Use quotes to search for a phrase or name: "toy story", or "brooklyn bridge".

Article

TRVE and The Bruery’s Patrick Rue Collaborate During GABF week

One of the benefits of having the Great American Beer Festival in Denver is that innovative brewers and craft-beer royalty make their way to town at least once a year, where they interact with Colorado's movers and shakers. The result are friendships, collaborations and other connections that usually end up...
Article

Teen Sexting Laws: Author Sees Their Roots in Slut Shaming

"One of the reasons we have such terrible teen-sexting laws is that people think any girl who would do this must be deviant or mentally ill or pathological. And that really denies the reality that teenagers are sexting. And it's not just a couple of them." That's one of the many...
Article

Cursive’s Tim Kasher on What The Ugly Organ Means to Him Now

Cursive's 2003 Album, The Ugly Organ, has been described as a masterpiece, a benchmark and a career jumping off point for an already highly touted band. The album contains elements of song-writing and musical mastery and sold over 170,00 copies. But it can also be viewed as merely one of...
Article

The Ten Best Movie Events in Denver in May

With springtime comes the blooming of flowers and usually the blossoming of allergies. So what better way to stay out of nature's way than by planning some indoor activities, relaxing in front of a big movie screen that's showing the latest cinema curios and classic hits or, if your allergies...
Article

New Parole Unit Logs Massive Overtime in First Year

In the year following the 2013 murder of state prison chief Tom Clements by a parole absconder, parole officers working for the Colorado Department of Corrections put in for an unprecedented 8,858 hours of overtime pay -- and nearly a third of that overtime was logged by one small, elite...
Article

Tracking the Catch of the Day at Sushi Den

Sushi Den's 30th anniversary is this month (the actual day is Christmas Eve) and although the restaurant is not in the habit of running specials or discounts, owners Toshi and Yasu Kizaki have held a few small events throughout the year to show appreciation for regular customers. The most recent...
Article

Voivod Brought its Prog-Rock-Inspired Metal to Denver

Voivod is set to perform on Wednesday, February 25th at Summit Music Hall sharing the bill with Napalm Death, Exhumed, Phobia, Iron Reagan, Black Crown Initiate and Vimana for the Through Space and Grind Tour. Inspired in part by the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, punk, 70s prog and...
Article

The Arvada Center Takes a Fresh Look at Colorado’s Ties to Pop Art

Collin Parson, the exhibition manager and curator at the Arvada Center, always seems to come up with shows that both highlight the local scene and push the art dialogue of the community forward. That’s certainly the case with rePOPulated: Contemporary Perspectives on Pop Art, an impressive two-part group show, along...
Article

A Culture of Deception at the VA?

Our January 15 cover story, "Tell No One," delved into an evolving sexual harassment quagmire at an Aurora outpatient clinic operated by the Department of Veteran Affairs; several female health care workers who complained of inappropriate conduct by a male nurse say they've suffered retaliation from administrators, including punitive job...
Article

Dazzle Classes Up the Brunch Buffet With Live Jazz

Enjoy the soothing sounds of the four-piece Paris Takes Quartet crooning in a multitude of languages as you wiggle your way through the maze of tables to pile your plate high with everything and anything under the sun. But you have to know what you’re getting into with brunch at...
Article

The Ten Best Shows in Denver This Weekend

There are plenty of good shows this SIA weekend, including Icelantic's Winter on the Rocks tonight (featuring Damien Marley and Major Lazer). Elsewhere, you'll find John Doe at the Lion's Lair and Pierce the Veil at the Fillmore. The rest of our picks follow. See also: What to Wear to...
Article

El Chalate Serves Salvadorean Warmth in the Form of Pupusas

When hunting for the cuisine of any country or ethnic group, Colfax Avenue is not a bad place to start. This month I'm looking for pupusas, the stuffed tortillas of El Salvador, and there are at least three restaurants on Colfax east of Quebec Street that either specialize in Salvadorean...
Article

Review: Moulin Scrooge Mash-Up Creates a Holiday Smash

Moulin Scrooge Bug Theatre Moulin Scrooge mashes together the well-known story of A Christmas Carol with the plot of Baz Luhrmann's overheated Moulin Rouge, a film about the love between a writer and a consumption-wracked cabaret dancer named Satine. With songs. The primary claim to fame of the play's author,...
Article

Go Home Again

When Anna Winter and Laura Conway put out a call for submissions for their in-home art show, Staycation, they weren't expecting a global response, but sculpture, photography, videography and even live performers from as far away as Denmark, Poland and Russia all made their way to Boulder. The curators asked...