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Venezuela

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    Make Your Own Legends: Apply now for a 2012 Jonny Copp Award grant

    Jonny Copp's credo for the Adventure Film Festival he founded in Boulder was "Make Your Own Legends," and, while the climber/artist/musician/writer/adventurer made many legends of his own before his death in 2009, one of his greatest legacies may turn out to be posthumous, thanks to the Jonny Copp F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Pastry queen Yasmin Lozada-Hissom has plans to make Spuntino even sweeter

    Yasmin Lozada-Hissom, the pastry chef of Duo and Olivea, where her husband, John Broening, is also the executive chef, was a regular at Spuntino, an Italian cafe in Highland, owned, in part, by Simone Parisi, who also runs a namesake pizzeria and deli, as well as its downstairs restaurant, Firenze a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Cafe con Leche will party at Great Divide with Quiero Arepas, Biker Jim and Stick It to Me during the The Great Food Truck Race this weekend in Denver

    ​Just a quick update to this weekend's The Great Food Truck Race celebrations in Denver, which we've been covering extensively on the Cafe Society blog: Cafe con Leche, the Cuban food truck from Van Nuys, California, will be camped outside Great Divide Brewery, 2201 Arapahoe, on Sunday, from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Duo and Olivéa pastry chef Yasmin Lozada-Hissom tapped to bake at the James Beard Foundation awards gala

    ​The James Beard Foundation awards gala, a glitzy, high-falutin' soiree that honors the best chefs, pastry kings and queens, restaurateurs, restaurants and wine directors in the country, takes place on May 9, 2011, at the Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall in New York. And the culinary blowout ... More >>

  • News

    March 3, 2011

    Mexicans know I'm black -- what gives?

    ​The James Beard Foundation awards gala, a glitzy, high-falutin' soiree that honors the best chefs, pastry kings and queens, restaurateurs, restaurants and wine directors in the country, takes place on May 9, 2011, at the Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall in New York. And the culinary blowout ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Today in Stoke: Boulder's "Out There Guy" goes Out of the Wild on the Discovery Channel

    Photo courtesy Discovery ChannelRyan Van Duzer on the Discovery Channel's "Out of the Wild: Venezeula"​Tune in to the Discovery Channel tonight, when Ryan Van Duzer (Boulder's "Out There Guy" endurance athlete and adventure journalist) gets dropped off at Angel Falls with a bunch of annoying p ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 4, 2010

    Keep it simple: Run to Empanada Express Grill for the empanadas

    Photo courtesy Discovery ChannelRyan Van Duzer on the Discovery Channel's "Out of the Wild: Venezeula"​Tune in to the Discovery Channel tonight, when Ryan Van Duzer (Boulder's "Out There Guy" endurance athlete and adventure journalist) gets dropped off at Angel Falls with a bunch of annoying p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    Empanada Express Grill offers Denver a taste of Venezuela

    Mark Manger​When I returned to the United States after a stint in South America, I feared I'd be unable to find empanadas, that nearly perfect food that stuffs pastry pockets with savory filling. My quest eventually took me to Empanada Express Grill, at 2600 East Street in Golden, where owner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    ICE arrests focus on criminal aliens: 78 busts include man convicted of making terrorist threat

    ​These days, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE, emphasizes that it's targeting criminal aliens, not otherwise law-abiding citizens who lack documentation authorizing their U.S. residency. And that's the theme of ICE's latest Colorado busts. Of the 78 people rounded up fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Arepas from El Caribe will soon be slung from a food truck

    Lori Midson​Every Wednesday and Saturday at the Cherry Creek farmers' market, and again on Sunday at the City Park Esplanade farmers' market, Igor and Beckie Panasewicz feed Venezuelan arepas to the masses from their vendor booth littered with bags of Harina P.A.N. white corn meal, plates of ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 24, 2010

    Want rum service? Visit Cafe Brazil

    Lori Midson​Every Wednesday and Saturday at the Cherry Creek farmers' market, and again on Sunday at the City Park Esplanade farmers' market, Igor and Beckie Panasewicz feed Venezuelan arepas to the masses from their vendor booth littered with bags of Harina P.A.N. white corn meal, plates of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    Blue Ice Martini Lounge warms up to South American cuisine

    ​Blue Ice Martini Lounge just hired a new executive chef -- and with the hire, got a new feature: South American food. "We do food from Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Colombia," says chef Jose Santiago. "We have comfort food, and every weekend we are going to try to do a dish from another Latin count ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    Denver Post puts right Rockies story up front

    The John Leyba photo of Rockies catcher Yorvit Torrealba that accompanied today's front-page story in the Denver Post. This morning's Denver Post features a Colorado Rockies story on page one -- but it's not about the team's eleventh straight victory, which tied a franchise record. Rather, it conce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    Yorvit Torrealba kidnapping drama puts Rockies' woes in perspective

    Yorvit Torrealba as he appeared on the cover of the October 15, 2007 Rocky Mountain News, during much happier times. The kidnapping and subsequent safe return in Venezuela of Rockies catcher Yorvit Torrealba's eleven-year-old son and brother-in-law certainly makes matters like the firing of manager ... More >>

  • News

    April 2, 2009

    Ken Salazar wants windmills in the ocean, but first he'll have to save the Interior Department

    Yorvit Torrealba as he appeared on the cover of the October 15, 2007 Rocky Mountain News, during much happier times. The kidnapping and subsequent safe return in Venezuela of Rockies catcher Yorvit Torrealba's eleven-year-old son and brother-in-law certainly makes matters like the firing of manager ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    A former Denver newsman on why America should give Al-Jazeera English a chance

