The Price Is Right

The ten best comedy events in June

June is jam-packed with a lineup of comedy events so eclectic, you're sure to find something to tickle your funny bone. There are podcasters and Pride festers, twins and Too Much Fun, He-Man and transgenders...so many giggle-worthy performances that your calendar will be bursting with snickers. Keep ... More >>

Felix Trujillo, inmate, says deputy who helped him escape thought (wrongly) he'd get $500K

Update: The tale of Felix Trujillo's escape from Denver jail last month, and deputy Matthew Andrews's alleged role in helping him do so, was already plenty weird. But it just got a whole lot stranger. Trujillo now says the escape plan came from Andrews, based on the mistaken notion that the inmate ... More >>

Drew Carey on Johnny Carson, Troll 2 and the banality of bedroom sets

Over his many years as a public (and bespectacled) face, 54-year-old funny man Drew Carey has paid his dues as a Marine, a stand-up comic, a sitcom star, an improv guru and, in his most recent incarnation, the on-air host of The Price Is Right. And on his current tour, Carey will not only offer some ... More >>

Drew Carey on the Edge

High Times Cannabis Cup report: Pot critic William Breathes catches the buzz (PHOTOS)

Big pics below. See more photos.​Colorado cannabis is better than anything Amsterdam's got, and the medicine here is on par with, if not better than, what is coming out of California. While we already knew that here in Colorado, it was still cool to hear those words come out of High Times edi ... More >>

Lions from Bolivia -- and Bob Barker from Hollywood! -- come to Colorado: A photo gallery

Big pics below.​Yesterday, 25 abused lions from Bolivia arrived at DIA en route to Keenesburg's Wild Animal Sanctuary, subject of our 2008 feature article "Inside One of the Nation's Top Carnivore Sanctuaries." And they weren't alone. Accompanying them were CSI's Jorja Fox and The Price is Rig ... More >>

From open to close at one of Denver's best dives: The Nob Hill

Over the weekend: Butthole Surfers at the Ogden

Butthole Surfers, Psychic Ills, Circle Number DotFriday, October 9, 2009Ogden Theater, DenverBetter Than: The flash freezing going on outside.Circle Number Dot, who opened this show, didn't sound like they got much more than a mere line check before hitting the stage. It was initially hard to tell ... More >>

Boulder's Ace Young back on American Idol -- kind of, sort of, in a way

The newly shorn Ace Young, now of "American Idol Extra." American Idol didn't prove to be a skyrocket to fame for Boulder's Ace Young, a 2006 Westword profile subject. But three years after finishing seventh in the contest -- remember how he equated that number with the one John Elway wore? -- he's ... More >>

Letters to the Editor

From the week of 5/24/2007

Ship Tavern

Setting sail three sheets to the wind.

Canceled

The curtain falls on the latest JonBenét revival.

Daily Double

Bill Schantz and Paul Bailey are beating the odds.

The Message

Woody Rises

Men and Boys

The Nomad Theatre's production of Orphans stands on its own.

Playlist

Getting Cosy

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