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Fifteen Beers to Seek Out at Collaboration Fest on March 25

With 112 beers on the menu, it's going to be extremely difficult for the giddy attendees of the fourth annual Collaboration Fest to know where to begin. This year's version of the event, which takes place March 25, from 4 to 7 p.m., at the National Western Complex, is the...
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The Twelve Best Newly Packaged Colorado Craft Beers of 2016

The craft brewing world felt a squeeze at the top this year as the number of breweries across the country soared past 4,000, and the number of bottled and canned offering grew by the thousands. In Colorado, where there are approximately 360 brewing licenses, competition was as fierce as ever...
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The 21 Best Events in Denver This Week

With temperatures expected to exceed the 90 mark, you might feel inclined to stay in close proximity to an AC unit, like perhaps at a play or art gallery show. We've got plenty to chose from in this week's 21 best events calendar. If you're feeling adventurous, don't miss some...
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The Ten Best New Restaurants in Denver

New restaurants just kept coming last year, with many great ones opening in the final weeks of 2016 — something restaurateurs would never have considered in decades past. But now that the dust has settled and we've had time to taste our way through the city's menus, we know which...
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How Sustainable Is Denver?

Sustainability is a 21st century ideal — a quality to which every city should aspire during a period in which concerns about the environment, and the ways we interact with it, continue to increase. With that in mind,  Amsterdam-based Arcadis, which describes itself as "the leading global design and consultancy for...
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Photos: The Lantern Fest Stopped Traffic on I-25

How great a visual wonder is 4,000 lanterns floating through the air at once? Enough to stop traffic. The entirety of cars in both lanes on I-25 came to a crawl on October 15 to witness the beauty as lanterns glided just above traffic to the west on a slight, warm, October...
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Why Adrian Moya Got the Maximum for Shooting a Cop

Update: In September, Adrian Moya pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder in regard to a gun battle last December between him and a Northglenn police officer. Each of them were shot multiple times, but both survived — and in April, the officer, who'd been wearing a ballistic vest that likely saved...
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Why Cherry Creek School Board Voted to Change Start Times

Last night, March 13, the Cherry Creek School District voted unanimously to move start times later for middle- and high-school students and earlier for children in elementary schools. The change has broad but not universal support from older students and their folks. However, a group of elementary-school parents were unhappy enough with them to have started a change.org petition that rejected alterations for their kids with extreme prejudice.
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How Naomi Braginsky Turned This Waffle House Into a Living Hell

Patrons of Waffle House restaurants don't ask for much. They just want some hot, delicious comfort food, served quickly and efficiently at a reasonable price. But earlier this month, customers (and employees) at one of the eatery's Colorado branches got something extra. Their breakfast allegedly became a grub-hurling, worker-assaulting living...
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Scared Denver Kids’ Letters to Donald Trump

"Dear Trump. I feel sad because you are saying you want to send the Mexicans back. I am Mexican. Plz don't send my family back. I am really mad. Plz think before you say. I was really scared about what you said on the TV." So reads a letter to...
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Artbeat: Crossover Displays Cross Purposes at Mike Wright Gallery

About a year ago, Colorado’s Doug Kacena came up with a provocative idea for an exhibit: He would paint over other artists’ paintings employing his own style, while those other artists painted over his works in their own respective styles. It was an unusual move, even if there were art-historical...
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After a Quiet Year, Boulder’s New-Brewery Scene Gets Busier

Boulder’s new-brewery scene was quiet for the majority of 2016. While existing powerhouses like Avery Brewing, Twisted Pine, Boulder Beer and Upslope all made news, no new breweries opened their doors during the first eleven months of the year. The most recent had been Vision Quest Brewery, which kicked things...
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Denver Celebrates Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats at Red Rocks

Exactly 365 days after Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats released their self-titled debut album, the band stands before a sold-out crowd at Red Rocks Amphitheater. They’ve just finished playing the final chords of their hit, “S.O.B,” and the resulting fever-pitch of adoration and roars of approval cascading down the...
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On NPR, Cory Gardner Tries to Delay Bus From Crushing Jeff Sessions Over Russia

Senator Cory Gardner isn't alone when it comes to a lack of in-person town halls, given that Senator Michael Bennet hasn't held one since 2014, as we reported earlier today. But while Bennet is able to bash President Donald Trump for conflicts of interest, among other things, Gardner, as the National Republican Senatorial Committee chair, finds himself in the uncomfortable position of having to maintain loyalty to the chief executive even as evidence of alleged improprieties among his cabinet appointees continues to mount, as demonstrated by the grilling he received on National Public Radio this morning in regard to serious questions about Attorney General Jeff Sessions.