The logo of Rishel Middle School. Last night, emotions were high at the Denver Public Schools’ board meeting. Many controversial issues were on the table: new charter-school proposals, a plan to have several schools share space with one another, and the much-protested idea of closing struggling Rishel Middle School in…
One of the Handsome Little Devils. For more ways to rock the night and kill the day, go to westword.com/calendar. Before you get all excited about taking the kids to Michael Franti’s Harvest Ball circus matinee next weekend, cancel the funny hats and get a grip. Sold out. Sure, she…
My eyes! With fans like these, the University of Colorado doesn’t need enemies. In the second quarter of the home game last Saturday, November 15, against the number-13 ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys, someone from the crowd –most likely a Buffs fan — shined a green, laser-pointer light into the face…
The Daily Telegraph in the UK recently compiled a list of “History’s Greatest Conspiracy Theories” – and the contributors have put the murals at Denver International Airport at number five! The DIA conspiracy is beaten out only by NASA moon landings, Roswell, JFK and 9/11. The paper notes how the…
Peyton Hillis: One of the reasons the Broncos suck less than they did two weeks ago. The Latest Word is shredding through the Colorogosphere in search of quality blog-ness. Send your tips here. • The Rocky’s Lee Rasizer has lots of theories on the Broncos’ recent success. Some of them…
Where were you in ’52? It is customary today to give a well-stocked gift bag to each of the invited guests at a birthday party. If I were the host of Denver’s 150th Birthday Party on November 22, 2008, I would stuff each gift bag with my favorite souvenirs of…
An image from the Rocky Mountain News’ online version of its Denver@150 section. Today, the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post feature special sections honoring Denver’s 150th birthday — and they’re not merely clones of each other. Indeed, both have qualities that recommend them, with the Rocky’s concept proving…
J. Francis Stafford speaking at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. Earlier this week. J. Francis Stafford, the former archbishop of Denver, who is now a Cardinal based in Rome, called the election of Barack Obama “apocalyptic” during a speech at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. In the…
Breaking it down at Broken Bread. Ask Edward Vazquez how he came up with the name Broken Bread for his recently opened graffiti art gallery and supply shop – the first store of its kind to exist in Colorado — and he begins by deconstructing bread as a metaphor for…
Channel 9 early birds saw a lot of the Bolt logo this morning. With TV news operations producing more and more hours of content, filling the time becomes even more of a challenge. That’s no excuse, however, for padding out newscasts with blatantly promotional content — which Channel 9 has…
Damien Hirst’s “Incorruptible Crown.” Here’s what I knew going in about the new Damien Hirst exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art: all of the beautiful, artsy people I know in town were beyond geeked about it, Hirst apparently has so much money he can buy a dinosaur, and something…
The candidate. Muhammad Ali Hasan, the energetic and unusual candidate for state legislature, will not become the next state representative for Eagle and Summit counties. The immensely wealthy son of Seeme and Malik Hasan — profiled last January in “Is This Muslim Republican Mr. Right or the Big Cheese?” –…
Thirsty? Bring your checkbook. Let it blog, let it blog, let it blog. Today in Cafe Society: • Try the $1,000 martini at Capital Grille. • The Cooler is very cool. • Shazam! Shazz Cafe suddenly appears. • Veggie Girl has a happy hour at Dazzle. • The naked truth…
Click here or on the cartoon thumbnail to see a larger image; it’ll take a few seconds. The city of Denver was so busy playing host to the Democratic National Convention this year that it didn’t even have time to make any plans for its own sesquicentennial celebration. That leaves…
Time is of the essence at Denver Health. The Denver City Council’s finance committee yesterday approved a one-year, $51.9 million operating agreement with the Denver Health and Hospital Authority — with one significant change over the previous contract: Denver Health has agreed to peg ambulance response times to when an…
Amy Herdy. Journalist Amy Herdy has jumped from place to place in recent years. Her first job in this market was as a reporter for the Denver Post — but she left that position to take a behind-the-scenes role at 9News, as documented in the 2007 Message column “Life Swap.”…
Amy Herdy as she appeared in the Pakistani press. The blog Denver Post and 9News vet Amy Herdy’s Journalistic Mission to Pakistan provides an overview of a trip to Islamabad recently completed by Herdy, who currently serves as the advisor for The Campus Press, the daily online news source for…
Past mug shots of Joe Principe. I have spoken with Lillian Principe, whose son, Joe Principe, was the subject of yesterday’s blog “Breaking News: Joe Principe’s Standoff With the Cops Ends Badly;” a former correctional officer at Florence’s supermax penitentiary, Joe was subsequently indicted as part of a conspiracy case…
From Deadspin, via Fan IQ: A hilarious video has surfaced of Nuggets play-by-play man Chris Marlowe struggling in stunned silence to come back from a break after an Altitude cameraman focused rather intently on the chest of a Nuggets dancers. You can tell he wanted to say something about the…
Gone but not forgotten — by one guy, anyway. Sure, the Broncos beat the Atlanta Falcons this past weekend, earning their second consecutive comeback win. But that doesn’t mean everyone is convinced that young Denver QB Jay Cutler has turned the corner — especially not the fan behind LetPlummerPlay.com, a…
An image from Intimidad. The first measure of any non-fiction narrative, whether written or visual, is how close it gets to the real lives of its subjects. As its title suggests, Intimidad, which screened at the Starz FilmCenter last night as part of the Denver Film Festival, seeks a level…
Thanks to “EC,” who commented on yesterday’s blog “Denver ArtsWeek: Welcome to the Mile High City, Saggy-Boob Electric Penis,” about the new public sculpture at the base of the 16th Street Pedestrian Bridge. EC referred us to this sculpture in Fort Smith, Arkansas, with which Denver’s artwork would seem to,…
