Shortly after word broke yesterday about the impending retirement of the Colorado Avalanche’s Joe Sakic, Brian Engblom, a hockey vet, Versus TV commentator and onetime mullet king, appeared on Mile High Sports Radio/1510 AM to discuss Super Joe’s legacy. During the chat, hosts Joel Klatt and Nate Kreckman asked Engblom…
View Larger Map A man shot and killed July 4 on the 1700 block of Billings Street, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”), has been identified as forty-year-old Aurora resident Macwinston Dowthard. At this point, that’s pretty much…
View Larger Map Information has been dribbling out about a robbery attempt at a cigarette and check-cashing store at 9445 E. Colfax that resulted in one man being fatally shot; the area is captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). Now,…
Yesterday afternoon on KHOW, host Dan Caplis, who’s been verbally tarring and feathering former University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill for several years now, did a Miss America impression following Judge Larry Naves’ decision not to give Churchill his old CU job back, accepting the plaudits of callers with evident…
Everyone form a line. Today in Cafe Society: • Hot Diggity Dog: Denver’s Mongo Marquez joined the big leagues at Nathan’s on July 4. • Civic Center Eats: Sweet Revenge cookies. • Tonight: Frasca wines paired with small plates from MiniBAR. • Where am I drinking? • Breckenridge Brewery: Yes…
On Monday, prominent Thornton restaurant owner Dan Tang pleaded not guilty to one count of money laundering, a charge that arose from his alleged involvement in a massive indoor pot-growing ring. That ring was broken up last year during Operation Fortune Cookie, a police investigation and raid detailed in a…
Our cruise through the blogosphere. Send links. Broncos release training camp schedule. Watch them when they can’t lose! (Mile High Report) The Denver Post, 1926, under the hardwood floors. (Buck Fifty) Afghanistan: a forgotten war in pictures. (Captured)…
Back again with three more great Twits to follow for your burgeoning Twitter feed. As always, follow us at @denverwestword, @cafewestword and @casciato. @govritter: Lest you retain doubts that Colorado is a state on the cutting edge, that tech is our very lifeblood, need I point out that our own…
Within the limits of the tubular milieu, the only thing more entertaining than simply watching TV is making fun of it. This is the tried-and-true tack taken by the local comedy sketch group Nietzsche’s Moustache in its new spoof 60 Minutes: the Musical!, which opens today at the Avenue Theater…
Urbavore’s Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers’ commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from backyard chickens to front-lawn gardens, from greenhouses to co-ops and food-sharing. Check out the full series here. It’s high time…
Big news in the Post yesterday: Out of the ten busiest airports in the country, Denver International Airport had the fewest flier complaints about security screeners. But don’t tell mysterious blogger Dark Damian, who just posted “An Open Letter to the TSA Agents at DIA.” The self-described “black intelligentleman” lays…
A baseball card series featuring the boys of summer dresses wearing fashions from Denver designers. Here, Clint Barmes goes to bat in a ball gown by Lynne Bruning…..
Who says folks at the American Civil Liberties Union’s Colorado office don’t have a sense of humor? They’ve just launched a page that asks the burning question, “Are you qualified to censor vanity license plates for the State of Colorado?” Included is a game that satirizes the decision by employees…
I must have driven past this old set of row-homes just off Speer Boulevard in the Highland neighborhood a thousand times before I happened to notice the odd little symbol embedded in the brickwork: a swastika. I knew the upper Highlands was getting more white, but not this white! But…
Kudos to the folks at Denver Egotist for first noticing this billboard-size blunder: Two billboards have gone up, one at Cherokee Street and Alameda Avenue and one at West Custer Place between Lipan and Jason streets, emblazoned with Denver Zoo’s manipulative ad slogan “Every time you visit you help animals.”…
The past few days have been relatively quiet ones in regard to the continuing standoff between union-represented grocery workers and chains such as King Soopers and Safeway over a new contract. However, the latest entry on the Twiter feed linked to AlwaysHereForColorado.com, a site launched by the United Food and…
According to Grand Junction’s Daily Sentinel newspaper, state senate minority leader Josh Penry, who represents GJ, is planning an announcement on Saturday, July 11, in regard to speculation that he will run for governor — and there are three big indications that he’ll officially enter the fray: 1) He let…
StimulusColorado.org, a new website co-sponsored by Associated General Contractors of Colorado, the Colorado Association of Mechanical and Plumbing Contractors, Colorado Contractors Association, the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation, aims to inform the populace about how much the state is receiving from the American…
Although Denver billionaire Phil Anschutz may not be adding to his bankroll as a result of Michael Jackson’s death, folks associated with Denver International Airport stand to make a few extra bucks. A report posted on the U.K.-based Cheapflights website notes that so many Brits are flying to L.A. for…
Amy Rubin fancies herself a love doctor. Never mind that the Denver resident — who runs the website FindingYourHeartsDesire.com, a combination inspirational advice/astrology/shopping site that features a section called “Pleasure Palace” — isn’t actually an M.D. No, she’s just a single girl who spends her time trying to convince other…
Outrage continues to build over Kristen Parker, a surgical tech who was formally charged in federal court yesterday with multiple counts related to the exposure of patients at Rose Medical Center to hepatitis-C. The main story on the Denver Post’s front page relates to the startling delay in linking Parker…
The throng already descending on Los Angeles this morning to attend the Michael Jackson memorial service is being estimated in the seven-figure range, and as the Los Angeles Times notes, their presence is expected to give the city’s tourist industry a multi-million-dollar boost. But while hoteliers, memorabilia sellers and plenty…
