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Beer Calendar: Monsters, Mother’s Day and a Westside Beer Bus

Every week is craft-beer week in Colorado — but it wasn't always like that, and some states are still fighting against laws that limit homebrewers, taprooms and other pillars of the independent beer company. Which is why it's good to remember, even in taproom-loaded Denver, that American Craft Beer Week...
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“Get in There and Create”: Pablo Larraín on Jackie and Neruda

Pablo Larraín is having a good year. The Chilean director, Oscar-nominated a few years ago for his 2012 political drama No, has just released Jackie, featuring a striking Natalie Portman as Jackie Kennedy in the immediate aftermath of her husband’s assassination. He is also about to release Neruda, a complex,...
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Meet Nahid “Dr. Venus” Moshrefi, Alleged Defrauding Cancer-Faker

At Colorado Springs-based Holistic Healing Health, she's known as Dr. Venus K. Moshrefi, a specialist in natural healing therapies. But the First Judicial District DA's office refers to her as Nahid Moshrefi, who allegedly bilked an elderly man out of more than $30,000 by pretending to have cancer. If true, these actions...
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Daylight Savings Time and Eight Other Very Bad Choices We’ve Made

We all know it: Daylight Saving Time sucks. Like Columbus discovering America and diamonds coming from coal, the story of daylight savings—that we did it for farmers—is complete bullshit. The true origins lie somewhere between wartime, energy conservation, and politics; farmers, in fact, were staunchly against it as a practice, so the fact that they became blamed for it is insult to injury.Daylight Saving Time isn’t the only thing that remains part of American culture out of sheer inertia. The great John Oliver has a superb occasional feature called “How Is this Still a Thing?” that covers ridiculousness like Daylight Saving Time, including everything from Columbus Day to the popularity of Ayn Rand to pennies. But it’s not just tradition that sometimes sticks us with a terrible and yet still voluntary mess—sometimes, we see the pothole, and we drive over the damn thing anyway, wrecking our national alignment. Here’s a list of other disasters we’ve gotten ourselves into…you know, if we really insist.
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Lawsuit: Denver CARES Detox at Mile High Stadium Is a Moneymaking Scheme

Plenty of drinking takes place at Mile High Stadium, particularly during Denver Broncos games like the team's painful loss to the New England Patriots this past weekend — and fans Denver police officers feel have over-indulged frequently find themselves in detox under the auspices of Denver CARES, a behavioral health...
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The Broke Music Fan’s Guide to Denver: Phone Apps

Music fan or not, it seems like everybody in the civilized world is becoming increasingly reliant on their phones, with the iPhone still firmly atop the “hip and techy” tree. And those of you addicted to your iPhone don’t need to be told about the countless apps, but there’s a...
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American Babies Keep Progressive Americana Fresh and Organic

American Babies refuse to be typecast. Described by the group’s founder Tom Hamilton as a progressive Americana band, American Babies’ consistent desire is to remain fresh. Whether recording in the studio or performing on stage, Hamilton ensures that the creative process is not forced, allowing the group to settle around...
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Libertarian Party: It’s Great to Be Blamed for Hillary’s Loss

Among the narratives to emerge from the wreckage of Hillary Clinton's failed presidential campaign is the theory that she might have come out on top in the key state of Florida if it weren't for the impact there of Gary Johnson and William Weld, the ticket representing the Libertarian Party. At...
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Arturo Valenzuela Among 16 Charged in Drug Ring, Half-Pound of Coke Seized

The legalization of limited recreational marijuana sales hasn't prevented police from staging cannabis-related raids — note the Pueblo County Sheriff's war on allegedly illegal pot grows, which has resulted in the confiscation of at least confiscated 5,900 marijuana plans and 35 arrests in 25 homes since mid-March. But police agencies appear...