Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who created The Book of Mormon , are hometown heroes — and that alone is reason for a “Glory Hallelujah” all around. Tickets for the musical sold out in record time yesterday; for those lucky enough to have snagged them, there are a few things…
I’ll admit it: I’m stuck in the past, using a crockpot to cook meals. And I learned at chef Lynda Lacher’s One Pot Cooking Class at Cherry Creek Whole Foods last night that I am guilty of many crockpot sins, the worst of which is not using a pressure cooker…
Unless you’ve been trekking in the Himalayas this week, you’ve undoubtedly heard all about celebrity chef Paula Deen’s admission that she has Type 2 diabetes. Deen is known for her signature deep-South-deep-fried-deeply-buttered cuisine, and the criticism of her condition/food/pimping diabetes drugs is almost as painful as the day after eating…
Why do Americans like dragon dances so much? “China is so far away in so many ways,” posits Denver Art Museum spokeswoman Tara Moberly. “We are more familiar with European customs, but China is still foreign and exotic.” The museum will celebrate Chinese New Year today with the Colorado Asian…
The city of Lafayette has been hosting the Quaker Oatmeal Festival since 1996. This annual celebration starts with an oatmeal breakfast, which leads into an oatmeal baking contest, a health fair and a 5k run, and ends with hundreds of people getting plenty of fiber in their diets — and…
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that adults love candy and soda pop just as much as kids. According to Patrick Evans, owner of the new Rocket Fizz Soda Pop and Candy Shop at Writer’s Square (technically 1512 Larimer Street), the majority of his customers are between…
Deluged by Republican presidential candidates who wanted to politic with the people dining at New Hampshire’s Colby’s Breakfast and Lunch restaurant — and customers complaining about the interruptions — a manager put up this sign: “No Politicians No Exceptions.” “There is a time and a place, and the customers should…
“A third of all cowboys were black,” says Nickolas Ridley, curator for the Black American West Museum in Denver. “And a black cowboy, Bill Pickett, actually taught Roy Rogers how to do rope work.” But at the 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. African American Heritage Rodeo of Champions, taking place…
What’s better than celebrating Festivus? Celebrating Festivus with four consecutive days of indie films — and getting lubed on bourbon while you’re doing it. Among the highlights of the fifth annual Festivus Film Festival is the world premiere of the Dante’s Inferno-inspired horror film Lilith, along with a Q&A session…
Sugarlicious, the sweet brainchild of Jill Landman-Alfond and her sister-in-law, Stacey Landman, is a boutique-style candy shop with upscale gifts, a smattering of gourmet kitchen goodies, and lots and lots of candy. The store is decorated like the inside of a girl’s jewelry box (sparkles, glitter, shiny baubles) and houses…
A $50,000 prize pot certainly ain’t no spittoon, and who takes that steak money home depends on which cowboy can put up with the most bull for the longest amount of time. Beginning tonight at 7 p.m., the 2011 National Western Stock Show will present the PBR Bull Riding event,…
It’s time for the 2011 National Western Stock Show to pit cowboys against other cowboys and line them all up against bulls in an international glory fight for the ages. The Super Saturday Colorado Rodeo Champions vs. The World will feature local bull-riders competing against each other in semi-finals, then…
It’s that time of year again — time to dust off your best shit-kickers and pomade your hair, because the National Western Stock Show is returning to our beloved cowtown and kicking it off with the traditional National Western Stock Show Parade. As always, the parade will include floats, horseback…
At the one-time home of Kuulture, 1512 Larimer Street, the lights are off, the doors are shuttered, everything is packed into cardboard boxes, and the telephone number is no longer in service. When it opened in 2008, Kuulture was one of the first LA-style frozen yogurt shops to hit town,…
It’s a new year, and 2012 should be another rich, full year of food, drink and, with any luck, a few more naked photos of Anthony Bourdain. It’s time to kick 2011 in the gnocchi and usher in a brand-new 365 days of fresh foodie resolutions. We all know that…
The road to Alderon was paved with good intentions, as was One-Man Star Wars Trilogy, but unfortunately the Force can’t fix everything. Charlie Ross’s solo adaptation of the first (not the second, thank Emperor Palpatine!) Star Wars trilogy was presented to a packed house at the Lone Tree Arts Center,…
Sure, you could stay home, get snockered and burn off your eyebrows lighting fireworks this New Year’s Eve, or you could hear some naughty poetry and watch belly dancers in steampunk gear. The Mercury Cafe, home of local booze, urban-hippie decor and a selection of vegetarian dishes that even carnivores…
St. Kilian’s Cheese Shop is a boutique-style gem within walking distance of Mondo Vino and The Denver Bread Company — making Highland Square a convenient stop for gathering party supplies — and it specializes in French, Spanish and Italian cheeses, with a few select Swiss and Dutch wheels, and cheddars…
Christmas is a holiday for everyone — drunks, gamblers, cheats, kids, construction workers and, especially, foodies — because it’s a whole season devoted to edible hedonism. People are tacitly allowed — if not outright encouraged — to glut themselves on whatever takes their fancy at any time, everything from candy…
What makes City, O’ City such a marvelous place to dine and drink? The location, right in the heart of downtown, the staff’s ability to make the best mocha latte I’ve had in quite a while, and the quirky-vegetarian treasures on the menu — notably the signature house-pickled vegetables. I…
Connecting the dots for why you should celebrate Kwanzaa at the Denver Zoo is as easy as an urban African safari — which is exactly what event organizers have in mind for the celebration that starts tonight. “Making cultural connections,” explains event coordinator Megan Woodcock. “We have so many African…
There’s an “it” couple that everyone wants at their party every Christmas — the duo that livens up the festivities, gives the crowd something to talk about, and adds that certain something to make the gathering memorable. This pair, for example: a delicate bite of a smooth, hand-dipped pomegranate-raspberry-rose chocolate…
