Fourteen years have passed since sixteen-year-old Troy Chavez was dropped off at the hospital after being shot, a victim of gangland crossfire. Although no one was ever charged in the case, the Chavez family was able to find some closure in the Troy Chavez Memorial Peace Garden. There may be…
Traffic congestion on southbound Broadway after the first day of the work week is no fun. Instead of the road rage you’re bound to encounter, wouldn’t you rather just dance? The folks over at Blue Ice are betting you would, which is why they’re hosting La Practica Tango Happy Hour…
Any parent who’s lived to see a child die knows there’s no greater pain. Burying your offspring defies nature — but when a child dies violently, it also defies sense. Hence today’s declaration as a Day of Remembrance. The event has been around for eight years as Safe Night Colorado,…
Angelina Hergenreder doesn’t usually give money to the homeless men who call out to her as she leaves her hostess job at a restaurant on the 16th Street Mall. But the man who asked for spare change one Wednesday evening in early April was so polite — even after she’d…
Looking through the window of room 105 at the Dunes Motel, Amy Limon could see the kids playing outside. She opened the door and slowly navigated her wheelchair down a wooden ramp that she’d had the motel maintenance guy install. The parking lot was littered with cigarette butts, empty beer…
The streets aren’t safe for those of us on two wheels. Each ride a bicyclist takes — for fun or to work, the store or the bar — a potential kiss of death is always included. But ride we must. So cyclists from across Colorado will pedal out from the…
Denver’s atheists won’t be honoring any Christian or pagan gods today for the National Day of Prayer, but they will be getting together to celebrate their community by hosting a blood drive. “It’s also sending a message about separation of church and state,” says Denver Atheists organizer Abel Francisco. “It’s…
A half-moon still hangs high over Park Hill when Charity’s mother begins her school-morning mantra. “Get up, get up, get up, get up, get up, get up, get up,” Lisa Norwood orders. “Get up, get up, get up, get up, get up. Charity, Autumn, get up, get up, get up,…
Driving used to be fun. Cruising for chicks in high school, road-tripping in college, heading up to the mountains for a weekend. But somewhere along the way — between the traffic and the road rage or the accidents and the insurance premiums — driving lost its appeal. Thankfully, Denver’s a…
On any given weekday, students from East High School can be found passing their free hours with Mohamad Aboub at the Clara Market, a small convenience store just a couple of blocks from campus. Although the nineteen-year-old is an Iraqi immigrant who hasn’t yet finished high school, several of his…
Twenty years ago, young boys across America were obsessed with Transformers, a team of superhero robots that transformed into vehicles. But here in Denver, older boys were about to start a transformation of their own. “Rollin’ 30 Crips,” sixteen-year-old Michael Asberry called out to the group of teens gathered in…
All of the couches in DC10 are white leather. But the couch in the middle of the nightclub is the only one shaped like a circle. Inside that circle sits a table, and on the last Wednesday of December, on that table sat some expensive champagne. Several Denver Nuggets were…
In public, gay men once called meth “Christina” because it sounded like “crystal.” The nickname was soon shortened to “Chrissy,” then changed again to “Tina” by the time Rod Rushing finally decided to get rid of the bitch. Rod and Tina had been up for a night, maybe two, three…
The Audi TT coupe is a quick little sports car that handles well — particularly the automatic version, thanks to a computer-assisted transmission that downshifts around the turns, revs up the engine and is almost like having a tiny race-car driver under the hood. “It’s sort of freaky, in a…
A muddy path leads up to the equestrian center, where Batman, Spider-Man, pirates and princesses trick-or-treat through a haunted horse stable. Looking up from one of the 130 trash cans he’s been dealing with all day, 52-year-old Antonio Hernandez Acave smiles at the fun, then returns to his job. He…
Happily ever after? Not quite yet for the six men who signed up for the February installment of Thailand Romance Tours, a find-a-bride service based in Denver (“From Denver With Love,” March 2). Sammy and Yuvaree come closest to being a poster couple for the business. Sammy proposed to Yuvaree…
The thirteen- and fourteen-year-old boys in the Redskins jerseys are leading 6-2. They need to stop the Hawks from scoring a touchdown, or all playoff hopes are gone. The Hawks, on the other hand, just want a second victory this season. From about the ten-yard line, the Hawks quarterback launches…
¿Todos hablan español? the dance teacher asks the ten teenagers gathered in Alejandra Ramos’s garage. “Good.” But one of the boys is still shaking his head no. “You know you speak Spanish, stop lying,” fourteen-year-old Alejandra tells him, pointing her finger at the baggy-pants boy, then looking around at everyone…
It’s not the size of the cock in the fight. It’s the size of the fight in the cock. And it’s not the strength of the cockfighting laws on the books. It’s whether or not they’re enforced. So says Ron Simons, executive director of the Society for the Prevention of…
Federal Boulevard stretches almost thirty miles down the spine of the metro area, from Bowles Boulevard in Littleton, where the Southglenn Luncheon Optimist Club keeps the last mile litter-free, to north of 120th in Westminster, where the Belger family handles clean-up duties as the road loses its U.S. Highway 287…
The girl was twelve on August 7, 2004, when she told Aurora police how four men, all immigrants from Honduras, had overpowered her at the Heatherwood Apartments, pulling off her clothes, fondling her, penetrating her body with their fingers, then raping her. The cops found the girl’s shoes, socks and…
About 400 expert tango dancers will dance the day into night this evening as the sun sets on the Cheesman Park pavilion. And while tango may not be as popular in Denver as its cousin, salsa, it’s worth getting a peek at the classy steps as the seventh annual Labor…
