Dish tickets half-price today!

Dish, Westword’s annual celebration of the local dining scene, will be at the Exdo Event Center from 7:30 to 11 p.m. on Wednesday, September 22. More than thirty restaurants and food purveyors will be sampling their wares, including Appaloosa Grill, Apple Spice Junction, Argyll, Big Fat Cupcakes, Biker Jim’s Gourmet…

Westword Music Showcase 2010: Backbeat scribes’ travelogue

Here’s our massive, multi-page report/travelogue of the Westword Music Showcase from (in order) Tom Murphy, Cory Casciato, A.H. Goldstein, Jef Otte, Jon Solomon and Brian Frederick. Let us know in the comments what you saw and loved, saw and hated, or missed and hated yourself for missing. While walking to…

Dog-kicker Thomas Leurck drinks away his troubles

Thomas Leurck prefers to take out his frustrations with life by kicking the dog. But after a judge ordered him to stay away from the dog, Leurck only had one other coping mechanism: getting shitfaced and driving around Boulder County. According to the Boulder Daily Camera, the 48-year-old Superior man…

Five bar types that every man should avoid during his lifetime

A local bartender recently poured out this story to Cafe Society: There comes a time in every adult’s life when he or she starts to drink like an actual adult. In an ideal world, that time would coincide with the drinker’s 21st birthday. Unfortunately, after December 6, 1933, “adults” lost…

Medical marijuana patients, chihuahua protest application backlog

Exactly six people and a chihuahua showed up at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment this afternoon to protest what they say is an extraordinary wait time to receive their medical marijuana cards. Some patients are waiting so long for their applications to be processed, the protesters said,…

Today: Get your Jimmy John’s Sub for $1

Today is Customer Appreciation Day at selectJimmy John’s outlets, which will be selling their 8″ Sub Sandwiches for just $1. The fine print: Only sandwiches #1 through 6 on the menu are eligible, the deal goes from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today only, and it’s one sandwich per person…

Janelle Monae, Mane Rok and the Gromet top our weekly playlists

As people who think about, talk about, listen to and make music, the most common question we encounter is, “What are you listening to right now?” So whether you’re looking for recommendations, trying to get a feel for our individual sensibilities, or are just curious, we’ve compiled a list of…