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Ten things to do for $10 this weekend, February 3-5, 2012

The mounds of snow aside, there's plenty to do this weekend, whether or not you care about beefy dudes throwing a ball around. Yes, the Super Bowl is happening. But so are a bunch of equally exciting events that will happen despite the blizzard. We've got: A drunken spelling bee, a beatnik's birthda ... More >>

David Amram: "Playing jazz reminds me all the time of how important every note is, every person is, every situation is"

David Amram, who will perform at the Neal Cassady birthday tonight at the Mercury Cafe and tomorrow night at Dazzle, shared a close connection with Cassady, Jack Kerouac and other Beats, while also being a jazz musician who collaborated with Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus and Oscar Pettiford. Amra ... More >>

Give Us a Beat

David Amram, who will perform at the Neal Cassady birthday tonight at the Mercury Cafe and tomorrow night at Dazzle, shared a close connection with Cassady, Jack Kerouac and other Beats, while also being a jazz musician who collaborated with Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus and Oscar Pettiford. Amra ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, November 18-20, 2011

It's still Halloween every Sunday at The Church. ​Whether you want to see campy drag, high-brow art openings, or get down at a feminist dance party, we've got you covered this weekend. And it won't break your bank. Everything on this list won't cost you more than ten bucks, leaving you more ca ... More >>

Further Down the Road

It's still Halloween every Sunday at The Church. ​Whether you want to see campy drag, high-brow art openings, or get down at a feminist dance party, we've got you covered this weekend. And it won't break your bank. Everything on this list won't cost you more than ten bucks, leaving you more ca ... More >>

Street artist Theo on Banksy, Jack Kerouac and running from the cops

Theo's Kerouac stencil, looking pensive.​If he were around today, it's pretty certain that Neal Cassady, immortalized as Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's On the Road, would appreciate what the street artist Theo has been up to lately. Cassady was a born rabble-rouser, after all, and in more way ... More >>

"Jack Was Here" graffiti pays stenciled homage to Kerouac

Theo's Kerouac stencil, looking pensive.​If he were around today, it's pretty certain that Neal Cassady, immortalized as Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's On the Road, would appreciate what the street artist Theo has been up to lately. Cassady was a born rabble-rouser, after all, and in more way ... More >>

Jack Was Here: Showing you the places Jack Kerouac once was

Yes he was.​Jack Kerouac was here. He came here and wrote about it in On the Road, his most enduring work, and fell in love with Denver to the extent that, at one point, he actually bought a house in Lakewood. Yes, Kerouac was indeed here, but one thing that will not be here, apparently, is Fr ... More >>

Five Points beet seeds pay tribute to beat generation: Kenny Be's Hip Tip

​ The Five Points neighborhood has always been fertile ground for growing art, music and literature. Five Points beets pay tribute to that legacy by honoring "beet generation" authors Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsburg and Jack Kerouac...

10 things to do for $10 this Super Bowl weekend, February 4-6, 2011

If you're annoyed by the Super Bowl, you've got options this weekend.​After a week of cold and snow, Friday couldn't have come soon enough. It's a good thing it's the first of the month too, because that means there is plenty to do for folks willing to venture off into the chilly night. It als ... More >>

Keeping the Beat: Musician David Amram remembers Neal Cassady

​Octogenarian musician/musicologist David Amram's ties to the Beats hold strong, especially in San Francisco, where jazz and poetry intersected, and in some ways, he's one of the last grand old men of the cause. It's no small thing, then, to consider that Amram will be among the presenters, al ... More >>

Back On the Road Again

​Octogenarian musician/musicologist David Amram's ties to the Beats hold strong, especially in San Francisco, where jazz and poetry intersected, and in some ways, he's one of the last grand old men of the cause. It's no small thing, then, to consider that Amram will be among the presenters, al ... More >>

Ask the Bartender: What's the ideal Colorado cocktail?

Sean Kenyon mixes it up.​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 Be ... More >>

Five great joints for a late-night bite in Denver

Mark MangerEuclid Hall's foie gras poutine, available until 1 a.m. on weekends and midnight during the week​Denver's late-night dining options are growing. Last week, I had nothing but love for Euclid Hall, 1317 14th Street, which proffers its gravy-laden poutines and plump homemade sausages ... More >>

Further Down the Road

Mark MangerEuclid Hall's foie gras poutine, available until 1 a.m. on weekends and midnight during the week​Denver's late-night dining options are growing. Last week, I had nothing but love for Euclid Hall, 1317 14th Street, which proffers its gravy-laden poutines and plump homemade sausages ... More >>

Happy fortieth birthday to My Brother's Bar

​On January 12, 1970, Jim and Angelo Karagas opened my My Brother's Bar, which forty years later is still one of this town's best watering holes, despite having never had a sign out front. When the brothers bought the building at 2376 15th Street, it had already been a bar for close to a cent ... More >>

The List: Top ten pubs with good grub

Mark MangerArgyll's food is far from average pub fare.​Argyll might have saddled itself with the horrible label "gastropub," but by any name, Robert Thompson's new place is a pretty sweet bar, with seriously great food. But while the menu at Argyll, which I review here, is more ambitious than ... More >>

Dems and don'ts for the DNC

Mark MangerArgyll's food is far from average pub fare.​Argyll might have saddled itself with the horrible label "gastropub," but by any name, Robert Thompson's new place is a pretty sweet bar, with seriously great food. But while the menu at Argyll, which I review here, is more ambitious than ... More >>

Delegating Denver #49 of 56: Utah

Mark MangerArgyll's food is far from average pub fare.​Argyll might have saddled itself with the horrible label "gastropub," but by any name, Robert Thompson's new place is a pretty sweet bar, with seriously great food. But while the menu at Argyll, which I review here, is more ambitious than ... More >>

The Road Home

Mark MangerArgyll's food is far from average pub fare.​Argyll might have saddled itself with the horrible label "gastropub," but by any name, Robert Thompson's new place is a pretty sweet bar, with seriously great food. But while the menu at Argyll, which I review here, is more ambitious than ... More >>

Jack Kerouac Wrote Here, Crisscrossing America Chasing Cool

Mark MangerArgyll's food is far from average pub fare.​Argyll might have saddled itself with the horrible label "gastropub," but by any name, Robert Thompson's new place is a pretty sweet bar, with seriously great food. But while the menu at Argyll, which I review here, is more ambitious than ... More >>

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Rhyme and Reason

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Name-check: A Literary Map of Denver -- And Celebration of Jack Kerouac

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The virtual infamy of Wikipedia.

Farewell, Jack Kerouac

The virtual infamy of Wikipedia.

Dead Beats

The virtual infamy of Wikipedia.

Paint the Town Read

Jack Kerouac's back, and Denver's literary scene is on a scroll.

On the Road, Again

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On the Road, Again

Here's something to do in Denver when you're dead: stay famous.

What's So Funny

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Bite Me

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Reign Man

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Hit Pick

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