Jenny Shank leads a literary tour of Denver

Read it and reap! We’ve long lamented the lack of a strong literary history of Denver — and now Jenny Shank, author of The Ringer, has provided one, just published on the em>Poets and Writers web site. “Colorado has often been a boom and bust state,” she writes, “attracting outsized…

Union Station vote is tonight, but LoDo is already aglow

The Regional Transportation District Board is scheduled to make a final decision on the redevelopment of Union Station tonight — choosing between the proposal of the Union Station Neighborhood Co., which already has the contract to oversee the development behind the historic station, and the Union Station Alliance. But another…

Is Club 404 going to the dogs?

The renovation of Club 404, the classic dive at 404 Broadway that Jerry Feld had owned for over sixty years, has already begun — as evidenced by the amazing mural “Hep Hounds,” by Constance Depler Coleman, just found under some siding. The new owners took over on Thursday and immediately…

Mayor Michael Hancock’s Denver bucket list for 2012

Denver has been threatened with doom many times — when the transcontinental railroad threatened to skip the infant city, when numerous booms went bust, when the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons plant caught fire. Although the homegrown PeaceJam has debunked the latest doomsday scenario — that the Mayan calendar predicts the…

Reader: Honk if you support Ron Paul

Last Friday morning, metro area highways were almost as crowded as a Republican presidential debate when supporters of Ron Paul unfurled banners, slowing traffic along the routes. And although the Colorado Department of Transportation says such advertisements are against the law, Paul proponents insist they’d do it again…

Denver County Fair announces dates, changes for 2012

It’s not too early to make plans for the second annual Denver County Fair — which has been moved to the second weekend in August, starting on Friday, August 10 and running through Sunday, August 12, with extended hours. “We won’t be up against the Dragon Boat Festival, the last…

Linda Torrez is headed to prison for abusing Kristen Stillman

Kristen Stillman had been on the witness stand for two days — talking about how her mother had dropped Kristen and her twin brother, Will, off at a house in northwest Denver when they were eight, and how the head of that household had abused them emotionally, physically, sexually for…

Reader: Does Tim Tebow retablo exploit faith for profit?

Yes, the town seems ready to canonize Tim Tebow — but is it too early to dedicate a santera to the Broncos quarterback? Artist Catherine Robles Shaw makes retablos, plaques depicting the saints that are hand-carved and painted in a folk style that’s been handed down over hundreds of years…

Five Star Burgers coming to Sixth and Broadway

The space at 555 Broadway that was vacated by Kokoro in October won’t be empty for long. Five Star Burgers, a New Mexico-based mini-chain that already has a store at 2330 East Arapahoe Road in Centennial, has taken over the spot, and promises to open soon. Follow @CafeWestword on Twitter…

Photos: Last night’s last call at Club 404

Were you there last night when Club 404 issued last call under the ownership of the Feld family? If you can’t remember, take a look at our slide show — it might help you remember. And there is plenty to remember about the legendary Club 404, which Jerry Feld opened…