Many of us made New Year’s resolutions to eat healthier, more nutritious food — but at this time of the year, the most appealing foods are often the stick-to-your-ribs kind that provide fuel to power through the colder weather. But this baked pasta is the best of both worlds: nutritious…
Congratulations! You’ve officially survived the holidays, including a Monday-night edition of New Year’s Eve. If you’re fully recovered and preparing for another weekend of getting down, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve got a full rundown of the best EDM in store for you this weekend in Denver. The…
Colorado is full of people who love the outdoors and chock-full of people who love their dogs. So when they can take their dogs with them outdoors, well, that’s the gold standard — and that’s exactly what today’s Skijoring Clinic at Devil’s Thumb Ranch Resort & Spa in Tabernash is…
This past year was a good one for vegan food in Denver, what with the opening of Nooch and the continued success of such events as VegFest and other regular gatherings of herbivores. And I reaped the rewards eating out for Veggie Girl, because local restaurants have really stepped up…
Black-eyed peas are lucky when eaten on the first of the year — and if one of your resolutions is to eat healthier in 2013, this plant-based recipe definitely qualifies. Adapted from The Meat Lover’s Meatless Celebrations, this dish is one of many you can get for free once a…
Well, you made it to the end of the year, and we know you’d like an event or two to entertain you while you’re winding up for the big countdown on Monday night. That’s why you’re here, and that’s why we’re here: to tell you all about all of the…
Hotel Boulderado opened on New Year’s Day in 1909, and has thrown a blowout every year on its anniversary. This year’s New Year’s Eve Great Gatsby Gala will be like stepping back a hundred years into New York City, with upgraded decor (you’ll see glimpses of Central Park here and…
Kenny Glasgow and Jonny White were both thriving underground electronic-music producers before Damian Lazarus and his Crosstown Rebels label brought them together in a brand-new way. The two artists had been friends for years — both have been instrumental in putting Toronto on the map as a serious dance-music town…
The countdown to the apocalypse has begun! So where do you want to be when the world ends, at home on your couch wrapped up in a Snuggie, waiting for the sky to fall, or out on the dancefloor, living it up and shaking your booty? Dancefloor? We thought as…
The Denver Botanic Gardens improves on Blossoms of Light, at the Denver location — and its sister event, Trail of Lights, at the Chatfield DBG — a little bit each year, and this season is no exception. “On Fridays, folks can come in and get a drink,” says spokesman Will…
“We’re celebrating the end of the world as we know it,” says Chris Kermiet, one of the organizers of the 27th annual Winter Solabration, a celebration of Christmas and Yuletide customs that humans have used to usher in longer days and shorter nights for hundreds of years. And Kermiet has…
There are few spin doctors capable of melding the soaring, often poignant melodies of deep house with the mechanical, syncopated beats of pure techno, but Yooj (the stage name of tech-house impresario Eugene Albert) is one of them. And Yooj’s career has taken one or two ironic turns. A native of…
It’s not that easy to find vegetarian-friendly (let alone vegan-friendly) Mexican food; between lard in the refried beans and chicken stock in the rice or green chile, there’s no telling what animal products might be lurking in the foods you order. That’s why we just love places like Tarasco’s New…
If you’re looking for something to bring to the office for the holidays — and you work with people who don’t eat animal products — these vegan ginger cookies are a quick, easy solution. Softer than gingersnaps but with a similar bite imparted by the distinctive root, they’re a great…
Hallelujah! It’s finally Friday. Feel like cutting loose this weekend, having a few cocktails and then cutting a rug like nobody’s watching? You’ve come to exactly the right place. As with every week around this time, we’ve put together a full rundown of the best EDM options available to you,…
Ice sculpture is a holiday art form with wide-ranging appeal, offering power tools and chisels for hands-on types, aesthetically pleasing forms for those with an artistic bent, and a transient, impermanent medium for die-hard romantics. So it’s no wonder that Crested Butte Mountain Resort has made a tradition of bringing…
John MacLean — better known as his on-stage alter ego The Juan MacLean — has had a strange journey from guitarist for post-hardcore band Six Finger Satellite to DFA Records superstar. By 2002, the formerly rock-minded artist was fully immersed in the electronic scene, releasing his first major single, “By…
With holiday preparations filling the calendar, who has time to sit in a restaurant and linger over a meal? For that matter, who has time to cook a meal? Right now, takeout is looking pretty good — and there are several good reasons to try Bono’s Italian Takeout. The takeout/lunch…
“Where do you get your protein?” is one of the questions most often asked vegetarians and vegans. Beans, nuts, seeds and other such foods is the answer, and quinoa is one of our favorites. This grain-like food is a complete protein, making it a fantastic meat replacement. Try it with…
If you feel like dancing this week, boy have you come to the right place. There’s an unreal number of enticing options, and we’ve got the full rundown for you, from Alex Celler and Kill the Noise tonight at Beta to EOTO tomorrow night at the Fillmore, Tone of Arc…
There are advantages to living in the same town as Cora Vette (aka Reyna Von Vett), the queen of burlesque emcees. Case in point: Tonight’s Bawdy Beggars Roadshow at Bar Standard, which starts at 8:30 p.m. and costs $10 general admission, $25 for front-row VIP seats, is something you’d usually…
The original concept for Holiday ManCraft, as Stu Alden remembers it, was fairly simple: “There was one craft fair that my wife, Nicky, and I were hoping to get into, and we didn’t get into it, and I thought, we should just do our own.” So they started listing people…
