The Inside Story of Beauty Bar Shutting Down

Denver blog posts are all about beauty. At our Music blog, Jon Solomon explains why Beauty Bar is closing after a final shindig on April 4. Purple Row’s Ryan Schoppe details a spring-training double-defeat of the Arizona Diamondbacks at the hands of your Colorado Rockies. At The Colorado Independent, Nancy…

Yelp Users’ Picks for Denver’s Ten Weirdest Attractions

Yelp has become an indispensable online resource — and an entertaining one, too, since users have such widely varied opinions. For proof, look no further than the Yelp-generated roster of weird attractions in Denver. Some of the items in the top ten are indeed weird — but plenty of them…

Reader: Native American Mascots Are Tributes to Tribes, Not Insults

Hundreds of people have weighed in so far on our post about a bill proposing $25,000 monthly fines against schools that refuse to eliminate Native American mascots deemed offensive. Opinions vary widely in the comment section, with some of those who responded backing the proposal and others denigrating it. This…

Gentrification and the Highland Versus Northside Debate

Denver blog posts take on all comers. At our Arts blog, Bree Davies argues that the Highland versus Northside debate is all about gentrification. At Big Media, Jason Salzman conducts an exit interview with Eli Stokols, who’s leaving Fox31 for Politico. Denver Frank features a video projecting change in Colorado…

Photos: Conan O’Brien’s Top Sixteen Colorado Marijuana Jokes

After Colorado voters approved 2012’s Amendment 64, which legalized limited recreational marijuana sales, comedians nationwide began making pot jokes about the state. And they haven’t stopped. As evidence, we offer gags accessible at TeamCoco.com, the official website of Conan O’Brien. The site’s joke archive is searchable, and when we typed…

Coming Soon: A New Cheba Hut on Colfax

Denver blog posts wonder if Chebas will prosper. At our Food & Restaurants blog, Mark Antonation reveals the particulars about a new Cheba Hut on Colfax that is expected to open in April. Denver Stiffs’ Quinn Glasnapp on the Philadelphia 76ers snapping a sixteen-game road losing streak at the expense of your…

Dear Mexican: Why Do Our Own People Put Us Down?

Dear Mexican: Why are we put down by our own people for being educated and articulate (I’ve been called gabacho, and I’m as brown as the next guy) while the Anglos accept us for being smart? I work in Santa Ana as a high-school teacher and am considered very good…