Up Close: Star Kitchen

In this week’s Westword, on newsstands and online a little later today, Jason Sheehan discovers the dim-sum deliciousness of Star Kitchen (2917 West Mississippi; 303-936-0089). See Mark Manger’s photos at westword.com/slideshow…

Nuggets announcer Scott Hastings does not think highly of Jay Cutler

The notion that Jay Cutler may not be cut from Super Bowl-quarterback cloth — with his feet-dragging, shoulder-shrugging poutiness and otherwise fifth-grade body language — has been simmering beneath the surface for a while now, since around the time he singlehandedly lost the Dolphins game. But after a tumultuous few…

Denver Blogs: Meet your new neighbor, Wells Fargo. He tends not to mow his lawn.

Our daily woosh through the Colorogosphere. Send thy links this way. About 200,000 Colorado homeowners will become Colorado renters or Colorado live-with-Mom-and-Dad-ers by 2013. (Colorado Independent) Is there any way Roger Goodell could ban Brandon Marshall from dating? Because women seem to be the main problem here. (Mile High Report)…

Denver Blogs: One man’s unemployment is another’s free agency

Denver Blogs: In which we read Denver blogs, and then link to them. Send links. Time for lots of huge, fast rich guys to get richer. That is, it’s NFL free-agent season. And the Broncos are off and running. (Mile High Report) Some Republicans are coming around on in-state tuition…

Last Night: Joe Rogan at Comedy Works South

Near the end of his hour-long set at Comedy Works South last night, Joe Rogan’s previously polished routine devolved into a call-and-response act, with audience members yelling out keywords off of which Rogan could riff. They yelled DPT, he did five minutes on Dipropyltryptamine, a gnarly psychedelic and dear friend…

Friday’s Rocky Mountain News will be the last

It’s official: Denver is a one-daily town. The Rocky Mountain News has announced that tomorrow’s edition will be the last. From the Rocky’s story: The Rocky Mountain News, less than two months away from its 150th anniversary, will be closed after a search for a buyer proved unsuccessful, the E.W…

SAME Cafe: How much do people pay?

In this week’s Westword, Jared Jacang Maher reports on SAME Cafe, the non-profit eatery on East Colfax that lets customers pay what they want (or can). In a related slide show, Maher, with help from photographer J. Knight, shows what recent SAME customers chose to pay for their meals…

Up Close: Bistro One’s Olav Peterson

In his review of Bistro One, Jason Sheehan talks with chef Olav Peterson about the delicate process of building the perfect dish. In this week’s slideshow, photographer J. Knight captures Peterson at work doing just that…

Denver Blogs: Auraria campus to welcome tolerate new conservative student paper

Our daily stroll through Mile High bloggage. Send tips. Young conservatives start right-wing paper on Auraria campus. Sources say their sex column will suck. (Face the State) The Commie, homo-loving sons of guns on the Aurora City Council grant benefits to same-sex workers. (Colorado Independent) State Senator Scott Renfroe will…

AJ’s Super Bowl Run Through LoDo

Things can get downright neighborly in the LoDo neighborhood, but never more so than on Super Bowl Sunday, when restaurant workers at Dixons, Wazee Lounge and Supper Club and McCormick’s Fish House made some big bets. The loser? AJ Oscarson, a waiter at Dixons, who had to make good on…

Titans’ LenDale White avoids charges after hometown altercation

There are plenty of things you might expect Denver native and Tennessee Titans running back LenDale White to do after a traffic accident. If you’re nice, he might offer to sign the hood of your car. If you’re confrontational, he may rush at you nine times for -5 yards and…

Denver Blogs: A green Aspen?

Our daily slosh through the blogosphere. Send links here. Aspen: Where the beer flows like wine, and where they swear they’re going green. (Colorado Independent) The Avs do their best Rockies’ impression, shop Ryan Smyth. (Avs Talk) Colorado gets the shaft from the stimulus package. So that’s why Obama signed…

Over the Weekend: Westword’s Artopia

Judging by how long the lines were for waffles, doughnut holes and vodka, I’m guessing you were probably at this weekend’s Artopia, a celebration of art, food, fashion, music and drunken-cab hailing on Broadway. But either way, you can relive the event with Aaron Thackeray’s slideshow at westword.com/slideshow…

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Specifically the MADDEN Art Museum, which sponsored the visual arts category for this year’s MasterMind awards: What seduces you? The MADDEN Museum of Art wants to know. Is it the naked form? A box of velvety chocolates? Are you seduced by the decadence of a bed made of ostrich feathers…

Denver Blogs: Shit, indeed

Yes, George Carlin would like this art very much. (Buckfifty.org) Shooting free throws blind-folded is harder than it looks. Just ask Chauncey Billups. (Pickaxe and Roll) Peter Boyles is officially a third-grader. Someone give him a wedgie. (Media Matters)…

Denver Blogs: Reading is fundamentally overrated

Like always, we cruised the local blogosphere for stuff worth a few minutes. Send tips. Senator Bennet, apparently not a speed-reader, did not read entire stimulus bill before voting. The question: Do you care? (Face the State) What the stimulus bill means for Colorado’s New Energy Economy. (Colorado Independent) Should…

Denver Blogs: What Obama’s Denver pick means to the West

Another look at the local blogosphere. Send tips. How the West is winning with Obama. (Colorado Independent) A little ironic background on the site of today’s stimulus signing. (Face the State) Eight Republicans who could challenge Ritter. (5280)…