Upstate New York

Photos: Top twelve least religious communities in America -- and where Boulder falls on the list

Gallup has released a new poll that measures the most religious communities -- a list topped by the Provo-Orem, Utah area, where 77 percent of respondents described themselves as "very religious." What about the least religious places? Gallup calculated that, too, with none other than Boulder finis ... More >>

Pig & Block Charcuterie closes and will reopen as a full-scale butcher shop owned by prodigies of Joshua Applestone

Jeff Bauman and his brother, Marc, have closed Pig & Block Charcuterie, their small but mighty cured meat and butcher shop, directly next door to Old Major, that opened in October of 2011 in Highland. Jeff, who also pimped wine, dried pastas, a collection of salts, salumi and fresh meat, including s ... More >>

Mobile Canning will add a second canning line to help small breweries grow

Colorado is thirsty, and Mobile Canning, which has made it possible for more than a dozen smaller Colorado breweries to package and sell beer to liquor stores over the past year, is planning to help quench that thirst this spring when it doubles in size. The Longmont company, which takes its beer-c ... More >>

16th Street Mall is no party, says one critic

The 16th Street Mall turned thirty yesterday, and it's looking better than it has in years, with the best yet to come as work continues on the Union Station project. The mall's official birthday celebration will be Tuesday at Skyline Park -- but some critics won't be coming to the party.

These days, schools ignore gay bullying at their own peril

CU must allow real guns on campus two years after banning Nerf guns

The Colorado Supreme Court ruling to allow people with concealed-carry permits to possess guns on University of Colorado campuses will necessitate a major philosophical shift among CU officials. Case in point: Just over two years ago, CU Boulder expanded its weapons ban to include Nerf guns.

Bitter Bar's Michael Cerretani holds his own in national competitions

Michael Cerretani, barman at Boulder's Bitter Bar, has been bartending off and on for about a decade, but he didn't start down the craft-cocktail path until he landed a job at Bitter Bar a few years ago.

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Our Idiot Brother teaches wayward white folks to be better people

Eli Odell, exec chef of Highland Tap and Burger, on what he learned from Matt Selby, and what might happen if you wear chile-pepper pants in his kitchen

Lori Midson​Eli Odell Highland Tap and Burger 2219 West 32nd Avenue 720-287-4493 www.highlandtapdenver.com This is part one of Lori Midson's interview with Eli Odell, executive chef of Highland Tap and Burger. Read part two of that interview, in which Odell dishes on hammering eighty pounds o ... More >>

Top Ten musical jailbirds: In honor of Lil Wayne and T.I. and their respective prison stints

​Earlier this morning, Lil Wayne was released from New York's Rikers Island after serving eight months of a one-year sentence for criminal possession of a weapon. Fellow Southern rapper T.I., meanwhile, went back to jail on Monday after a federal judge in Atlanta revoked his probation follow ... More >>

CiCi's bargain pizza empire plans to add 500 stores by 2016

Image via FlickrCici's buffalo chicken pizza.​There's good pizza and there's great pizza, but the consensus is that there's really no such thing as a bad pizza. It's pizza. Whether you like the pizza at CiCi's Pizza Buffet -- perhaps best known for its $5 all-you-can-eat pizza -- haven't had ... More >>

Flick Pick

October Country shows an American family, stuck from one Halloween to the next

Nerf guns really are dangerous, says CU-Boulder police chief

Don't laugh at this weapon! Don't!​Hard to imagine why most people reacted to CU-Boulder's dire warnings about Nerf guns with either eye rolls or guffaws. The weapons, which fire spongy ammo designed not to hurt children, are clearly risky -- as CU-Boulder police chief Joe E. Roy emphasizes in ... More >>

Fantasy Camp

Lev Grossman conjures up a spellbinding book in The Magicians.

Robischon Gallery goes hyper-local

MP3 Freeloader: Tonight, Angie Stevens CD release show at Soiled Dove

Houses aren't the only folks releasing a new CD tonight. Over at the Soiled Dove Underground, Angie Stevens is issuing her eagerly awaited disc, Queen of This Mess, the follow-up to her Stand Up Girl 1 & 2. As you'll hear after the jump, Grammy-winning producer Malcolm Burn, who recorded and pro ... More >>

Lo Coastal Fusion hits no culinary high

Q&A With Rayo Casablanca

Blowing Smoke

The rib-tickling history of Hoss Orwat.

Old Crow Medicine Show

Ketch Secor and company's old-timey music invokes a simpler time.

TV's Watching Reed Foehl

With over a dozen songs licensed to television, he's ready for his close-up.

Drop the Needle

In music and tattooing, Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy gets to the point.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of June 15, 2006

Mama Junkie

A young actress shines as a cokehead mom in the harrowing Down to the Bone.

Jar Head

Red-pepper jelly gets canned at Frasca.

Heart's Desire

What's good? Frisco's Deli and Market.

Winning Isn't Anything

Lovable loser Zippy Chippy takes the lead.

Bite Me

Seasons Greetings

Trail Blazers

Fear Before the March of Flames' four-alarm hardcore torches everything in its path.

Bite Me

Dinner and a Movie

Rosy Dreams

Derby fantasies stand on the spindly legs of a colt at CSU.

Bite Me

The Real Deal

Catch a Wave

New York's Longwave is happy together.

Bite Me

A Fish Story

Miller Time

Arthur Miller's daughter comes into her own with Personal Velocity.

Big Lax Attack

The arrival of lacrosse legend Gary Gait could make the sport Mammoth in Colorado.

The Brains of the Operation

El Taco de México goes to the head of the class.

Bite Me

To market, to market

Artbeat

Brief sketches of what's happening in the Denver art scene.

Backwash

Cabaret Diosa gets sheikh in the heart of the apocalypse.

Unlucky Strike

Gary Rudd got zapped one day, and life has never been the same.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of September 7

A Berry, Berry Good Time of Year

Thrills for the week

A STAR IS REBORN