The Grateful Dead is still noteworthy, fifty years after the San Francisco band’s emergence amid the remnants of the Beats and the beginnings of the hippie generation. According to longtime Grateful Dead Hour producer David Gans (who also co-hosts the Grateful Dead channel on SiriusXM with Gary Lambert), “People are...
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Of late, attorney David Lane has represented several inmates or their families in regard to alleged substandard care of prisoners in custody. Examples include the case of Christopher Lopez, whose jailers joked and laughed while he slowly died (the Colorado Department of Corrections agreed to pay $3 million to settle the...
As I was driving through Jefferson Park yesterday on a short detour to get to the 20th Street Gym downtown, I finally saw the horror with my own eyes. It's one thing to see photographs of it, but to actually witness that kind of destruction is overwhelming. I'm talking about...
Please Stop Calling My House, a new group show opening tomorrow at IndyInk, is all about love -- or what happens when the idea of love and the reality of love mix. "A couple of years ago we did a Valentine's Day show that was pretty similar to this one...
In December 2013, we told you about the arrest of Kenneth Mackey for homicide in an incident that left two men dead. The location? An area that recently gained attention for being arguably Aurora's most dangerous block. Turns out the crime also had a link to the police shooting of Sharod...
Reverend Leon Kelly, the man behind Open Door Youth Gang Alternatives, has devoted decades to the fight against gang violence in Denver. He's served as a vital conduit between the gangs, the police and the community at large. So he's understandably concerned about the recent flare-up of gang violence in the...
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National Day of Johns Arrests is a bit of a misnomer. Rather than limiting their activities to a 24-hour period, law enforcers set aside the period between January 15 to February 1 to target johns -- clients of prostitutes. A total of 37 agencies reportedly participated nationwide, including the Denver...
You can find art all over town — not just on gallery walls. In this series, we'll be looking at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery businesses around town. Thane Benson studied illustration at Syracuse University before computers ruled the world...
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William Matthews: Drawn to Paint
No matter how carefully adults secure their meds, a motivated teen can often get to them. An example, according to the Mesa County Sheriff's Office, is a thirteen-year-old who has now been busted twice for giving away powerful pills, including Oxycodone, at Western Slope schools after reportedly finding the combination...
Two beer-related Colorado crowdfunding campaigns have recently launched. The first is for Lady Justice Brewing Company, which describes itself as "the world’s first solely women-run, community-focused philanthropic brewery." The three women behind the concept — which would be organized as a low-profit limited liability company — are looking to raise $15,000...
When we previewed the announcement of new lawsuits targeted Colorado's pot laws (filed by Safe Streets Alliance, a Washington, D.C.-based group that misspelled "marijuana" in its press release), we noted that one of the challenges for the plaintiffs would be establishing standing in court — in other words, demonstrating that...
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The pool of medical marijuana caregivers and patients could get smaller under provisions of a bill that's now been endorsed by a bipartisan Senate committee. SB 15-014, sponsored by Senator Irene Aguilar, a Denver Democrat, swept through the Colorado Senate Health and Human Service Committee by a 5-0 vote Thursday,...
Coloradans know that driving through the mountains on Interstate 70 when it's snowing can be a nightmare, particularly given the volume of traffic coming and going from ski areas and roadside tourist attractions. But are drivers whose tires aren't in great shape making a bad situation worse? That's the theory...
On the same day that President Barack Obama issued a public statement calling for an end to gay conversion therapy — the widely debunked approach to psychologically stripping people of their homosexual tendencies — a bill to ban the practice in Colorado for those under age eighteen died in a state Senate...
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Review: Wild Tales
Dear Denver Nuggets, I’m sorry, but I think I’m done. For more than twenty years, I've stuck by your side and defended you through the thick and, mainly, thin, but I just can't do it anymore. But before you call me a fair-weather fan, let me remind you about all...
The firings of Denver police officers for excessive force are seldom simple and easy. Consider the case of officers Ricky Nixon and Kevin Devine, who were fired over an excessive force claim at the Denver Diner in 2009, only to be reinstated in 2012, then fired again — a decision that...
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The Colorado Legislature is well into the 2015 session, considering bills that would repeal the ban on large-capacity gun magazines and prohibit powdered alcohol; there are also measures that deal with privacy from drones, college-tuition tax deductions and expanding rail service in southeastern Colorado. But if you’re a medical marijuana...
Orange Is The New Grey at Humboldt While making cocktails at Humboldt in Uptown, bartender Alex Curry reaches into the cooler behind his bar probably a hundred times a night. Humboldt is a high-volume bar, and Curry prides himself on how fast he can make cocktails. In most of those hurried...
The Denver-born Chipotle chain rolled out sofritas at its Colorado stores back in 2013, and the new, meat-free protein was deemed "so freaking delicious that just about everybody will like it" by our Veggie Girl. And today it's more than meat-free: If you order sofritas in any entree at any...
Juggalos -- fans of the group Insane Clown Posse -- have long decried attempts to portray them as violent. But amid their ongoing efforts to establish a new reputation, self-described Juggalo Nicholas Damon is on the run, wanted for a slew of felonies, including assaulting a police officer. Photos and...