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History Colorado Changes Reflect Some Revisionist History

On August 1, thousands of people followed the urging of the banner outside the History Colorado Center to “step into the story” and went inside for a celebration of Colorado Day complete with cowboy tricks, rare artifact displays from the museum's usually off-limits treasure trove, and cake. But the revelers,...
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Rockabilly Model Linh England on Her New Pinup Charity

Linh England is currently in the running to win the Miss Viva Las Vegas Pin-Up Contest, part of a rockabilly celebration this April. Voting ended over the weekend, and now the Colorado native is waiting to hear the results. England has been involved in the local pinup-model world for the...
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Best Page-to-Stage Adaptation

BenedictionAuthor Kent Haruf, author of luminous novels about life on Colorado’s eastern plains, died last fall, and this year, the Denver Center presented Benediction, dramatized by Eric Schmiedl, the third of Haruf’s novels the company has staged. Set in the fictional town of Holt, it tells the story of Dad Lewis, an old man dying […]
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New Solitary Confinement Report Cites Colorado Reforms

A new report on the use of solitary confinement in America's prisons and jails, highly critical of the practice and challenging many common myths about who's in lockdown and why, looks closely at recent reform efforts in the Colorado prison system and concludes that many inmates can be removed from...
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Lucas Hinch After Gunning Down His Computer: “It Was Glorious”

Colorado Springs' Lucas Hinch committed murder on Monday. He admits it. As for the victim, it's been identified as Hinch's Dell computer, which he dispatched with eight gunshots. And even though Hinch was cited in the assassination, he clearly doesn't feel bad about the slaying. The item about Hinch on...
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David Gaines, 17, Killed by Cop After Violent 12-Minute Crime Spree

At this writing, photos of seventeen-year-old Grand Junction resident David Gaines have yet to surface. However, the other images shared her offer an indication of the damage he left behind before being shot and killed by police in Grand Junction yesterday. The situation allegedly began with a fight between Gaines...
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Playbill: Three New Plays in Denver for the Weekend of May 8-10

This week on Denver-area stages, secrets come out of the woodwork as a dynasty of Chinese classical musicians gathers in a villa, California’s Proposition 8 trial is re-examined and local improv actors get down to come serious clowning in pirate suits. Ahoy, matey! Here are the details. Theatre Esprit Asia,...
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Best Place to Spot a Fashionista

Larimer StreetLarimer Street stretches from the Auraria campus to the River North area — and all along the way, you’ll spot fashionistas scattered among the students, downtown businesspeople, edgy RiNo artists and tourists venturing off the 16th Street Mall. Historic Denver meets the contemporary city along Larimer, and the result is often a stylish mash-up. If […]
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Kurt Cobain Is Honored in the Stunning Montage of Heck

A post-Wikipedia biographical documentary, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck finds Brett Morgen constructing a feature-length collage of notebook entries, demo tapes, rehearsal footage, home movies, archival photos, and drawings and artwork by the late Nirvana frontman. It's an impressive, comprehensive assemblage, designed to impart not a point-by-point historical account but,...
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Best Tamales

La FuenteLa Fuente is a little hard to spot during the day, but the neon cacti over the door lead the way at night. For many, breakfast burritos are the main attraction, but bags of corn-husk-wrapped tamales under a heat lamp are a giveaway that the kitchen can do more than just roll flour tortillas. Available […]
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Best Restaurant on Broadway

GozoThe aroma of wood smoke greets you at the door at Gozo and tags along through the course of your meal, grounding the menu of Mediterranean-inspired dishes and blistered pizzas with rustic notes. Whether turning out quick-cooked and succulent clams with chorizo or slow-roasted short ribs, the wood oven that’s the showpiece of the chef’s […]
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Best Chimichurri

Olive & FinchWhile Mary Nguyen is primarily known for her Asian and French fusions at P17 and Olive & Finch, one of her menu standouts is not a dish, but a sauce. At Olive & Finch, the chimichurri that comes on the D.F. (a beautiful mess of eggs, pulled pork, green chile and cheese) and the Nico […]
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Best Place for a Little Tongue

Olive & FinchChef/restaurateur Mary Nguyen came to prominence with her elegant interpretations of Vietnamese cuisine, but her love of European cafe culture prompted her to open Olive & Finch, an all-day market serving breakfast, lunch and dinner in a casual, bustling atmosphere that encourages lingering and neighborly exchanges. The overall menu board is delicious and comforting, but […]
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Best Gallery Show — Solo

Emilio LobatoLongtime Colorado artist Emilio Lobato spent the last few years caring for his terminally ill wife, Darlene Sisneros, who ultimately died. Afterward, sadness over her loss was combined with doubts about whether or not he had done enough to help her. The result of these contemplations was Emilio Lobato: The Measure of a Man, a […]