This past Saturday afternoon, about two dozen fully suited furries — wolves and other canines, a few rabbits, some cats, something that might be a skunk — left the confines of Rocky Mountain Fur Con, Denver’s first furry convention, and paraded down the 16th Street Mall to the befuddlement of…
In his May 31 farewell column, veteran broadcasting critic Dusty Saunders posited that he’s written more words for the Rocky Mountain News than anyone else in its 148-year history — and the numbers back him up. He spent an astonishing 53 years as a scribbler or editor at the paper,…
“Give It Up!,” Luke Turf, May 24 A Really Beg Deal I found “Give It Up” very interesting. To start off, I would like to say that I sympathize with anyone mistreated by the police. That being said, I have to applaud the police in their efforts to stop people…
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Lewis Sharp, director of the Denver Art Museum, stunned the board of trustees this morning with the announcement that R. Craig Miller, founder of the department of architecture, design and graphics, was resigning and had taken a job at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. The IMA is one of the…
Date: 06- 05-07 Type of Offense: Second-degree Burglary Location of Offense: Denver…
How much of a distraction has embattled Professor Ward Churchill been to folks at the University of Colorado-Boulder? A June 6 press release sent out by Michelle McKinney, director of communications for CU president Hank Brown, offers a clue…
I saw this giant chicken cutout while driving toward downtown on Larimer Street this morning. The one at about 25th and Larimer really befuddled me, seeing as how that’s an area real estate developers like to euphemistically call “in transition” — especially for guerilla marketing about California wines. This one…
Yeah, you heard right. He fights women. And acts as a human sacrifice. And plenty of other awesomeness. How did Nicolas Cage not win an Oscar for this movie?– Cory Casciato P.S. Watch it. Do it. This is seriously one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen…
06.02.07 Sant Joan, Mallorca Spain Chief, I´ve got a hot one involving fascist Franquista motorcyclists terrorizing a small village here on the island of Mallorca. Sinister undercurrents abound, but to do this story right, I´m gonna need some money. I´m talking enough money to buy—minimum—a 250cc Yamaha dirt bike, pay…
About damn time. As reported on the Denver Infill blog, plans are in the works to include space for a much-needed supermarket downtown at 19th and Chestnut, just west of Union Station. The developer, Nichols Partnership, the same team behind the Clayton Lane complex in Cherry Creek, and the Spire…
Slide show Video: March of the Furries (link goes to YouTube) It’s a beautiful summer day in Denver and the sun is beaming down on a small mob of people dressed in full-body fur suits. There are a bunch of wolves and other canines. A few rabbits, some cats, something…
The last item of the May 24 Message column noted that execs at the Denver Post had been discussing the future of the Sunday Style section, and suggested that its survival was unlikely. Turns out, though, that Style lives on — sort of. The Tuesday, June 5, Post presents the…
From Urban Dictionary: Main Entry: cupcakin’ Variant(s): or cupcake /’kup kake/Function: verbInflected Form(s): cupcaked or; cupcaking…
This little documentary claims to unravel the secret fascist symbology contained in the design and decoration of DIA. Prepare to be shocked, amazed, even terrified as the listless offscreen narrator expounds on theories that sound like they came straight out of a ten-day cough syrup and model glue bender…
For those of us who live in Denver City Council districts 3, 7 and 8, and haven’t yet turned in our run-off election ballots, they’re due tomorrow (Tuesday, June 5). But don’t go to your normal drop-off location, it’s not likely to be open and accepting. Here’s the list of…
The edition of the Message slated to appear in the June 7 edition of Westword deals in large part with the ways attrition and a buyout package aimed at ridding the staff of expensive older employees is impacting Spotlight, the arts-and-entertainment section of the Rocky Mountain News. Executives at the…
Day Two Event Spotlight Today is all about the music. So make sure you catch as many great acts as you can before the fair ends tonight at 7:00 Music Schedule Main Stage 10:00 10:30 People’s Fair Ladies Lounge 10:40 11:20 Burgandy Brown 11:30 12:15 Steve Crenshaw and the Blues…
Day One Event Spotlight Street Side Mural Project — If you never experience live art, this is worth checking out. Local artist will create five murals each with its own unique theme. The murals will be located across from the Performance and Cultural Stage Music Schedule Main Stage 10:00 10:30…
Can you ever have enough Harry Potter? The masterminds behind the franchise obviously don’t think so. The thousands of pages that comprise the books are looking more like a gateway drug every day. Once the taste is acquired, watching the movies is just a more efficient way to get the…
Society’s unseen illnesses are often easy for the mainstream to ignore, the “what-can-I-do” syndrome. Gang-bangin’ is one such illness, for which the only cure is community. This community, however, seemingly forgot about gang-bangin’ until Denver Bronco Darrent Williams lost his life to it on New Year’s Eve. Now, with a…
