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Pittsburgh

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    It's not gravy-like green, but Chile Billy turns out some worthy green chile

    Green chile-heads, I've noticed, divide into a couple of camps when it comes to debating who makes this city's best version of a food that graces just about every Mexican restaurant's menu in town: half swear by the Colorado-style gravy-like green; the others won't touch it if it's not in the chile- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2012

    Chile Billy hits the pavement at 16th and Boulder this Wednesday

    Bill Yalch may be a Pittsburgh native, but it took just a few trips to the southwest for him to become utterly obsessed with New Mexican food -- namely green chile. "If you live in Pittsburgh, you have no idea what good huevos rancheros are," he admits, adding that he first sampled worthy huevos on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Nickelback in Denver on June 10 at Pepsi Center

    By early June, Denver will long be in the rearview for the Black Keys dudes, who'll play here on Monday, April 30. Too bad. It would've been sweet-ass sweet to witness a good old-fashioned battle royale for ultimate supremacy between them and the Nickelback dudes to settle this whole "rock and roll ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    Tebowing photo stars (pained looking) Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl

    ​Moments ago on his Facebook page, Mayor Michael Hancock posted a photo of Luke Ravenstahl, his Pittsburgh counterpart, Tebowing in a number fifteen Denver jersey. Hancock compliments Ravenstahl on "being a good sport and showing some Bronco love after a hard fought game on both sides" -- but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    Slim Cessna on the Auto Club's annual New Year's Bluebird shows and its 20th anniversary

    Together for nearly two decades, Slim Cessna's Auto Club has played the Bluebird Theater on New Year's Eve for almost half the time the band has been together. The New Year's shows have turned into something of a tradition for the band, who usually toss in a little something extra. While Cessna is t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2011

    Hooters lunch offers these students extra credit in physical education

    ​Just when you thought your kids were not getting a real education, a field trip has justified our faith in the teaching profession. A group of eighth-graders from Berwick, Pennsylvania, recently went to Baltimore on a school-sponsored field trip to visit the National Aquarium. The group of a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    The Best Of... iPhone app is here and it's free, of course

    Best Of app. Download here​Our Best of Denver issue (which hits newsstands on March 31) is sure to be a big, bulky thing, as it is every year. Unless you possess a European men's carry-all, it can be tough to tote around. Which is why we came up with the Best Of... iPhone app. It's free, it in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Dylan Rau of Bear Hands on Burning Bush Supper Club and politics.

    ​Bear Hands first made waves in 2007 with the release of its first record Golden EP, bolstered by a nervy energy and politically pointed lyrics on songs like "Vietnam." On the Brooklyn band's latest release, Burning Bush Supper Club, Dylan Rau's incisive lyrics are very much intact, but the ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    Red Bull Thre3Style: magMANimous from Denver takes home bronze

    ​ 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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    Mile High Music Festival: Rusted Root's Michael Glabicki on the act's first big tour in Colorado

    Duane Rieder​ When Rusted Root formed in Pittsburgh in 1990, it made a world-beat influenced splash with a series of releases throughout the decade. During this creative period, the band released its most commercially successful song, "Send Me On My Way." The tune, which has been used on soun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    Margot and the Nuclear So and So's to tour in support of Buzzard, forthcoming new record

    ​Ah, yes, what a splendid birthday present (okay, it isn't exactly our birthday, but close enough). It seems one of our favorite bands, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, a group we've long been smitten with since first making its acquaintance at South Park some years ago, has a new album slate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2009

    Denver Blogs: How now, brown cloud?

    Breathe it or chew it: your choice.​ The road to good local blogs leads this way... The Colorado Independent's Katie Redding reports that air-quality programs here have lost over $31 million. That won't make anyone breath easier. Colin at South Stands Denver worries about the Broncos punting ... More >>

  • Music

    May 7, 2009

    MDC is still riled up after all these years

    Breathe it or chew it: your choice.​ The road to good local blogs leads this way... The Colorado Independent's Katie Redding reports that air-quality programs here have lost over $31 million. That won't make anyone breath easier. Colin at South Stands Denver worries about the Broncos punting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    Q&A with Dave Dictor from MDC

    In this week's edition of Rough Mixes, we printed excerpts of Tom Murphy's recent chat with Dave Dictor from MDC. As you'll see from the full transcript posted after the jump, the band's frontman is still very much an iconoclast championing ideals that are as provactive as the revolving moniker of h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    Our March Madness predictions: The end is near

    Tyler Hansbrough. The March 18 blog "Our March Madness Predictions: A Prelude to Humiliation..." shared NCAA men's and women's basketball picks made by my daughter Lora and me, which fell short of flawless. True, we had Connecticut making it to the women's finals on Tuesday, but not Louisville, whi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    Our March Madness predictions: Have the Connecticut women even broken a sweat yet?

    Connecticut's Maya Moore. The updates that have followed in the wake of the March 18 blog "Our March Madness Predictions: A Prelude to Humiliation...," which shared choices in the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournament made by my daughter Lora and me, have been grim at times. Last night, thou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2009

    Our March Madness predictions: 0-2 in the women's tourney last night

    Going slow and steady didn't help Marissa Coleman's Maryland Terps. The women's NCAA basketball tournament bracket my daughter Lora and I shared in "Our March Madness Predictions: A Prelude to Humiliation..." have taken a pounding, and last night's pair of Elite Eight games didn't help -- not that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    Our March Madness predictions: Savaged by (Baylor) Bears

    Louisville's late burst plowed under Kelli Griffin's Baylor squad. The women's NCAA basketball bracket put together by my daughter Lora and me isn't quite as calamitous as our men's picks, but close. The big blow: Baylor, which we designated to reach the finals, went dry late in the second half of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2009

    Our March Madness predictions: The catastrophe worsens in the women's second round

    Duke's Abby Waner, who's from Highlands Ranch, probably didn't enjoy the game against Michigan State. Oh. My. God. The headline on the first blog about the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournament picks made by my daughter Lora and me -- "Our March Madness Predictions: A Prelude to Humiliation. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    Our March Madness predictions: The women's first round went well -- but what happened to Tennessee?

