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Photos: Top five happiness rankings of five major Colorado cities

Last week, we told you about the latest Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, popularly known as the happiest cities list, as well as the two Colorado places that finished in the top ten. But because Gallup-Healthways also produced a survey specifically about the State of Colorado, we're able to drill even deeper...
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Brew Crew

To help celebrate Colorado Craft Beer Week, the Colorado Brewers Guild wanted to put on a truly special event. And that’s how the inaugural Collaboration Fest was conceived — because what better way to promote craft beer than through one-of-a-kind brews created by multiple breweries? “Breweries literally work together every...
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A Round Heeled Woman: Sex marks the spot

The idea of geriatric sex is one of those things that makes people — especially young people — squirm. Old people who are lucky enough to have active sex lives know enough to keep it to themselves. So Jane Juska's memoir, A Round-Heeled Woman: My Late Life Adventures in Sex...
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Drug-endangered child bills fail

Earlier this month, we examined two controversial bills about drug-endangered children that "could arguably make all cannabis-using parents criminals" according to our William Breathes. Senator Linda Newell, who sponsored the measures, passionately disagreed with this interpretation. But yesterday, both measures failed after the state senate reportedly approved them only to...
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Now Showing

Critical Focus: Ian Fisher. This show, located in the informal Whole Room at MCA Denver, is made up of a group of mostly monumental paintings of the sky. It's the type of thing that has become the artist's signature. Though Fisher begins with photographs of clouds used as studies, the...
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Do you owe it to your bandmates to stay in town?

Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you stop doing it wrong. Send your problems to her --...
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Beer Calendar: German Lagers, Pumpkin Ales and a Pair of Beer Dinners

Echo Brewing, which started in Frederick, has opened a second location in a former firehouse in Erie, at 600 Briggs Street, right across I-25. The taphouse and restaurant will specialize in pizza, appetizers, salads and desserts, in addition to its beer. Three-month-old Denver Pearl Brewing announced last weekend that it...
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Denver on 4/20 weekend: 130 arrests or citations, 22 jailed

Update below: Last week, Denver Police Department spokesman Sonny Jackson told us that officers would have a greater presence at the annual 4/20 event at Civic Center Park due both to the still-unsolved shooting that took place at last year's rally and laws against public consumption of marijuana. However, he...
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Incredible Edibles

There’s a new food fest in town, and promoter Cat Kirk says A Bite of the Rockies will fill in the holes that some of the bigger events ignore — starting with its timing. “I’m a festival junkie,” Kirk admits. “I love Taste of Colorado and Cinco de Mayo, but...
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Recipe Wednesday: Mizuna, chevre and preserved lemon salad

Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with a spacious kitchen. They often bring some of their market's best ingredients home with them and cook up a feast, and when they're not...
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The pros and cons of using the a$$hole lane

I have a confession to make: I use the asshole lane. What's that? Well, when a sign announces that, for example, the left lane ends in 1,000 feet, drivers are supposed to immediately move right. But especially when traffic is backed up, I stay in the other lane until just...