On episode two of America’s Next Top Model’s thirteenth cycle, Louisville’s own Nicole Fox, who we introduced you to last Thursday, was seldom in the spotlight, but was in no real danger of getting the heave-ho, as happened to not one but two contestants, Rachel and Courtney. She lost a…
As Andrew Romanoff was announcing his candidacy for the U.S. Senate yesterday, Michael Bennet, the Bill Ritter appointee he’s challenging for the position, was in Washington, D.C., doing his best to talk about other things. Here, Bennet appears at a small rally organized by PICO National Network, an assemblage of…
During U.S. senatorial hopeful Andrew Romanoff’s first official campaign event in Denver yesterday afternoon, he told a story related by Ken Gordon, the man he succeeded in the Colorado House. One of Gordon’s constituents thought he was retiring from politics instead of moving to the Senate — and when he…
Channel 4’s Gloria Neal started out her 5:30 a.m. segment this morning talking about the terrorism raid on the Aurora apartment of DIA shuttle driver Najibbullah Zazi — but along the way, things got personal. In discussing the question of whether Zazi could ever be accepted by his neighbors again…
Suddenly, Denver is the center of the terrorism-investigation universe. Tuesday afternoon, word surfaced that a man linked to terrorism-related raids in Queens, New York who was originally said to be from “the midwest” actually lived in the Denver area. Mere hours later, the suspect was revealed to be Najibbullah Zazi,…
“Boulevard of Dreams,” Westword staff, September 3 Colorful Colorado I really enjoyed the interesting tidbits in “Boulevard of Dreams” and would like to add a few other “missing icons” from that stretch to the list. First of all, there was the majestic Cooper Theatre, located at 900 South Colorado Boulevard…
Denver is playing host to the Olympics of beer games this month — and it could be a historic one if the city’s fortieth annual Oktoberfest also turns out to be its last. The big ticket, of course, is the Great American Beer Festival, September 24-26, during which thousands of…
“WHERE WERE YOU IN APRIL?” Lauren Lollini was the first. Not the first to be exposed, certainly, and probably not the first to get sick. But she was the first patient to figure out that she had the virus and where it must have come from. “I’m one of the…
This sordid story is brought to you by the letter “S.” Today, the Denver District Attorney’s office charged Ernie Lee Calbert with nine counts of aggravated robbery and one count of second-degree kidnapping. Authorities believe Calbert to be the so-called “‘S’ Bandit,” so named because most of the seven Denver-area…
Picture this. Today in Backbeat Online: • Flier of the Week: Lipgloss. • Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of September 14, 2009. Today in Cafe Society: • Amnesia wins the Mix Master Bartender contest, appropriately enough. • Hosea Rosenberg hosts Colorado harvest dinner at Jax Boulder. •…
Our daily round-up of local blogs. A Denver-born iPhone app is on fire. Literally! (Actually, figuratively!) (Denver Egotist) How Denver will rebound from the recession. (5280) The Broncos aren’t as bad as you think. According to this guy. We’ll see. (HuffPo Denver)…
While ignorant outsiders are busy slandering Twitter as a place to talk about what you ate for lunch, the social networking service is quickly becoming the place to organize informal fundraisers. These aren’t fancy nonprofits, with their fancy high overhead and administration costs. Instead, they’re just regular folks using technology…
We’ve got a downtown — so why don’t you use it? Here’s an opportunity in the making: A true big city vibe flavors the evening at the Denver Theatre District Art Salon: Reflections of a World of Art, a monthly occurrence pairing complementary arts disciplines and themed snacks and cocktails…
This week’s cover story, “Going Viral,” looks into how one drug-seeking hospital worker probably infected dozens of Colorado surgery patients with hepatitis C — and the emotional fallout of Kristen Parker’s recklessness for the patients, several of whom are speaking out here for the first time. Just confronting the fact…
In this week’s Westword, reporter Alan Prendergast investigates the gnarly addiction and spotty oversight that led to dozens of patients at Rose Medical Center being infected with hepatitis C. The offending junkie, Kristen Parker (right), has earned the contempt of all of Denver. But she’s not alone. Here, the five…
The Four Seasons Private Residences Denver, the 45-story luxury condo building and hotel that’s been under construction since September 2007, is set to be topped off this Thursday at 10:30 a.m. with the ceremonial hoisting into place of the 75-foot mast that will crown the structure. With the spire, the…
“Saving the News: Denver and the Future of Journalism,” which gets underway at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Colorado History Museum, 1300 Broadway, takes place just over six months after the closure of the Rocky Mountain News, and speakers include former Rocky editor, publisher and president John Temple and one…
Yesterday, Representative Jared Polis joined colleagues Jerrold Nadler and Tammy Baldwin, Dems from New York and Wisconsin, respectively, at a press conference boosting the Respect for Marriage Act. During his microphone time, viewable above, Plis referred derisively to the “thirteen-year-old, so-called Defense of Marriage Act,” which would be wiped off…
So much for psychology. The Rockies were crushed 9-1 by the San Francisco Giants on Monday to begin an important three-game series — and I hoped the size and scope of the humiliation, coupled with the return of ace pitcher Ubaldo Jiminez to the mound, would result in a Colorado…
“Andrew Romanoff in the Starting Blocks,” published yesterday, pointed out that his long dormant personal website sported a one-line addition: “New Website Coming Soon.” Make that now. Even before the start of his scheduled 10 a.m. senatorial campaign announcement in Pueblo, the updated AndrewRomanoff.com was live. The picture on its…
View Larger Map Let’s hope murder-suicides don’t come in threes. Just yesterday, we told you about a likely murder-suicide in Broomfield involving Darryl Stricklin, 45, and Jodi Samuels, 36. Shortly thereafter, the Denver Coroner’s Office identified Filadelfo Mazariego and Alba Rodriguez-Ruiz as a couple found dead on the 4700 block…
The first specific cut listed by Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper in a letter to the citizens of the city about his budget-cut proposal involves reducing the programming on Denver’s Channel 8 to “public-meeting coverage and select programming.” The latter apparently includes a newly posted video of Hickenlooper himself trying to…
