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  Pretty Lights at the 1STBANK Center
  Pretty Lights, a.k.a. Derek Vincent Smith, performed the first show of a two-night New Year's Eve residency at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield on December 30, 2011. Porter Robinson and Super Vision opened up the show. Brandon Marshall brings back these photos from the New Year's Eve Eve party.
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  Ween at the Fillmore, 12/30/11
  There was no ambitious declaration or plan of attack from the Ween brothers as they launched into their nearly three-hour long set on Friday night for the second show of their three-night stand at the Fillmore. Unlike Thursday's show, which included early hints from Dean Ween (Mickey Melchiondo)...
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  Ween at the Fillmore
  Ween played the first show of its three-night stay in Denver on Thursday, December 29, 2011 at the Fillmore. Kid is Qual opened up the show. Eric Gruneisen brings back these photos from the show. Also See! - Review: Ween at Fillmore Auditorium, 12/29/11 - Ween at the Fillmore, 12/30/11
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  Denver's best convention photos of 2011
  Denver loves a convention, and the dorkier the better! Costumed pirates, Slave Leias, furries, steampunks, anime cosplayers and Trekkies all converged on the Mile High City in 2011. Here's a look back at our favorite costumes of the conventions this year.
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  F@#K X-Mas Party
  On Christmas night, December 25, 2011, at the Three Kings Tavern, the sixth Annual "F@#K X-Mas Party" with Ooh La La Burlesque and Mark Star Karaoke. The 21-and-up party promised to include "the best of everything 3 Kings all at once," which apparently means lots of Pabst Blue Ribbon, music and...
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  West of Center at MCA Denver
  Though not part of an ambitious series of events like Pacific Standard Time, our own MCA Denver is participating in the same zeitgeist anyway, with West of Center: Art and the Counterculture Experiment in America, 1965-1977. The show, organized by director Adam Lerner and his wife and...
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  Barolo Grill is flying high
  Like its signature dish, Barolo Grill seemed a dead duck a year ago. But instead, it evolved. Just weeks later, executive chef Brian Laird announced his departure from Barolo, and Darrel Truett, a seven-year veteran of the kitchen staff, stepped up to take his place. This past summer, when owner...
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  Ten dankest marijuana strains of 2011
  Our marijuana critic, William Breathes, smoked more than 140 different samples of medical marijuana in 2011. We sent him down fuzzy-memory lane and asked him to pick out the top ten strains he smoked, and here are the results along with the original strain writeup from his Mile Highs and Lows...
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  Merry Fracking Christmas
  Cool holiday greeting card designs for Colorado's hottest celebrities! By Kenny Be for Westword.
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  2011 in Denver Nightlife (NSFW)
  Go-go dancers, raging Santas, a few naked people, music after midnight, zombies, juggalos, medical marijuana, steampunk and more: Here's a year's worth of photos shot-after dark in Denver, from January to December. All photos by Westword photographers.
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  "Party Rock Anthem" flash mob
  The Denver Flash Mob group descended upon FlatIron Crossing mall in Broomfield on Sunday for its latest surprise performance, this time to "Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO. The whole thing lasted about ten minutes, says photographer Emily Driskill, who brings back these photos. Watch a video from...
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  Speedwolf at the Marquis
  Speedwolf held its record release show for Ride with Death on Friday, December 16, 2011 with openers Negative Degree, MF Ruckus, Weaponizer and No Thought. Randal Bellows brings back these photos. Also Read: - "Review: Speedwolf at The Marquis Theater, 12/16/11," by Tom Murphy. - "Reed Bruemmer...
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