When Brian Shaw was fired as head coach by the Denver Nuggets yesterday, the only surprise was that the team did so before the end of the season. After all, continuing to lose at this point might actually help the team get a better draft pick, and Shaw had gotten...
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The Digital Age lets us riff through virtually every opinion and perspective in the world. But the Conference on World Affairs was gathering thinkers from around the globe in Boulder more than six decades ago, and today the 67th edition of the CWA will kick off at the University of Colorado,...
Challenged to create an art show to enhance History Colorado's companion exhibit to 1968, El Movimiento — a straightforward visual history of the local Chicano rights movement that flourished in the barrio areas of Denver decades ago — Maruca Salazar of the Museo de las Americas came up with a street-smart answer...
In December, as we've reported, Nebraska and Oklahoma filed a lawsuit against Colorado in the U.S. Supreme Court over the state's marijuana laws. Among the claims: Colorado's marijuana experiment undermines pot bans in neighboring states, "draining their treasuries and placing stress on their criminal justice system." Colorado's attorney general has...
More than sixty years ago, when the federal government decided to build a nuclear weapons plant, it picked an eleven-acre spot on the Front Range northwest of Denver, a landscape studded with farms and ranches — and just sixteen miles upwind of a major city. When it opened in 1952,...
DatingAdvice.com has published a list ranking what it describes as the "24 most sexually violent cities in America," based on the number of rapes reported in each one. A stunning four communities in Colorado are listed, including one in the top five — but many of the country's larges cities, including...
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The sign above the door at the Amira Bakery has been recently updated to read Amira Grill — the old sign was a simple vinyl banner, but the new one looks much more permanent — but the breads are still the main attraction at this Lebanese joint. Manaeesh (often spelled...
Dusten Fischer and his beloved, Ashleigh, are expecting the birth of their first child together — a boy they've already named Brantley — on February 19. But less than a week away from that date, Fischer is in critical condition at Denver Health after being stabbed nine times during an...
It's sadly predictable that the return of warm weather frequently brings with it shocking violence. That was certainly the case in Denver this weekend. Four people were killed in three separate incidents. The first of those took place in the Lowry area. The first official word from the Denver Police...
Jeff Smokevitch and Giles Flanagin of Blue Pan Pizza Competition often involves rejection, and rejection can turn into a major motivation for those driven to win. Jeff Smokevitch, chef and co-owner of Blue Pan Pizza, which will open next week in West Highland, is no stranger to competition — or learning...
As documented on his Facebook page, John White is a veteran who's participated in mixed martial arts bouts. Now, however, he's in the fight of his life — and so is the two-year-old son of his girlfriend, who's in critical condition at last report. White, meanwhile, is under arrest on...
In 1969, kids around the globe met the wide-eyed Big Bird and cantankerous Oscar the Grouch when they turned on their televisions and encountered Sesame Street. Generations of children have since grown up with those lovable felt puppets, and so has the man who's played both characters since their creation:...
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Helicopter Copter is not a band, really. And though a group of musicians came together to create textured pieces of sound, they don't necessarily consider the finished work songs. And though there are six recorded sonic expressions in this first body of work entitled Whisper Down The Lane, the pieces...
If you've noticed that the Denver restaurant scene is blowing up, you're not alone. The dizzying number of new restaurants here and the competition pushing chefs and restaurateurs to give guests better dining experiences is getting national attention. Some of the resulting stories actually look into Denver's changing reputation, focusing...
Numerous studies have suggested that marijuana users are less violent than those who consume alcohol. But would substituting marijuana for liquor also cut down on sexual assaults currently plaguing so many colleges across the country? Yes, argues New York magazine's Annie Lowery -- and she believes higher taxes on liquid...
At first, police thought the fatal crash that took place near West Harvard Avenue and South Hazel Court had come as a result of a street race like the one that killed Regis University student Rachel Neiman within recent weeks. But family members of the victim, young mom Leann Najera,...
Wanna catch a buzz? There are now 309 active brewing licenses in the state of Colorado, according to the latest study released by the Colorado Brewers Guild. Although some are owned by breweries that haven’t opened yet, the numbers represent an incredibly robust scene. Add to that the fact that...
Blake and Tracy Eliasson, owners of Settembre Cellars in Boulder, met at a wine bar while they were in college — and they weren’t even there for the wine. Trilogy Wine Bar was also a Boulder music venue, and the two went with friends to hear bluegrass. In hindsight, Tracy...
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Chuck Limbrick makes a cameo appearance in Dietrick Mitchell's Life Sentence Was Commuted Four Years Ago — So Why Is He Still in Prison?, Alan Prendergast's recent feature article. Like Mitchell, Limbrick had been sentenced to life without the possibility of parole — for, in the latter's case, killing his...
The New York Times served up a "36 Hours in Denver" feature last week, filled with suggestions for what to see and eat in Denver -- including New York-style bagels at Rosenberg's Bagels & Delicatessen, the incredibly popular new spot on Welton Street. Some readers liked the Times's suggestions, others...
On January 9, Sharod Kindell, a 23-year-old Denver native who’d had repeated run-ins with the police, was shot in his vehicle and severely wounded by Denver police officer Jeffrey DiManna. Kindell’s story, which we told in "Hands Up, Don't Shoot," our February 5 cover piece, has helped inspire growing discontent...
A new report shows that Colorado is America's least obese state but doesn't do as well in a number of other health categories, including rates of chlamydia and binge drinking. Several of our readers had fun making connections between these results. Here are four examples. See also: Colorado Is the...