A new developer will take over the stalled Gaylord hotel project in Aurora, which won an estimated $81.4 million tax rebate from the state last year before hospitality giant Gaylord Entertainment announced it was restructuring -- and that building the 1,500-room hotel and conference center here wasn ... More >>
We love us some Kenneth Faried, who regularly doubles the energy and effort of any other player on the floor. And even he's amazed by the numbers he's racking up. When told in a live post-game Altitude interview broadcast over the Pepsi Center speakers that he registered nineteen points and nineteen ... More >>
Former local boy Steele Platt has made very, very good: Darden Restaurants -- an Orlando-based company that operates Olive Garden and Red Lobster, among other chains -- announced today that it has agreed to buy Yard House USA Inc. for $585 million -- cash, according to Nation's Restaurant News. The ... More >>
Although there was no Biker Jim's truck at the Food Truck Renegades event Friday night, Jim Pittenger was there, checking in on some of his favorite mobile vendors -- and also accepting accolades from a visitor from Orlando, who'd stopped by his Biker Jim's restaurant for a vegan dog earlier that da ... More >>
Sophia Rose, owner of Xcentricity Gallery had so much fun body painting with artist Mythica vonGriffyn at her previous group show The Body Sacred, she decided to host a live body-painting event tomorrow, The Living Body, in which four artists -- Brian Dunning, Bobby MaGee Lopez, Jay Bautista and Ro ... More >>
Monster Jam is in Denver this weekend as part of its 2012 tour, and 2011 MVP Bari Musawwir, driver of the Spider-Man truck, took some time out of his busy schedule (driving awesome trucks, doing sweet tricks, crushing cars) to talk to us about his job, and why getting in an accident doesn't scare ... More >>
David Sedaris played the Paramount on November 7, and the essayist/commentator was a big hit, discussing everything from the house he wanted to buy in England to where white men shit to, well, shitting in your hand, as Kelsey Whipple noted in her "10 best David Sedaris quotes" post. A fan ha ... More >>
Chad Duffy.In the beginning, Chad Duffy was a cynic. He still is, especially during the particularly hectic moments of his morning shift at the Thunderdome. But the 23-year-old politely promoting hand sanitizer used to be much worse. Only five months after Duffy moved to Denver from Orlando, ... More >>
Aaron ThackerayLucia Cifarelli of KMFDM last night at Summit Music Hall.KMFDM (originally Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid) performed last night, Thursday, August 10, 2011 at Summit Music Hall, with openers Human Factors Lab, out of Orlando, 16Volt and Army of the Universe. Check out the full K ... More >>
Attack the Block -- the Joe Cornish flick bought to you by Edgar Wright, geek god director of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World -- is an absurdly great movie. It's the kind of work that inspires kids to become filmmakers, because it's so effective and well-constructe ... More >>
Like Sting's most absurdly protracted tantra, the Harry Potter series of books and movies (and merchandise) has for over a decade been dangling the carrot in front of its fans: What's going to happen? Last night, the first of those fans found out the answer -- a revelation that left them most ... More >>
Ty Lawson.Even the most optimistic among us probably didn't think the Nuggets would win four of five following the Carmelo Anthony trade, let alone that the latest margin of victory (versus the Bobcats) would be forty points. But that's reality: Denver is playing its best basketball of the s ... More >>
Carmelo.Reports that Amare Stoudemire's toe injury had ratcheted up pressure on the Knicks to make a Carmelo Anthony trade happen apparently weren't enough to get a Melo deal done yesterday. Meanwhile, the Lakers' alleged interest in Melo has been denigrated as a non-story -- but after the La ... More >>
Carmelo.These Denver blog posts have been lovingly selected just for you. Denver Stiffs' Andrew Feinstein wonders if Carmelo Anthony might end up as a rent-a-player in Orlando, where the Nuggets play tonight. Colorado Pols wonders: Is Muhammad Ali Hasan behind a new party called Constitutio ... More >>
Until now, Charly Fasano's stories and poems have been available on cassette and CD on Fast Geek Press. Recently, though, he's made his catalogue available on Bandcamp for free, through January 20. What you'll get is three albums of nearly Bukowski-esque narratives about the city of Denver, a ... More >>
Michael Chertoff.CLEAR is back in business at Denver International Airport, helping ease travelers through the trauma of those invasive security procedures for just $179 a year. And who -- besides the prudy-pants traveler -- benefits? How about former Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff ... More >>
RED BULL THRE3STYLE 10.09.10 | Beta, Denver, CO Red Bull has been steadily establishing a reputation for championing the artistic expressions of up and coming artists, and this evening was no different. At Beta this past Saturday night, the Red Bull Thre3Style brought ten DJs from across t ... More >>
A month ago, when Samba Room went dark and a sign appeared in the window of the restaurant at 1460 Larimer Street announcing that the space was under "construction," Joe Vostrejs, COO of Larimer Associates, started getting calls. Restaurateurs were interested in leasing this corner spot in ho ... More >>
An ode to beef and beefcake.
It's been a great ride at Lakeside.
