Mayan Calendar

Beginning of the End

Mayan elder Miguel Chiquin will change the way you think about the 2012 prophecy

Sure, we all have our ideas about the so-called Mayan prophecy predicting the end of the world this December, and the ongoing debate has inspired everything from satirical to scientific discussions. This week Mayan elder Miguel Chiquin and Genaro Jucinto-Calel of the Mayan Nation of Guatemala are ... More >>

Ten things to do for $10 this weekend, February 17-19, 2012

It's almost time for that holiday you've been waiting for all year -- President's Day! Well, maybe not. But at least it might get you out of work for a day, which means you can go out every day this weekend and still have Monday to recover. We've got it all for less than $10, with everything from a ... More >>

The 2012 Mayan prophecy according to Ed Barnhart, director of the Maya Exploration Center

Wonder what's going to happen on December 21? Ed Barnhart, director of the esteemed Maya Exploration Center, has been studying the Mayans since long before 2012 conspiracy theorists dreamed up this whole end-of-the-world thing, and he'll be lecturing on "Misunderstanding the Maya: 2012 and Why You S ... More >>

Calendar Tales

Wonder what's going to happen on December 21? Ed Barnhart, director of the esteemed Maya Exploration Center, has been studying the Mayans since long before 2012 conspiracy theorists dreamed up this whole end-of-the-world thing, and he'll be lecturing on "Misunderstanding the Maya: 2012 and Why You S ... More >>

Apocalypse? How!, opening tomorrow night, embraces the inevitable end

Just like the mass panic that's sure to ensue when the end of the world comes this December, Plus Gallery's new show "Apocalypse? How!" has a lot going on. To start, the show features four different artists, symbolic of the four horsemen of the apocalypse: Donald Fodness, Larry Bob Phillips, Drew En ... More >>

Weekend's best live bets: Fitz & the Tantrums, Machine Head and more

For whatever reason, you'll notice that this Saturday night, aside from the second night of STS9's two-night stand at the Fillmore, there aren't too many must-see shows. This is mere speculation on our part, but we're guessing that might have something to do with a certain sporting event taking plac ... More >>

STS9

Friday, January 13 and Saturday, January 14, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

John Hickenlooper's bucket list for experiencing Colorado in 2012

​In recent decades, this state has been the focus of numerous doomsday predictions that Colorado -- if not the world itself -- was in imminent danger of disappearing. The most recent furor involves the Mayan calendar's prediction that the world will end on December 21, 2012 -- a prediction deb ... More >>

Mayor Michael Hancock's Denver bucket list for 2012

​Denver has been threatened with doom many times -- when the transcontinental railroad threatened to skip the infant city, when numerous booms went bust, when the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons plant caught fire. Although the homegrown PeaceJam has debunked the latest doomsday scenario -- that th ... More >>

Are you ready for 2012? Watch The True Mayan Prophecy tonight

​Good news! The world is not going to end next December 21, no matter what people insist the Mayan calendar predicts. Dawn Engle and Ivan Suvanjieff, the founders of PeaceJam, exploded that myth in 2012: The True Mayan Prophecy, the award-winning film they released last year that will air toni ... More >>

What's on your bucket list, before it's too late?

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STS9 brings its Great Cycle Spectacle to the Fillmore on January 13-14. Tickets on sale 11/12

​After finishing this year out in its hometown of Atlanta with five shows at the Tabernacle, STS9 will be returning to Colorado (the act's home away from home), for a pair of shows at the Fillmore Auditorium on Friday, January 13 and Saturday, January 14. The Denver dates, which go on sale thi ... More >>

The Qwest sign: Denver has plenty of homegrown options that could replace it

​After finishing this year out in its hometown of Atlanta with five shows at the Tabernacle, STS9 will be returning to Colorado (the act's home away from home), for a pair of shows at the Fillmore Auditorium on Friday, January 13 and Saturday, January 14. The Denver dates, which go on sale thi ... More >>

The apocalypse will kick off in Boulder, and here's why

​After finishing this year out in its hometown of Atlanta with five shows at the Tabernacle, STS9 will be returning to Colorado (the act's home away from home), for a pair of shows at the Fillmore Auditorium on Friday, January 13 and Saturday, January 14. The Denver dates, which go on sale thi ... More >>

Flick Pick: 2012: The True Mayan Prophecy shows March 3

​After finishing this year out in its hometown of Atlanta with five shows at the Tabernacle, STS9 will be returning to Colorado (the act's home away from home), for a pair of shows at the Fillmore Auditorium on Friday, January 13 and Saturday, January 14. The Denver dates, which go on sale thi ... More >>

5th Sun rises on Speer Boulevard

Laura Shunk​Trudy Gonzales had never owned a restaurant before she opened 5th Sun Cafe & Lounge at 3024 Speer Boulevard. "People love my food, and they bugged me and bugged me to open a restaurant, so I finally decided to just do it," she says. The name, she explains, is translated from the ... More >>

Will the world end in 2011? Well, it hasn't yet

When Christ returns, he will bring the fucking lasers.​There's been a lot of John Cusak-related hubbub about the end of the Mayan calendar meaning the end of the world, but Harold Camping isn't buying that crap. "It's like a fairy tale," he chuckles. Because by the time 2012 comes around, ac ... More >>

The 2012 apocalypse scenario is all wrong, say filmmakers

When Christ returns, he will bring the fucking lasers.​There's been a lot of John Cusak-related hubbub about the end of the Mayan calendar meaning the end of the world, but Harold Camping isn't buying that crap. "It's like a fairy tale," he chuckles. Because by the time 2012 comes around, ac ... More >>

Enslaving hooks: Latino music group 20:12 releases new mixtape

When Christ returns, he will bring the fucking lasers.​There's been a lot of John Cusak-related hubbub about the end of the Mayan calendar meaning the end of the world, but Harold Camping isn't buying that crap. "It's like a fairy tale," he chuckles. Because by the time 2012 comes around, ac ... More >>

DIA Conspiracies Take Off

Conspiracy theorists think something's fishy at Denver International Airport.