Much fanfare was made today of the fact that Sage Hospitality Resources LLC, a prominent hotel management and development firm, will be moving into the top three floors of the long-decrepit Fontius Building on the 16th Street Mall. Mayor John Hickenlooper was reportedly on hand at the building today for…
Once again, allow Westword to clarify: Jeff Peckman and Stan Romanek have not released the full video of their peeping tom alien. Peckman merely showed it to the media at a Denver press conference in late May, but would only allow still photos. So if you’ve seen a two minute…
Alan Prendergast just continues his winning ways. His February 8, 2007, package on how District Attorney Carol Chambers runs her office – “The Punisher” and “A Thumb on the Scales” – was just named the best news story of the year by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. (Last month, Prendergast’s…
The following are five reasons why Dr. Terry Grossman and Ray Kurzweil – subjects of this week’s cover story — want to live forever (as taken from Kurzweil’s Wikipedia entry). A little creepy? Well, then read on for Westword’s preview of the WORLD OF TOMORROW and ten of our own…
In celebrity-starved Denver, it’s no surprise that the PleasuresDudes have parlayed their late-night TV ads for a local adult-store chain into a certain star status peopled with parties and porn stars. But thanks to the web, the Dudes have gone global – and their fame earned them an invitation to…
Run away! Run away! The Democrats are coming to town for the convention and they’re going to make life hell for us all! Just kidding. Everything’s going to be fine. Just ask Mayor John Hickenlooper. Earlier this month, he issued a lengthy letter to Denverites detailing just how fabulous things…
Robin Carole Gall, 38, was in jail in Canon City Monday night after Fremont County sheriff’s deputies found her husband, Brent Thomas Gall, 40, dead of a gunshot wound to the chest. Brent Gall was a federal correctional officer. He was also a defendant in the infamous “Cowboys” case, in…
The 2008 presidential race has special meaning for Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo. After all, he was part of the Republican candidates pack mere months ago – and in the hefty Q&A below, he recalls the good, the bad and the fugly parts of his experiences with humor and frustration, not…
Metalocalypse, which is in its second season as part of Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim program slate, chronicles the misadventures of Dethklok, a death-metal band that sprang from the imagination of Brendon Small and cohort Tommy Blacha. However, the group comes to life, sort of, during a Thursday, June 12 gig…
When Dean Singleton speaks, people listen — and they’re often agog at what they hear. Back in April, as documented in a More Messages blog, the man in charge at the Denver Post, the flagship paper of his MediaNews Group firm, made headlines at the Associated Press’ annual luncheon after…
Arizona-born Native American artist Brad Kahlhamer has been making a big name for himself in the art world over the last decade with solos in prestigious galleries in high-status art towns like London, Milan and New York. But before that, he had built a quirky resume that began when he…
It’s official. The Bureau of Land Management announced Monday that it will auction gas leases on 55,000 acres on top of the Roan Plateau on August 14. And Governor Bill Ritter and Senator Ken Salazar, who’ve been battling the BLM plan for years, are more than a little exercised over…
For the better part of a year, Colorado Public Radio’s news and information branch has touted its renewed commitment to reporting about state happenings rather than simply providing a convenient platform for listeners to hear National Public Radio fare. But as noted in this January More Messages blog about forthcoming…
Leave town for a few days, and what happens? Your Denver Daisy starts pushing up daisies. As described here, my Denver Daisy — or Rudbeckia Denver Daisy, as the special plant celebrating the 150th anniversary of Denver is officially known — got off to a fast start. It germinated almost…
DNC chairman Howard Dean recently unveiled the State Blogger Corps, welcoming 55 bloggers who represent all 50 states plus Guam, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Democrats Abroad and the District of Columbia. Selected from a pool of 400 to attend the convention in August, the State Corps will get “unprecedented”…
Rudi Cerri, the public-art administrator for the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs, has organized a series of art shows over the past year at the Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre in the Denver Performing Arts Complex. The latest is Heart Land, which features a dozen large-scale pastel drawings by Chandler Romeo…
View larger image Tennessee Total Number of Delegates: 85 Pledged: 68 Unpledged: 17 How to Recognize a Tennessee Delegate: There is no greater state than Tennessee. America’s fascination with the Volunteer state has been nothing short of all-encompassing and everlasting. Even the derogatory jokes — duct tape is “Tennessee chrome,”…
On the average day, the third to the last page of the Rocky Mountain News’ main news section is built around a piece by one of the tabloid’s columnists — usually either Mike Littwin or Bill Johnson — or tie-ins to RockyTalk Live, an online feature moderated by Mark Wolf…
Amadeus Harlan, a longtime Denver con artist who used a phony story about being a Denver Broncos player to score women, fast cars and, this past fall, a $2.5 million former YMCA building in east Denver to house his sports tournament business, Harlan21, was released from federal prison this week…
Denver has traditionally looked up to Seattle the way a sixth-grader stares in awe at the cool high school neighbor from down the street. Unlike rock star cities like New York or London, Seattle is roughly similar in size and status to Denver, but has still managed to reach a…
Hey kids! It’s Convertible Barbie and her friend, also named Barbie! They’re on a road trip! To a summer reading adventure! At the Denver Public Library! It’s all part of the summer reading program at DPL that attracted 31,218 young readers last year! Check out Passenger Barbie! She’s hot! Check…
We’ve all heard stories about locals renting out their homes for a king’s ransom during the upcoming Democratic Party convention — and while most of them are probably apocryphal, no one doubts that there’s money to be made for comfortable lodgings during those few days in August. Rocky Mountain News…
