Best Of Denver^® 2005

We came, we saw, we stuffed our faces -- and we unstuffed the ballot boxes. After months of eating, shopping, drinking and dialing, our top-secret Best of Denver 2005 team produced the paper now in your hands, our 22nd annual celebration of the city. The Best of Denver edition is not for beginners. Within days of moving to Denver, you know the kick of browsing at the Tattered Cover Book Store (all three of them now), the thrill of seeing a concert at Red Rocks, the joy of yet another day of sunshine on your face (and your unshoveled sidewalk), and the welcome taste of that 1 a.m. burger at My Brother's Bar, Denver's oldest building dedicated to the non-stop dispensing of booze and camaraderie. (If you were lucky enough to be born here, you know all these things instinctively --- and you can also remember when you could actually see prairie on the drive from Denver to Boulder.) The Best of Denver begins with all those wonderful amenities we so often take for granted, and builds off them to capture all the unique people, places, services and shops that are continually redefining this city, making Denver the very best place in the country to live. Enjoy.

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Best Of Denver®

Arts & Entertainment

Best Free Entertainment

LoDo at Let-Out

Best Place to Rant for Free

Open Zine Project

Best Annual Festival -- City

Capitol Hill People's Fair

Best Annual Festival -- Mountains

U.S. Comedy Arts Festival

Best New Festival (Since March 2004)

The Shoot Out Boulder

Best Outdoor Festival

Cherry Creek North Gourmet Series

Best Battle of Wits

Stand-Up Comedy Battles

Best Posthumous Tribute

Lalo Delgado

Best Place to See an Irish Genius

Regis University campus

Best Use of Empty Air Time

On Stage

Best Lecture Series

The Lab at Belmar

Best Architectural Brainstorming Session

Architectural Laboratory - Denver

Best Architectural Event

Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver building selection process

Best Revolutionaries

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Best Free Movies

Denver Public Library Film Series

Best Human-Rights Film Series

ArgusFest

Best Specialty Film Festival

Cinema Q

Best Local Film (Since March 2004)

Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water

Best Performance by a Coloradan in a Film

Don CheadleHotel Rwanda

Best Movie Theater -- Food

Mayan Theatre

Best Movie Theater -- Comfort

United Artists Denver Pavilions Stadium 15

Best Movie Theater -- Programming

Starz FilmCenter

Best Program at the 2004 Denver International Film Festival

An Evening With Morgan Freeman

Best Major-Movie Views of Denver

Silver City

Best New Public Art (Since March 2004)

"Indeterminate Line"

Best Art News

Clyfford Still museum

Best New Art Hire

Patty Ortiz

Best Museum Exhibit (Since March 2004)

Quest for Immortality

Best Exhibit About Colorado Art

scene Colorado/sin Colorado

Best Supporter of Colorado Art

The Kirkland Museum

Best Museum Solo

John David Rigsby: Dots, Blobs and Angels Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver

Best Historic Show -- Solo

Emerson Woelffer

Best Historic Show -- Group

True Grit

Best Gallery Show -- Solo

Virginia Maitland: Opened Windows

Best Gallery Show -- Group

Repeat Offenders

Best Solo by an Out-of-Towner

Rex Ray: Recent Work

Best Duet by Out-of-Towners

John Buck and Manuel Neri

Best TV Appearance by Local Artwork

David Mazza

Best Painting Solo -- Abstract

Best Of Denver^® 2005

Best Of Denver^®

Don Cheadle
Hotel Rwanda

John David Rigsby: Dots, Blobs and Angels
Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver

Inventing Van Gogh
Steven Dietz

Brett Aune
Inventing Van Gogh

Laura Norman
Angels in America

Christopher Leo
Inventing Van Gogh

Denise Perry-Olson
Old Times

Nicholas Sugar
Bat Boy: The Musical

Shelley Cox-Robie
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat