Wizards of Comedy

Welcome to Hogwarts, post-Voldemort: The mythical school has been rebuilt, and the children of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Draco Malfoy are now learning about wizardry and witchcraft themselves. This is the setting for Bovine Metropolis Theater’s popular series, a futuristic fan-fiction parody called The Heirs of Hogwarts: An Improvised…

Ten biggest Colorado craft beer stories in 2012

Colorado craft breweries and their many fans enjoyed a spectacular year in 2012, as the options for consuming locally made beer continued to grow and fill our tastebuds with joy. If the state’s 160-plus breweries weren’t expanding, then they were adding new beers or welcoming friendly competitors. And there were…

The ten best new Colorado beers of 2012

Colorado breweries made and packaged dozens and dozens of amazing new beers in 2012, expanding their range and proving which state is the center of the craft beer universe. And although hundreds more were brewed and sold on draft in tap rooms, bars and breweries, this list — like the…

Year in Review: The 2012 Hall of Shame

Denise “Miki” Spies Miki Spies and her daughter, Sydney, sure love attention. The two got plenty of it in January when Sydney, an aspiring model, submitted a skin-baring photo of herself for the Durango High yearbook. When it was rejected, she submitted a second racy photo, this one showing off…

Year in Review: The strangest people and events of 2012

The world didn’t end on December 21, but it sure felt like it had at other times in 2012, especially as Colorado was subjected to shootings, murder, madmen, wildfires and presidential advertisements. This past year also held plenty of signs of the apocalypse for some people as legalized pot, Democrats…

It’s been A Wonderful Life for the Wynkoop Brewing Company

In the Christmastime classic, It’s a Wonderful Life, Jimmy Stewart, as George Bailey, gets a taste of what the world would be like if he had never been born. It’s not a pretty picture, and it reminds Bailey, and the audience, of the joy he created. The Wynkoop Brewing Company,…

Is Colorado the center of the “crafty” beer universe?

Colorado — home to the Great American Beer Festival, the Brewers Association and 161 breweries — is the center of the universe when it comes to craft beer. But is it also the center of the “crafty” beer universe? On Thursday, the Brewers Association, which represents small brewers nationwide, fired…