Gifted, Talented and Beyond

Bruce Messinger

Bruce Messinger is the new kid in school. Boulder Valley School District’s new superintendent has spent the summer absorbing as much as he can about his new community, his staff, the district and local schools...

Down to the River to Play

It’s raining, but the bands play on. Smattered about the Planet Bluegrass Ranch as an early afternoon shower interrupts their lunch break, the musicians are either too happy to care or too focused to realize their parade is being rained on...

Gifted, Talented and Beyond

Under big, shady trees and the airs of collegiate grandeur, the University of Northern Colorado’s Kepner Hall has been temporarily transformed into a summer camp for smart kids. Children fill high-ceilinged classrooms, discussing concepts of truth or government through the guise of kid-friendly topics such as vampires and The Hunger Games. There are classes on robotics, writing, art...

45 Top Deals, Steals and Shopping Thrills

Couponers can keep their crazy savings, you’ll take your time, sanity and dignity right to the full-price rack. Even so, knowing where to find the best deals on local favorites means more money left over for more local favorites...

Pick a Poison, Drop a Dime, Save a Smidge

Extreme couponers save money, but the bulk of them are well on their way from TLC’s Extreme Couponing to A&E’s Hoarders—a massive fail in life, if not in reality TV...

Couponing Like Momma Couldn’t

At the start... • Use manufacturer and store coupons (available in advertisements, inserts and online) when items are on sale for huge savings. Sign up for discount cards, not credit cards, to save even more. • Sign up for couponing sites’ email alerts, but give basic profile information so you receive only relevant coupons. • Set up email filters directing coupons to a designated...

Editor’s Picks August 2011

Peachy Keen There are a few things Colorado does well; microbrews, jamgrass and pot consumption chief among them. But if you’re into agriculture—or eating—you know Olathe sweet corn and Palisades peaches are the two finest examples of their respective foods...

8 Questions with Doug Benson

Doug Benson became a cult comic hero on Comedy Central’s Best Week Ever, then launched into American consciousness on the fifth season of Last Comic Standing along with his appearance in the pot-doc Super High Me...

Belgian Invasion

So you just don’t like beer...

Toys for Techies

It’s back-to-school time, and you know what that means: Gadgets!...

Challenging Elements: Ginger

It doesn’t pop.” That’s what Drew Honness keeps saying as we walk out of his bright, friendly ice cream shop in downtown Louisville...

Eatery News August 2011

Openings/Closings The 503 International Café at 503 South Public Road, Lafayette, opened in July as well as Slice’s Pizza and Subs at 149 Briggs St., Ste. 105., in Erie...

Distant Dishes

Too many restaurants to count pepper their menus with “like mama used to make,” a phrase no doubt meant to evoke warm memories of dishes that graced your childhood...

To George, With Love

George Ramos scared the hell out of me...

Tour de Colorado

Since Colorado's professional stage race was announced, the road to its 2011 start has been bumpy with management turnover, re-routing and the exclusion of two development teams on a technicality...

8 Edible Cheapies Plus 5 Tasty Freebies

Buying local is delicious, but with a dozen cupcake-worthy occasions a month and teens with tenacious appetites, something’s gotta give and it shouldn’t be the vacation savings...

12 Wines for Less Than $12

Thanks to Mike Papacek at PJ’s Wine & Spirits in Longmont for his help compiling this delicious bit of grape-infused goodness...

10 Gear and Apparel Picks

1. Boulder Running Company’s Memorial Weekend Sale is an awesome score the same weekend as the Bolder Boulder, boasting 75 to 80 percent off retail on discontinued clothing, apparel and footwear with a good spread of shoe sizes, giveaways with purchases and freebies from vendors. Call 303.786.9255 or visitboulderrunningcompany.com for more info. 2. GoLite’s Warehouse Sale generally...

10 Sexy Steals

Hey there, gorgeous, how’d you get those thighs? Forward, yes, but in the city GQ swears can’t dress but looks amazing naked, nobody wants to be the one with dimples in her spandex...