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The Nines behind the eight-ball

The Nines -- the new hotel that Sage Hospitality opened in Portland, Oregon this fall -- is taking a beating on shamelessrestaurants.com for the general suckiness of its restaurant, which already lost its executive chef. To see the bile spewing, check out the comments on the Urban Farmer " ... More >>

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Tickle Me Pink to film video for "Madeline" this week in Portland

At an undisclosed locale in Portland, Oregon, this Thursday and Friday, the Tickle Me Pink chaps will be filming a video for "Madeline," the title track of its Wind-up Records debut. The clip is reportedly being shot by Speedway Films, a West Coast-based production company that has previously worked ... More >>

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Q&A with David Frederickson of the Prids

Some bands wear a style like a trendy fashion statement, and others embody what that music is about by creating their own artistic identity while expanding and building upon what has come before them. The Prids, from Portland, Oregon, are among the latter. Incorporating elements of synth-inflected ... More >>

Musee Mecanique

Tuesday, February 10, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

Solid Sisterhood

Run for Congo Women in Morrison.

Friends of the Devil

Satan's Pilgrims continue to ride the surf-rock wave.

The Builders and Butchers

Satan's Pilgrims continue to ride the surf-rock wave.

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Satan's Pilgrims continue to ride the surf-rock wave.

The Builders and The Butchers

Wednesday, September 10, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

Feedback

Wednesday, September 10, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

Soda Pop Kids Return

Ex-members of Kill City Thrillers, Scott Baio Army and Call Sign Cobra come back for a sort of homecoming.

Viva Voce

This couple makes marriage seem cool.

A Streetcar Named Desire

Will trolleys return to Colfax?

Pink Martini

Thursday, April 6, Boulder Theatre, 303-786-7030; Friday, April 7, Gothic Theatre, 1-866-468-7621.

The Big Squeeze

Denver needs to make room for 100,000 more people. So where will they go?

Let It Rain

Richmond Fontaine's Northwest passage.

Feedback

Richmond Fontaine's Northwest passage.

Horse Feathers

Wednesday, May 20, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.

War Tapes

Sunday, July 5, Gothic Theatre, Englewood, 303-788-0984.

McDonald's ranks Denver the sixth best city -- whatever that means

The Denver Business Journal posted this little ditty earlier today, reporting that McDonald's -- a national hamburger chain known for helping our children get super fat for decades -- considers Denver one of America's happiest cities for families. I have absolutely no idea what this means -- I can ... More >>

Danava

Saturday, August 22, Gothic Theatre, 877-598-6659.

For two decades, pit bulls have been public enemy #1 in Denver. But maybe it's time for a recount.

Saturday, August 22, Gothic Theatre, 877-598-6659.

Q&A with Eric Gilbert of Finn Riggins

​Eric Gilbert, Lisa Simpson and Cam Bouiss formed Finn Riggins in the small town of Hailey, Idaho, in August of 2006. Since that time, the band has put out five releases. Three of those albums were released on the Portland, Oregon-based Tender Loving Empire label including the act's latest, Vs. Wi ... More >>

Frank Bonanno, Alex Seidel, Jennifer Jasinski, Steve Ells and James Rugile among James Beard semifinalists

Lori Midson Venue chef James Rugile ​Restaurant and chef semifinalists for the 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards were released this morning, which gives all the nominees exactly 32 days to chew on their success before the five finalists in each category are announced on Monday, March 22. The ... More >>

Cybercrime in Denver: We're number eight

"I have a feeling there's something phishy in Denver."​In the not exactly thrilling 1995 cyber-thriller The Net, Sandra Bullock's character, Angela Bennett, reveals that she was raised in La Junta -- a community whose name she pronounces as if she were Hugo Chavez. Little did Bennett know, how ... More >>

Ty Lawson on Twitter: "Utah is dumb boring"

Ty Lawson's probably not planning a move to Salt Lake City anytime soon.​The old warning to pro athletes about not providing bulletin-board material predates the online version of bulletin boards -- which may explain why, last night, Ty Lawson posted a link to an audio snippet on his Twitter f ... More >>

Hip-hop hearsay: Xperiment joins Humble Beast, new track from SP Double, F.O.E. and Whygee's Dispensary Music, DJEarAttent's new mixtape and more

Xperiment​ Colorado hip-hop is serious right now, and there's a bunch of cats making moves. Hot on the heels of his runner-up finish to back-to-back winner Boonie Mayfield in the recent Red Bull Big Tune battle, Xperiment is the latest addition to the Humble Beast roster. Based in Portland, O ... More >>

Hey Denver, We're the Third-Most Sustainable Metro Area

​That's the news from Site Selection, a magazine with the corporatey mission of providing "corporate real estate strategy and area economic development."The Denver-Aurora area ranked third behind San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (1) and and Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton metro areas as best locatio ... More >>

The truck stops here: secret gathering of gourmet vendors Friday

Mark Manger​The hot food story of the summer is the success of the gourmet food trucks and carts, which we predicted in our June 3 cover story. So far, we've seen trucks from Steuben's, Deluxe, Paris on the Platte, WaterCourse Foods and the Denver Biscuit Company, in addition to such gourmet c ... More >>

Cast your nominations for the 2011 James Beard Foundation Awards

​It's that time of year again, when chefs from all over the country send out e-mails begging their loyal customers to nominate them for a James Beard Foundation Award, otherwise known as the "Oscars of the food universe."

