September should just be called urban art month in the Mile High City because there are so many amazing, mural-centered events over the next few weeks. The biggest and best is always saved for the end of the sunny season: The Crush, the annual repainting of RiNo, this round featuring...
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Last year, Governor John Hickenlooper signed into law a bill that made DUIs a class 4 felony under certain circumstances. Among them: The violation must occur after three prior convictions for DWAI, DUI or DUI per se and the offender's blood alcohol content has to be at least .15 —...
The LoHi neighborhood welcomes a new kind of tap room with the opening of American Cultures. This watering hole isn't your typical craft brewery tap room; instead, the cool and newly renovated spot on the corner of West 32nd Avenue and Tejon Street pours kombucha. Stop in for a glass,...
In the shadow of the State Capitol, at the intersection of Sherman Street and Colfax Avenue, sits a handsome limestone edifice with brass doors and tall Corinthian columns, home to the Colorado Department of Education. Inside the heavy doors, a hushed great hall beckons. A peaceful place, its cool marble...
Musician Lizzy Allen is now based in Seattle, but she spent most of her life in Colorado. As lead singer and multi-instrumentalist for indie-rock band Vitamins, Allen made a mark in the Denver scene as a talented vocalist. In 2010, a random encounter at a Tame Impala show between her...
The weekend shooting at 18th and Market, which killed one person and injured another, took place in a parking lot that's long been known by Denver police as the worst place to be during let-out for area bars and clubs. Plenty of drivers would agree. Multiple cars in the lot were...
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Through two weeks, the Denver Broncos' season has been marked by victories and the broken hearts of opponents' fans. Game one found Denver duplicating its Super Bowl win over the Carolina Panthers in a manner that left Cam Newton loyalists feeling thoroughly pissed off. And a similar shudder of despair went...
Looking back at this dismal summer of superhero adaptations, I am reminded of something Chris Rock said during the 77th Academy Awards: “There are only four real stars, and the rest are just popular people.” This was February 2005, mind you — a few months before Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins...
It's legal for women to be topless in Denver, as evidenced by the hundreds who marched along the 16th Street Mall as part of Go Topless Denver Day this summer. But as we've reported, the laws are different in Fort Collins, where an organization called Go Topless Fort Collins has spent...
As we reported, Saturday's 4/20 Rally at Civic Center park was postponed "due to weather and circumstances beyond its control." The latter reportedly involved one of the event's headliners — marquee names were Wiz Khalifa and Lil Wayne — being unable to get to Denver as a result of the weekend's crazy...
It's been a while since music fans depended on TV channels like MTV to get their fix of new and favorite music. Today devices like Roku and Apple TV are becoming increasingly popular as people realize that the big cable companies are charging a hell of a lot of money for...
A recent report from the city auditor's office found several weaknesses in the way that Denver Parks and Recreation handles its contracts with private companies — particularly in its concession agreements on city-owned golf courses, which appear to be at odds with established city practices and offer wildly varying terms...
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Yes, tourists are coming to Colorado for the weed — but just not as many as you might think. In fact, according to a state-subsidized survey, only 12 percent of visitors to this state visit a dispensary. Although tourism boosters shied away from discussing marijuana right after recreational use was legalized,...
The latest data obtained by Westword from the Denver Police Department shows that enforcement of Denver’s unauthorized camping ordinance – better known as the “urban camping ban” — remains at elevated levels since regular sweeps of the homeless began in March. Here is the updated chart: The urban camping ban...
“Gentrification is such a big, scary word,” said Katherine Agular to a crowded gymnasium at Manual High School. “It angers me to see my friends and neighbors pack up and leave. But they have no choice, they can no longer afford to live in our neighborhood,” she continued. “It angers...
Left Hand Brewing in Longmont and River North Brewery in Denver are both releasing major new beers in their year-round and seasonal portfolios over the next few days and weeks. Left Hand will debut three seasonals. Hard Wired Nitro is part of the brewery's nitrogenated bottle series and has flavors...
In recent weeks, we've been reporting about victims who drowned in Colorado waterways. Included among them were Jacob and Daniel Foreman, two young brothers who drowned in the Little Thompson River. Now comes a bizarre twist on this theme. A report about a family in danger of drowning after a...
The physical world is all around us — and so are solo shows by artists who create pieces that reflect their views on that world. Robischon Gallery is featuring five individual and divergent, if related, solos. In the large front space, Ian Fisher: In Advance of Light gets the group...
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August restaurant openings got off to a slow start but picked up steam by month's end, keeping pace with the rest of the year, which has averaged about twenty opening a month. Big-name national acts were part of the mix, with Sol Cocina, from Southern California, and Departure, from Portland,...
As you travel around Denver trying new dispensaries and the strains they stock, you can’t help noticing some inconsistencies in strain characteristics. One shop’s Golden Goat will smell of sweet citrus and soil (as it should), another’s will smell like hay soaked in a musty fart. Then again, while a...
David Edelstein, founder of Team Pit-a-Full, a pro-pit-bull advocacy organization and training service, has been working for years to overturn pit-bull bans in Denver and Aurora. Now, after Conifer resident Susan Shawl was killed in an attack by two terrier-pit bull mixes owned by her son, he sees the battle...
A recent study confirmed that marijuana-related arrests are up in Nebraska counties near the Colorado border. Representatives of law-enforcement agencies in such areas frequently complain about the resources required to stop the flow of cannabis over the border. However, the study's authors can't say definitively whether the increasing number of...