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April 18, 2012
4/20 at CU-Boulder: Members of city council on why they support campus closure
Last night, the Boulder City Council passed a resolution supporting CU-Boulder's plan to shrink the campus 4/20 event by closing Norlin Quad and banning visitors on Friday; read it below. This morning, we spoke to two members of the council -- one who supports it wholeheartedly, and another who vote ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2012
Tyler Nemkov has left Mateo
When Tyler Nemkov joined Cafe Society as a twenty-year-old intern from Johnson & Wales three years ago, he knew he wanted to pursue both a journalism and a culinary career. He opted to keep working in kitchens while he earned his degree at the University of Colorado -- right before it closed its jo ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2012
University of Colorado to ban visitors on 4/20 and close Norlin Quad
After weeks of denying that it would crack down on 4/20 events, the University of Colorado Boulder has announced that school will limit campus visitors to official business only and close down the famous Norlin Quad where as many as 10,000 students have gathered to smoke herb in past years. The camp ... More >>
Blogs
March 7, 2012
Reader: CU Boulder will probably try to outlaw Nerf guns until Supreme Court rules otherwise
In a post yesterday, we noted that the University of Colorado banned Nerf guns as well as the real kind. Now that the Colorado Supreme Court has deemed the latter rule unconstitutional, will foam find a home on campus, too? One of our readers has some ideas about that, and more.
Music
February 23, 2012
Gemini Trajectory ventures to Rhinoceropolis on February 29
In a post yesterday, we noted that the University of Colorado banned Nerf guns as well as the real kind. Now that the Colorado Supreme Court has deemed the latter rule unconstitutional, will foam find a home on campus, too? One of our readers has some ideas about that, and more.
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February 23, 2012
Gemini Trajectory
In a post yesterday, we noted that the University of Colorado banned Nerf guns as well as the real kind. Now that the Colorado Supreme Court has deemed the latter rule unconstitutional, will foam find a home on campus, too? One of our readers has some ideas about that, and more.
Blogs
February 16, 2012
Hot dog! Geisty's Dogg House now open in Boulder
Geisty's Dogg House opened the week after the Super Bowl, and it seems to have scored with University of Colorado students.
Blogs
February 13, 2012
Tips From the Toilet: University of Colorado athletics offers recruiting reminders
Okay, admittedly, this is a bit outside of the Backbeat wheelhouse, but we spied it at a music-related event (the Colorado Music Hall of Fame induction ceremonial dinner, which was fab, by the way, in case you haven't heard), and that sort of counts, right?
Blogs
January 27, 2012
Weekend's best live bets: Icelantic's Winter on the Rocks and more
Are you ready? This is a weekend to remember. Tonight for the first time ever, the famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre will add to its renown by hosting the first ever wintertime concert with Icelantic's Winter on the Rocks with Atmosphere, Common, Grieves and Budo and Get Cryphy. And that's just the tip o ... More >>
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October 13, 2011
All You Need Is Love
Are you ready? This is a weekend to remember. Tonight for the first time ever, the famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre will add to its renown by hosting the first ever wintertime concert with Icelantic's Winter on the Rocks with Atmosphere, Common, Grieves and Budo and Get Cryphy. And that's just the tip o ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2011
Mile High Horror Film Festival will be full of the fright stuff
What's the scariest thing about Colorado? The haunted mountain resorts? The cemeteries-turned-city parks? The escort-loving, meth-using pastors? All of those may soon be trumped by the second annual Mile High Horror Film Festival, which takes over the Tivoli Starz Film Center October 7 through Octob ... More >>
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September 13, 2011
The five best scenes from Repo Man, an Alex Cox cult classic
Only an asshole gets killed for a car (the Repo Code). The International Film Series at the University of Colorado in Boulder will show a series of films by director Alex Cox over the next few weeks; Cox teaches screenwriting and film production at the school. And while all of his movies, like Sid ... More >>
Blogs
July 21, 2011
Reader: At least the geezers remember their University of Colorado civics lesson
Big pic belowThe 4/20 celebration at the University of Colorado is an annual rite of spring, and news that some student leaders don't consider it an actual right and want to move it off campus has inspired both complaints and this rebuke of those complaining: "Why don't all of you MMJ geezers ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
Poetry In Motion
Big pic belowThe 4/20 celebration at the University of Colorado is an annual rite of spring, and news that some student leaders don't consider it an actual right and want to move it off campus has inspired both complaints and this rebuke of those complaining: "Why don't all of you MMJ geezers ... More >>
Blogs
June 7, 2011
Denver Animal Shelter now has state-of-the-art facility: Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario
The cat illustrated above is learning to relax in the paw-painting studio. The Denver Animal Shelter is moving to a new building and is offering many improved programs to help homeless pets transition back into society...
