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10 things to do for $10 in Denver this weekend (8 free!), March 15-17

This weekend is all about the green of St. Patrick's Day, and you won't have to spend much of your own hard-earned green to have fun. For just ten bucks (or less), you can enjoy everything from a burlesque tribute to the Irish holiday to an experimental film symposium to a comedy show celebrating ba ... More >>

Reader: Immigration report about costs of law ignores costs of not enforcing it

Last week, Melanie Asmar shared an immigration report estimating the cost of Colorado's "show me your papers" law at $13 million. But the price tag on porous borders and a flood of illegal immigrants depleting American resources is much higher, maintains one particularly passionate commenter. Here's ... More >>

Photos: Ten best "Colorado" movie posters

Earlier this month, we posted about the ten TV shows you didn't know were set in Colorado. Now, we turn to (mostly obscure) movies that actually feature "Colorado" in the title -- and are accompanied by amazing posters. Almost all the flicks we found are vintage Westerns, with several starring cowbo ... More >>

Fruition named one of the top ten restaurants in the country by TripAdvisor

"Delicious - divine - delectable." It's comments that like that just landed Fruition, Alex Seidel's tiny temple of gastronomy, in a listacle of ten restaurants that begins with New York City's Le Bernardin, includes Alinea in Chicago and ends with Screen Door in Portland.

Online poker kings get cashed out

Killing livelihoods and a $2.5 billion industry, the feds attack Internet gambling

Video: Wild horse roundups featuring burros being "hotshotted" are kinder, gentler?

In the war of words over the plan to round up thousands of wild horses on federal lands, it's the images that speak loudest. Even as the Bureau of Land Management argues that the thinning of herds is for their own good, critics of the program keep coming up with damning footage showing abuse of the ... More >>

Burning Man tickets on sale today at 11 a.m.

It's that time again: time to start making your festival plans for the coming year. Specifically, Burning Man, as tickets for the largest desert gathering since Moses led people to the Promised Land go on sale in about an hour (11 a.m. local time, to be exact). The festival, which is held every ye ... More >>

In-n-Out Burger will come to Denver...for a price

Lori Midson​Sorry, that headline is cruel. In-n-Out Burger, which now has locations in California, Nevada, Dallas-Fort Worth and Utah, is not opening a store in Denver, but if you don't want to drive the 350-plus miles to get your double-double burger fix, you can have it delivered straight t ... More >>

Eddyline Brewery in Buena Vista will can Colorado's first craft beer tallboys

You won't need these to open Eddyline tallboys.​The canned craft beer revolution started in Lyons in 2002 with Oskar Blues, and although Colorado is still the leader, we don't yet have metal to match our mountains. That will change in late July or early August when the Eddyline Brewery in Bue ... More >>

Righthaven finally acknowledges relationship with MediaNews Group in Brian Hill filing

Brian Hill.​This week, Righthaven, a Nevada firm specializing in copyright-infringement litigation, finally acknowledged its relationship with MediaNews Group, owner of the Denver Post, in a filing on view below related to a dropped lawsuit against chronically ill, mildly autistic hobby blogge ... More >>

Righthaven copyright suit rejected by Nevada judge: What's it mean for Colorado cases?

Brian Hill.​Righthaven LLC, which has filed oodles of copyright-infringement lawsuits here and in its home base of Nevada, is on a losing streak. First, Judge John Kane ripped the firm, which subsequently dropped a case against chronically ill, mildly autistic hobby blogger Brian Hill. Now, a ... More >>

Colin Michael Day on The Loneliest Road in America, stardom and avoiding getting stabbed

Colin Michael Day is contractually obligated to do the "sexy tiger" face in every photo he takes.​A couple of years back, University of Denver grads Mardana Mayginnes and Colin Michael Day set out from Denver to Los Angeles to chase the dream of making it big in the film world -- now, they ret ... More >>

Zen and Now

Richard Paul: Grenades, C-4 at Durango man's home seized as part of Vegas gun-running bust

Flickr​Durango's Richard Paul comes across as a helpful and chipper salesman in a just-released cyber-sheaf of court documents. Problem is, he's accused of selling an array of machine guns and other weaponry to undercover federal officers -- and when his Durango home was raided, authorities r ... More >>

Gouda cheese giveaway at Costco not such a good deal after all, linked to E. coli outbreak

Flickr​Who among us hasn't grazed through a store, snatching every free sample in site? Well, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, those who did so at local Costcos in mid-October may have gotten more than they bargained for -- a case of E. coli from sample Go ... More >>

The Chain Gang of 1974, Rexway, Wire Faces, Dressy Bessy spun on local radio this week. See what other acts got spins.

​Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows including, KTCL's Locals Only, 99.5 the Mountain's Homegrown Show, The Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Col ... More >>

Mustang deaths trigger more calls to suspend BLM roundups

Elyse GardnerCopters and horses don't mix.​Last week, we noted that a fragile truce between the Bureau of Land Management and activists protesting the agency's roundups of wild horses was on the verge of blowing up, with lawsuits pending over a proposed "gather" in the midsummer heat of northe ... More >>

Wild horse "truce" stampeded by latest roundup

Photo by Elyse Gardner​A few weeks ago, after an unusual public workshop in downtown Denver that allowed wild-horse advocates to air their concerns about alleged government mismanagement of dwindling herds, activists were feeling so encouraged that they called off a planned protest of the even ... More >>

Say olé! to Cafe Rio Mexican Grill

Lori Midson​ If Chipotle, Qdoba, Illegal Pete's and Chez Jose aren't enough to satisfy your seam-busting burrito cravings, there's a new contender in town that might. Cafe Rio Mexican Grill, 610 South Colorado Boulevard, which shares the same small mall address as a new Garbanzo Mediterranean ... More >>

More wild horse roundups (and protests) in the works

Recent detainees at the Calico roundup. Photo by Elyse Gardner. ​Amid a stampede of controversy over the government's effort to remove 2,500 wild horses from their historic range in Nevada, the Bureau of Land Management has announced two more roundups scheduled for later this year. One round ... More >>

Protesters cheer stallion's escape from roundup

The mustang dubbed "Freedom" prepares to jump the fence. Photo by Elyse Gardner. ​ Protests continue around the country over the Bureau of Land Management's ongoing roundup of 2,500 wild horses in Nevada, including a rally scheduled for January 7 in downtown Denver. Groups outraged by the roun ... More >>

Wild horses can't drag Sheryl Crow off Ken Salazar's back

All Sheryl Crow wants is for wild horses to have some fun.​Weeks before a scheduled government roundup of 2,500 wild mustangs in Nevada, horse advocates are bringing out the big guns in an effort to stop or delay the operation. They're filing lawsuits and staging protests, bringing in scientis ... More >>

Dr. Reefer takes on Senator Chris Romer

Dr. Reefer is open for business in Boulder -- but not yet in Denver.​In a blog published yesterday, state senator Chris Romer said this while discussing some of his ideas for regulating the medical-marijuana industry: "The medical-marijuana community isn't the only stakeholder here. Lots of su ... More >>

Tequila twins take on California

Twins Will and Dave Elger, who were born in Mexico but are very much Denverites, worked in the tequila business for a decade before creating their own five years ago: Muchote Tequila. Nancy Levine first caught up with it last September at Lime XS, where she discovered it made a good mango margarita. ... More >>

Colorado restaurants should be cooking in 2009

Misery loves company, and if the National Restaurant Association's annual forecast -- released on Friday, December 19 -- is correct, Coloradans will still be getting out of the house and into restaurants in 2009. According to the 2009 Restaurant Industry Forecast, Colorado will place third in t ... More >>

Beer and Cheer: Celebration Ale

Celebration AleSierra NevadaThis is a beer that I sometimes dream about during the summer months; it's the only thing that makes me look forward to cool weather. It's also the first beer I think of when I consider the holidays -- and the first one I buy. Although it differs from most holiday b ... More >>

Is McCain taking us for a ride?

Texas's Leticia Van de Putte: Denver-bound to help Dems win Hispanic vote

Steve Fossett and the Adventuring Life

Q&A with Senator Bob Menendez

Seminal Election, Centennial Race: The General Election Begins and Ends in Colorado

My Blueberry Nights

Wong Kar-Wai’s first English-language foray is a minor confection.

Delegating Denver #32 of 56: Nevada

The Golden Touch

There's gold in that there museum.

Jack Kerouac Wrote Here, Crisscrossing America Chasing Cool

The Search for Steve Fossett

True Blue

Busted in Sin City

Wine, Wine, Wine

Afterburn

Twelve hundred miles from Black Rock City, Apogaea keeps the home fires burning.

Off Limits

Burn, baby, burn

Get Your Burn On

Denver pitches in to help its Burning Man fans.

Road Hazard

Traveling with private extradition companies is no joy ride -- particularly for female prisoners.

Hit Pick

Tinker's Punishment

Off Limits

A public service announcement from Westword...

Golden Years

Ed Phillips runs the last little ore house in town.

Close Encounter of the Special-Effects Kind

Cowboys, Indians and Atomic Bombs

THIS IS ONLY A TEST

THE GOVERNMENT HAS A LESSON FOR GRADE-SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS AND THEIR STUDENTS: THERE'S NOTHING TO FEAR FROM ROCKY FLATS.