To see all of Kenny Be’s June 18 feature cartoon, click “Continue:” The invasion of the summer bike monsters spans the state from Boulder Canyon’s angry barricades to Downtown Denver’s bike-to-work breakfast stations……
The folks at Colfax Love Society recently dispatched a small army of photographers to shoot pictures of Denver’s most colorful street. The results will be on display at the Neopolitan Gallery starting on July 4. But for a taste, cruise to westword.com/slideshow and check out thirteen of the group’s pictures…
Jessica Biel, who was reared in Boulder (heh-heh — I wrote “reared” and “Jessica Biel” in the same sentence), is currently starring in Easy Virtue, a Noel Coward adaptation by director Stephan Elliott and screenwriter Sheridan Jobbins, who recently sat down with Westword for an extended Q&A. And as part…
Last week, the Congress for the New Urbanism held its annual conference in Denver — an event we commemorated with examinations of Bradburn Village, Highlands’ Garden Village and several other New Urbanist developments in the city; find them in our Not-So-New Urbanism archive. As for the conference itself, the issues…
In a February blog, the Denver Business Journal’s Neil Westergaard talked about the need for positive stories in these tough economic times — and a DBJ article about a just-released driving survey by AutoVantage certainly qualifies. The piece focuses on the fact that Denver tied with Cleveland and Portland, Oregon,…
As pointed out in a blog yesterday, the Colorado Rockies need stability more than a franchise-record win streak — and it’s a good thing, since the Rocks were clubbed to death in a 12-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays last night, halting them one victory short of a best-ever…
The latest report about trade-demanding wide receiver Brandon Marshall cites interest from the Baltimore Ravens, who made a play for the Arizona Cardinals’ Anquan Boldin a couple of months back in an effort to give young QB Joe Flacco a credible deep threat. But the team is sending mixed signals…
In a blog published yesterday morning, I noted that the Denver Police Department’s sex-crimes unit had put out an alert about a “pattern offender” — but the notice contained no description of the actual offenses. Perhaps that’s unsurprising given the DPD’s rather haphazard approach to information dispersal. Typical was a…
Even as Arapahoe County officials go beyond the call of duty in their efforts to bust Brian Wayne Coplen, who’s wanted for allegedly running a marijuana grow-house in Bennett, representatives of the Boulder Police Department are questioning four men in connection with a robbery at a facility where pot is…
Thoughts about food for thoughts…. Today in Cafe Society: • Meet and greet at Civic Center Eats. • A sixth Five Guys coming to Colorado Boulevard? • Black Pearl celebrates four years on South Pearl Street with free wine, cocktails and food. • 3 Sons finally back in business. •…
Colorado saw a slight increase in the number of bias-motivated incidents against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in 2008, according to a report released today by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs. The report measures the number of incidents reported to the affiliated Colorado Anti-Violence Program. That number rose…
Some local blogs worth reading. Send links if you’ve got’em. A retreat’s not a retreat without some Republicans. So why did you pay for it? (Colorado Pols) Hey! We’re getting a 13-1 return on our investment in tourism marketing! Unless, that is, if you ask an economist! (Face the State)…
Back again with three more great Twits to follow (sure, that sounds insulting, but “Tweeters” just sounds stupid) for your burgeoning Twitter feed. And as always, follow us at @denverwestword, @cafewestword and @casciato. @psmyth12 and @champbailey: I know it’s the height of baseball season, but I’m a football guy, so…
Get a head start on the solstice tonight when cruiser bikers from all over the city converge for the Park to Park Summer Solstice Cruiser Ride, a leisurely social ride linking three major — and lovely — Denver landmarks: City Park, the Denver Botanic Gardens and Washington Park. Celebrate summer…
With the recent end of the Denver Nuggets’ exciting season, plenty of fans in these parts probably figured that they wouldn’t have another competitive local pro-sports team to follow until… the Nugs start playing again in the fall. But the Rockies have elbowed their way back into the conversation via…
What do you get when you cross(dress) the Colorado Rockies in the latest creations of Denver fashion designers? A series of baseball cards for the Colorado Frockies: The boys of summer dresses. #28 Aaron Cook wears a Deb Henriksen……
Coloradans such as Boulder’s Ace Young have had a modicum of success on American Idol. And now, a contestant on Australian Idol, the down-under variation on the TV singing-contest phenomenon, has raised Denver’s profile internationally, more or less. In this case, though, the Denver in question is Denver the Dinosaur,…
Larry Winget, a reporter for Alamosa’s Valley Courier newspaper, has seen a lot of things during his five years as a journalist. But last week, he experienced something new: He says he was attacked while trying to take a photo of a minor traffic accident involving a vintage train. On…
Most football observers think the Broncos came out on the short end of the trade that sent Jay Cutler to Chicago earlier this year — a move that may have inspired troublemaking wide receiver Brandon Marshall’s own attempt to get out of Denver. But Greg Trippiedi, a Michigan-based blogger who…
Clinton S. March, seen here, is a moderately attractive man — certainly far from hideous. But I don’t really have a hankering to see him nude, which is how a homeowner living on the 700 block of Isabelle Street in Golden found him yesterday. March then ran down the street…
Broncos wide receiver has had off-season health issues, not to mention a proclivity for arrests that rivals Robert Downey Jr. during his drug-pounding years. So, of course, he thinks he deserves an enormous new contract, and he’s demanded a trade if he doesn’t get one. Given his skill level, it’s…
Denver Archibishop Charles Chaput is typically thought of as a conservative, and no wonder, since he regularly implies that voting for a politician who supports abortion rights is tantamount to helping the ghost of George Tiller section a fetus in its eighth month. But this weekend, he was among speakers…