News
May 19, 2011
The apocalypse will kick off in Boulder, and here's why
The cat illustrated above is learning to relax in the paw-painting studio. The Denver Animal Shelter is moving to a new building and is offering many improved programs to help homeless pets transition back into society...
Blogs
May 3, 2011
Reader: Steve Ells goes for soul over cheese
Steve Ells, founder of the homegrown Chipotle chain, will have a starring role as the University of Colorado commencement speaker on Friday -- just five days after he wrapped up his gig on America's Next Great Restaurant. In the last episode of that series, Ells and his fellow judges chose S ... More >>
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March 31, 2011
Human trafficking: University of Denver to host conference on modern-day slavery and religion
Starting tonight and running through Sunday, April 3, the University of Denver and the Iliff School of Theology will host what organizers says is a first-of-its-kind conference, which will bring academics together to discuss one of the world's hottest topics: human trafficking.
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March 10, 2011
Indian Spring
Starting tonight and running through Sunday, April 3, the University of Denver and the Iliff School of Theology will host what organizers says is a first-of-its-kind conference, which will bring academics together to discuss one of the world's hottest topics: human trafficking.
Blogs
January 25, 2011
Denver Broncos cheerleaders get ready for auditions, Pro Bowl: A photo gallery
Big pics below.New Denver Broncos coach John Fox and his staff aren't the only ones getting ready for next season. So, too, are the Broncos cheerleaders. The squad recently posted information about its upcoming April 3 auditions on its Facebook page, along with a slew of new photos that give ... More >>
Blogs
November 16, 2010
Learn everything you ever wanted to know about beer tomorrow night in Boulder
Care to know more?If you're anything like us, all you need to know about beer is that it's good for filling the void of existential desperation and it makes driving a car way funner. But if you're one of these hoity-toity "liberals," you probably also want to know a bunch of worthless facts a ... More >>
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September 30, 2010
Catch Your Breath
Care to know more?If you're anything like us, all you need to know about beer is that it's good for filling the void of existential desperation and it makes driving a car way funner. But if you're one of these hoity-toity "liberals," you probably also want to know a bunch of worthless facts a ... More >>
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September 23, 2010
Worth the Wait
Care to know more?If you're anything like us, all you need to know about beer is that it's good for filling the void of existential desperation and it makes driving a car way funner. But if you're one of these hoity-toity "liberals," you probably also want to know a bunch of worthless facts a ... More >>
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September 23, 2010
Animation Nation
Care to know more?If you're anything like us, all you need to know about beer is that it's good for filling the void of existential desperation and it makes driving a car way funner. But if you're one of these hoity-toity "liberals," you probably also want to know a bunch of worthless facts a ... More >>
Blogs
August 12, 2010
CU gun-ban violators' hottest looks for packing heat: Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario
Page down to find the latest back-to-campus clothing tips for Colorado University students who are having trouble fitting concealed weapons into their trendy form-fitting fashions...
