Denver-based Zen Magnets, founded in 2009 by University of Colorado grad Shihan Qu, has been waging an unusual battle against the federal government — and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in particular — over the past four years. The subject of our October 9, 2014, cover story, “Magnetic Attraction,” the…
Colorado Republicans may not have been able to pick a presidential candidate at their caucus on March 1, but a former Coloradan just weighed in with the major vote against Donald Trump. Stephanie Cegielski, a graduate of the University of Colorado Denver who got a law degree from the University of…
Harrison Fast went missing while attempting to speed fly the Jungfrau in Switzerland on March 26. A graduate of Cherry Creek High School and the University of Boulder, he was on vacation from his job as a mechanical engineer at Real D in Boulder and was set to meet a…
Looks like Denver residents will be voting in November on whether they want to allow marijuana social clubs and special events in the city. Advocates of the concept just submitted the proposed language for such a measure to the city, as proponents had told us they would earlier this month…
Denver has more than one winning team: The Denver Broncos may be the national champs, but this city’s artists and arts organizations keep scoring with audiences not just in Colorado, but around the world. And while the football season is over, the 2016 arts season is just beginning, so we’ve…
Is there any topic that gets Denver residents going more than growth — and what comes with it? All over town, people are talking about high rents, displaced tenants, traffic congestion and, in my neighborhood, renewed parking wars, with two entire blocks now lost to a project that’s closed two…
There’s a new chapter to a long-running northwest side story: This morning, the city is slated to sign a deal for the sale of the Bosler house, the circa 1875 mansion at 3209 West Fairview Place, right off Federal Boulevard. Designated a Denver landmark in 1984, it was purchased by…
When I moved to Lower Highland two decades ago, the closest restaurants were My Brothers’ Bar and La Loma — but you wouldn’t walk to either after dark. Now this neighborhood is the hot, hot LoHi, with streets safe enough to walk at all hours and an abundance of cool…
Denver has more than one winning team: The Denver Broncos may be the national champs, but this city’s artists and arts organizations keep scoring with audiences not just in Colorado, but around the world. And while the football season is over, the 2016 arts season is just beginning, so we’ve…
This could be the most creative college scholarship idea ever, one that awards students for creativity, innovation — and the willingness to risk failure. Offered by the Museum of Contemporary Arts Denver, the Failure Fair Scholarship is an annual scholarship award open to all graduating, college-bound, Colorado high-school seniors. Explains…
Emily Griffith would give this project an incomplete. The legendary educator founded the Opportunity School in Denver a century ago, opening a ground-breaking program that was geared to giving an education to anyone in the city — no matter where they were from, no matter what their background. The free…
What goes up, must come down. But must it stay down? Frequent fliers who use the C Concourse have been wondering if one pair of escalators leading from the trains to the concourse would ever be up and running again; crews have been working on them since last fall, ripping…
Denver has more than one winning team: The Denver Broncos may be the national champs, but this city’s artists and arts organizations keep scoring with audiences not just in Colorado, but around the world. And while the football season is over, the 2016 arts season is just beginning, so we’ve…
Denver has more than one winning team: The Denver Broncos may be the national champs, but this city’s artists and arts organizations keep scoring with audiences not just in Colorado, but around the world. And while the football season is over, the 2016 arts season is just beginning, so we’ve…
Denver has a winning reputation — and not just because of the Denver Broncos. This city’s arts scene is renowned across the country, and for our annual Winter Arts Guide we asked a dozen people intrinsic to that scene a few questions about the state of the arts in Denver…
A few years ago, I asked the then-mayor of Lakewood to suggest the worst dive in his city. His answer came back quickly: Hart’s Corner Bar & Restaurant, where one customer had bitten another customer’s ear the weekend before. Sold! I visited Hart’s, right on the corner of Morrison Road…
Today US. News & World Report unveiled its annual Best Places to Live rankings for cities in the United States — and Denver is #1 for 2016. That the Mile High City rated the top spot isn’t that surprising, though, considering that Denver has been one of the country’s “cool cities” for years.
Denver has a winning reputation — and not just because of the Denver Broncos. This city’s arts scene is renowned across the country, and for our annual Winter Arts Guide, we asked a dozen people intrinsic to that scene a few questions about the state of the arts in Denver…
Denver has a winning reputation — and not just because of the Denver Broncos. This city’s arts scene is renowned across the country, and for our annual Winter Arts Guide, inserted in the February 18 edition of Westword, we asked a dozen people intrinsic to that scene a few questions…
Wow, just wow. Work Options for Women, a local nonprofit that trains impoverished women (and men) for jobs in the food-service industry, is a favorite cause for many local chefs, and last night’s “Mentors: A Night Out With Work Options for Women” quickly became a favorite fundraiser format for any…
In 2005 Westword introduced the MasterMind awards, honoring the artists and arts organizations that were changing the cultural landscape of Denver. Since then, we’ve awarded more than $150,000 to 55 MasterMinds — and we’ll be celebrating our twelfth creative class at Artopia 2016 tonight. Meet Mar Williams, 2016 MasterMind. From…
In 2005 Westword introduced the MasterMind awards, honoring the artists and arts organizations that were changing the cultural landscape of Denver. Since then, we’ve awarded more than $150,000 to 55 MasterMinds — and now we’re rolling out our twelfth creative class. Meet Jeromie Lawrence Dorrance, our first 2016 MasterMind. Dorrance,…
