In every city, there are buildings known for being complete black holes for any restaurant or bar that tries to open. I can think of a few in Denver off the top of my head, including one at the corner of 11th and Lincoln, where dance clubs, mescal bars and…
There was a lot of debate over our post about Washington’s Nathaniel Wentz, who was fired after wearing a Broncos jersey to work. Some felt the teen deserved sacking because he left work and didn’t return. But others feel he shouldn’t have been sent home in the first place, including…
Denver blog posts can get a bit obsessive. At our Show & Tell blog, Amy Nicholson explains how director Lars Von Trier’s new film, Nymphomaniac, differs from porn. Denver Urbanism’s Ryan Mulligan charts Gold Line progress via Platte River bridge girders. Colorado Peak Politics on what happened after DORA’s chief…
Bud Light’s twisted Super Bowl spots, featuring ex-Cali guv Arnold Schwarzenegger as a headband-wearing ping-pong player midway between Björn Borg and Chris Evert, don’t appear to have a Colorado connection beyond the participation of onetime Denverite Don Cheadle, who co-stars with…a llama; see teaser clips below. But there are actually…
Earlier this week, we posted about President Barack Obama’s latest marijuana comments: He told the New Yorker that pot isn’t more dangerous than alcohol, and considers it to be less risky “in terms of its impact on the individual consumer.” Cannabis reform advocate Mason Tvert was heartened by Obama’s take…
When most of us picture drug dealers, we don’t imagine someone like Almeda Sullivan, a former teacher’s aide at a Cherry Creek middle school. But at a preliminary hearing yesterday, she was treated like a serious criminal, and the arrest affidavit on view below explains why. Sullivan is accused of…
The GOP in Colorado wants to bring the Republican National Convention to Denver in 2016 — an interesting move, considering the acute political and social divisions in the state. Colorado, which for many years had settled comfortably into red-state territory, now swings the other way. And today, it’s known more…
As everyone from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to the nation’s memes-makers have noticed, the upcoming Super Bowl features teams — the Broncos and the Seahawks — from the two states that have legalized recreational marijuana sales. So you had to know entrepreneurs would want a piece of the action…
Ellen Degeneres wants the Broncos to win the Super Bowl — but not because she’s got a soft spot for Peyton Manning. Rather, she’s rooting for Denver offensive lineman Zane Beadles, who’s always wanted to dance with her. He got the chance during an appearance on her show yesterday that…
Update: Yesterday, we told you about a shooting at the Indian Hills home of Bruce and Maggie Leiman that left two people dead; see previous coverage below. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office has now released the names of those who died: Maggie and Bruce’s son Robert Leiman, who’s believed to…
“The 2014 Denver Bucket List,” Westword staff, January 13 Kick the Bucket! Things to do in Denver when you’re from California.Jesse Funk Loved the Denver Bucket List; it reminded me of why we love to live in Colorado — and I haven’t done half of the things on the list…
Richard Toler saw the big black dog and knew something was wrong. It was half past ten in the morning on January 5, 2005, the thermometer just a few degrees above zero, and a Newfoundland named Bear was cruising the neighborhood. No way that dog should be loose, particularly in…
Dear Stoner: Are there going to be high-CBD strains at recreational dispensaries? I really want to shop for the marijuana to use it medically. Anne (via the potline) Dear Anne: We’ve gotten this question a lot recently from people who want to try cannabis medically but don’t want to see…
On January 10, while much of the state’s cannabis community was focused on the launch of recreational sales, permanent rules for the recreational and medical marijuana industries were being quietly approved and put into effect by Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division. Most were unchanged from previous drafts, but cannabis concentrates for…
Our Josiah Hesse recently ventured to Civic Center Park to see if recreational marijuana store openings had cut down on illegal sales — and discovered that the pot black market is alive and well. This came as no surprise to many of our commenters, including this medical marijuana card holder…
Denver blog posts know that time is money. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun shares a post from a reader who thinks anyone who waits in line at a restaurant for an hour and a half needs to have his head checked. The Colorado Independent’s Mike Littwin on the…
Denver’s big win over the Patriots on hasn’t convinced doubters of the Broncos or Peyton Manning that the team will triumph in this year’s Super Bowl, as shown by what’s literally a hater video, since it was posted by someone who goes by the name Seth Hater. In the animated…
An e-mail written by an outspoken sociology professor at Colorado State University-Pueblo, comparing job cuts at the school to the deadly Ludlow Massacre, has prompted university officials to cut off his access to the school’s computer system and accuse him of violating a campus communication policy that prohibit messages intended…
In the last few months, we’ve reported about two incidents that fall under the heading of “suicide by cop,” including a shooting involving a despondent CSU student and a Denver face-off during which the gunman reportedly said, “If they don’t fucking shoot me, I’ll stab them in the goddamn eyeball.”…
As we noted yesterday, the folks at The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are among the yuksters having fun with the Super Bowl pairing of Denver and Seattle — teams from the only two states that have legalized the sale of recreational marijuana. Memes makers are also going to…
The Super Bowl match-up between the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks pairs teams from states that both allow sales of recreational marijuana. But that doesn’t mean the build-up to the big game has been especially mellow. An example: Nathaniel Wentz, a Broncos fan who happens to live in Washington,…
In the latest issue of the New Yorker, President Barack Obama says marijuana isn’t more dangerous than alcohol and is actually less so in at least one significant way. Obama, who admits to smoking pot during his younger years but has spoken critically about the substance, hasn’t turned into a…
