Rocky Mountains

Sex marks the spot: Planned Parenthood hosts its first Get Yourself Tested trivia night

In what U.S. state is it illegal for a man to have sex with a fish? If you want to know the answer -- and are looking for something both fun and educational to do Thursday night -- Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains has you covered. It's hosting a sex-trivia night at Hamburger Mary's Club M a ... More >>

Aborted fetus photos: Should protestors be allowed to display them where kids might see?

Should abortion protestors be allowed to wave signs featuring "gruesome images" in places where children might see them? That's the question two Colorado anti-abortion advocates and the Chicago-based Thomas More Society, a national pro-life law firm, want the U.S. Supreme Court to answer. "Children ... More >>

Colorado pride: Our ten favorite home state items on Etsy

If you haven't visited Etsy yet, you're missing one of the most intriguing online marketplaces on the web -- a site at which the crafty and entrepreneurial among us share products and items often of their own creation. For a sample, peruse the following ten pieces of clothing, art and random stuff ... More >>

AEG Live Rocky Mountains to take over booking and operations at Gothic Theatre on January 1

On Tuesday, January 1, when most of us are still sleeping off the last good times of 2012 or steeling ourselves to tackle resolutions for the new year, our city's live-music scene will mark a major development: This is the day that the iconic Gothic Theatre will be put in the capable hands of the fo ... More >>

10 video games set in Colorado

Today's release date for Forza Horizon for Xbox, which takes place entirely in Colorado, got us thinking: In over forty years of video-game history, there had to have been a few other games set in the Centennial State. Little did we know, a veritable mountain of electronic entertainment has depicte ... More >>

Jax Fish House named one of the best seafood restaurants in the country

Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar doesn't need to fish for compliments -- the Denver location just keeps reeling them in. This second of the Jax restaurants (the original is in Boulder, and a third opened in Fort Collins two years ago) was named Best Seafood Restaurant in our Best of Denver 2012, and als ... More >>

Aerial Tribute has an out-of-this-world idea for cremated remains

About 50 percent of Colorado's residents choose to have their bodies cremated without giving their survivors a clue about what to do with the final remains. Now, a new local company, Aerial Tribute, has an out-of-this-world idea for where they can go next: Straight up to the heavens (if not heaven ... More >>

Peak Performance

Rally to Protect Women's Health takes on fetal murder bill, personhood initiative

Pro-choice activists, legislators, physicians and faith leaders gathered on the west steps of the Capitol Monday in a "Rally to Protect Women's Health." The event was a spin-off of Pro-Choice Lobby Day, as well as a response to local and federal fetal personhood proposals.

Greg Brophy may choose to lay low on Pro-Choice Lobby Day

Timing is everything in politics, and in birth control -- especially in the bad old days of the rhythm method, which it seems like some pols would like to return us to. In honor of Pro-Choice Lobby Day at the Colorado Legislature today, state senator Greg Brophy should choose to keep a low profile.

Pro-Choice Lobby Day pits activists against personhood measure and more

Today, approximately a hundred advocates of women's health took to the Capitol as part of Pro-Choice Lobby Day. The event, held in Denver annually for more than a decade, brought the Protect Families Protect Choice Coalition together with Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains to train supporters ... More >>

Global Dance Festival three-day passes to go on sale Wednesday

Get your track pads and refresh buttons ready, electro-heads! Exclusive three-day passes for the 2012 Global Dance Festival at Red Rocks Amphitheater are about to go on sale. This Wednesday, February 15 at noon, Triad Dragons are releasing exclusive, three-day passes to the largest electronic music ... More >>

Guess where you're eating? At an EatDenver restaurant, if you're Barslinger

Cafe Society dished up four Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a vile plate of chile rellenos from a still-unidentified, seedy restaurant in Commerce City to a panang curry with frozen peas to a cocktail at a splashy new restaurant in the Rocky Mountains. For identifying that cocktail a ... More >>

Two Colorado spots land on Food & Wine's fifty best bars in America roundup

Lori Midson​'Tis the season to get obliterated with family members and co-workers, and just in time for those special events, Food & Wine has released its list of the fifty best bars in the country. And while you're sure to find it a useful guide if you're headed out of state, you don't have t ... More >>

Five ways to observe World AIDS Day

​ Update: Make that four ways: We've just received this notice from Planned Parenthood's Monica McCafferty. Due to unpredictable and incremental weather and road conditions, we are canceling this evening's candlelight vigil at the Capitol in honor of World AIDS Day. We will reschedule the ev ... More >>

All Aboard!

Mile High Spirits will open downtown in January

​Distilling has been exploding in the Rocky Mountains, and we've added enough distilleries in the last few years to just about stock an entire bar. Further proof (no pun intended) of this phenomenon: another vodka-maker is getting ready to enter the market, specifically on Larimer Street.

