Maryland

Ska Brewing battles Maryland's DuClaw over trademark for Euphoria

Ska Brewing has been making its Euphoria Pale Ale since 2005, but the latest trademark dispute involving a Colorado brewery isn't likely to make anyone euphoric. On Tuesday, the Durango brewery filed a petition at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, asking the agency's trial and appeal board to r ... More >>

Marijuana: Maryland pot decriminalization bill latest example of Amendment 64's impact

Yesterday, we highlighted a Pennsylvania proposal that mirrors Amendment 64, the Colorado measure whose proponents see as a template for nationwide marijuana reform. Today, a Maryland bill to decriminalize pot is the latest example of other states following in Colorado's footsteps -- but perhaps mov ... More >>

GIFs: Mayor Michael Hancock does Ray Lewis dance to make good on Baltimore bet

Mayor Michael Hancock delayed paying off a wager with Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake because of an injury. The terms? If the Broncos lost to the Ravens (which they did), Hancock would send a box of steaks to Maryland aaaand do the Ray Lewis dance. Well, the mayor is healed and has made goo ... More >>

Governor Hickenlooper grills lamb and eats crow

The final tally from last weekend's NFL playoff game goes beyond the scoreboard for Colorado: Colorado also lost twelve prime lamb chops that Governor John Hickenlooper shipped across the country to Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley to pay off a bet debt. But first, he ate a little crow on the steps ... More >>

Five better bets John Hickenlooper could have made with Maryland

Triple M sheep, destined for Maryland?Governor John Hickenlooper is grilling lamb chops on the steps of the State Capitol this afternoon, in advance of mailing a package of a dozen lamb chops from the Triple M Bar Ranch in Manzanola to Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, to settle their bet on last S ... More >>

Dying Fetus

Saturday, December 15, Marquis Theater, 866-468-7621.

Jon Christopher Baker's alleged child porn stash: 30,000 photos, 1,400 videos

A lot of us have hard drives crammed to bursting with photos and videos. But even by those standards, Jon Christopher Baker's array of images stands out. One computer apparently stored 30,000 photos and 1,400 videos. Oh yeah: The collection allegedly consisted of child pornography.

Realize your worst nightmare with the zombie 5K run

Luckily, they aren't the running zombies. The "Run for your Lives" zombie 5K obstacle course is coming to Colorado this summer, where fitness freaks bored by the running routine will have to dodge "zombies" -- volunteers complete with fake blood and lumbering steps -- as part of the race. It's lik ... More >>

Photos: River North Brewery will open this weekend with four beers on tap

​River North Brewery will officially start pouring pints of Belgian-style beers on Saturday, adding a new element to Denver's quickly growing roster of neighborhood breweries.

Mike Sullivan, exec chef of Devil's Food, on Boulder's late-night college drunk-ass idiots

Lori Midson​ Mike Sullivan Devil's Food Bakery and Cookery 1020 South Gaylord Street 303-733-7448 www.devilsfoodbakery.com This is part one of my interview with Mike Sullivan, executive chef of Devil's Food Bakery & Cookery. Part two of my chat with Sullivan will run in this space tomorrow ... More >>

Now open in Boulder: Shug's Low Country Cuisine

​Yesterday's post on Denver's five best plates of fried-chicken prompted a lively debate about where to get a cluck-worthy bird -- and it also unearthed this tip from Harmony: There's a new restaurant that has just opened less than 2 months ago in Boulder: Shug's Low Country Cuisine. They n ... More >>

Ask the bartender: Meet Todd Leopold of Leopold Bros., Colorado Cocktail distiller

​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 >>

Travel Leisure names Denver one of America's best burger cities

Lori Midson​If you want pizza, your best bet is to head to Chicago or New York; for lobster, go to Boston (or better yet, Maine); Salmon or Pacific oysters swim best in Seattle; crab is best in San Francisco or Maryland; and a hankering for barbecue will take you to Kansas City, Memphis or the ... More >>

The Conspirator is barely worth the extra credit

Tonight: Good Charlotte at Summit

​It is somewhat hard to believe that Good Charlotte has been together -- and, with few line-up changes, to boot -- since 1996. But the proto-mall punk band found its not-too harsh edge early into its career and has been riding that sweet spot ever since, with radio-ready songs about relationsh ... More >>

Rialto Cafe's Robert McCarthy on killed marriages, Szechuan buttons and his six-inch F. Dick

Lori Midson​ Robert McCarthy Rialto Cafe 934 16th Street 303-893-2233 www.rialtocafe.com This is part one of my interview with Robert McCarthy, exec chef of Rialto Cafe. Part two of our interview will run in this space tomorrow. Robert McCarthy shakes his head in aggravation and rolls his ey ... More >>

Tonight: Dinner for Sinners at Strings

​What can you expect from an event titled "Dinner for Sinners: Give in to Temptatation, You Know You Want to Come"? Five courses of pure decadence paired with wine, that's what -- preceded by a champagne reception. Here's what's on the menu for tonight's fest at Strings:

