Even though St. Patrick’s Day doesn’t officially take place until Thursday, most celebrations in Denver took place over the weekend, including the city’s annual parade, which reportedly attracted as many as 500,000 people on Saturday. But Sunday night at a traditional place for St. Patrick’s Day fun — the Irish Rover…
Our post about the High Times Cannabis Cup’s move to California after problems in both Denver and Pueblo sparked a wide-ranging conversation. Some of our readers blamed High Times for the problems, suggesting that better management of last year’s event might have prevented push-back from officials. Others pointed the finger at rules…
Denver blogs are neighborly. At Westword Arts, Teague Bohlen lists the seven things that make Baker district residents really, really mad. Purple Row’s Bryan Kilpatrick reveals that the Colorado Rockies have hired Broncos consultant Rick Perea as a mental skills coach. Insert your own joke here. The Colorado Independent’s Kelsey Ray…
Being named a Schmuck of the Week is sometimes as close to fame as some of the folks featured in this space ever get. But that’s not the case for this week’s honoree, Zero Kazama, a onetime MTV star who was reportedly busted after freaking out on tourists in Manitou…
Last summer, we dubbed Hayden May’s stick-up of a dispensary in Aspen “the dopiest pot shop robbery ever” in part because everyone in the shop reportedly knew who he was — which likely explains why he apologized for his actions during the heist. But there’s nothing funny about the amount of…
The photo above pictures Leelah Alcorn, a transgender teen who posted a suicide note on Tumblr in December 2014 shortly before stepping in front of a semi-truck that killed her. Alcorn’s last words include references to how her parents forced her to take part in so-called conversion therapy, which is…
A couple of years back, we posted about the ten weirdest “Colorado” terms on Urban Dictionary. But it turns out there are a lot more where those came from. A recent visit to the site made it clear that we’d barely scratched the surface when it came to bizarre phrases featuring…
Earlier this ski season, we noted that the relatively low number of fatal accidents at Colorado resorts. It’s not feeling that way now. Thus far in this space, we’ve noted the January deaths of Logan Salviano at Vail and Jason Taylor at Keystone, as well as the passing of Tennessee luxury…
We recently told you about a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against the Denver Fire Department by former firefighter Camilla VonBurkhardt. Among many other things, VonBurkhardt maintained that pornographic magazines were left out for her in an effort to reinforce gender prejudices at the DFD — and the City of Denver…
Denver blogs realize there’s no place like home. At Westword Arts, Bree Davies tells the tale of two Denvers, based on homeless sweeps that critics say criminalize those without homes. Denver Urbanism’s Ken Schroeppel shares Four Seasons Hotel photo blasts from the past. The Colorado Independent’s Susan Greene on the Denver…
A new poll intended to make a serious point about the nomination of a Supreme Court justice to fill the seat opened after the death of Antonin Scalia winds up making a hilarious one about Donald Trump and newly retired Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning. Turns out America would rather…
The High Times Cannabis Cup, which was rejected in Denver and ensnared in bureaucracy after an announced plan to move to Pueblo, will be skipping Colorado entirely this year. High Times magazine has announced that the event will instead be taking place at the National Orange Show Events Center in San…
At around 6:09 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8, according to the Denver Sheriff Department, a 26-year-old woman being held on a $1,400 bond for aggravated motor-vehicle theft committed suicide in Denver County Jail. She hanged herself with a bed sheet, the DSD reveals. Incidents like these are happening all too…
Facebook may be blocking the pages of pot businesses, including a number in Colorado. But Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, continues to be a great place to find eye-popping marijuana images, many of which are shared by local companies — or local cannabis enthusiasts. As evidence, check out the…
After Broncos quarterback Brock Osweiler signed a four-year, $72 million contract to play for the Houston Texans, featuring a $37 million guarantee (Denver offered him four years for $64 million, with $30 million guaranteed), it became clear that fans had underestimated how pissed off he was to be benched in…
In March 2015, a slew of gang-related shootings shook the community, ushering in fears of additional bloodshed as the weather warmed. No telling yet if a violent incident last night could be a similar sign of terrible things to come. But early indications suggest that the Park Hill double shooting,…
Our post about a video showing Denver Broncos quarterback Brock Osweiler pushing a woman and then being shoved by a man during an incident in Scottsdale, Arizona, prompted plenty of commentary. There wasn’t much criticism of Osweiler being out at 2 a.m. — a time when “nothing good happens” for…
Denver blog posts shine a light. At Westword Arts, Lindsey Bartlett quizzes Amy Gessel of Salt Lake City-based Sack Lunch Productions about the Lantern Festival coming to metro-Denver in April. Mile High Report’s Scotty Payne cites a report that says the Broncos will target Colin Kaepernick if Brock Osweiler signs with another…
Sir George Martin, who’s died at age ninety, had a full, rich and varied life in music. But he will forever be known as the man who produced the vast majority of recordings by a little pop combo known as the Beatles. As such, Martin helped capture some of the very…
Scott Murphy became a member of the Denver Police Department on July 1, 1984 and spent more than three decades on the force. Earlier this year, however, Murphy resigned in a letter to Chief Robert White that slammed current DPD higher-ups. The entire document, obtained by CBS4, is on view…
Today, members of Denver’s homeless population are girding themselves for promised police sweeps near Samaritan House — Park Avenue, Lawrence, Broadway and surrounding blocks. At this writing, no reports about forced relocation or confiscation of property have surfaced. But yesterday morning, as noted by the advocacy group Denver Homeless Out…
Two days after his retirement press conference, Peyton Manning is still receiving rapturous praise for his speech, an emotional address that ended with the words, “God bless football.” He didn’t offer similar words of encouragement for USA Today’s Lindsay Jones, the sole reporter to reference allegations that Manning had pressed his naked…
