BEST PLACE TO DANCE
COWBOYS
Wear your boots to this nightclub with a spacious dance floor, country western line dancing, lessons and live music some nights.
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ADULT JAM PARTY AT SKATE CITY
Woe to those who think roller skating is only for kids.
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BEST KARAOKE
TAM O’SHANTER PUB
"American Idol," eat your heart out.
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THE BLACK SHEEP
After opening in October 2005, The Black Sheep has been busy booking plenty of bands.
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BEST MOVIE THEATER
KIMBALL’S TWIN PEAK THEATER
Still rolling the best movies in town.
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READER'S CHOICE - BEST MOVIE THEATER
CINEMARK 17 THEATRE
Cinemark is the destination in town for
can't-miss-flicks.
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BEST ART MUSEUM
FINE ARTS CENTER
Or more properly, the FAC Modern, because much of the main building on Dale Street has been closed since March 2006.
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READER'S CHOICE - BEST ART MUSEUM
FINE ARTS CENTER
Under the energetic leadership of Michael De Marsche, the city's largest arts center kept a high profile even with most of its exhibition
space closed for an expansion.
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THE THIRSTY PARROT BAR & GRILL
This roomy, two-story building with a Margaritaville theme offers live music and a spring break-style atmosphere.
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BEST BAR FOR INTROVERTS
TONY’S
A small bar that draws all types of people, Tony's is a laidback neighborhood hangout.
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BEST BAR FOR SMOKERS
15C
The martini bar with the nondescript entrance in the alley between Kiowa and Bijou streets is also a cigar bar.
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BEST ALL-AGES CLUB
THE BLACK SHEEP
The little music venue on Platte Avenue just east of Union Boulevard offers live music by national acts and local bands four to six nights a week.
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BEST GAY BAR
CLUB Q
It's an unlikely location for a gay bar - situated in suburbia.
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PAUL YORK
The manager of the Cliff House at Pikes Peak by day lets his hair down at night.
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BEST HAPPY HOUR
GEORGE’S UNION STATION
Head to this strip-mall bar for one of the best bangs for your buck.
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BEST PLACE TO END UP DURING LAST CALL
TRIPLE NICKEL TAVERN
This clean, spacious bar is as laid-back as they come.
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BEST PLACE TO END UP AFTER LAST CALL
THE MATÉ FACTOR
Offering stimulating yerba maté herbal tea and interesting people-watching, the "common ground cafe" promises to keep you energized
without coffee.
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BEST PLACE TO MEET A POTENTIAL MATE
JACK QUINN’S RUNNING CLUB
Every Tuesday at 6 p.m., a horde of runners meets at Jack Quinn's Irish Pub and Restaurant.
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BEST REASON TO DESIGNATE A DRIVER
PROHIBITION REPEAL PARTY
Bristol Brewery's 33-cent beers commemorating the repeal of Prohibition in April was the greatest promotion ever.
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RUM BAY
Because officers and enlisted personnel are discouraged from socializing outside of work, there seems to be an unspoken code that SouthSide Johnny's is the favorite hangout of the officers, while everyone else goes to Rum Bay.
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BEST PLACE TO DRINK ON THE CHEAP
MURPHY’S
This hole-in-the-wall isn't one of those places trying to be a dive to draw the ironic crowd - it's the real deal.
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BEST LOCAL BAND
KEEPING SANITY
Rock music is all about energy, and that's what these four Woodland Park teenagers deliver by the bucketful.
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HEAD FULL OF ZOMBIES
Their quirky selection of modern rock hits, culled from the '80s, '90s and aughts, sets HFOZ apart.
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GEEKS WHO DRINK
This group of geeks hosts several pub contests throughout the state.
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HAYDEN HAYS GALLERY
Since forever, Hayden Hays has provided a great mix of art.
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BEST IRREVERENT ART EVENT
BAD ART NIGHT
When Christopher Lynn took over as curator at UCCS Gallery of Contemporary Art, one of his first innovations was quarterly Bad Art Nights.
