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Win two seats to Trillium's Norway dinner on May 17 (updated with winner)

Update: We have a winner of our Trillium Norway dinner! Last week, we asked Cafe Society commenters to guess how many pounds of gravlax, on average, chef Ryan Leinonen serves in a month at Trillium. Congrats to sixfeetofsnow, who guessed fifteen pounds of gravlax. The actual number is thirty, a lot ... More >>

John Grant on addiction, HIV and how his struggles affect his songs

The ten best concerts in Denver this week

PURITY RING @ GOTHIC THEATRE | MON, 4/8/13 Purity Ring came together when Megan James and Corin Roddick started writing electronic songs together after having served as touring members of experimental pop band Born Gold. Rather than rushing to put out material, this duo has spent the last couple of ... More >>

The ten best metal shows in Denver this April

KVELERTAK @ LARIMER LOUNGE | TUES, 4/30/13 Kvelertak formed in 2007. Completely disregarding a line between metal and punk, the Stavinger, Sweden-based act brings the sonic intensity and violent and frayed dynamics of bands like Breather Resist. The band's song "Mjød" appeared in the end credits fo ... More >>

The best EDM in Denver this weekend

ALESSO @ OGDEN THEATRE | FRI, 2/15/13 Sweden is experiencing an groundswell of bass drops and bleep-bloops, the result of electronic dance music's worldwide takeover. And riding shotgun on the revolutionary journey is Alesso, the Swedish house DJ who broke onto the EDM scene a few years ago as one o ... More >>

The ten best concerts in Denver this weekend

Welcome to the weekend! Another work week is almost in the books. Time to cut loose. If it's live music you seek, you've come to the right place. Tons of great music on tap this weekend, a diverse array of options whatever your flavor, everything from jazz and jam to hip-hop and hardcore to industri ... More >>

dead prez at The Oriental Theatre, 1/18/13

DEAD PREZ @ THE ORIENTAL THEATER |1/18/13 There was a salient theme throughout the night, across the sets of most of the acts, and that was a message of being healthy, both physically and mentally. "Healthy is the new gangsta," said stic.man of dead prez near the middle part of the show, just befor ... More >>

Culinary Calendar: Hot chocolate, beer, benefits and Scandinavian cuisine

Just in time for cold weather, the Original Pancake House is offering free hot chocolate for the holidays at all of its locations. The chain has two in Colorado: at 8000 East Belleview Avenue in Englewood, and at 5900 South University Boulevard in Littleton. The deal runs through Friday, December 14 ... More >>

Anders Fridén of metal act In Flames becomes honorary brewer at Great Divide

Great Divide Brewing has been distributing its beers to Sweden for years via Great Brands -- a craft-beer-focused Swedish distributor that carries a handful of American brews, including those from Avery, Left Hand, Oskar Blues and Ska. The Denver brewery has garnered many fans in Scandinavia since, ... More >>

In Flames frontman visits Great Divide Brewing

Great Divide Brewing has been distributing its beers to Sweden for years via Great Brands -- a craft-beer-focused Swedish distributor that carries a handful of American brews, including those from Avery, Left Hand, Oskar Blues and Ska. The Denver brewery has garnered many fans in Scandinavia since, ... More >>

Colorado Avalanche season opener is tonight! Oh, never mind....

The Colorado Avalanche was scheduled to open the season against the St. Louis Blues tonight at the Pepsi Center. But thanks to the NHL's failed attempt to resolve its collective bargaining issues, the first two weeks of games have been cancelled amid the current lockout. If the NHL can suddenly conv ... More >>

Top five menu items I'd choose if I paid 50k a plate for dinner

Mitt Romney's "The 47 Percent Feels Entitled to Eat Free Cake" vid clip had me thinking about a lot of things, but my brain kept inexplicably drifting back to Mittens' fifty-thousand-dollars-a-plate fundraiser, and wondering what sort of meal you get when you dump that kind of green. I'm of the spen ... More >>

Smaller Is Better

In crime thriller Easy Money, no one gets away clean

Sneak peek foodography from Ryan Leinonen's Trillium, opening tonight in the Ballpark neighbohood

Lori Midson​Ryan Leinonen isn't shy about his goals: "I want to have one of the top five restaurants in Denver," he says, while hunched over a plate of steelhead trout, one of the Scandinavian-inspired dishes on his menu at Trilllium, which opens tonight in the Ballpark neighborhood. "There's ... More >>

Sandzen in Colorado presents the collected works of the late Swedish artist

Slide Show: Mountain Time: Sandzen in Colorado

Swedish documentary The Black Power Mixtape tells it like it was

Opeth

Tuesday, October 25, Ogden Theatre, 1-888-929-7849.

