Way back about 24 hours ago, The Sink, a favorite Boulder eatery for generations, was best known as the spot where actor Robert Redford once worked as a janitor. But the Sundance Kid will have to take second place from here on out. Before delivering a speech at CU-Boulder’s Coors…
Denver has a long and not-proud tradition of selecting works that have nothing to do with Colorado for its One Book, One Denver program. In the past we’ve seen such Oprah-baiting tomes as The Art of Racing in the Rain and The Help make the list; this year’s installment is…
At last Thursday’s meeting of Denver’s Commission on Homelessness — the first meeting of the group since last November — Denver City Councilman Albus Brooks, who wrote the proposed ordinance to ban “urban camping” in Denver, tried to explain that this proposal hadn’t come out of the blue. “We’ve been…
A long time ago, I was a nineteen-year-old homeless kid. The circumstances aren’t particularly important, but basically I just surfed too many couches and polished off too many bottles of my hosts’ booze until, chronically unemployed and perpetually drunk, I had nowhere to go. But even then, I stayed the…
Kenny Be’s first comic appeared in Westword thirty years ago! See a retrospective of his work opening on Wednesday, May 2, at Bang!, 3472 West 32nd Avenue. And in the meantime, you can purchase his Best of Denver collection — thirty years of Kenny Be comics on thirty postcards —…
Tiny Dacono is poised to become the next municipality to ban medical marijuana centers after council members met to discuss the issue in a work group Monday evening. According to the Longmont Times-Call, a majority of the council members, including Mayor Charles Sigman, favored banning the three centers within their…
In this week’s feature, “Medic!,” we followed the Colorado Street Medics, a group of self-trained medical assistants who provide first aid at protests. The collective, which will soon be memorialized in museum form, owes its legacy to one man: Ron Rosen. Called “Doc” even before he trained in acupuncture and…
Call it the latest legal frontier in the city’s cab wars. A recent Colorado Court of Appeals decision, reinstating a severely injured Denver Yellow Cab driver’s lawsuit against the company’s insuror for allegedly failing to offer him adequate insurance, may open the door for similar claims by other injured drivers…
In March, four Occupy Denver protesters were accused of robbery and second-degree assault during an incident at the 1500 block of Broadway. According to the police report, the four allegedly knocked down a skateboarder and stole his board. Yesterday, however, the city dismissed robbery charges against three of the arrestees,…
Denver blog posts earn their keep. Mile High Report’s Jeremy Bolander breaks down the Broncos’ 2011 draft player by player — and gives John Elway an “A” for his first time in charge. Good tidings. Colorado Peak Politics notes that Joe Miklosi has been moved into the Democratic Congressional Campaign…
Today, after the Commission on Homelessness called for an additional four weeks to consider an urban camping ordinance, Denver City Council moved its final consideration date to May 14, one week later than previously scheduled. The decision came with a final vote of four to three. If approved, the bill…
Colorado is home to more than two thousand refugees from Burma, an isolated country in southeast Asia. Among them is Drucie Bathin, the head of the Colorado Rangers Organization, which works on the model of refugees helping refugees, and the subject of our cover story, “A World Away.” And what…
At 2 p.m., hours before President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak at CU-Boulder, members of Colorado’s medical marijuana industry will stage a press conference at which they’ll ask the commander in chief to order call off federal law-enforcers such as U.S. Attorney John Walsh, whose seizure-threat letters to dispensaries…
Residents who live around City Park got a bit of a surprise — and a little mystery — on Sunday when five massive military helicopters landed inside the park around 10:30 a.m. near Duck Lake. The copters, which all appeared to be Marine vehicles, hung out for a bit before…
Our tribute to the Broncos’ Brian Dawkins, who announced his retirement via Twitter yesterday, made note that he’s as strong a Christian in his own way as is his former teammate, Tim Tebow. One reader admires everything about Dawkins, including the way he approached his faith…
While CU-Boulder prepares for President Barack Obama’s visit this evening, memories of the reduced but still passionate 4/20 event there continue to linger like a certain kind of smoke. Below, check out three videos shot by Westword’s Britt Chester — clips of Wyclef Jean’s brother, Samuel (seen here), exhorting the…
When chatting about President Barack Obama’s planned visit to CU-Boulder this evening, university spokesman Bronson Hilliard and Ryan Huff, communications director for the CU Police Department, couldn’t sound more different than they did when discussing the last sizable event on campus — the annual 4/20 bash, which CU succeeded in…
This evening, President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak at CU-Boulder — and he’s visiting on the sort of day beautiful enough to make even the most curmudgeonly Coloradan feel like pulling out the state flag. Then again, some people display the flag every day, as witnessed by the following…
This evening, President Barack Obama is slated to speak at CU-Boulder’s Coors Events Center — a venue that won’t need airing out, since Wyclef Jean’s 4/20 concert was a poorly attended disaster. How is Twitter Nation feeling about his visit? Divided, pretty much like America as a whole. Below, find…
Denver’s regional recycling plant is not a good place to lose your car keys. It is, however, a good place to get rid of old cartons. After five years spent educating the city not to do just that, Denver Public Works announced today that it now has the capability to…
In 2010, we told you the story of Jeff Puckett, a local businessman who started a helicopter ministry seven years ago. Every Monday, Puckett and his friends invite pastors, politicians and most recently, troubled youth, to fly above Denver and see the city the way God might see it: bereft…
Denver blog posts are celebrating 4/23. Big Media’s Jason Salzman on efforts by Colorado Hispanic Republicans members like Pauline Olvera to add to their ranks. Denver Infill’s Ryan Dravitz presents a Community College of Denver construction update — with photos. Bronco Talk’s Monty collects tributes to the retiring Brian Dawkins…
