The Terry Bison Ranch straddles the Colorado/Wyoming border on the eastern side of I-25, but it is largely invisible unless you know it’s there. The only outward sign is the giant bison statue that sits on a hill near the border overlooking the highway. I certainly had never heard of…
From Red Rocks to the big white balls of Buckley Air Force Base, Alameda Avenue runs through Lakewood, Denver and Aurora, collecting a series of religious, cultural and ethnic hubs along the way. Westword drove Alameda from one end to another for the fifth in our occasional profiles of metro…
From Red Rocks to the big white balls of Buckley Air Force Base, Alameda Avenue runs through Lakewood, Denver and Aurora, collecting a series of religious, cultural and ethnic hubs along the way. Westword drove Alameda from one end to another for the fifth in our occasional profiles of metro…
Football season starts in two and half weeks with the Broncos’ first preseason game, on August 9 in Houston. From there, the team comes back to Denver for games against Dallas, on August 16, and Green Bay, on August 22 – a matchup that will have added media scrutiny depending…
As a tenor, Donald Tallman can hit the high notes – something that puts him in demand at sporting events, where the National Anthem has a particularly troubling “freeeeeee.” And last Saturday, July 19, he belted out the tune before the rodeo on the opening day of Cheyenne Frontier Days,…
Doonesbury took note today, July 22, of Barack Obama’s recent decision to move his planned acceptance speech from the Pepsi Center to Invesco Field at Mile High during the Democratic National Convention next month. And although Mayor Hickenlooper is likely still freaking out a little about logistics for the move…
Jeffrey Scott Hawn, a 44-year-old Austin, Texas, businessman who owns a ranch in Park County, was charged with 32 counts of animal cruelty earlier this week, one count of criminal mischief and theft to the tune of $20,000. You may remember Hawn (pictured) as the man who was accused of…
Let’s get this out of the way first; the opening hour of HBO’s Iraq war mini-series Generation Kill is tough to sit through. Not in the sense of Schindler’s List, with its sharp focus and unflinching look at the horrors of concentration camps, or Saving Private Ryan, in which we…
“If you believe you should pay more taxes,” John McCain said in his July 7th Denver town hall meeting, “I am the wrong candidate for you.” Aside from the fact that it’s not as though Barack Obama is running on an “I’ll tax the hell out of all of you…
Woe is the traveler this summer who flies for business or pleasure. As gas prices have gone through the roof, the airlines have responded by taking it out on passengers, raising ticket prices, adding fees for checked bags, canceling routes and charging for food. As a result, Westword decided to…
Hippopotami are more fearsome than most might believe. In fact, they’re actually quite dangerous — especially when you’re sticking your hand inside their mouths to brush their big hippo teeth. Which is exactly what a Denver Zoo worker found out this past Monday, July 14, when she was bitten by…
Batman has always been something of a party-kill. Say you’re talking about the latest ball scores on the Gotham Goliaths or about how your Wayne Industries stock is skyrocketing, and then Batman comes in with the depression. My parents were killed before my very eyes this, Robin died at the…
As the Democratic National Convention approaches, and the presidential election after that, everyone is thinking Oval Office politics — even beer makers. To “celebrate the last day in office of our current Commander in Chief and welcome in a new one,” Avery Brewing Company in Boulder has created Ale to…
It’s been a tumultuous year for former Rocky Mountain News society columnist Dahlia Weinstein whose comings and goings have been followed by Westword’s Michael Roberts. In May 2007, she left that paper to join the brand new glossy magazine Shine. But just a few months later, Weinstein left Shine (which…
Click here for a slide show. In beginner’s art classes, developing artists learn to depict the subtle difference between nudity and nakedness. An ideal portrait of the human figure, such as the statue of David, is a nude. A less flattering vision of one without clothes – straight-up free boobing…
In what could only be described as shocking news, Cydney Payton (pictured) director and curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver has submitted her resignation. “It’s time to move on,” she says. “I got to build a museum — how many people can say that?” This seemingly immodest appraisal of…
As if Sunday liquor sales – which became legal for the first time on July 6 — weren’t enough of a joy, drinkers got more good news this month when Applejack Wine & Spirits announced it would finally, after 47 years, start accepting credit cards. For those of us who…
Before Justin Morneau beat Josh Hamilton in the Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium Monday night — the commencement of two days of All-Star festivities — your Colorado Rockies finished were swept by the New York Mets in front of a national audience on ESPN to complete the first half…
It’s time to take off your clothes and get on your bike. Yeah, that’s right, Denver’s second ever World Naked Bike Day ride through downtown, takes place this Saturday. Perhaps you didn’t hear about last year’s ride? Well, you can check out our “coverage” of it here. And we plan…
John Elway may be an owner of the Colorado Crush, but the Arena League football team still doesn’t get much respect. The Crush, led by veteran quarterback John Dutton, were crushed 64-51 in a July 5 playoff game by the San Jose SaberCats Although it’s unlikely anyone in Denver noticed…
The very first historic evidence of libraries comes from Mesopotamia around 3000 B.C. After that, Greeks, Persians and Europeans continued to build and develop more sophisticated versions. All of this information is likely contained in books at your own local public library – unless, of course, they were stolen by…
It was just ten short years ago that Beanie Babies were all the rage, Coors Field was only three years old, torture was something that other countries did, and the Internets, well they were still just the World Wide Web. All four of these things came together in perfect harmony,…
