Last week I wrote about the shocking death of 18-year-old Whitney deMoraes Hendrickson — “On a Dark Day, Celebrating a Good Life” — and the remarkable community response to the tragedy in Colorado Springs. Now that blog and several other reflections about Whitney, as well as news accounts of the…
Attention college students (and overbearing mothers of college students): Westword is looking for an online-journalism intern to contribute to westword.com. The intern will focus on growing the site’s multimedia presence, specifically with audio and video, but will contribute to all aspects of the web site, including writing and editing content,…
Bubble wrap is the new lace curtains…..
The women’s NCAA basketball tournament bracket my daughter Lora and I shared in “Our March Madness Predictions: A Prelude to Humiliation…” have taken a pounding, and last night’s pair of Elite Eight games didn’t help — not that they could have. Stanford beat Iowa State, but we had the Cardinal…
A couple of intriguing entries today on WardChurchillTrial, a pro-Churchill website that’s been tracking the controversial professor’s wrongful termination lawsuit against the University of Colorado at Boulder. The first, titled “Wagging the Dog,” alleges that KHOW talk-show host Craig Silverman, an attorney who co-hosts afternoon broadcasts at the station with…
Some of you may remember Adam Cayton-Holland, aka What’s So Funny, onetime superstar humor columnist and crack reporter for Westword. Mr. Cayton-Holland’s been a busy guy lately, what with being key member of the award-winning standup production company Wrist Deep Productions, as well as staring in the new comedy DVD…
The idea of Channel 2 rechristening itself as “The Deuce” — a popular slang term for bowel movements — in a strained attempt to woo a more youthful audience was mighty amusing. Still, even this decision couldn’t adequately prepare viewers for the off-the-rails catastrophe that was last night’s launch of…
Pete MacKay and Steve Millin out at the Mountain, a More Messages blog published yesterday afternoon, noted that the aforementioned pair, both longtime DJs in the Denver market, had been laid off at the Mountain, a classic-rock station owned by Entercom. Program director Dylan Sprague referred questions about this move…
If you’re furry, sleepy and sort of bitchy, Denver is apparently where you want to be. The Mile High City was recently named one of the top 10 cat-friendly cities by the national CATalyst Council, a group dedicated to championing the house cat. (If you fit the above description and…
Dig in. Today in Cafe Society: • Fried chicken at White Fence Farm. • Soup’s back on for hospice benefit, and other class acts. • A Milking It review of LiveActive Nut Harvest Crunch. • Lenny’s Sub Shop now open on Lincoln. • Coffee Spot: Ink! Coffee. • Fine pastries…
One of the first clues was the slideshow. It was about halfway into yesterday’s grand opening ceremony at the Highline Circle of Life Center in Thornton — a facility that’s half-funeral home, half-wedding chapel — when owner Larry Tabler told someone to cue the slideshow. For nearly ten minutes, about…
In which we try to help you find interesting blogs, as opposed to the other kind. Got tips? A Greeley Tribune writer refers to a certain nearby town as “Fort Weenie.” It’s on… (5280) Authorities recently seized 126 marijuana plants from Bennett the town, not Bennet the senator. Otherwise, it…
When August Wilson died in 2005, he left behind a mammoth theatrical achievement: the Pittsburgh Cycle, a series of ten plays, with each one touching on a decade in the 20th Century. Two of these offerings — 1985’s Fences and 1989’s The Piano Lesson — earned the Pulitzer Prize for…
An inside source confirms that Steve Millin and Pete MacKay, two mainstays of The Mountain, a classic-rock signal at 99.5 FM, have been laid off. Calls for comment to program director Dylan Sprague were referred to Amy Griesheimer, the market manager who oversees the Mountain for its owner, Entercom. If…
Congrats to the online staff at the Denver Post for twice being recognized at last week’s National Headliners awards, sponsored by the Press Club of Atlantic City. The Post won top honors for its daily web slideshow, as well as third place for “newspaper-affiliated online journalism.” These baubles come hot…
The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments… Figure 13. Congress Park: Yard Stools Placing toilets in the front yard might yield less artistic results in any other neighborhood of the city. However, in this perfectly pleasant corner of Denver, the homeowner never has to worry that her flushers will…
Today, the Boulder Daily Camera introduces “Only in Boulder,” described as “an occasional series on people, trends and ideas that have earned the honorific of ‘Only in Boulder'” in advance of an exhibit of the same name coming to the Boulder History Museum in June — and the first offering…
The women’s NCAA basketball bracket put together by my daughter Lora and me isn’t quite as calamitous as our men’s picks, but close. The big blow: Baylor, which we designated to reach the finals, went dry late in the second half of its contest with Louisville, eventually tumbling by a…
The NCAA men’s basketball bracket assembled by my daughter Lora and me and shared in the March 18 blog “Our March Madness Predictions: A Prelude to Humiliation…,” was looking shaky prior to the beginning of weekend play. Now it’s essentially a heap of rubble thanks to Villanova’s soul-crushing, last-nanosecond victory…
For most longtime Denver Broncos fans, news that former head coach Lou Saban had died instantly recalled a memory that remains vivid well over three decades after the fact. In a 1971 game against the Miami Dolphins, the squad ran out the clock rather than trying to break a 10-10…
In an item included in a May 2008 Message column, longtime Denver Post staffer Steve Lipsher talked about his decision to leave the beefy broadsheet in favor of a news-editor gig at the Summit Daily News, a 12,000-circulation free daily based in Frisco. His love for the mountains was one…
The subhead on the July 2005 Message column “Maniacal,” about the web-based television network ManiaTV!, posed the question, “Is ManiaTV! the future, or a new version of the past?” — and founder Drew Massey argued that the former would prove to be true. “We’re shooting to be the Viacom of…
