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Adele Says Hello Again to Denver

Adele, the Grammy- and Oscar-winning British singer-songwriter and reigning queen of cross-generational radio pop, just announced dates for her 2016 North American tour, and it includes two performances in Denver. On a tour that features a six-night stand at Madison Square Garden in New York, she will appear on July...
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Ten Reasons to Go to the 2015 Colorado State Fair

If you've never been to the Colorado State Fair, it's time. And if you go every year, it's time to start planning the annual trek to Pueblo, which still hosts the Fair despite occasional attempts to move it. (Extra points if you pronounce the city's nam properly: Pee-EBB-low!) Why? First...
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Sarto’s Rolls Out New Brunch, Complete With Champagne Sabering

If you’ve ever seen someone on TV or on the silver screen open a bottle of Champagne with a sword and thought, “damn that’s a cool party trick,” Sarto’s is here to help you impress your friends and live out your swashbuckling, sword-wielding fantasies. Sarto's new brunch is one of...
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Dear Stoner: Can I Smoke Weed Before My Workout?

Dear Stoner: My friend says he likes to get high before working out. I always assumed that would be bad for my lungs and coordination. Jay Blazer Dear Jay: Marijuana as a performance-enhancing drug sounds crazy, doesn’t it? While no one is suggesting that NFL quarterbacks light up before a...
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RIP: Castor, the Denver Zoo’s Oldest Komodo Dragon

Castor, the oldest Komodo dragon at the Denver Zoo, has died. Castor was a 21-year-old male dragon whose father, Naga, once belonged to President George H.W. Bush. He was born in 1994 at the Cincinnati Zoo and came to Denver that same year. In his 21 years, Castor fathered seven baby...
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GEO Lawsuit Alleging Forced Labor of Immigrant Detainees Moves Forward

In a move that could have resounding consequences for corrections practices and the for-profit prison industry in particular, a Denver federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by nine federal immigrant detainees, who allege that a private prison contractor forced them to perform maintenance and cleaning jobs for...
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Force Publique Found a New Scene and a New Identity in Portland

Sometimes a geographical change is necessary for a band to find its own path. For Cassie McNeil and James Wayne, the Pacific Northwest felt like the right part of the country to re-root the duo’s work as Force Publique. Both musicians grew up in different parts of Colorado, eventually landing...
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Will and Coral Frischkorn Add a Second Cured in Boulder

Will and Coral Frischkorn opened Cured in 2011 with two ideas in mind for their business. The first was that “we wanted a place with what we eat for dinner six nights a week,” says Will. The second was simply this: “Passion.” Four years later, those two ideas have produced...
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Arielle Holmes Burns Through the Screen in Heaven Knows What

New York has often been the setting for films about heroin addicts, with titles ranging from Shirley Clarke’s cinéma-vérité-tweaking The Connection (1961) to Slava Tsukerman’s new-wave cult classic Liquid Sky (1982) mining the drama of smack freaks tying off, shooting up and nodding out. But Josh and Benny Safdie’s tough,...
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Magic Sword: The Most Unusual Act at UMS 2015

Perhaps the most unusual act of this past weekend's Underground Music Showcase was Magic Sword. This mysterious trio hails from Boise, Idaho and the two musicians perform incognito while a third member handles the projections in a way that is far from obvious. “I try to set up in a way...
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Chef & Tell: Nick Shankland of Hideaway Kitchen + Bar

Restaurateur Alan Zizmor closed Hideaway Kitchen & Bar in Genesee last winter for a makeover, reopening in April with not just a new look, but also a new chef: the young but seasoned Nick Shankland. The chef, who has done time in some of Denver’s top kitchens, quickly installed a...
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The Mayday Experiment: A Tiny Jamboree for Tiny Houses

At least once a week, someone squeals to me that they love tiny homes. There are a lot of tiny home fans out there, along with tiny house television shows (none of which I’ve watched), movies and blogs. The zeitgeist is here. Which is why over 10,000 people registered for...
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Humboldt’s New Chef Rolls With the Seasons

Will Tuggle made the move from executive chef at Stout Street Social to Humboldt recently and has begun adding new dishes to both the lunch and dinner menus while outgoing chef, DJ Nagle, transitions to his new role as executive chef at Blue Island Oyster House, scheduled to open later...
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Chastity Belt and the Promising Future of the American Underground

The Seattle-based rock band Chastity Belt made its second Denver appearance at Dryer Plug Studios over the weekend. (The first was in 2013, when the group played with Pony Time at Rhinoceropolis.) This time, at least half the band members discarded their shoes while performing. The way the they interacted...