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, October 7-9, 2011

For the Halloween-phobic, we've still got plenty to do this weekend, including a craft event, race watching and dancing. It's First Friday to boot, so you should have plenty to keep you busy, all for less than $10 per event. For a complete guide to this weekend, go to westword.com/calendar.

Sitting Pretty

Whitney Hendrickson tribute: Sculptor unveils memorial dedicated to widely mourned teen

Hendrickson.​Two years ago, I wrote about the tragic death of eighteen-year-old Whitney deMoraes Hendrickson, who died in a freak accident caused by a reckless driver at a gas pump in Colorado Springs, and the remarkable tributes to her short but eventful life that followed. Now one local arti ... More >>

Colorado beer calendar: Denver Beer Co opens, Crooked Stave gets funky

Dry Dock​Dry Dock Brewing kicked its weekly firkin in a record 49 minutes last Friday, and since the taproom opens at 3 p.m., that means there was none left for anyone who showed up after 3:50 p.m., which can be tough since most people don't get off work til later. So the brewery plans to sta ... More >>

Reader: Manitou Springs bed-and-breakfasts that ban children are definitely okay by me!

​An interesting response to Joel Warner's post about the prevalence of lodgings in Manitou Springs that don't allow children. Far from complaining about this state of affairs, plenty of our readers backed this policy wholeheartedly. Here's a prime example.

Manitou Springs: No kids allowed?

​Last week, my wife and I decided it was time for a last-minute weekend getaway, and we decided on Manitou Springs. We'd never been there, and its cave-and-castle kitschiness sounded like Niagara Falls mixed with oddball Colorado charm. As it would turn out, the town's lodgings would be happy ... More >>

Manitou Springs brings the olde-timey weirdness

​Wherever you go, chances are that not too far away from you is a hidden gem tucked away in some off-the-path corner of the landscape, a weird little spot that somehow got bounced off the flatbed of time and just kind of stayed there -- to find it, you just have to know where to look. Where I' ... More >>

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: A harvest of summer classes

A Flickr photo​This week, on top of the usual wine dinners and cooking classes, there are classes on preserving your summer harvest, the continuation of Empire Lounge & Restaurant's Jim & Julia Dinner Series, and much more. Here's a sampling of what's on the culinary calendar menu:

Sip this: The Manitou Springs Colorado Wine Festival uncorks tomorrow

​If the nearly $1,200 Gucci price tag to attend the Food & Wine magazine Classic in Aspen, which kicks off later this month in glitter gulch, is too pricey for your pocketbook, take solace: Tomorrow, from noon to 6 p.m., 30 Colorado wineries are pouring stomped grapes at the Manitou Springs C ... More >>

A Wine Time in Manitou

Slip Slidin’ Away

Do you know the muffin women, who live in Manitou Springs?

Do you know the muffin man?​There's a contest for everything, including, as it turns out, muffins. And for Sharon Smith and Wendy Goldstein, owners of the Two Sisters Inn -- a bed-and-breakfast in Manitou Springs -- it was their muffins that took the cake on Monday, November 9 at the Bed & Bre ... More >>

Now Showing

Capsule reviews of current exhibits

This weekend: Chocolate, Colorado wines and craft beers

​ Many restaurants will be offering specials tonight to coincide with First Friday, and the Infinite Monkey Theorem winery, at the edge of the Santa Fe Arts District at Fifth and Santa Fe, is even hosting a wine-tasting at 5 p.m. with light bites from Masterpiece Delicatessen. For info, call 9 ... More >>

Light Headed

The Craft Lager Festival pays homage to the sun.

Rock, Paper

The documentary American Artifact highlights the history of rock poster art.

Drink Breckenridge

D'Vine Wine, a boutique winery, just opened at 211 South Main Street in Breckenridge, the fourth Colorado location of the California-based franchise. D'Vine makes handcrafted wines in its Colorado wineries, using freshly crushed grapes from Napa vineyards to create customized win ... More >>

Souvenirs of South Park

Delegating Denver #55 of #56: Wisconsin

Souvenirs of South Park

Go South

Make a break to Colorado Springs. No, you don't have to be religious.

Best Day Trip

Manitou Springs

Chariots of Pyre

Live it up at Frozen Dead Guy Days.

Best Photography Solo -- Established Talent

Andrea Modica: Photographs, Sandy Carson Gallery

Going to Extremes

Forget those lazy days of summer. Coloradans like to push themselves -- right to the top.

Consumed by Fire

On the front lines of the Hayman blaze.

Happy Trails

Getting motorvated in Manitou Springs.

Clear Horizons

Contemporary and traditional art can be seen at the William Havu Gallery.

Best painting duet

Tracy and Sushe Felix, New Work by Felix & Felix

A Little of Everything

A plethora of shows highlight the diversity of the Colorado aesthetic.

The Gay Nineties

Since Amendement 2 passed seven years ago, Colorado Springs has learned a lesson in Family Values.

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December 31, 1998 - January 6, 1999

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May 21 - 27, 1998

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