A bill sponsored by a Colorado Congressman that would allow legal marijuana dispensaries access to the federal banking system was re-introduced to the House of Representatives earlier this week. Representatives Ed Perlmutter of Colorado and Denny Heck of Washington re-introduced H.R. 2076- -the Marijuana Business Access to Banking Act of...
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The death of Jessie Hernandez, a seventeen-year-old shot and killed by Denver Police Department officers while she was behind the wheel of a stolen car, has resulted in a new focus on the DPD's approach regarding shooting into moving vehicles. Now, Westword has obtained a letter from Independent Monitor Nicholas...
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If you haven't been to Lost Lake in a little while, it's very different inside. Where once the black-walled room and the small stage stood is the bar with a shelved wall lit up with small lights where the bottles of alcohol sit like they would at a place that...
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. “I think most artists feel their work has a spiritual quality, but...
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There are plenty of ways to get unwanted attention from law enforcement. But among the quickest is this: Forget to wear pants. Most of us don't need to be taught this lesson once we've past the age of three. But apparently Wendy Butcher isn't most of us. Nope, she's our...
Many observers assumed that the amount of taxes and fees generated by marijuana sales would begin falling in the second year of limited legal sales. Nope. Just-released figures from January show that the state collected a record amount — just over $8.8 million. This total includes a windfall for school...
"I'm sure it was after a long night at the hi-dive — I found a note on my phone the next morning and it was this single sentence: People becoming clowns against their will." Neil McCormick, one half of Safe Boating is No Accident, says it was this seemingly unremarkable...
"A friend once pointed out that it wasn't proper to wear diamonds in the daytime. I didn't think so either, until I had some of my own." That's a famous quote from Margaret Tobin Brown, better known as Molly Brown. The Molly Brown House Museum's new gem of an exhibit,...
If you haven't seen the Edge Theater's production of <em>Jerusalem</em> yet, this weekend is your last chance — and you don't want to miss it. Keep reading for a capsule review of that show, as well as two more on local stages. Detroit. Detroit is intelligent, absorbing, lively, surprising and...
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Spring weather and fresh ideas mark First Friday explorations on May 1, with art opportunities both rare and thought-provoking. Here are a few lucky trails to follow as you meander through Denver’s art districts tonight. Bill Stockman: Someone Called Me By My Name Gildar Gallery, 82 South Broadway May 1...
When the tall, beautiful dramatic actress Anne Bancroft was asked what had drawn her to Mel Brooks, the short, funny-looking creator of shows and movies filled with broad, cheesy, Borscht Belt-style humor to whom she ended up married, she replied, “Mel had a lethal weapon: He made me laugh to...
Art has always been a staple of Denver’s Biennial of the Americas, now more than ever with this year's theme: NOW! And through artist exchanges, major public installations, performances, participatory festivals and the Biennial group exhibition, Now? NOW!, everyone has a chance to join in the celebration of a vibrant...
In recent days, you may have seen examples of the Colorado Department of Transportation's new seat-belt safety billboard campaign. Last week, billboards went up in locations such as I-70 and Wadsworth, Leetsdale and Holly and Sixth Avenue east of I-25 with phrases like "Life or Death," "Windshield Ejection" and "Brain...
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The venerable Briarwood Inn in Golden hired a new chef in May. But rather than hire an industry veteran to turn out prime rib and buffet dinners for weddings, owner Lisa Paterson — who purchased the property from her father’s estate after he passed away several years ago — decided...
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Did James Holmes know right from wrong when he walked into a sold-out Aurora movie theater nearly three years ago and began shooting? Or was he so mentally ill that he can't be held responsible for murdering twelve people and injuring seventy others? That's what a jury will have to decide...
At this writing, more than seventeen hours have passed since police engaged a man wanted for shoplifting at a Greenwood Village-area Walmart store. In and of itself, stealing merchandise from a box store doesn't sound like the crime of the century. But the incident has escalated into a standoff that...
Dear Stoner: I've never been to a dispensary; it looks amazing. I don't have a medical card. Can I go to a recreational dispensary with only an ID? I know I can only get a quarter of an ounce 'cause I don't live in Colorado. Gabe Dear Gabe: Yes, it...
What a difference a few years make. Last month, we told you about a bill that would make it legal for medical marijuana patients on probation to use cannabis — a previously controversial notion that was ripped by at least one prominent district attorney and rejected by the Colorado Court of...