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  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Nice package: Oskar Blues sticks its latest beer, Chaka, in an aluminum bottle

    Is it a can? Is it a bottle? Does it even matter? Today Oskar Blues unveiled its newest packaging experiment: a resealable, sixteen-ounce aluminum bottle made by Ball Corporation in Golden. The container will be used for Chaka, an extremely limited-release, Belgian-style pale ale that Oskar Blues c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Danilo Gallinari plays best basketball of any Nugget this season in rout of Kings

    Denver blog posts shouldn't leave a rash. Roundball Mining Company's Kalen issues lotsa high marks to Nuggets after crushing Sacramento, but Danilo Gallinari leads the pack. At Education News Colorado, Jared Polis lauds School Choice Week. Plants & Animals Denver's Kayla K touts a list of food th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    Colorado-based New Age Beverages puts water in a can

    ​The same company that's pushing the all-natural tastes of XINtea have teamed up with the Ball Corp. to introduce a canned water. The zero-calorie Just Pure Water, created by Colorado-based New Age Beverages, comes in berry, lemon lime and orange flavors. "What we wanted to do was come out wit ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 18, 2010

    Urban Bourbon Slushie at Lala's

    ​The same company that's pushing the all-natural tastes of XINtea have teamed up with the Ball Corp. to introduce a canned water. The zero-calorie Just Pure Water, created by Colorado-based New Age Beverages, comes in berry, lemon lime and orange flavors. "What we wanted to do was come out wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Uranium miners in Colorado defend their livelihood in (of all places) The New Yorker

    ​When a national magazine starts its examination of southwestern Colorado "uranium widows" with a glimpse of a woman drilling for ore while clad only in "sandals, denim shorts, and a bra," I brace myself for the worst -- another condescending article about the state's tragic history on the fro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Photos: Chef Ian Kleinman shows how to make liquid nitrogen peanut butter sorbet

    Just add liquid nitrogen!​You already know that chef Ian Kleinman is launching a new dessert cart in August, but this week he stopped by the Westword offices to give us a preview of how he makes peanut butter sorbet using liquid nitrogen, which puts a -320F freeze on the stuff. Liquid nitrogen ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Ian Kleinman is cooking with gas at hushDenver

    Mark MangerIan Kleinman's chilling display with liquid nitrogen. ​"Eat it quick, right after it comes out," instructs chef Ian Kleinman, "and then you can get some real smoke to come out of your nose." He spoons an amorphous white puff that he calls Kettle Corn Space Foam from the liquid nitro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    H Burger opening set for February 10

    ​It's official: H BurgerC0, the new spot at 1555 Blake Street, will officially open at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, February 10, after a week of friends and family parties and events that start today -- and after a slight name change from the original H Burger Lounge. But that's just the start of th ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2009

    Laughs for Lit

    ​It's official: H BurgerC0, the new spot at 1555 Blake Street, will officially open at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, February 10, after a week of friends and family parties and events that start today -- and after a slight name change from the original H Burger Lounge. But that's just the start of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    Uranium-mine opposition and Grand Junction's glowing legacy

    Grand Junction, circa the 1950s.​The Denver Post headline "Uranium Mining May Get Buried," about residents in Nunn, a town near Greeley, who oppose building a uranium mine nearby, hit close to home. I grew up in Grand Junction, and the repercussions of the supposedly safe uranium industry that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    Denver Blogs: Promises, promises

    Our daily tour of the local blogoshpere. Send tips. Is Bill Ritter passing the buck on health care? (5280) More Ritter: He really, really likes his bike. (Face the State) The ethanol industry descends on Denver to try to save itself. (Colorado Independent)

  • Calendar

    March 19, 2009

    Sun Dressing

    Spring forward at Fashion Denver’s latest market.

  • Calendar

    June 19, 2008

    Raise the Roof

    This Central City karaoke party has the golden touch.

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2008

    Delegating Denver #32 of 56: Nevada

    This Central City karaoke party has the golden touch.

  • Calendar

    February 14, 2008

    The Golden Touch

    There's gold in that there museum.

  • Calendar

    September 27, 2007

    Nickel and Dimed

    Copper Nickel 8 is a complete disaster.

  • Calendar

    August 9, 2007

    Food for Thought

    Copper Nickel 8 is a complete disaster.

  • News

    February 23, 2006

    Unkind Cuts

    Rocky trims give veteran stockers the biz blues.

  • Calendar

    January 26, 2006

    Penny For Your Thoughts

    Rocky trims give veteran stockers the biz blues.

  • Calendar

    March 25, 2004

    Best Sculptor in a Group Show -- Established Talent

    William Vielehr, Pursuits of Passion, Walker Fine Art

  • News

    February 19, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of February 19, 2004

  • News

    February 12, 2004

    Fool's Gold

    Newmont Mining, Machu Picchu and the Museum of Nature & Science make strange bedfellows.

  • Calendar

    March 27, 2003

    Best Sophomore Non-Fiction Book

    Blood Diamonds
    Greg Campbell

  • News

    April 11, 2002

    An Either Ore Situation

    Titanium, the king of metals, scraps for a home in Denver.

  • Sports & Recreation

    April 4, 2002

    Best Mining Tour -- Gold

    Old Hundred Gold Mine
    Silverton

  • Sports & Recreation

    April 4, 2002

    Best Mining Tour -- Silver

    Lebanon Silver Mine
    Georgetown

  • Sports & Recreation

    March 29, 2001
  • People & Places

    March 29, 2001
  • News

    March 9, 2000

    Company Town

    In Pueblo, the iron will of a union has proved tougher than steel.

  • News

    November 18, 1999

    A Rough Road Ends in Jeffco

    A proposed quarry gets bulldozed by irate residents.

  • News

    November 26, 1998

    A Bird in the Hand

    The fate of the northern goshawk--and the timber industry--could rest with Richard Reynolds. He's not out of the woods yet.

  • News

    March 26, 1998

    Game of the Century

    The high-stakes real estate maneuvering behind Vail's newest expansion dreams.

  • News

    January 22, 1998

    Trees' Company

    Environmentalists gang up with--gasp!--loggers to attack the Forest Service.

  • News

    October 30, 1997

    Field of Schemes

    A gem of a story about diamond mines--real and fake!

  • News

    August 7, 1997

    Lode Warriors

    A Denver mining company is looking for copper. All it's found so far is a rich vein of environmentalists.

  • News

    January 30, 1997

    Informed Decisions

    A Denver mining company is looking for copper. All it's found so far is a rich vein of environmentalists.

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