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BEST STUDENT ART EVENT
For most of us, the Business of Art Center's annual "Wunderkind" is a pleasant exhibit by talented high school art students.
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BEST ARTISTIC FAREWELL
RODNEY WOOD
For more than a decade, Wood wore numerous hats as a major figure in the region's arts scene.
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STARR KEMPF HOUSE
US Bank's Art on the Streets program is slowly and pleasantly transforming downtown, but it will never match the concentrated, visceral impact of
the mammoth, fanciful wind sculptures the highly eccentric Kempf created.
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READERS' CHOICE - BEST OUTDOOR ART
“UNCLE WILBER”
Come for the water, stay for the art.
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EDEN NITE CLUB
It's the ultimate clubbing experience.
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READERS' CHOICE - BEST NIGHTCLUB
COWBOYS
The country-western bar is decades old and
continues to bring in great acts.
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BEST BAR
SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY’S RESTAURANT AND BAR
This joint just south of downtown is hopping at all hours of the day.
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READERS' CHOICE - BEST BAR
JACK QUINN IRISH ALEHOUSE & PUB
It's not a stretch to pretend you've been transported to a real Irish pub here.
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BEST MAGICIAN
RICHARD KWESELL
Kwesell has the hands of a conman and the charm of showman.
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BEST CRIPPLE CREEK CASINO
DOUBLE EAGLE/GOLD CREEK
Double Eagle owns the Gold Creek card room, which is connected to the main casino.
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AARON ANSTETT
Anstett, an active player on the local poetry scene, has a bucketful of awards.
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BEST GUEST MUSICIAN
JOSHUA BELL
Even amid a landscape of excellence, last fall's performance of Brahms' violin concerto with violinist Joshua Bell stood out.
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BEST THEATER COMPANY
THEATREWORKS
UCCS' theater company had a lot of help this year.
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BEST NEW SHOW
“HUT!”
The third of Jim Jackson's plays at the Manitou Art Theater about growing up in Cañon City...
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“PIRATES OF PENZANCE”
There was only one sad note to this effervescent, schtick-intensive version of Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta.
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BEST STAGE DRAMA
“NIGHT AND HER STARS”
The Star Bar Players' production of "Night and Her Stars" was the theater season's most pleasant surprise.
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BEST STAGE COMEDY
“THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST”
A single jarring note stands out in a farce as fluffy as "The Importance of Being Earnest."
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RON APGAR
Psychotherapist Ron Apgar has turned a one-time artistic hobby into a second career that's overtaking his original.
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DAVID HASTINGS
As Dan Enright, the corrupt television producer in the Star Bar Players' production of "Night and Her Stars," Hastings made the most of a great role.
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JULIE SWEUM
Playing an unappealing character in a so-so play - Meredith in the Star Bar Players' production of "Five Women Wearing the Same Dress" - Sweum gave an emotional performance.
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BEST OUTLET FOR TEEN ANGST
THE CONSERVATORY’S BATTLE OF THE BANDS
Part of its What Art Means program, The Conservatory's Battle of the Bands showcases startlingly talented high school kids.
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BEST PLACE TO PROPOSE
THE PEPPER TREE
Candlelight, an intimate table, a catch-your-breath view of the twinkling city lights below...
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BEST PLACE TO CELEBRATE A 25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
COUPLES MASSAGE AT THE SPA AT THE BROADMOOR
The cruise or the family party can wait.
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BEST PLACE TO GET MARRIED
BRIARHURST MANOR ESTATE
Oh, if only these elegant walls could talk, the romantic tales they'd tell.
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BEST WAY TO LEARN AN INSTRUMENT
BLACK ROSE ACOUSTIC SOCIETY LESSONS
The Black Rose offers an amazing deal on group lessons for guitar, fiddle, banjo and a variety of other instruments.
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