Blogs
August 6, 2010
Fun with the Princeton Review: Match Colorado universities to their rankings
At which school do you think you're most likely to see these?Earlier in the week, we brought you news of the University of Colorado's fall in the pot rankings. But why stop there? The Princeton Review ranks, logically or not , all manner of things: class discussions, race relations, general e ... More >>
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July 1, 2010
Belly Up to the Bard
At which school do you think you're most likely to see these?Earlier in the week, we brought you news of the University of Colorado's fall in the pot rankings. But why stop there? The Princeton Review ranks, logically or not , all manner of things: class discussions, race relations, general e ... More >>
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April 1, 2010
Monsters and Aliens
At which school do you think you're most likely to see these?Earlier in the week, we brought you news of the University of Colorado's fall in the pot rankings. But why stop there? The Princeton Review ranks, logically or not , all manner of things: class discussions, race relations, general e ... More >>
Blogs
April 1, 2010
Medical marijuana and South Park: Everybody's favorite obscene cartoon takes on Colorado's hottest topic -- plus scrotum coats!
South Park's creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone grew up in Colorado and attended the University of Colorado in Boulder, which explains why their celebrated show includes lots of local references. So it was only a matter of time until the duo took on the hottest topic around these parts these ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2010
Boulder: As memories of JonBenét Ramsey fade, the town is happy at last
The panhandler outside looked happy. The hostess inside looked happy. The server looked happy. And we were happy, to take a break from our marathon drive across Colorado to look at colleges and sit down in a booth in a Boulder restaurant with a nice view of the Pearl Street Mall and all the h ... More >>
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February 4, 2010
Out of This World
The panhandler outside looked happy. The hostess inside looked happy. The server looked happy. And we were happy, to take a break from our marathon drive across Colorado to look at colleges and sit down in a booth in a Boulder restaurant with a nice view of the Pearl Street Mall and all the h ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2010
An expressive ode to Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church
As you may have heard, Fred Phelps and his cheerful band of hate mongers failed to show up at the University of Colorado campus last night as threatened for the same-sex marriage debate sponsored by the campus Catholic ministry. Pity. From what we hear, the students were all geared up and rea ... More >>
Blogs
December 10, 2009
New host for Radio 1190's Local Shakedown set to debut next month
Kegan Warner has some big shoes to fill. Next month, he'll be taking over the reins as host of Radio 1190's long running Local Shakedown program, the weekly hour-long show devoted strictly to the best independent music coming out of Colorado. Warner replaces the outgoing and ever popular Katherin ... More >>
Blogs
November 2, 2009
Jax Fish House Boulder celebrates fifteen years of flinging fish
For the past fifteen years, the original Jax Fish House, at 928 Pearl Street in Boulder, has been feeding fish heads to the finicky (and spawning a Top Chef victor, but you already know all about that), a feat that's being marked through the week as part of a fifteenth anniversary celebration ... More >>
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October 8, 2009
Native Truths
For the past fifteen years, the original Jax Fish House, at 928 Pearl Street in Boulder, has been feeding fish heads to the finicky (and spawning a Top Chef victor, but you already know all about that), a feat that's being marked through the week as part of a fifteenth anniversary celebration ... More >>
News
October 8, 2009
Are you Westword's new pot critic?
Some lucky writer is waiting to inhale in the really Mile High City
Calendar
September 24, 2009
All Cooped Up
Some lucky writer is waiting to inhale in the really Mile High City
Blogs
August 14, 2009
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 >>
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April 16, 2009
Speaking from the Gut
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 >>
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April 9, 2009
Melt Your Mind
David Cronenberg’s Videodrome was eerily prescient.
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March 26, 2009
The Whole World's Watching
Get some perspective in Boulder this week.
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April 3, 2008
Space Case
Celebrate Yuri Gagarin's space milestone.
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March 13, 2008
Forget the Oscars
Celebrate Yuri Gagarin's space milestone.
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February 28, 2008
Earth Mother
Celebrate Yuri Gagarin's space milestone.
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February 14, 2008
It's a Small World After All
Celebrate Yuri Gagarin's space milestone.
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November 8, 2007
Season's Greetings
Celebrate Yuri Gagarin's space milestone.
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September 13, 2007
Think Green
Boulder hosts an environmental art program.
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April 26, 2007
Sphere-iffic
Boulder hosts an environmental art program.
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October 5, 2006
Pure Thought
History does the talking in All That I Have Lost.
Film
September 21, 2006
Run Lola Run
University of Colorado�s International Film Series
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