Chef Liu's Authentic Chinese Cuisine promises an authentic Szechuan feast out in Aurora

Mark Manger​You can get great Chinese food in this town, but you have to know where to look -- especially if you're on the hunt for real Szechuan food, not the dumbed-down American version of the cooking of Southern China that's a mainstay of dollar-a-scoop joints and many strip-mall spots.

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, October 14-16, 2011

Via​It's starting to get a little chilly in the evenings as October begins to push the leaves off the trees, but that doesn't mean there aren't a ton of different activities to keep you busy this weekend on the cheap. We have some great films to check out, art exhibits, plays, free comedy, foo ... More >>

19th century explorers make their way to Neptune Mountaineering tonight

In the 1880s, English explorers Teresa and St. George Littledale -- with their fox terrier, Tanny, in tow -- mounted expeditions in the Rocky Mountains and across North America. And then they headed even further afield, to the Caucasus, the Pamirs, Russian Central Asia, Mongolia and eventually Tibet ... More >>

Bitter Bar bartender Burton Daniel advances to national Barenjager cocktail competition

​Colorado's bartenders keep upping our state's cocktail credibility, competing in national contests and besting some of the country's most formidable spirits professionals to bring big prizes home to the Rocky Mountains. The latest accolade? Burton Daniel, a bartender at Boulder's Bitter Bar ... More >>

Bartender of the Week: Meet Justin Lavenue, Colorado Cocktail contestant

​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 >>

Localized exhibition Mountain Standard opens in Colorado Springs this Friday

​Mountain Standard, a new show opening this Friday, April 8, at Modbo Gallery (17C Bijou E. Street) in Colorado Springs is local effort on several levels. Curated by a newly formed collective of Colorado-based gallery owners and artists called Build A Fort, the juried exhibition will also exclusiv ... More >>

Get Gnarly

Guy Harvey's Perfect Spot Bar & Grill set to open in Northfield Stapleton

Lori Midson​Baited by the lure of the Rocky Mountains, where fly fishing and lodge lounging are popular pastimes, Guy Harvey, the marine biologist, author, conservationist, scientist, world famous marine life artist and prolific restaurateur, chose Denver -- specifically Northfield Stapleton ... More >>

Happy Trails

Kenny Be's Yard Arteology: Pile High City panorama

The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments... click image to enlarge​ Figure 48. Globeville: The Great Pyramids of Globeville Road. Whoever is responsible for the perfect stacks of shoveled snow that are pictured above is, by definition, a true yard artist. Snow fallen on the great e ... More >>

Crush and Learn

Black Pegasus shares his funny tour stories

​Black Pegasus is one of the few Colorado rappers that has made hip-hop his full time job. Currently he's working on the release of his co-hort Liquid Assassin's new album, Apocalypse, with his own album, Brass Knuckle King, slated to drop sometime later this year. But in between recording session ... More >>

Boulder housing market defies gravity

The capital of Ballorado.​Forget about finding a bargain house in Boulder. As housing sales and prices continue to plummet nationwide, those in the community that puts the exclamation point in 3OH!3 remain unusually robust -- so much so that Business Week has just named Boulder the strongest h ... More >>

What does Santa Colorado do in the off-season? Chug wine and fight dogs

It's nice to see that Santa likes to unwind in the Rocky Mountains after a tough holiday season. But I'm thinking that ol' Kris Kringle has a little too much time on his hands after watching this video of "Santa Colorado" pounding Columbia Crest wine on his back porch and dancing/fighing with his ... More >>

Kenny Be's Worst Case Scenario: Spring Break in Summit County, part 2

Are U.S. State Department warnings about the dangers of traveling in Mexico harshing your buzz? Keep it local this year! Help create the party that transforms Summit County into the "Cancun of the Colorado Rocky Mountains..."

How to Catch a Creep

Fitness Fests

Paddles and bikes go wild in Buena Vista.

Delegating Denver #41 of 56: Oregon

Climbing High

Communal Cycling

A new Colorado bicycle week hits Frisco.

Love Is in the Air

The warm, fuzzy feelings are all mutual at the annual Crush Party.

Sea Fare

Gordon Bok dives deeply into his music.

Drunk of the Week

Pearl Street Grill

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Drink of the Week

Gocce di Limone

Best View From a Park

Inspiration Point Park

Best Crossover Artist

Bruce Moen

Youth of the Nation

Country-radio pros gather in Colorado to search for ways to seduce a younger generation.

The Writing on the Wall

The city's ready to erase an illegal advertisement.

Dig We Must

Weeding is fundamental. So is showing up.

Best flight out of DIA

Frontier Flight 771 at 9:35 a.m. to Las Vegas

Run for the Gold

What Hit Us?

Long Before "Asteroid," moviemakers made their mark on Colorado. A guide to some high and low points.