The recent Tyler Perry movie Alex Cross was savaged by critics (it received a 30 percent score on Metacritic, while Rotten Tomatoes hit it with an ugly 12 percent ranking) and Box Office Mojo puts its worldwide receipts at just over $30 million — ultra-mediocre by Perry’s standards. But unlike…
Tonight, Ron Zappolo — who won this year’s Best of Denver Best Anchor award — will step away from the Fox31 news desk that he’s occupied since 2000, with the goal of returning to his first love, sports, after a well-deserved break. That means his trademark mustache is at least…
The Denver Cruisers know how to stir things up. Rather than simply announce the 2013 themes for the mega-popular Wednesday rides, Brad Evans and company released an April Fools’ Day version first — one that turned heads via concepts like “Skid Marks & Seamen Stains.” Behind the edgy irreverence, organizer…
The judge in the James Holmes case has unsealed an arrest affidavit and several search warrants in the case. Among the details revealed by these documents — that psychiatrist Lynne Fenton reported to a police officer in June that Holmes made “homicidal statements” and “threatened and harassed her;” that items…
Most of the time, I find dispensaries from friend suggestions. This time, it was Google maps — more specifically, a street-view image of a hippie walking out of the dispensary and clearly being surprised to see the Googlemobile. Pan to the northeast a frame, and homie is flipping the camera…
Yesterday, we wrote about the possibility of some homeowners associations banning marijuana — a possibility an attorney with whom we spoke believes would be perfectly legal despite the passage of Amendment 64. One reader was offended by the idea of activity inside a home being regulated…
As Imelda Valenzuela Gonzalez headed into the Denver Immigration Court just before 8:30 this morning for a hearing on her deportation case, a crowd of supporters that had gathered on the sidewalk in front of the court building chanted in unison, “Si se puede!” When the 43-year-old mother of three…
Denver blog posts are feelin’ it. Denver Stiffs’ Andrew Feinstein enjoys lauding Danilo Gallinari and (yes, it’s true) Evan Fournier in recapping a rare Nuggets victory in Utah. The Cauldron’s Jon Caldera on the Independence Institute’s latest court victory. Denver Frank quotes Bob Costas quoting Ludacris. Really…
It’s been nearly a month since Attorney General Eric Holder said a decision about a federal response to Amendment 64, which allows adults 21 and over in Colorado to use and possess small amounts of marijuana, would be coming soon. And the longer he waits, the harder it may be…
As recently as Monday, Representative Rhonda Fields didn’t know if she’d be invited to President Barack Obama’s Wednesday gun-control talk at the Denver Police Academy. But Fields was on hand along with many other local political heavyweights, including Governor John Hickenlooper, Senate President John Morse, Senator Rollie Heath and many…
After the state auditor’s dismal evaluation of the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division, members of the Amendment 64 Joint Committee were expected to have some negative things to say to Barbara Brohl, the executive director of the Department of Revenue and overseer of the MMED. But when the opportunity came Thursday…
Update below: Over the years, we’ve written about plenty of strange things that happened on planes, including the ex-priest arrested for pleasuring himself and the guy accused of groping a pregnant woman. But what happened last night on a Southwest flight from Las Vegas to Denver is a first for…
What were you doing around 6 a.m. this morning? Sleeping? Rubbing your eyes? Hoping that morning cup of coffee would get your heart started? For the person living in a residence on the 5900 block of West Gill Place, the answer was, “Dealing with the SUV that drove into my…
Yesterday, Rutgers head basketball coach Mike Rice was fired after video surfaced (it’s on view below) of him throwing balls at players, as well as kicking them and shouting homophobic slurs like “fucking faggot” and “fucking fairy.” An extreme case, no doubt, but not an isolated one. In fact, a…
The more we learn about Evan Ebel, the man thought to have murdered pizza-delivery man Nathan Leon and Colorado prison boss Tom Clements, the more disturbing is the portrait he left behind after taking a bullet in the head at the end of a Texas police chase. Now, a letter…
Dear Stoner: I keep seeing all these different “concentrates” in dispensaries, but I’ve yet to try any. I know this sounds dumb, but what is hash, exactly? Ivana Tryit Dear Ivana: What is hash? Awesomeness concentrated. Next time you get a good look at a bud, check out the white-to-amber…
The Best of Denver 2013, March 28 Best Wishes I eagerly await the Best of Denver every year, and the 2013 issue did not disappoint! I particularly enjoyed the essay looking back at past winners over the last thirty years; I am a regular at so many of those places…
Brad Evans has never been afraid to make a joke — a good one, a bad one, even a controversial one — and that attitude is part of what has made the Denver Cruiser Ride, which Evans founded in 2005, into a city institution. On Monday, Evans made another joke…
The stage is a half-circle at the front of the auditorium, marked off with a snaking trail of rope; the audience sits on the floor. Dressed in dark jeans and T-shirts, the actors look like escapees from a Greenwich Village coffeehouse, circa 1958. But the way they leap into action…
Boone is not the only image problem the University of Denver faces. Before John Evans was named the territorial governor of Colorado, he lived in Chicago; a politician, real-estate investor and physician, he and other leaders founded Northwestern University in 1851, in his namesake town of Evanston. And in February,…
Lawmakers charged with crafting legislation to regulate recreational cannabis use in Colorado have extended their meetings by one week — but they say they should have a final set of proposals for the legislature April 8. Why was the original date of March 29 set aside? A big reason has…
Denver blogs are good sports. Purple Row’s Jordan Freemyer celebrates the Rockies’ first win of the season. And it only took them two tries! Denver Stiffs’ Andrew Feinstein thinks Evan Fournier needs to have another big game if the Nuggets are going to top the Jazz tonight. Mile High Report’s…
