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In 1990, Westword published its seventh Best of Denver issue, a celebration of the city that saluted everything from Best Bumpersticker (“I Sold a Townhome in Aurora,” an amazing feat in this town’s still depressed economy) to Best C&W Bar (the just-opened Grizzly Rose) to Best Name for a New…

Both men accused of hatching a murder-by-snake plot to kill Amateur Poker Tour owner Matt Sowash have now had the most serious charges against them dropped. Herb Beck and Christopher Steelman (profiles in the September 27 feature “Free Poker Tour Is a Dead Man’s Hand”) were arrested in August, charged…

The women on Telemundo are so hot. From the spicy soap opera stars to the TV news anchors, the channel is flooded with momacitas. But beware my fellow male Spanish channel gawkers, for there is a man dressed up as a woman who has slipped in with the real Latinas…

November is sweeps month, when ratings help determine ad rates for a wide range of programming, including local news shows. As a result, stations ramp up the number of promos they run for their ‘casts, with many of them touting assorted investigations. All too often, though, these supposed scoops are…

For someone growing up in Colorado, attending a Broncos game is a right of passage. But before November 19, only one of my children — my son, Nick, who’s 18 — had experienced the crazed spectacle firsthand. I managed to score a pair of tickets to a preseason game against…

Check out this slide show of graffiti murals we spotted on a recent trip to Denver’s West side…

More than a week after the dust had settled in every other political battle in the state, results were finally announced in the only contest that really counts among firefighters in a certain mountain town: the Evergreen Fire Protection District recall election. The mail-in ballot had been delayed by printing…

It was, again, a weekend filled with film. The 30th Denver Film Festival wrapped last night and over the weekend we caught a few flicks. I hated Being Michael Madsen. The boredom was only punctuated by the two drunks next to me who knocked over their beer bottles half way…

Check out this slide show of graffiti murals we spotted on a recent trip to Denver’s West side…

Since the institution of a joint-operating agreement linking business operations at the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post, the papers have repeatedly emphasized that their editorial departments operate independently. This point was reinforced in the Saturday, November 17 Rocky, albeit in an embarrassing way. That day’s Business section included…

Have you had it with this year? Enter Westword’s “Why I’m Ready to Kiss 2007 Goodbye” essay contest and you could see the year out in style – with a gift certificate to one of Denver’s best restaurants. That’s just one of the prizes that will be awarded to contest…

Closing night didn’t shut the door on the 30th annual Starz Denver Film Festival. Other selections began unspooling around the same time or after the start of this bash at other participating theaters, and a full slate of flicks was available for viewing the following day. As such, the November…

In the Best of Denver 2007, Jason Sheehan named Ha Noi “The Best Taste of Hanoi,” saying this: “If you’re from Vietnam, this is comfort food. If you’re not, it’s a fantastic education in the less common flavors of Southeast Asia. Gelatinized duck’s blood, fishscale mint, sawgrass and other, even…

Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards has achieved a lot in his life, but arguably his most famous act was paying $400 for someone to shape and mold his astonishingly lustrous and luxurious locks. Today, November 15, Colorado’s Tom Tancredo, a Republican presidential hopeful currently stuck at single digits in most…

In 1989, Westword published its sixth Best of Denver issue, a celebration of the city that saluted everything from perennial favorites Pirate, El Chapultepec and John Elway to the Best New Screen (the just-renovated Esquire), the Best Place to Get on Track (Caboose Hobbies, where pint-sized star Gary Coleman had…

Today, November 15, the Rocky Mountain News launched its latest web revamp, and the design team deserves kudos. The look of the home page and beyond is clean, open and very readable, and as a bonus, everything loads much more quickly, improving a major problem with the previous permutation. And…

“Bringing Sexy Back,” Adam Cayton-Holland, November 1 Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow My wife and I are longtime readers of What’s So Funny. That column and South Park are about the only two things in the world that are guaranteed to make us laugh out loud several times within the space…

Off Limits was tickled by the “Be Lucky AND Prosperous” Colorado Lottery handout at our local convenience store, which offers security advice for people — oh, those millions of people — who hit the jackpot. “While 99 percent of everyone you meet will be happy for you for winning a…

In many ways, the rise of the Internet was like the rise of the wild, wild West. Both phenomena drew thrill-seekers and fortune-hunters by the thousands, eager to make a buck off an untamed environment ripe for exploitation. Both saw a rapid and dramatic fallout when it became clear that…

The economic challenges facing journalism are grave, but they haven’t managed to kill one of the industry’s most venerated traditions: the all-expenses-paid trip of dubious news value. Despite planned remarks by Democratic National Committee chairman (and recovering screamer) Howard Dean, the 2008 Democratic National Convention’s Fall Media Walk-Through, staged on…