Once again, a Comment of the Day has birthed a very interesting conversation. This time around, the conversation was prompted by a reader who stressed that drivers should watch out for motorcyclists, but bikers have responsibilities, too. Plenty of replies focused on those crotch-rocket riders who zoom in and out...
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Last week, we told you about the late Wednesday, June 3 murder of Bill Connole, 65, near a Loveland street corner. We also noted that investigators were looking at the possibility that it was linked to the death of Windsor's John Jacoby and the highway shooting of Cori Romero, both...
Boulder is known as one of the most bike-friendly cities in the country. Yesterday, however, the Boulder City Council voted to scrap protected bike lanes along a four-block stretch of Folsom (a process dubbed "right-sizing") in favor of returning to four lanes of traffic — the configuration that had previously...
A fan of both Riot Fest and Denver punk band SPELLS created a petition this week to get his favorite local band to play his favorite punk-themed music festival. Bradley Ambrose, an apprentice at Boulder design studio AngryBovine, made it his personal project of the year to get SPELLS to...
Trevor Powers debuted as Youth Lagoon in 2011 with the gorgeous indie-pop minimalism of The Year of Hibernation, a calm, poetic and endearing trip through the anxiety, curiosity and lament of the then-21-year-old Boise State University student. Powers, who looked even younger than 21 in press photos surrounding The Year...
It’s not uncommon for hundreds of Colorado College students to read or submit posts on Yik Yak during an average weeknight. The app, which allows users to post, or “yak,” anonymous text and picture messages that become visible to anyone with the Yik Yak app within a five-mile radius, is...
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#10: Jennifer Garner A printmaker and dedicated faculty member at Metropolitan State University of Denver, Jennifer Garner honed her curating chops over ten years at Auraria’s Emmanuel Gallery and Metro’s Center for Visual Art. Now she’s on board at Denver International Airport, curating changing exhibits that give thousands of travelers...
The Great American Beer Festival has developed some significant stretch marks over the past few years as the craft-beer industry has exploded nationwide. To accommodate that growth, the Boulder-based Brewers Association, which organizes the fest, has tweaked a few things from time to time, while essentially keeping most things the...
On August 4, a small but important election will take place in Glendale, a tiny city with big ideas. A total of twelve people who own property or lease space within a few blocks along Cherry Creek will vote on whether to create a “downtown development authority” (DDA) for the...
The FBI has already identified 109 victims of Lucas Chansler, who's been convicted in regard to what the feds describe as "an extortion scheme to produce child pornography." But they think there are more. A lot more. According to court testimony, Chansler targeted 350 minors in 26 states, three Canadian...
Uber has become an ultra-popular way for people to get from here to there, despite warnings about safety from cab companies that are presumably losing business as a result of this new form of competition. Does the story of Gerald Montgomery bolster such claims? That's debatable — but there's no...
In a world gone mad for superhero movies, what chance does the light spy caper have? When a whole city can be blasted to smithereens thanks to special effects, a picture that’s actually shot in Rome doesn’t hold a candle. Are modern audiences ready for the stylish, artfully ridiculous delights...
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Colorado’s history with the urban railway goes all the way back to the turn of the last century, when trolley cars connected passengers across a growing metro area. This Saturday, August 8, the Lakewood Heritage Center invites visitors to learn more about the state's transit history and take a ride...
Police responded when Donna Mount died in April. But there were no criminal charges in the immediate aftermath of her death — only tears. More than two months later, however, a most unlikely suspect — Lee Keyser, 67 — has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in the case. Why?...
The story of Onefold is not a cautionary tale. There are no lurking dangers from which to learn, no pitfalls trapping overextended chefs, no overwrought concepts so common in the restaurant industry. Instead, this humble eatery with its simple decor and even simpler menu is more of a pep talk...
In Colorado, it’s hard to avoid looking up. But building up? And up? Jim Bishop was just fifteen in 1959 when he paid $450 for a two-and-a-half-acre parcel of land at 9,000 feet on the edge of the San Isabel National Forest, outside the tiny town of Wetmore. “It was...
In recent years, as we've noted in past posts, there have been plenty of complaints about the supposedly intrusive nature of airport searches conducted by Transportation Security Administration personnel. Among those speaking out was Jamelyn Steenhoek, who said that her DIA pat-down qualified as sexual assault. No criminal charges were filed...
To say that High Fiction is a relatively obscure pop duo that has yet to release a record would be strictly true, but its members — Gary Grundei and Amy Shelley (who, turns out, is distantly related to the Mary Shelley who wrote Frankenstein) — have had a pretty atypical career,...
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Last month, we previewed the Limited Social Marijuana Consumption Initiative, a proposal that "gives private businesses the ability to allow adult marijuana consumption in areas that are only accessible to people 21 and older, as long as it's not viewable to the public," according to proponent Mason Tvert. Then, last...
”Do you want to be as close to or as far away from the music as possible?” asked the hostess at Baur’s Restaurant and Listening Lounge, which opened last spring in the former downtown home of Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar. There was a band coming on later that...
Glendale, a pint-sized city surrounded on all sides by southeast Denver, has always had outsized ideas. A municipal rugby complex? Yes! The only King Soopers in the state that sells booze, just blocks from the only Target in the state that sells booze? Sure! A big new marijuana store next...
Politicians typically write books if they're eyeing a run for national office — something Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has repeatedly denied, despite his name popping up numerous times over the years as a possible vice presidential candidate. So let the speculation begin anew: Hickenlooper has announced that his top speechwriter,...