New Year's

Mint condition: Why does lamb go so well with a certain jelly?

Three hours south of Denver, a husband-and-wife team of ranchers are working hard to help reintroduce Colorado lamb to the meat-devouring public. As detailed in this week's cover story, "Counting Sheep," the Triple M Bar Ranch in Manzanola ships lamb to over a dozen restaurants and caterers, who use ... More >>

Sundance 2013: America's black indie film renaissance

You could hear a pin drop during the first Sundance screening of writer-director Ryan Coogler's Fruitvale, an enormously powerful and moving debut feature based on the shooting death of 22-year-old Oscar Grant by Oakland transit police in the early hours of New Year's Day, 2009. Coogler opens the fi ... More >>

Boulder elk shooting: Suspended cop has taxidermy business

Update: The shooting of an elk in Boulder by an on-duty police officer has stirred controversy and prompted a candlelight vigil; get more information from our previous coverage, on view below. The latest developments: Boulder police chief Mark Beckner addressed concerned community members at a meeti ... More >>

Guess where I'm eating an arugula and beet salad?

I don't make those things we call New Year's resolutions, but I am making a concerted effort to eat more leaves and vegetables in 2013, and this salad of roasted beets and arugula could quickly become a staple in my diet. Can you guess where I'm eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first co ... More >>

Medical marijuana dispensary re-review: Verde Wellness Center in Denver

I flew back to Denver from a holiday trip on New Year's Day. And while my trip was great, I couldn't stop thinking about how I'd left myself absolutely no marijuana back at the house. With little time to spare, I made my way into one of the few shops open in Denver, Verde, and found the best herb I' ... More >>

Lucky '13: Comedian and Fine Gentleman Sam Tallent

This past year has been tough for many people, and we're eager to kiss 2012 goodbye. In hopes that 2013 will turn out to be much luckier for many, we invited some of the town's cultural tastemakers -- entrepreneurs and entertainers we're lucky to have in Denver -- to answer a trio of questions. We e ... More >>

Yonder Mountain String Band's Jeff Austin and Dave Johnston on being inspired by Colorado

If any band typifies the Colorado approach to contemporary bluegrass, it's Yonder Mountain String Band. The quartet built up its chops playing in venues in Boulder, Nederland and beyond in the late 1990s, and its fusion of traditional instrumentation and progressive musical structures resonated with ... More >>

Lucky '13: Keith Garcia, programming manager for the Sie FilmCenter

This past year has been tough for many people, and we're eager to kiss 2012 goodbye. In hopes that 2013 will turn out to be much luckier for many, we invited some of the town's cultural tastemakers -- entrepreneurs and entertainers we're lucky to have in Denver -- to answer a trio of questions. We e ... More >>

Holy Underground and Dirty//Clean want to grow Denver's electronic-music scene

New Colorado Concerts: Smashing Pumpkins at 1STBANK, Yonder Mountain at Boulder Theater

Smashing Pumpkins leads this week's new show announcements. The '90s alt rock band fronted by Billy Corgan will make its way to Colorado this October for a show at 1STBANK Center. Tickets for the show go on sale this Friday. Yonder Mountain String Band, Aesop Rock, the Faint and Mayer Hawthorne are ... More >>

Robischon joins the city's ongoing salute to abstract expressionism

Slide show: Images from AB-EX: Positions and Dispositions

Kent Denver students under investigation for Vail sex assault

Integrity. Respect. Personal growth. Community. Wisdom. These words are front and center on the website home page of Kent Denver School, one of the most highly touted (and expensive) private educational institutions in Colorado. It's not the kind of place typically associated with crime -- yet three ... More >>

Ten things to do for $10 this weekend, January 20-22, 2012

Get out there this weekend.​So by now you've given up on your New Year's resolutions, right? Of course you have. It's time to stop going to the gym on a Friday night, you tourist, and get back to having fun. There's plenty going on this weekend, whether you want to watch dudes wrestle in a bar ... More >>

This Weekend in Stoke: How are those New Year's resolutions coming along?

