Patricia Calhoun’s post revealing that only about 15 percent of odor complaints in Denver were connected to marijuana inspired many of our readers to volunteer their picks for things that smell worse that weed. This reader went above and beyond. She listed off four…
If you thought the folks behind the 51st State Initiative were discouraged when only five of eleven counties where the ballot measure ran voted to secede from Colorado, you’d be wrong. The organizers are thrilled by what they describe as an “OVERWHELMING success” (the caps are theirs). They’re also readying…
This year marks the 36th opening night for the Denver Film Festival, and like the previous 35, last night’s kickoff event took place against a backdrop of glitter, glamour and anticipation. And if director Jason Reitman’s Labor Day, which unspooled at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House before many of the…
Yesterday, we reported that a videographer at the Million Mask March on Tuesday in downtown Denver had alleged police brutality against her and others at the City & County Building, and offered footage of the incident as evidence; see it below. Since then, we’ve spoken at length with another marcher,…
It’s a dating jungle out there, and in order to survive, you need to know how to identify the animals — especially the ones likely to tear you to shreds. With that in mind, Westword consulted with dating experts to zero in on the people who’ve contributed to the longest,…
Jason Grimmer, sixteen, was killed by a hit-and-run driver this past New Year’s Eve in a troubling incident that resulted in the arrest and subsequent release of a suspect and lawsuit threats over alleged police bungling. Meanwhile, though, the person responsible for his death remains at large and unpunished. Now,…
Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest — including many flicks that movie lovers might otherwise miss amid the flood of silver-screen goodies. Today, he shares his take on Resurrection of a Bastard…
Back in September, we told you about the arrest of youth pastor and musician Jason Roberson for child sex assault, after a former church member accused him of an inappropriate relationship that lasted seven years, beginning when she was fifteen; see our previous coverage below. Now, five church officials have…
Earlier this week, we posted about very different sports-talk takes on Avs goalie Semyon Varlamov’s bust for allegedly beating girlfriend Evgeniya Vavrinyuk, with one focusing on the charges and the other essentially arguing that bitches be crazy. Our readers had an equally wide range of reactions, with this one among…
Denver blog posts need to fuel up regularly. At our Cafe Society blog, Samantha Alviani notes that Voodoo Doughnuts is readying to get weird on Colfax. Denver Stiffs’ Jeffrey Morton: If the Nuggets are to win, the players need to listen. Coyote Gulch: Fraser River is 680 tons better…
Yesterday was Guy Fawkes Day, and to mark the occasion, people across the globe took to the streets to take part in what was dubbed the Million Mask March. In Denver, protesters, many of them wearing Fawkes masks, rallied downtown — but when they marched on the City & County…
Last night, sexually violent predator Gregory Buerge was arrested mere hours after the Lakewood Police Department put out an alert revealing that his whereabouts were unknown. In the opinion of Detective Ryan McKone, LPD spokesman, Buerge didn’t go off the radar due to an oversight. “It appears to us that…
It’s been a year since we gathered the twenty most memorable Denver graffiti and street art photos on Istagram. And a lot of paint has been used since then, as is clear from an eye-popping video boldly entitled “Denver’s Best Graffiti Street Art.” Do the images deserve this title? We…
In February, shortly before the Colorado Rockies’ season got underway, first baseman Todd Helton was busted for drunk driving. Helton wound up retiring at the end of the mediocre campaign, and now, Rockies co-owner Charlie Monfort has been taken into custody on suspicion of the same crime. Monfort and his…
Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest — including many flicks that movie lovers might otherwise miss amid the flood of silver-screen goodies. Today he previews the festival, which runs November 6-17, and talks about…
Yesterday, voters in five of eleven counties considering the question of whether they should secede from Colorado to create a 51st state answered “yes.” The odds of this actually happening are microscopic, since Colorado’s legislature or voters and the U.S. Congress would have to sign off. But the spirit of…
Votes are still being counted, but the suspense when it comes to the two biggest measures on ballots statewide is over — if there was ever any at all. The Denver Post has made the call on Proposition AA, the marijuana tax measure, and Amendment 66, an education proposal, with…
Colorado’s Proposition AA, a marijuana-taxation measure, isn’t the only high-profile pot issue being considered this election day. For instance, Portland, Maine residents will weigh in on Question 1, which removes penalties for possession of up to two and a half ounces of weed. If the proposal is approved, Portland will…
Denver blog posts are anti-hazing. Mile High Report’s Kyle Montgomery quotes Broncos players saying the Richie Incognito situation couldn’t happen in Denver. Denver Infill’s Ken Schroeppel: Museum Center + The Art Hotel update number one. Denver Frank shares a clip entitled “I told my kids I ate all their Halloween…
A lot of those who commented on our post about an alleged Boulder road rage incident, during which a driver is accused of running over a woman’s foot for walking on a closed road, focused on the car in question: the ubiquitous Subaru. Here’s one of several hilarious takes on…
It was one of the most shocking crimes in Loveland this past summer — a July triple stabbing in which forty-year-old Stephanie Rose Smith died. The case seemed to make little progress over the months that followed, even though it seemed clear the authorities knew the identifies of the other…
Grover Norquist, the founder of Americans for Tax Reform, is among the most powerful figures in conservative politics thanks to his “Taxpayer Protection Pledge” — a promise to oppose tax-rate hikes for individuals or businesses that 41 U.S. Senators and 238 U.S. Representatives have signed. In recent weeks, Norquist made…
