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Best Wood-Fired Chicken

Pizzeria Basta“Basta” translates to “enough” in Italian, and true to the name of the Boulder restaurant that Kelly Whitaker opened in 2010, you can never get enough of the food — whether you order the wood-fired pizzas, roasted vegetables, lasagna or, most notably, the sensational wood-roasted chicken, which flies high above its competition. No one makes […]
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Best TV Weathercaster

Becky DitchfieldWhereas too many TV stations are boys’ clubs when it comes to weathercasters, 9News is the opposite, with longtime star Kathy Sabine supplemented by a supporting cast that includes Belen De Leon and Danielle Grant (plus token guy Marty Coniglio). As a result, Becky Ditchfield sometimes gets overlooked. But she’s been a steady presence since […]
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Best New Flea Market

Valverde Bazaar Outdoor MarketAntiques dealer Eron Johnson had spring fever early last year, and the Valverde Bazaar was the serendipitous result, a gathering of a select group of creative friends — and their creative friends — for an outdoor market like no other in the metro area. Modeled after London’s Portobello Road, where, Johnson recalls, “you never knew […]
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Best Free Entertainment

The NarratorsAs Andrew Orvedahl and Robert Rutherford, hosts of the Narrators, will assure you, storytelling is an art — not just an opportunity to spew random reminiscences. In front of an audience, the storyteller must impart drama, give a sense of time and place, and even hit the funnybone once in a while to achieve real […]
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COjacks, a Colorado Currency, Starts Circulating Tomorrow

When the phrase "buy local" is uttered, what does it really mean? Friends Deacon Rodda and Brok McFerron spent a long time thinking about the concept and saw many opportunities within the local business community to make "buy local" a true reality. So on Friday, August 22, Rodda and McFerron...
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Nightmares on Wax

Before he got involved in the U.K.'s acid-house scene during the late '80s and early '90s, George Evelyn was a hard-core hip-hop fan. He joined a breakdancing group in 1988 with Kevin Harper, and the two formed Nightmares on Wax. Mixing beat-making with turntablism and live music with electronic production,...
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First Look: Argyll Whisky Beer Gastropub opens tonight in Uptown

Tonight at 5 p.m., restaurateur Robert Thompson, along with an incredibly pedigreed pool of talent, including executive chef John Broening, beer-and-whisky king Ryan Conklin and front-of-the-house czar Steve Kingsbury, will open Argyll Whisky Beer Gastropub in Uptown, in the former Las Margaritas space. See also: Exclusive: Robert Thompson opening Argyll...
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A Lie of the Mind. Thundery weather and a voice in the darkness: At the very beginning of A Lie of the Mind, Jake is on the phone telling his brother Frankie that he's killed his wife. Over his brother's protests, Frankie insists on visiting his sister-in-law to discover her...
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Readers weigh in on the state’s fracking debate

"Frack Attack!," Alan Prendergast, July 10 What the Frack? Another excellent story by Alan Prendergast. Thank you for injecting some sanity into the hysterical — on all sides — discussion of fracking in Colorado.Jules BaerDenver I wanted to thank you very much for Alan Prendergast's informative article on fracking. I...
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Best Breakfast Tacos

Moontower TacosIf you’ve ever been to South Texas, then you understand the unwavering fidelity of the region’s residents to breakfast tacos. So when Austin transplant Brent Thrash opened Moontower Tacos last year with an all-day breakfast board of tacos, it quickly became a go-to joint not just for breakfast, but for dinner, too. Because once you […]
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Best Place to See New Bands

Seventh Circle Music CollectiveWhen Aaron Saye took over the space formerly known as Blast-O-Mat in August of 2012 and renamed it the Seventh Circle Music Collective, he had some impressive boots to fill. Fortunately, the gregarious filmmaker and music fan had organizational skills honed during his years of tour managing, and he competently took on the challenge of […]
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Best Gallery Show — Group

Out of LineThe Robischon Gallery is so big that it’s easy for co-directors Jim Robischon and Jennifer Doran to mount large and impressive group shows in which each artist is given his or her own spacious berth. And not incidentally, they also have the curatorial talent to be ambitious. That was surely the case with Out of […]
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Best Inaugural Show

InfluenceArtist and gallery owner Mai Wyn Schantz took over the former Sandra Phillips space on Santa Fe Drive in the arts district after the latter decamped for the Golden Triangle, and thoroughly remodeled it. The result is a nice exhibition room and a spacious studio. Influence — the inaugural exhibit in the newly rehabbed space […]
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Out of Africa

“To me, it’s never been about being a woman in a man’s world; it’s been about delivering a consistently funny and entertaining show each night,” Chelsea Handler shared in a recent piece about her position in the boys’ club that is late-night television. A comedian, actress, author, TV host and...