Owners of Magnolia Restaurant & Sushi Bar are bringing kaTcH Fish House to Capitol Hill

Lori Midson Will the new Katch be a catch?​Emily and Chris Deutschman, owners of Magnolia Restaurant & Sushi Bar, in Lafayette, are opening kaTcH Fish House in June at 1300 Pennsylvania Street, in the former home of Pizzicato Pizza. "The restaurant concept emphasizes seafood recipes found on ... More >>

Dirty panties!: Lingerie shop crusades against used underwear

Last month, a Today Show investigation revealed a shocking fact: Major retailers like Victoria's Secret and Macy's were re-selling underwear that customers -- or rather, Today show operatives wearing hidden cameras -- had returned. Even after the Today folks stained said panties with baby oil, they ... 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 >>

Flying Dog's Raging Bitch is the best of two beer worlds

​I was never a big fan of Flying Dog Brewery's beers when they were in Colorado, and I became even less of a fan after they picked up and moved to Maryland in 2008. But my friend Dave recently forced me to imbibe a bottle of Raging Bitch Belgian-style IPA, which the brewery released late last ... More >>

The five worst things found in a fast-food order

What lies beneath? You don't want to know.​Ordering a fish sammich from a place that specializes in fresh-pressed, flame-broiled moo meat might not be the smartest choice, but you still shouldn't need a painkiller to make your meal go down easy. But that's what a customer discovered in his fi ... More >>

Monolith Q&A: Red Wire Black Wire

​Often compared to New Wave bands of the early '80s -- especially the Human League --Brooklyn, New York's Red Wire Black Wire, uses synthesizers as a primary compositional instrument. Described by the New Music Express as having an icy sound, the immediacy and sincerity of Doug Walters's vocal ... More >>

Advice for Phish phans in need of a buzz: Look for Colorado license plates

​Believe it or not, drugs are fairly common at most concerts by Phish, whose phans have been known to follow them around the country, Grateful Dead-style. And according to police in Howard County, Maryland, a couple of Coloradans were doing their best to fill the phaithful's needs this past we ... More >>

The Trampolines bounce back with a solid new album

Not-So-New Urbanism: Prospect

The Congress for the New Urbanism is holding its annual conference in Denver June 10-14, complete with bus tours of our most well-known new-urbanist enclaves. But how do you judge walkable, neighborhood-based developments? Is it by the diversity (or lack thereof) of their residents, the number of ... More >>

National land policy report shows Colorado as the best of the worst in growth planning

www.sprawlaction.orgHighlands Ranch: Not so bad? I'm slowly making my way through a detailed report just released by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy that evaluates smart-growth policies in the United States. It analyzes states that have smart-growth programs, such as Florida, Maryland, New Je ... More >>

Our March Madness picks: A prelude to humiliation...

A photo-illustration from the University of Pittsburgh website. Each year, I sit down with my daughter Lora -- a rabid sports fan with strong opinions about 9News' Susie Wargin -- to fill out NCAA tournament brackets for both the men's and women's basketball championships as part of a friendly cont ... More >>

A Denver Post headline asks: Does crack kill -- or does it smell?

Photo courtesy of Flickr. Headlines don't get much funnier than one a reader spotted last night on the Denver Post's website. At this writing, it declares: "Cop Makes Arrest in Bathroom After Smelling Crack." As of now, three readers have commented on this Associated Press item, about a Maryland d ... More >>

Forget the Gold Rush. Bring on the bivalves!

Teeth Mountain

Sunday, August 10, Rhinoceropolis, 303-641-9809.

Grand Lux Cafe

What happened in Vegas should have stayed there.

Party Central

Delegating Denver #24 of 56: Maryland

Q&A With VHS or Beta's Craig Pfunder

Last Night: Backyard Tire Fire, Year Long Disaster, Clutch @ The Boulder Theater

Best New American Burger

Mirepoix

Clutch

Wednesday, August 4, Ogden Theatre, 303-830-2525.

No Man's Land

The unincorporated Adams family.

Shelter From the Storm

In trying to keep the streets safe, Denver almost made a clean sweep of its homeless providers.

Dead Reckoning

Donta Page's sentence revives Colorado's death-penalty debate -- but brings no closure. The Conclusion of "Penalty Zone."

A Mile High

Trick or treatment?

Sonny Stitt

Just the Way It Was (Label M ) and Stan Getz My Foolish Heart (Label M )

If Books Could Kill

If Books Could Kill...

Paladin Press notches a victory in the Hit Man case, but the fight isn't over.

Death Sentences

A gruesome triple murder puts a Boulder publisher and its how-to-kill book in the crosshairs.

'NAM YANKEES

SUFFER THE CHILDRENWILL A LANDMARK LAWSUIT SPUR CHANGES IN THE STATE'S FOSTER CARE SYSTEM?

NOT SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

A $3 MILLION GRANT HAS BAD BLOOD BOILING ON THE CITY'S WEST SIDE.