    Legendary Tennessee coach Pat Summitt. Although most fans who fill out brackets during NCAA basketball tournament season only focus on the men's teams, the contest through the Archdiocese of Denver that my daughter Lora and I have participated in during recent years gives the women equal billing. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    Our March Madness picks: A prelude to humiliation...

    A photo-illustration from the University of Pittsburgh website. Each year, I sit down with my daughter Lora -- a rabid sports fan with strong opinions about 9News' Susie Wargin -- to fill out NCAA tournament brackets for both the men's and women's basketball championships as part of a friendly cont ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    Everything Absent or Distorted (a love story) makes Top 20 adds on CMJ

    Photo: Todd RoethEverything Absent or Distorted (a love story), an act profiled in these pages back in December and who just performed at Artopia, our gigundous annual arts celebration, over the weekend, earned the distinction this week of having its latest platter, the Great Collapse, listed as the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    Breathe Carolina premiers new video, tours until the end of time

    Breathe Carolina, a band that tours so often these days that it almost doesn't seem like a Denver band anymore (seriously, with the exception of April and May, the act is going to be on the road from now until at least the end of August; check out the list of tour dates on the next page), recently p ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 20, 2008

    Gardell of Eden

    A down-home comedian relishes the simple stuff.

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2008

    Tickle Me Pink releases explicit version of "Typical Whore" video

    Tickle Me Pink, who's in the midst of a cross country tour right now with Hawthorne Heights (full dates after the jump), has posted an explicit, NSFW version of their "Typical Whore" video. Like the the original version, the video features porn star Gabriella Fox crawling through comforters on her ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 17, 2008

    Old Meets New

    Swap your vintage and retro clothing with Cynthia Joye.

  • Music

    July 10, 2008

    Freeloader

    Bringing you the best in artist-approved downloads.

  • Calendar

    June 12, 2008

    Impressionist Moment

    Landscapes From the Age of Impressionism decorates the DAM.

  • Calendar

    June 5, 2008

    Let's Put On a Show!

    The National Performing Arts Convention acts up.

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2008

    DeVotchKa on NPR's All Songs Considered and Conan

    The National Performing Arts Convention acts up.

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2008

    Eye of the Tiger: State of the Obama/Clinton Race on the Eve of the Pennsylvania Primary

    The National Performing Arts Convention acts up.

  • Music

    January 3, 2008

    Grand Buffet

    Saturday, January 5, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.

  • Calendar

    September 20, 2007

    A Simpler Time

    You Can't Take It With You appeals to nostalgia.

  • Calendar

    March 3, 2005

    Doin' Good

    Drink it all in with the ladies of LUPEC.

  • Music

    July 22, 2004

    Diesel Power

    Dieselboy brings role-playing strategy into the drum-and-bass arena.

  • News

    December 11, 2003

    Off Limits

    Cholo contendere

  • Film

    September 18, 2003

    Italian for Intermediates

    Scott Baio reawakens his heritage in The Bread, My Sweet.

  • Dining

    February 21, 2002

    Close Calls

    Two new ethnic eateries make Wash Park a neighborhood to watch.

  • News

    August 23, 2001

    Gentlemen, Please! No Spitting!

    Hark, good sirs, to a modest request aimed at further refining the honorable pastime of base ball.

  • Dining

    June 8, 2000

    Bad Karma, Sad Shawarma

    Eating at the Sahara Restaurant can be a dry time.

  • News

    June 18, 1998

    Hard Lessons

    Ten years ago, Colorado began to force batterers into treatment programs. but do they work?

  • Dining

    May 7, 1998

    Trial by Eire

    Ten years ago, Colorado began to force batterers into treatment programs. but do they work?

  • News

    December 25, 1997

    All Choked Up

    Ten years ago, Colorado began to force batterers into treatment programs. but do they work?

  • News

    December 18, 1997

    The Toast of Greeley

    Ten years ago, Colorado began to force batterers into treatment programs. but do they work?

  • News

    January 30, 1997

    Mine or Yours?

    Denver mine-safety workers enlist congressional help to keep their office from moving to West Virginia.

  • News

    February 14, 1996

    THE APPELLATIONS OF OUR EYE

    Denver mine-safety workers enlist congressional help to keep their office from moving to West Virginia.

  • Dining

    February 8, 1995

    MOUTHING OFF

    Denver mine-safety workers enlist congressional help to keep their office from moving to West Virginia.

  • Film

    January 4, 1995

    SINBAD'S MAGIC TOUCH

    Denver mine-safety workers enlist congressional help to keep their office from moving to West Virginia.

  • Dining

    November 16, 1994

    MOUTHING OFF

    Denver mine-safety workers enlist congressional help to keep their office from moving to West Virginia.

  • Calendar

    March 23, 1994

    THRILLS

    Denver mine-safety workers enlist congressional help to keep their office from moving to West Virginia.

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