Here’s evidence that you can find just about anything on Denver Craigslist: There’s actually a forum for haiku. It’s called haiku hotel, and it’s a lively place to visit, since users vary between the deadly serious and those willing to have fun with the form. We gravitated to the latter…
Is this a real gun — meaning one that fires the sort of bullets that are capable of killing someone? The Denver Police Department recently posted this photo and seven others on its Facebook page along with the headline question, “CAN YOU TELL WHICH GUNS ARE REAL AND WHICH ARE…
Jamaica has long been recognized as the globe’s marijuana mecca — a place where a large percentage of the population not only enjoys the plant’s benefits but regards it as a sacrament. So it’s more than a little surprising to discover an editorial in Jamaica’s largest newspaper calling for the…
Readers can be like irony detectors. That’s what happened after Patricia Calhoun posted about Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo called for a GOP civility pledge. A number of readers recalled that Tancredo was recently caught on camera flipping someone off — including this one…
Denver blog posts have a sweet tooth. Our Show and Tell staff show and tell about Comic Con-inspired costumes at the CSO. When it comes to insurance cancellation reports, Colorado Pols says don’t believe the hype. Colorado Peak Politics: Denver’s pot ordinance future is still hazy. When will the smoke…
Want to own a piece of Shotgun Willie’s? The legendary Glendale strip club recently shut its doors forever — and moved into a brand new building next door. The original building, which Shotgun Willie’s called home starting in 1982, will eventually be demolished to make way for much-needed road improvements…
I have been boxing at the 20th Street Recreation Center — Denver’s oldest public recreational facility — for more than four years. And while the boxing fitness class is a relatively new addition, 20th Street has also been home to a legendary competitive boxing program for over seventy years, one…
It can be a conundrum: What to do when stumbling upon an absolutely perfect Schmuck of the Week candidate long before Friday, when our winners are announced? Put the contest on hold for days or share the schmuckiness early in hopes that someone else will step forward who’s also worthy…
Earlier this month, we shared twenty images from a video entitled “Denver’s Best Street Art” and asked the question, “Do the images deserve this title?” Shortly thereafter, we were contacted by a twenty-year veteran of the Denver street art scene who answered “no” — and then came up with images…
We’ve been reporting about the dreadful death of Jude Murray-Gomez, age five — a crime for which his mother, Shannon Dodson, is in custody on suspicion of first degree murder. On Friday, hours before Jude’s funeral, we had an extended conversation with Juan Gomez, his uncle, and Jillian Gomez, his…
What was one of the biggest themes we found in tweets about the Broncos’ 27-17 win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday Night Football? A lot of people couldn’t stay awake to see the end. Presumably, many of these folks are relocated Coloradans (or Peyton Manning fans) on the…
Martinez Gonzales apparently wasn’t trying to hide his operation. This 1922 story from the Montrose Press via the Telluride Daily Journal says Gonzales was growing “Indian hemp or maraguana” out in his regular garden. It also says that cops thought Gonzales was using his own supply, “and that explains his…
Patricia Calhoun’s post about Denver International Airport winning a USA Today survey about best airport art prompted a debate among our readers about whether such an honor is deserved. Some people wrote about loving the art, others about hating it — with this commenter taking a middle path in a…
Denver blog posts are snack-sized. At our Cafe Society blog, Isa Jones counts down the ten best Denver places for tater tots. Big Media’s Jason Salzman on giving the Denver Post credit. Colorado Independent’s MIke Littwin on an Obamacare success: getting Republicans to talk about millions of uninsured Americans…
With a flood of Kennedy material coming out to mark the fiftieth anniversary of that surreal day in Dallas, brace yourself for plenty of resurgent conspiracy theories concerning who and what was behind JFK’s assassination. Despite its come-on title, JFK: A President Betrayed, a new documentary playing on DirecTV and…
Who’s the bigger schmuck — the guy who leads the way when it comes to schmucky behavior, or the friend who goes along with everything, then claims afterward that it wasn’t really his fault? Ponder this eternal question while perusing the tale of Robert Lee Larsen, ringleader of a drunken…
Eric Brooks’s beard was already a favorite among area connoisseurs: Last month, he won the Work of Art prize from the Boulder Facial Hair Club. But now, his wonderful whiskers are getting national exposure in the Washington Post and NHL TV, as well as local love from the Coloradoan, the…
Sunday night, the Broncos play their latest biggest game of the season versus the unbeaten Kansas City Chiefs — and Twitter’s a great way to get insight into the team. But which players are the best tweeters? We’ve picked out our favorites, showcased below via multiple tweets and photos that…
A lot of the ivory items on display at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge yesterday were absolutely beautiful: handcrafted carvings displaying incredibly artistic ability. But consider the fact that they wouldn’t exist without the brutal killings of elephants, whose very survival as a species is threatened by the…
In this day and age, institutions tend to take any threat of violence seriously, because the risk of shrugging off the information as inconsequential and being wrong is simply too high. That’s why Saint John’s Episcopal Church closed for days this week, following an alleged pledge by sixty-year-old Dominique Richard…
The Health Center’s two locations couldn’t be more drastically different in form, with the Uptown branch giving off a quaint, cozy, neighborhood vibe and the University Hills outlet coming off as much more straightforward and businesslike. But what unites them is what matters most: quality cannabis and low prices worth…
It’s game on for Denver blog posts. On our Show and Tell blog, Cory Casciato explains why he doesn’t care about the introduction of the PS4 and Xbox One. Denver Egotist shows off the latest campaign to tout Colorado as America’s best ski destination. Denver PR Blog’s latest great moment…
