Westword editor Patricia Calhoun left for vacation today. Predictably, the Westword office has deteriorated into a orgy of journalistic decadence. Beer is flowing like printer ink, and smoke is blowing through the HVAC…
Manual High School, home to super-debaters and Westword cover siblings Teague and Theron Harrison, could expand to include grades 6, 7 and 8. According to Education News Colorado, Denver Public Schools staffers are crafting a plan to grow the once-shuttered, now-reborn school — and the school board could vote on…
Judging from the photos Sean Wylam posted on his Facebook wall, he was a dedicated, experienced climber who enjoyed the outdoors at levels most of us can only dream about. At heights of thirteen-thousand feet and above, Wylam clearly seemed at home. On Sunday, while climbing down the 14,099-foot Snowmass…
The Underground Music Showcase took over South Broadway Thursday through Sunday night with bands, DJ’s, singer-songwriters and MC’s performing at venues from afternoon through the night. As you can see from our slideshow page, we shot the Faces of UMS on Friday and the People of UMS on Saturday…
Of all of the competitions at the first ever Denver County Fair (held from July 28 through 31, 2011, in the Expo and Stadium Halls of the National Western Complex), the most prized Blue Ribbon should go to Denver’s most prized crop — Capitol Hill cannabis indica…..
Craig Nassi and the Beauvallon Corp, original owners of the beleaguered Beauvallon building, won a round in the Colorado Court of Appeals — where, last week, a three-judge panel reversed the findings of Denver District Court Judge Norm Haglund and tossed a verdict worth more than a million to Matrix…
As the NFL lockout comes to an end and the scramble to sign free agents begins, one player probably won’t be getting a call: former Denver Broncos linebacker Nate Webster. He was indicted in Ohio on charges of repeatedly sexually assaulting a fifteen-year-old girl, sometimes with a gun…
The arrest affidavit in the Perrish Cox rape case was released Friday, and new details have come to light that the Denver Bronco no doubt wishes had stayed in the dark forever. According to the affidavit, Cox’s accuser believes she was drugged and raped in September 2010, and DNA evidence…
Every year for the past decade, Colorado Inside Out, the weekly Colorado Public Television public-affairs show on which I’m a regular, takes a trip back in time. And for the last three years, those journeys have been awarded with a regional Emmy — including one announced Saturday night…
What radio station are you listening to right now? If you have the radio on at all, odds are good that it’s tuned to 630 AM, where Peter Boyles is not just beating the competition, but crushing it. But last week’s report on KHOW’s great early-morning numbers didn’t surprise some…
What? You didn’t get your invitation to the wedding of Asma Hasan, author of Why I Am a Muslim, and Tahir Ali? It’s an extravaganza you won’t want to miss — if Malik and Seeme Hasan, through their Hasan Family Foundation, could pay $300,00 for losing gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis’s…
Vindication! Sweet, sweet vindication. As this CBS4 report shows, the city is sort-of, kind-of admitting that the “overnight parking” stickers on its downtown meters are confusing — and it’s pledged to plaster them with (hopefully) less confusing stickers by the fall. Does that mean that everyone (including me!) who got…
♫ It’s Friday, Friday ♫ Colorado Rockies blog Purple Row drills down into why the D-Backs have been bullying the Rockies for some time now: “Know Your Foe #34: Surprising D-Backs Hope to Continue Haunting Inconsistent Rockies.” Thrillist has a bloggy take on the new lounge Chloe: “LoDo gets all…
Although it could have been a snapshot of hardworking people in the cannabis industry, last night’s MTV’s True Life “I’m in the Marijuana Business” was an hour-long train wreck. Instead of being shown business people having success in the marijuana industry, all the current MTV generation saw was an abusive…
It’s good to know that Focus on the Family is still around to provide unintentional comedy when that organization’s narrow-minded rhetoric slams head-first into reality. Case in point: On Wednesday during a Senate same-sex marriage hearing, Focus on the Family, represented by senior lobbyist Thomas Minnery, referenced a federal study…
Judging from the emotionally charged online comments in response to this week’s cover story, “Beyond Belief,” many Westword readers are baffled, outraged and just plain frustrated about the bizarre and tragic case of Charles Farrar — a man who’s still serving a 145-year sentence for sexually assaulting his stepdaughter Sacha,…
In Greek mythology, Prometheus stole fire from Zeus and stored it in the hollow stalks of Athmar Park fennel to free mankind from the brutish ignorance of the gods. Today, the plant grows wild in the yards of neighborhood bungalows and is eaten raw as a natural treatment for glaucoma…
Normally the term “Christmas in July” seems to coincide with large TV sales and wholesale electronics. When it comes to the Sidewalk Sale in Cherry Creek North, it applies to anything and everything…
Almost two years after Falcon Heene did not float away in his father’s homemade helium balloon, the legend is still flying high. And Michael Fruitman, the owner of Mike’s Stadium Sportscards in Aurora, plans to enjoy the ride. He just bought this “unique piece of Colorado history,” which he calls…
While the parents of Kenia Monge are still hoping to get answers about their daughter’s whereabouts from Travis Forbes, the last person known to have seen her on April 1, offers of help for Lydia Tillman, the Fort Collins woman Forbes has been charged with attempting to murder and sexually…
We’re learning more about the homicide at the Arvada location of Special Kinds, a former pot shop (and a sketchy one at that). Police confirmed yesterday that the one-time dispensary’s owner, 34-year-old Michael “SK” Walker, was shot and killed Monday night in what looks like a home invasion…
If a group of Fort Collins residents gets its way, patient access to medical marijuana in the northern Colorado college town could be severely limited. The Concerned Fort Collins Citizens (CFCC) filed a petition to ban pot shops on Tuesday, handing in more than 7,500 signatures. If they’re deemed legit,…