I Made It: Celebrating the human-powered spirit of mountaineer Göran Kropp

​In 1996, adventurer Göran Kropp famously set out by bike from his home in Sweden, loaded with gear, and rode all the way to Nepal to climb Mount Everest. He made the summit on May 23 of that year, without bottled oxygen and without Sherpa support, then climbed down, got back on his bike, and ... More >>

New restaurant to watch: Chef Ryan Leinonen just inked a deal on a Larimer Street space

​It's been a good week for Ryan Leinonen, the former chef de cuisine at Colt & Gray -- and a former alum of Root Down and The Kitchen in Boulder. Just two days ago, Leinonen inked a deal on a new space at 2138 Larimer Street, a burgeoning food-centric block that already struts a collection of ... More >>

A garden of beasts, origin stories and more in our new release picks for May 10, 2011

​Now that summer is nearly here, it means we need to prep ourselves for hot days, big blockbusters and vacations. That means the best picks for this week come in the form of comic book origin stories to prep you for all the big movies, and two -- yes, two -- big-time mystery-thriller novels th ... More >>

On The Ball

What week is it? A breakdown of everything you could be celebrating, March 28 - April 3

Proud to be an American.​This week gets off to a strong start with Something on a Stick Day, a holiday dedicated to that great American pursuit of putting food on sticks before eating it -- well, actually, the Middle East probably got the jump on this one with their kebabs and whatnot, but did ... More >>

PJ Harvey, Drive-By Truckers, Nicki Minaj top sellers at local stores

​PJ Harvey's Let England Shake, released last week on Vagrant, took the top spot at Twist & Shout and claimed the sixth spot at Albums on the Hill for the week ending February 20. The Drive-By Truckers, meanwhile, debuted at number one at Albums with their latest effort Go-Go Boots, also relea ... More >>

The Girl Who Played With Fire

Strange Sauce: The week in national food news

​ In the heat of Michael Bloomberg's quest to limit the use of salt in NYC restaurants, a recent study has found that a program aimed at reducing the nation's salt intake could shave 24 BILLION dollars from the national health-care budget. Healthy or not, we're siding with David Chang, who mak ... More >>

Public-TV station Channel 12 embraces... Australian Rules Football?

A Flickr photoThis is how they do it down under. At 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. tonight, Channel 12 will broadcast the Australian Rules Football Match of the Week. Fans who visit this page on the Australian Football Association of North America website can vote for which contest they'd like to see in the spo ... More >>

Mile High Makeout: Sunken Treasure

Bad Luck City's amazing 2008 album, Adelaide, opens with an absolutely stunning cover of the Lee Hazlewood song, "The Night Before," from his 1970 hard-to-find album, Cowboy in Sweden. Though it's surprising for a unique and creative outfit like Bad Luck City to introduce itself with someone else's ... More >>

Summer Lovin’

Dialed In

Press 1 if you love the Mexican.

Beyond Playlist: Charles Mingus and More

Hot Wheels

March of the Furries

The DNC is coming, but the real political animals were at the furry convention.

Dungen

Tio Bitar
Kemado Records

The Skad-father

Skankin' it up with Bucket Hingley of the Toasters.

Talking Shop

Cool ideas for loft-dwellers.

Ice Follies

Fans chill as pro hockey pucks up.

Hamer Time

This unconventional comedic drama from Norway might be just the ticket.

Whirled Music

Old Time Relijun puts a new spin on ancient sounds.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Paging Lord Stanley

The rejuvenated Avs look like the real thing in the Pepsi Center.

Best Av

Peter Forsberg

Hell Raisers

The Hellacopters are ready to take off.

Playlist

Picabo Hides Nothing

Duty and the Bistro

Hitting the Century Mark

Thrills for the week

HAM AND YEGGS

GAMES PEOPLE PLAY