Twin Perks bikini baristas will give Denver its boobs and beans

Twin Perks has several locations in Portland.​Denver is about to get its second bikini-barista coffee shop, and like the first, it takes its inspiration and has its roots in the bikini-barista trend in the Pacific Northwest. Twin Perks is scheduled to open sometime in December at 1628 Federal ... More >>

Portland beats Denver as a beer city, hands down

Portland's Hopworks Urban Brewing does it city-style.​Portland is a better beer town than Denver. As a Denver native, it pains me to say that, but after having visited Beervana for the first, time, there is no getting around it. While Denver brewers consistently make better beer than those in ... More >>

Jayhawks founder Mark Olson on walking the line between folk and rock

​A decade after starting the Jayhawks with Gary Louris, Mark Olson left the band in 1995, the same year Tomorrow the Green Grass was released, to look after his then-wife Victoria Williams, after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. While the Jayhawks continued to tour without him until ... More >>

Cold Weather is not exactly Twin Peaks

​A decade after starting the Jayhawks with Gary Louris, Mark Olson left the band in 1995, the same year Tomorrow the Green Grass was released, to look after his then-wife Victoria Williams, after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. While the Jayhawks continued to tour without him until ... More >>

Will Cisa, kitchen magician of the Corner Office, on monumental cooking disasters, Euclid Hall's boudin noir and the impossible thirty-minute meal

Lori Midson​ Will Cisa The Corner Office 1401 Curtis Street 303-825-6500 www.thecornerofficedenver.com/food/dinner This is part one of my interview with Will Cisa, executive chef of the Corner Office Restaurant Martini Bar. Part two of that interview will run in this space tomorrow. It's ... More >>

Round two with Will Cisa, exec chef of the Corner Office

Lori Midson​Will Cisa The Corner Office 1401 Curtis Street 303-825-6500 www.thecornerofficedenver.com/food/dinner This is part two of my interview with Will Cisa, executive chef of the Corner Office Restaurant Martini Bar. In part one of that interview, Cisa dished on monumental cooking dis ... More >>

Wash Perk unveils the "Perk Cycle," Colorado's first coffee shop on two wheels

​There's a new coffee shop in town, and it's unlike any that's come before. For one thing, it has no walls, no roof, no doors, no windows -- just a couple of wheels, a handlebar and two pedals. Introducing the Perk Cycle, Wash Perk Coffee Shop's free-wheeling new venture, one equipped to ser ... More >>

Ten beers that will make you a man -- if they don't kill you first

Avery's ​Mephistopheles' Stout​You're a man, so by definition, everything you do must be manly, right? Wrong. There are hundreds of beers out there to choose from, lining the liquor store shelves and bar taps like kids waiting to get picked for a game of recess football. But only a very of ... More >>

Independent Monitor Richard Rosenthal keeps a close eye on the Denver police

Avery's ​Mephistopheles' Stout​You're a man, so by definition, everything you do must be manly, right? Wrong. There are hundreds of beers out there to choose from, lining the liquor store shelves and bar taps like kids waiting to get picked for a game of recess football. But only a very of ... More >>

Reader: Denver's conservative beer culture is no match for Portland

Aaron ThackerayCelebrating Denver beer culture at the Great Divide birthday party.​Beer here! A recent transplant from Portland, Oregon, found Colorado Beer Man's comparison of the Denver beer scene to that of Portland. And in this newcomer's view, Denver's not the winner. Here's the bad beer ... More >>

Today in Stoke: Run Like a Mother tonight at Outdoor Divas Boulder

​Five years ago, Denver-based Runner's World writer Dimity McDowell and her Portland, Oregon-based running/writing partner Sarah Bowen Shea successfully pitched an article to the magazine, proposing to write about their post-pregnancy training in the lead-up to running the 125-mile TransRockie ... More >>

Kyle Morton of Typhoon on Nabokov, inspiration and Tender Loving Empire

Founded in Salem, Oregon in 2005, Typhoon (due tonight at the hi-dive with Lord Huron and Sour Boy Bitter Girl) started out as a recording project but quickly evolved into a sprawling live project with over ten members. Two years into its time together, the act essentially went on hiatus before be ... More >>

Sisterly Love

Founded in Salem, Oregon in 2005, Typhoon (due tonight at the hi-dive with Lord Huron and Sour Boy Bitter Girl) started out as a recording project but quickly evolved into a sprawling live project with over ten members. Two years into its time together, the act essentially went on hiatus before be ... More >>

The Wheel Thing

Founded in Salem, Oregon in 2005, Typhoon (due tonight at the hi-dive with Lord Huron and Sour Boy Bitter Girl) started out as a recording project but quickly evolved into a sprawling live project with over ten members. Two years into its time together, the act essentially went on hiatus before be ... More >>

Reader: Voodoo Doughnuts is X-rated, and X-cellent

​Fans of Voodoo Doughnuts would be very thankful if the Portland, Oregon-based chain opened an outlet here -- and recent rumors suggest one could be coming our way. Not fast enough to satisfy Brains76, though:

Reader: Across the country, people see Colorado as a beer mecca. Take that, Portland!

Beer-loving Governor John Hickenlooper arrives at his post-inauguration party last January.​Is Denver just a pathetic, Midwestern version of Portland? That debate is raging across westword.com, particularly in the comments section after "Fifteen reasons why young people move to Colorado," but ... More >>

Tantric Picasso: "That alchemy is so precious and nurturing"

​Tantric Picasso (due Thursday, February 2 at the Bluebird Theater) started in 2008 among a group of friends who met at school, which is typical enough, but in naming the band, the fivesome created a personal mythology (partly detailed below) that is somewhat embodied in the name with hints of ... More >>