    Photo by Charles Steck.Gabriel Elizondo circa 2005. "New Gig," an October 2005 Message column, introduced readers to Gabriel Elizondo, who decided to leave his job as an assignment editor at Channel 7 in favor of an opportunity to join Al-Jazeera International, a new English-language spinoff of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: Nathan Ybanez gets his week in court

    By June of 1998, sixteen-year-old Nathan Ybanez couldn't take it any more. So he called his friend, seventeen-year-old Eric Jensen, to get him out of the house. And he got out, all right: In separate trials, both boys were convicted of the murder of Julie Ybanez, as detailed in Luke Turf's "Headed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2008

    Liga Latina de Beisbol vet's baseball dream is coming true

    By June of 1998, sixteen-year-old Nathan Ybanez couldn't take it any more. So he called his friend, seventeen-year-old Eric Jensen, to get him out of the house. And he got out, all right: In separate trials, both boys were convicted of the murder of Julie Ybanez, as detailed in Luke Turf's "Headed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2008

    Focus on the Family's nightmare scenario about an Obama victory

    By June of 1998, sixteen-year-old Nathan Ybanez couldn't take it any more. So he called his friend, seventeen-year-old Eric Jensen, to get him out of the house. And he got out, all right: In separate trials, both boys were convicted of the murder of Julie Ybanez, as detailed in Luke Turf's "Headed ... More >>

  • News

    October 9, 2008

    From the week of October 9, 2008

    By June of 1998, sixteen-year-old Nathan Ybanez couldn't take it any more. So he called his friend, seventeen-year-old Eric Jensen, to get him out of the house. And he got out, all right: In separate trials, both boys were convicted of the murder of Julie Ybanez, as detailed in Luke Turf's "Headed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2008

    Culinary Cruising: The Bored Millionaire

    By June of 1998, sixteen-year-old Nathan Ybanez couldn't take it any more. So he called his friend, seventeen-year-old Eric Jensen, to get him out of the house. And he got out, all right: In separate trials, both boys were convicted of the murder of Julie Ybanez, as detailed in Luke Turf's "Headed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2008

    Culinary Cruising: Power Struggle

    By June of 1998, sixteen-year-old Nathan Ybanez couldn't take it any more. So he called his friend, seventeen-year-old Eric Jensen, to get him out of the house. And he got out, all right: In separate trials, both boys were convicted of the murder of Julie Ybanez, as detailed in Luke Turf's "Headed ... More >>

  • News

    May 8, 2008

    Sporting Chance

    Three strikes and Colorado's out.

  • News

    November 29, 2007

    PBS West

    Much of PBS's signature news program comes out of a Denver office whose staffers have quietly been doing good work for nearly a quarter-century.

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2007

    The Nicaraguan Pistol Team

    Much of PBS's signature news program comes out of a Denver office whose staffers have quietly been doing good work for nearly a quarter-century.

  • Calendar

    March 1, 2007

    Street Fighting Man

    Tariq Ali is all around.

  • News

    April 27, 2006

    A League of Their Own

    For La Liga Latina, baseball is more than a game. It's a way of life.

  • Culture

    January 12, 2006

    A Capital Idea

    Marx in Soho offers Denver a lesson in Marxism.

  • Music

    October 27, 2005

    Whirled Music

    Devendra Banhart has plenty to Crow about.

  • Music

    October 6, 2005

    The Skad-father

    Skankin' it up with Bucket Hingley of the Toasters.

  • Dining

    August 18, 2005

    Bite Me

    That's All, Folks

  • News

    March 17, 2005

    Short-Order Cooking

    Johnson & Wales whips up a hoops treat from scratch.

  • News

    February 19, 2004

    The Message

    Free at Last

  • Film

    January 8, 2004

    Adios, Hugo

    A populist leader's triumph in Venezuela is caught on film.

  • Music

    July 31, 2003

    Kid Alienated

    Kid 606 separates the beats from the crap.

  • News

    August 15, 2002

    Have Faith

    Oscar Paniagua fled Denver -- but he didn't escape a death sentence.

  • New Year's Eve

    December 13, 2001

    A World of Celebration

    The History of New Year's Eve.

  • News

    February 1, 2001

    House of Spirits

    Martín Ramirez has a cure for what ails you.

  • News

    September 21, 2000

    Follow That Story

    Faith healer Oscar Paniagua jumps bail.

  • News

    August 31, 2000

    The Truth Hurts

    His former clients have a message for Oscar Paniagua: They'll see him in court -- they hope.

  • Dining

    February 10, 2000

    Amor the Merrier

    Piscos goes south of the border. Way south of the border.

  • News

    September 16, 1999

    A Heavy Load

    Piscos goes south of the border. Way south of the border.

  • News

    April 29, 1999

    !Atencion, Por Favor!

    Parents in northwest Denver say the school district doesn't listen--so they're making more noise.

  • Calendar

    December 10, 1998

    Feliz Feliciano

    Parents in northwest Denver say the school district doesn't listen--so they're making more noise.

  • News

    January 15, 1998

    The Boys of Winter

    Parents in northwest Denver say the school district doesn't listen--so they're making more noise.

  • News

    August 21, 1997

    Three's Company

    Parents in northwest Denver say the school district doesn't listen--so they're making more noise.

  • News

    May 29, 1997

    A Rocky Road

    The ranger known as Mr. Longs Peak has to climb down. His friends wonder why.

  • News

    April 10, 1997

    Sweet Truth

    A businessman tries to satisfy a craving.

  • Music

    February 7, 1996

    CRITIC'S CHOICE

    A businessman tries to satisfy a craving.

  • Culture

    November 8, 1995

    GONE SOUTH

    A businessman tries to satisfy a craving.

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