As noted in our blog about a Douglas County school allowing parents to opt out of letting their kids watch President Barack Obama’s speech to children on Tuesday, we pointed out that other Commanders-in-Chief have directly addressed younglings — among them President George W. Bush, who asked America’s kids to…
Our item yesterday about a Douglas County school allowing parents to opt out of letting their kids watch a Tuesday speech to the nation’s schoolchildren by President Barack Obama has been followed by plenty of mainstream coverage on the topic, including a front-page story in today’s Denver Post and an…
The Writer Square pedestrian shopping center downtown may be subtle, quiet and low-key, but the passions the location inspires are anything but. Denver’s Planning Board learned that fact firsthand last night when it considered a controversial new sign plan for the property — a proposal board members decided to vote…
Lots of stories about urban wildlife lately — but I was still caught off-guard while driving to Westword’s Broadway offices this morning, when I was forced to slam on my brakes to avoid hitting a fox running across the intersection at 8th and Speer. She was headed in the opposite…
“2008 DNC Dream Daze,” Kenny Be, August 27 Unconventional Action Kenny Be is a genius. His two-page cartoon on Denver one year after the Democratic National Convention was brilliant! I just want to know one thing: What swingers’ club wound up with those pillars? Jill Hanifer Denver “Death in the…
Mayor John Hickenlooper looks okay as a girl (maybe he could use a little more mascara, if you know what we mean), but Governor Bill Ritter? He brings pure heat. How do we know? Because we took some liberties with the September cover of Denver Magazine, which features the lovely…
Colfax may be America’s longest main street, but Colorado Boulevard has it beat by miles. It’s a highway through the heart of the country, missing beats here and there where development detoured the straight lines envisioned by the pioneers who staked out the West — pioneers like Casper Hartman, who…
Better late than never. Today in Backbeat Online: • Q&A with Regan “Busdriver” Farquhar. • Flier of the Week: Dressy Bessy at the Gothic, September 5. • Win stuff in our random midweek contest! • Dulcinea’s to re-open as Pete’s Monkey Bar. • Single File rock (girls jeans) at the…
Last week, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan sent a letter to principals across the country, on view later in this post, informing them that President Barack Obama would be delivering a speech to the nation’s schoolchildren on Tuesday, September 8. Duncan wrote, “The President will challenge students to work hard,…
Westword.com is looking for some help. Not full-time help, of course — what do you think this is, 2004? — but rather free and cheap help. We’re looking for: Freelance photographers. Specifically, we need gutsy shutterbugs who can infiltrate protests, press conferences and other events by day, and then hit…
Our daily mug of local bloggage. Chug! Chug! Chug! The state’s budget crisis sucks … unless you’re a prisoner! (5280) Does this high-speed rail system have a message car? Why is it so expensive? (Colorado Independent) Why are old crappy motel signs so cool? (Denver Egotist)…
Here’s a free tip for all you tech entrepreneurs looking at making an “iPhone killer:” Concentrate on the phone’s Achilles heel, its service. People love the phone, but all too often the service simply sucks. Actually, it’s unfair to single out Apple/AT&T for a haterade bath. The truth is, most…
World traveler, journalist, PR exec: Boulderite John Shors has done it all. But these days, he wears the hat of a novelist because, upon the release of his third work of fiction, Dragon House (NAL Trade, $15), he’s proven himself an author with a big scope — one who writes…
My fiancee just moved to Denver, and she’s doing a lot of that thing people do after they move here: “Wait, is this the same Colfax as the Colfax where we saw that bum riding a unicycle?” “Colorado? I thought Colorado was the street with that strip club you like…
The city of Denver needs your R.F.P. A.S.A.P.! Requests for Proposals are due this Friday, September 4, 2009, for the restaurant concession in the McNichols building renovation plans at Civic Center. My proposal is named the Yum Yum Tree, in honor of the city’s first food court-style restaurant. It will…
One of the most noticeable — and controversial — changes to downtown lately has been the transformation of Writer Square, the longtime pedestrian shopping center that has lately seen all of its trees, benches and other landscaping removed as part of its new owners’ plan to modernize the property. Residents…
Colorado is set to receive more than $3.5 million from drug leviathan Pfizer in relation to two separate settlements. According to the office of Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, the largest of the two deals is related to allegations that the company “improperly marketed four drugs and paid kickbacks to…
Colorado’s confusing medical-marijuana laws have led to plenty of puffing on all sides of the issue, with the Cannabis Therapy Institute taking a leading role in pushing for greater availability of what it sees as a healing weed. Last week, the organization joined forces with other medical-marijuana advocates as part…
Pat Bowlen is frequently referred to as one of the best owners in professional sports — at least in these parts. But in a recent item (dubbed “too short for a column:), he’s slapped around plenty by someone who’s observed the Broncos closely over the years: ESPN’s Rick Reilly, a…
With prodigy J.R. Smith suspended for the first seven games of the 2009-2010 season thanks to his guilty plea in a New Jersey crash that killed one of his friends (and for which Smith served jail time), the Nuggets could use some help at guard. And a prominent one’s available:…
Although ProgressNow Colorado’s Michael Huttner lived through a grilling by Fox News’ Neil Cavuto, he likely made few converts among the cable net’s mondo-conservative viewership. The Colorado branch of the American Civil Liberties Union is hoping for a friendlier audience for “Gitmo Revealed: An Evening of Film and Discussion,” which…
ProgressNow Colorado’s Michael Huttner will go just about anywhere to pimp 50 Ways You Can Help Obama Change America, a new book he co-wrote with former Rocky Mountain News media writer Jason Salzman — including Fox News. He didn’t emerge from his appearance opposite Neil Cavuto unscathed, however. Huttner twice…
