Missoula

All signs point to go for Signal Path

Chris Hrasky of Explosions in the Sky: "We still basically feel like we're amateurs who are still kind of figuring out what we're doing"

Explosions in the Sky (due tonight at the Boulder Theater) is an instrumental rock band based out of Austin, Texas. For the last thirteen years, the quartet has been creating a kind of anthemic, instrumental guitar rock that sparkles with impressionistic melodies building to a cathartic apex, not un ... More >>

Round two with Brett Shaheen, exec chef of the Wooden Table

Brett Shaheen Wooden Table 2500 East Orchard Road, Greenwood Village 303-730-2152 www.thewoodentablerestaurant.com This is part two of my interview with Brett Shaheen, exec chef of the Wooden Table. Part one of our chat ran yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Grizzly Bar in Roscoe, Montana. ... More >>

Direct from the Boulder International Fringe Festival: The preliminary 2012 lineup

The Boulder International Fringe Festival has announced its preliminary 2012 artist lineup, which includes such past fringe faves as TinHouse Experimental Dance, Gemma Wilcox Productions, Square Product Theatre and Band of Toughs, as well as a wide range of on-the-edge artists hailing from New York ... More >>

Ed Edmunds on electric chairs, haunted houses and the Travel Channel's Making Monsters

​Chances are you've seen -- and screamed at -- some of Ed Edmunds' work, whether you realize it or not. The artist is responsible for creating the creepy animatronics in haunted houses all over Colorado, as well as for making custom projects like set pieces for Alice Cooper. Edmunds' Greeley c ... More >>

Who Is That Masked Man?

​Chances are you've seen -- and screamed at -- some of Ed Edmunds' work, whether you realize it or not. The artist is responsible for creating the creepy animatronics in haunted houses all over Colorado, as well as for making custom projects like set pieces for Alice Cooper. Edmunds' Greeley c ... More >>

Ask the Bartender: Meet Joshua Smith, Colorado Cocktail contestant

​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 >>

Pot legalization: Women's Marijuana Movement supports Prop. 19 via events in Denver & beyond

Eva Enns.​Proposition 19, the measure to tax and regulate cannabis for adult use in California, which initially looked doomed, is now registering more than 50 percent support in one major poll -- and Eva Enns of the Women's Marijuana Movement wants to build on that momentum with events today i ... More >>

Top five uses for zucchini

The heroic zucchini that beat back a bear.​Missoula, Montana, is a lovely town in the middle of nowhere with a population consisting primarily of cowpokes and carnivores. Yesterday, the two met in a standoff on the back porch of a house just outside of town, when a black bear paid a surprise v ... More >>

Ten Denver bars every man should drink in before he croaks

Lori Midson ​In case you missed it, Esquire magazine just released its globe-groping list of the "15 Bars Every Many Should Drink In Before He Dies." Much to our disappointment, there's not one single Colorado watering hole on the roster, which does, however, ballyhoo bars in San Francisco, Lo ... More >>

Stan Garnett tries to capitalize on AG John Suthers's link to serial killer Scott Lee Kimball

Stan Garnett's playing hardball.​In an April post announcing his intention to challenge Colorado Attorney General John Suthers at the polls this November, Boulder district attorney Stan Garnett focused on issues like watching out for consumers, championing the environment and crafting a workab ... More >>

Freeloader: Download a new track from Pretty Light's forthcoming EP in advance of shows this week in Boulder and Denver

​ Derek Vincent Smith, who performs under the Pretty Lights moniker (due tonight at the Boulder Theater), has announced plans to release three new EPs, the first of which, Making Up a Changing Mind, was just posted to his site last week. With three albums already under his belt that have rec ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Back in bear country

​"Please scare the bears," reads the lead sentence in a story from today's Wall Street Journal. "That is the message state wildlife officials are sending residents of Colorado communities besieged by hungry black bears with a taste for fresh-baked pies and other fattening human fare." The bea ... More >>

Q&A with David Marion from Fear Before the March of Flames

​"Please scare the bears," reads the lead sentence in a story from today's Wall Street Journal. "That is the message state wildlife officials are sending residents of Colorado communities besieged by hungry black bears with a taste for fresh-baked pies and other fattening human fare." The bea ... More >>

The Final Frontier

​"Please scare the bears," reads the lead sentence in a story from today's Wall Street Journal. "That is the message state wildlife officials are sending residents of Colorado communities besieged by hungry black bears with a taste for fresh-baked pies and other fattening human fare." The bea ... More >>

Vintage Q&A With the Decemberists' Colin Meloy

​"Please scare the bears," reads the lead sentence in a story from today's Wall Street Journal. "That is the message state wildlife officials are sending residents of Colorado communities besieged by hungry black bears with a taste for fresh-baked pies and other fattening human fare." The bea ... More >>

Body Art

If the body is a temple, these four Coloradans are taking their worship to new levels.

Madness Man

Tough-guy author James Crumley returns with his latest mystery.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of February 24. 2005

Sharpening Klawz

The UNC Bears tangle with tougher grid foes.

Westword Music Showcase 2004

Fifty bands. Ten stages. Five bucks. Be there.

Prose and Cons

The Decemberists make smart music, and damn the consequences.

Club Scout

Sentence

The Decemberists

Castaways and Cutouts (Hush/Kill Rock Stars)

Trading Places

A high-profile ESPN reporter chucks it all to become a low-profile schoolteacher -- and he couldn't be happier.

In Like a Lion

In Black Lamb's eyes, hard rock was never broken. Why fix it?

Rescue Me

An appreciation of fireguys, and one rogue amazon.

Up From the Ashes

Memories keep the ghosts of past friendships alive.

Dog Gone

Memories keep the ghosts of past friendships alive.

City of Hype

Great moments in Bronco history--and hysteria.

Off Limits

Great moments in Bronco history--and hysteria.

Parental Guidance Suggested

If you're easily offended, don't read this article--because it's about a band called Fuck.

Off Limits

If you're easily offended, don't read this article--because it's about a band called Fuck.