Get to steppin'! The 3rd annual Estes Park Winter Festival opens tonight with a free "Ceilidh" Irish barn dance and runs through Monday at the Fairgrounds at Stanley Park, with a CandyLand Ice Castle for kids and family-friendly events including ice skating, ice bowling, horse and carriage rides, a ... More >>

Shape Up In The New Year

Ice, ice, baby: Chill at the Ouray Ice Festival, January 5-8

Photo courtesy Don Madden/Ouray Ice Festival​If "Go ice climbing" is on your New Year's resolution list, this is your week: The Ouray Ice Park is 100 percent open, and the seventeenth annual Ouray Ice Festival starts on Thursday. Ouray is a serious, six-hour drive from Denver -- but if you're ... More >>

Over the Weekend: LoDo New Year's, Pretty Lights, closings and openings

What a weekend -- and if you missed any of it, the Westword family of blogs (Cafe Society, Backbeat Online, Show and Tell and our slide show page) has you covered. Look below to get hipped to New Year's in Lodo, Pretty Lights shots, a trio of big restaurant closings and theater offerings that promi ... More >>

Happy New Year: A few artistic resolutions from my FB friends

I never make resolutions or even expect to be able to stick to one; it's my nature to veer, day-to-day, with the winds and the waves. If I'm hungry, I eat. If I want to be alone, I cocoon. That's just me, but I'm not at all against the idea of others making and keeping their own. So because I'm nosy ... More >>

Pearl Street Grill closes tonight and will reopen in a new space with a new name and concept in mid-2012

By 5 p.m., Pearl Street Grill, the iconic watering hole on South Pearl Street, was jammed with imbibers clinking pints of porter, embracing friends and lamenting the closure of one of Platt Park's oldest neighborhood gathering spots. At 2 a.m., after last call, Pearl Street Grill will lock its doors ... More >>

New Year's Eve in Denver: live music tip sheet

Correction: Bop Skizzum performs at Moe's BBQ & Bowling on New Year's Eve. An earlier version of this story included an incorrect venue. While there's plenty of action in the clubs over New Year's weekend, there are also a ton of bands playing in Denver and Boulder, and a lot of them playing multip ... More >>

See the Robert Adams show at the Denver Art Museum before it closes

The stunning Robert Adams: The Place We Live, at the Denver Art Museum, closes on New Year's Day, so this is your last chance to see it. The show highlights the photography of Adams, who became famous in the 1950s by taking pictures of development as it encroached on Colorado's natural beauty. Want ... More >>

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New Year's Eve 2011 Denver: ten best New Year's Day events

​You made it to 2012 -- congratulations! -- and maybe you're still partying hearty from the night before...or perhaps you just need to get out of the house on this Sunday after. We've got a rundown of New Year's Day events; keep reading to see our picks:

New Year's Eve 2011 Denver: ten best electronic-music events

​What better time to dance the night away than New Year's Eve? We've curated the ten best electronic-music events for your dance-floor pleasure; keep reading to check out our picks.

New Year's Eve 2011 Denver: ten best cheap events

​The last thing you want to do is start out 2012 in debt, right? We feel your pain -- and believe it or not, you can have a fun (and affordable!) night out on New Year's Eve. Keep reading for the top ten events that prove our point...

A second Waffle Brothers will open soon on the Hill in Boulder

John Power and Rod Dupen will open a second Waffle Brothers in Boulder by the end of the year.​When a second Waffle Brothers opens later this month on the Hill in Boulder, you can expect more than just waffles: "There will be a sexy Australian up there, too," teases Rod Dupen, who hails from ... More >>

Pretty Lights to ring in New Year's at 1STBANK Center on Friday and Saturday December 29-30

While we know you're still busy trying to nail down what you're doing for Halloween and you probably haven't even really given much thought to where you'll be celebrating New Year's yet, we've just received word that Pretty Lights is setting up shop at 1STBANK Center for a pair of shows on Friday, D ... More >>

Ween slated for a three-night stand at the Fillmore Auditorium New Year's weekend

​Have you started thinking about New Year's yet? What? Too soon? Well, yes, now that you mention it, it is only July. Nonetheless, if you're a fan of Ween, we have a feeling you're going to want to be at the Fillmore around then to ring in the New Year with Dean and Gene. Word has it that Ween ... More >>

Gabriel and Dresden on their hiatus, their reunion and how much they love Beta

Josh Gabriel and Dave Dresden are back together again.If you were listening to electronic music after 2001 but still haven't heard of Gabriel and Dresden (due at Beta on Thursday, June 16) ... are you sure you didn't hit the scene after the critically acclaimed duo called it quits in 2008? Just chec ... More >>

U2 in Denver at Invesco Field, What to expect tonight: (likely) setlist, parking info and more

Kevin Mazur Alright, so near as we can tell, when U2 takes the stage tonight at Invesco (after Isaac Slade and local homeboys in The Fray warm up the stage), the band's set will consist of two-dozen songs, possibly 25. Since the 360° Tour first kicked off in Barcelona in June 2009, the setlist ha ... More >>

