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Catch a Colorado Shakespeare Festival Show Before the Season Ends

The Colorado Shakespeare Festival wraps up its 2016 season this weekend on the University of Colorado Boulder campus. To see if you can still score a ticket, call 303-492-0554 or go to coloradoshakes.org. Read our capsule reviews of three of this season's shows, all still playing. The Comedy of Errors. Egeon...
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Review: Reading Between the Lines at RedLine’s Drawing Never Dies

Drawing Never Dies, an interesting and somewhat provocative examination of contemporary drawings — at least that’s purportedly its subject — is nearing the end of its run at RedLine. The show was juried by Donald Fodness, a Denver artist, and Daisy McGowan, director of the Galleries of Contemporary Art at...
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Afia Grill Goes Beyond Typical Middle Eastern Fare

Denver seems to have a love-hate relationship with Middle Eastern cuisine, stemming in part from confusion over the term “Middle Eastern” itself. This nebulous geopolitical label has little to do with the borderless culinary world, where dishes transform and evolve over generations and from region to region. Here in Denver,...
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The Secret of Brazen’s Hearty Happy Hour Is Definitely Out

At 5:30 p.m on the first workday of the week, there isn't an oyster to be found at Brazen. Before most Denverites had punched the clock and slid down the brontosaurus tail, Brazen patrons had already declared this Mollusk Monday, ordering happy-hour oysters by the dozen. They came from over...
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Announcing a New Advertising Network for the Cannabis Industry

Today AdCellerant and Voice Media Group (Westword's parent company) announce the launch of their programmatic advertising network for businesses in the cannabis industry, an entirely new service that will allow marijuana entrepreneurs to market themselves more effectively on the Internet through programmatic display advertising. AdCellerant will work with Voice Media Group...
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Best Fake Bloody Mary

Table 6What’s a restaurant to do when it’s without a full liquor license but still wants to appease the thirsty brunch crowd? Fake it. Table 6 uses sake as a substitute for vodka in the house Bloody, resulting in a tasty morning pick-me-up that would have even the most seasoned imbiber fooled. An eclectic twist on […]
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Armed for Action at Denver Comic Con? Get Those Props Checked!

This is a big weekend for big events in Denver — PrideFest, Juneteenth and Denver Comic Con — and after the shootings in Orlando last weekend, you can anticipate higher security at all of them. Comic Con poses a particular challenge, since fantasy weapons are such an intrinsic part of...
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DU’s Vicki Myhren Gallery Flashes Its True Colors

Dan Jacobs, the director at the University of Denver's Vicki Myhren Gallery, used to be a high-ranking staffer at the Denver Art Museum. As a result, he has brought museum-like programming, like the current exhibit, Learning to See Color, to the Myhren. Jacobs and co-curator, Jeffrey Keith, a well-known Denver artist and...
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Frontier Airlines Subject of Gender Discrimination Investigation

Last month we reported that four female pilots, with help from the ACLU, had filed discrimination claims against Frontier Airlines with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The pilots charge that Frontier Airlines has unfair practices regarding pregnancy and does not provide adequate accommodations to female pilots who are breastfeeding. Now, the...