A Friday blog pointed out that the Denver Post would have a difficult time covering the turmoil at the Denver Film Society, where as many as 21 staffers resigned amid layoff reports and dissatisfaction with relatively new executive director Bo Smith. After all, Nina Henderson-Moore, a past chair of the…
Over the past decade, daily newspapers have grappled with the best way to cover breaking news items in print — a medium that arrives at homes well after most subscribers already know about what took place. The five tornadoes that touched down in Colorado yesterday provided yet another test case…
It’s no surprise that the one serious injury reported as the result of five tornados that touched down in Colorado yesterday involved a man trying to take pictures of the storm. Capturing video images of natural disasters now challenges seeking cover as a first reaction for folks witnessing severe weather…
View Larger Map The bloodshed continues. According to the Denver Police Department, a man who was shot in the head on the 2400 block of South Federal, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). He died early this morning…
Everyone looks better in a fedora…. Today in Backbeat Online: • Last night: Leonard Cohen at Red Rocks. • Westword exclusive: The Fray’s not-so-secret dress rehearsals — in pictures. • Ministry’s Al Jourgensen offers free EP. • MP3 Freeloader: Tonight, Fell at Bender’s Tavern. • MP3 Freeloader: Tonight, Hawks of…
It seems odd that in a financial storm where massive commercial institutions of all kinds are crumbling left and right, a writer’s workshop run out of an old poet’s house on Downing street would be unaffected. And yet, Lighthouse Writer’s Workshop keeps on growing. “In times of stress, people go…
Our little ode to local bloggers. Send your own odes here. Colorado labor leaders are, like, totally over Bill Ritter. (Colorado Independent) In Lakewood, it’s the case of the million-dollar vacant lot — and the taxpayers who footed the bill. (Lakewood Edge) On the 65th anniversary of the Normandy invasion,…
Basil the robot, who was unsuccessful in a bid to serve beers at the Wynkoop Brewing Company last year but has since redeemed himself with several triumphant performances, will give the service sector another go tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. as part of an event for the First Friday…
INDYINK’s Chris Huth says it’s a little bit scary to be presenting a show by local artist/designer Sam Turner, whose oft menacing pen and ink illustrations are cross-hatched together by a mish-mosh of skate deck and snowboard design, hardcore metal music and an aura of cycling anarchy, then tempered by…
In April, Aurora Police Department officers responded to a domestic-violence call involving Kotch Ouellette, 38. His girlfriend, 45-year-old Jennifer Sheppard, had been struck in the head during the altercation in question, but she refused medical treatment — only to be found dead two days later. This week, the Arapahoe County…
First off, apologies are probably in order. It occurs to me that, over the last six months, you’ve probably managed to wipe clean the stains left on your mind by former Rep. Marilyn Musgrave. Since her election in 2002, Musgrave’s devotion to squashing women’s rights, gay rights — basically the…
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Mary Louise Starkey, founder of the Denver butler school Starkey International School for Household Management, who’s been in and out of jail and court for allegedly assaulting Starkey student Lisa Kirkpatrick — and then in and out of jail and court again…
Instead of paying the high costs of transportation and lodging, you can stay right here in Denver and enjoy all of your favorite vacation activities in the neighborhood that bests suits your interests. A staycation in the Sloan’s Lake and Jefferson Park neighborhoods has all this and so much more…
Megan Riley is sitting next to her publicist on the patio of Stella’s Coffeehaus, which is the kind of place where people aren’t going to bat an eye when they overhear someone talking about her psychic powers. That’s exactly what Riley is doing, and I’m wondering how this will go…
View Larger Map On Wednesday, the Denver Police Department announced the arrest of David Cano-Rivera in relation to the murder of security guard Alfredo Gonzalez-Ramos at the El Chapparal night club, 2727 W. 6th Avenue, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click…
Step 1: Place mind in gutter. Step 2: Look at the cover of today’s “Grow” section in the Denver Post. Step 3: Giggle. Step 4: Wonder why there’s a third round object at the base of the tallest gourd. Overcompensation?…
The Denver Police Department is offering a reward, and releasing more information, about the murder of Jacob Medina, whose body was found in a field at the intersection of Arizona Avenue and Pecos Street on May 31. Apparently, Medina was at a party nearby when a fight took place, injuring…
Basic-cable fiends are familiar with the formula for Rocky’s Autos commercials: quasi-humorous skits featuring the Shagman and his sidekicks. But as viewers have seen in recent days, change is afoot at Rocky’s — among them, replacing the laughs with testimonials by self-proclaimed Troubleshooter Tom Martino. Martino’s been a busy boy…
The traditions that we’ve come to know and rely upon for decades are slowly vanishing. Take indecent exposure. Not so long ago, the average perpetrator would toss on a raincoat and nothing else, then head out on the street in a quest to flash his shortcomings at passersby. But the…
The kidnapping and subsequent safe return in Venezuela of Rockies catcher Yorvit Torrealba’s eleven-year-old son and brother-in-law certainly makes matters like the firing of manager Clint Hurdle seem minor by comparison. And yet the holding of athletes’ family members for ransom is hardly novel in that country. As noted in…
Timothy Boham, the former gay-porn star currently on trial for the 2006 murder of a Denver businessman, took the stand in his own defense yesterday. This move is often a sign of desperation — and his testimony reflected the quality, too. He’d previously confessed his complicity to plenty of folks,…
The Colorado Avalanche didn’t wait long after the sacking of beleaguered good-guy coach Tony Granato to name his replacement. Yesterday, the team introduced new head man Joe Sacco, who most recently helmed the Lake Erie Monsters, the excellently named Avs’ affiliate in the American Hockey League. From all reports, Sacco…