The Chicago Louie's paddy wagon is pounding the pavement

Lori Midson​Michel Wahaltere's head is hanging out the window of his paddy wagon parked in an abandoned lot on East Colfax, between York and Josephine, when he suddenly looks up, thrusts open the doors, grabs my hand and drags me around back. "See this?" he asks, panting and pointing to the n ... More >>

Today: Professional bartending class at Stir! Cooking School

A Flickr photo.​Perhaps your New Year's resolution was to learn to pour alcohol more efficiently -- and who are we to judge? If that's the case, you'll want to sign up right away for the professional bartending class at Stir! Cooking School, 3215 Zuni Street, at 11 a.m.; reservations are requi ... More >>

Drink better beers in 2011; start this week with Odell, Wynkoop and Great Divide

Make 2011 great!​If you're like me, you make your New Year's resolutions easy. For 2011, I vowed to watch both the new and old versions of True Grit. Done and done, and don't I feel good! But if you want something that takes a little longer, try upgrading your beer-drinking program. Give ten ... More >>

Photos: New Year's Eve at 5 Degrees, Shag Lounge, the Warlock Pinchers, STS9, Suite 200

At 5 Degrees on NYE​Back at work this morning but not quite ready for it? Perhaps you're mourning the Broncos' season. At least you're not a Rams fan; last night's collapse was much worse than an entire season of abject failure. Anyway, kill some time by checking out our weekend coverage.

New Year's party bottles make a beautiful garden border: Kenny Be's Yard Arteology

Holiday 2010: Berkeley booze bottle border.​ If you are planning a New Year's party for sixty or more of your best friends who each drink two or more bottles of wine apiece, you will have enough booze bottles to make a beautiful garden border similar to the one shown in the picture above. Be ... More >>

Ask the Bartender: New Year's Eve is for amateurs -- here's how to drink like a pro

​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 >>

Today: Meatless Monday at the Kitchen Table

A Flickr photo.​If your New Year's resolution is to eat healthier and you want a head start, head to the Kitchen Table, 5375 Landmark Place in Greenwood Village, which presents Meatless Mondays every Monday. Tonight, you can learn about vegetable dishes that originated in Tuscany, everything f ... More >>

The Beating Ski & Snowboard Film Fest returns to Silverton on New Year's Day

​In September I reported from The Meeting, Aspen's 6th annual ski and snowboarding film festival showcasing most of the year's big-budget snow-porn flicks. Not hardcore enough for you? The Beating is Silverton's answer to The Meeting, an amateur film-shorts competition as different from Aspen' ... More >>

Dan Sheridan gets canned for singing about big money, a Strange but True story from 2010

​Westword's annual Strange but True edition will hit newsstands (and this website) on December 30, featuring the weirdest and wackiest Colorado stories from 2010. Remember Jihad Jamie? How about the guy who re-labeled Gatorade bottles with pictures of Tiger Woods? And then there was Dan Sheri ... More >>

Top 10 New Year's Eve Parties for 2010: More than $75

​Next up in our New Year's Eve coverage: the over $75 batch. Mostly overnight hotel packages, but there are a couple unique VIP offers and the like. Looking to do something your significant other will never forget? Click on through, Romeo or Juliet.

Top 10 cheap New Year's Eve parties less than $20 for 2010

​Most places take the opportunity of New Year's Eve to double or quadruple their cover. Not the folks on this list, where we've picked the best things to do this New Year's Eve for $20 and under. In a few cases, you get the same treatment you'll get at a more expensive party, so don't get scre ... More >>

Over the (long) weekend: Noah Pred at B. Side Lounge

Noah Pred​Noah Pred Thursday, December 31, 2009 B. Side Lounge, Boulder Better Than: The end of the last decade New Year's Eve is always a little special, whether you want it to be or not. And 2009 was destined -- doomed, one might say -- to be a lot special, ending not just the first decade ... More >>

Over the (long) weekend: Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Munly & the Lupercalians at the Bluebird

Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Munly & the Lupercalians Thursday, December 31, 2009 Bluebird Theater Better Than: Any number of lame New Year's parties occurring around Denver. A wooden pier constructed outside of the Bluebird Theatre seemed odd and out of place. It would prove to be a premonition se ... More >>

A Cooking Class Makes the New Year Sizzle

Noah Pred at the b.side lounge

This Just In: Rose Hill Drive to open for Jane's Addiction, second Nick Jonas show added

​After Boulder's Rose Hill Drive played Led Zeppelin II in its entirety at the Boulder Theater last New Year's Eve, the band took a year-long hiatus. The band members made quite a few announcements saying they needed some time off to re-focus. Even so, there was some speculation that the act had b ... More >>

The writing's on the wall for KOZE, a graffiti vandal who thought he'd never be caught

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