Valentines go 3D — with an added Latin inspiration — when the Chicano Humanities and Arts Council hosts its annual fundraiser, Milagros del Corazon, a laid-back evening of classical guitar music, snacks, drinks and bidding scheduled this year for Friday, February 13. But the event’s lifeblood must circulate through your…
Yesterday’s New York Times switched the national spotlight onto a fascinating story based in Greeley. “Paying Taxes, and Fearing Deportation” focuses on Amalia’s Translation and Tax Services, a business that has prepared tax returns for a mostly Hispanic clientele since the ’90s. Last October, the Weld County Sheriff’s Office, knowing…
In a Westword Q&A published earlier today, Stuff White People Like author Christian Lander rattles off a list of websites that pay a form of tribute to his Internet creation, which shares its name with a bestselling book he’ll be talking about and signing at the Boulder Bookstore tonight. Among…
The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments Fiqure 4. Cole: Xmas-Season Xpansion Tree: Holidays may come and go, but some Christmas decorations are made to hang around just a little bit longer. A close examination of this prolific wonder reveals that it is a seven-section plastic evergreen pyramid that…
Starting last Thursday and through Super Bowl Eat Yourself Sick Sunday, Westword.com’s photographers hit a Pabst art party at Tooey’s Off Colfax and some other parties. See their photos at westword.com/slideshow…
Christian Lander is a true Internet-generation success story. Just over a year ago, he launched a website called called Stuff White People Like, and in short order, he became a media sensation — an unexpected turn on which he’s wisely trying to capitalize. He penned a book entitled Stuff White…
If any press observer thought the fate of the Rocky Mountain News, which was put up for sale by E.W. Scripps almost two months ago, would remain unresolved in early February, he must have kept his opinions to himself. “I think people felt the way you did,” confirms John Temple,…
In the January 16 blog “Meet Jeff Wilks, New Owner of The Wolf, The Mix and KOOL 105,” Wilks Broadcasting head Jeff Wilks said that there would be changes at the aforementioned three stations, which his firm recently purchased from CBS, but “they’ll all be to the good.” Of course,…
At this writing, “Denver Deserves Shot as Host of Super Bowl,” the February 2 Open Mic column by the Rocky Mountain News’ Sam Adams (pictured), has yet to make its online debut. (Update, 11:50 a.m.: As pointed out by a commenter, the column is now available on the Rocky’s website…
There were few players or coaches with Colorado connections on the field in Tampa Bay during yesterday’s far-better-than-anticipated Super Bowl. But in-between the action, a few square-state notables popped up. Among the local-commercial highlights were Frontier Airlines spots for “Super Roll 43,” a sale that tied into the Super Bowl…
The weekend is so close you can practically smell it. Or maybe that’s your aftershave. Today in Backbeat Online: • The Normal Ones really aren’t. • Sneak peek: 3 the Hardway’s new album, Set in Stone. • Talking during shows: another fan’s perspective. Today in Cafe Society: • SPAM on…
A lot of love has come the Rocky Mountain News’s way in the past 24 hours. First, a far larger crowd than anticipated showed up at last night’s march/vigil at the Denver Newspaper Agency building. And then, earlier today, Rocky staffers received the following note from John Temple, the paper’s…
Master printer, teacher, artist, retailer: Patricia Branstead is all these things. But since she relocated here from Steamboat Springs and opened her tiny but fabulous emporium of handmade papers and printing supplies, Kozo (profiled in our Night & Day Talking Shop column in 2007 and awarded a Best of Denver Award …
Arbitron has released the final numbers for the fall radio-ratings book in Denver — the first for KRWZ/950 AM since switching to the Cruisin’ Oldies format described in the September 2 blog “Oldies Radio Set to Make Comeback on KRWZ” and the September 24 followup “Cruisin’ Oldies 950 Brings Back…
The mood at last night’s Rocky Mountain News candlelight migil (half march, half vigil — so coined, in the tradition of the Martin Luther King Day Marade, by someone cleverer than me) was light. Although the details of the event hinted at the possibility of theatrics, the actual gathering felt…
From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. this past Wednesday, The Lab at Belmar hosted opening-night festivities in honor of new exhibitions entitled “The Astounding Problem of Andrew Novick” and “Out of Sequence: Underrepresented Voices in American Comics.” Unfortunately, some valuable items walked away along with the attendees after the bash…
Eighty Latinos died in traffic accidents in Colorado in 2008, or roughly one quarter of the total number of people who were killed in car crashes. Of the eighty, 59 were unbuckled. So it made sense for the Colorado Department of Transportation to — for the first time ever –…
Andrew Bulkeley is a Littleton native who attended journalism school at Colorado State University with an eye toward working in the media. Little did he know that he’d find his greatest success only after leaving the United States. Today, Bulkeley is a Berlin-based correspondent for TheDeal.com, a New York-based news…
Given that former Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer has a Paul Bunyon-size ax to grind, it’s no surprise that his criticism of former coach Mike Shanahan is sharp in “Shanny Firing Was ‘Past Due,'” a Mike Klis piece in today’s Denver Post. But arguably more interesting than the Snake’s sense that…
Reading business coverage these days is a lot like watching Dawn of the Dead; corpses are everywhere, whether they’re laying down or not. So credit the folks at the Denver Business Journal with finding a tiny glimmer of positive news. Granted, none of the developments featured in “Three Denver Companies…
In the January 23 blog “Details About Next Week’s Candlelight Rally for the Rocky Mountain News,” reporter John Ensslin, one of the event’s organizers, said, “There’ll be no speechifying. It’ll be just a silent, dignified, elegant way to express our concern, affection and support for the paper.” Judging by the…
