Email Author Kelsey Whipple

2012 Stories by Kelsey Whipple

• Check in at the Denver Web Awards

  published November 15, 2012

  Best Instagram Account; Most Viral Video of the Year; Best Politician on Social Media: These are just some of the categories in West-word’s... More >>

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  Photos: Donkey Kong champions battled for top honors at the Kong Off II

  published Nov 19, 2012

  As we promised in our recent cover story, it was on like Donkey Kong at the 1UP in LoDo this weekend. More than three decades after the beloved arcade game brought barrels into the mainstream, twelve ... More >>

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  It's on like Donkey Kong at the 1UP this week

  published November 15, 2012

  His obsession was born at the world's largest Entertainment McDonald's. It was there, at the Orlando behemoth, that sixteen-year-old Jourdan... More >>

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  Vote in the 2012 Denver #WebAwards

  published Oct 04, 2012

  It's time for the 2012 edition of Westword's Denver Web Awards, our annual celebration of Denver's greatest digital minds. This time, we're introducing new categories to recognize the area's creative ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Vote in the 2012 Denver #WebAwards

  published Oct 04, 2012

  It's time for the 2012 edition of Westword's Denver Web Awards, our annual celebration of Denver's greatest digital minds. This time, we're introducing new categories to recognize the area's creative ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Vote in the 2012 Denver #WebAwards

  published Oct 04, 2012

  It's time for the 2012 edition of Westword's Denver Web Awards, our annual celebration of Denver's greatest digital minds. This time, we're introducing new categories to recognize the area's creative ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Vote in the 2012 Denver #WebAwards

  published Oct 04, 2012

  It's time for the 2012 edition of Westword's Denver Web Awards, our annual celebration of Denver's greatest digital minds. This time, we're introducing new categories to recognize the area's creativ... More >>

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  Mitt Romney stopped at Chipotle this morning -- but is not invited to Rosa Linda's

  published Oct 02, 2012

  Y'all, Mitt Romney ate at Chipotle earlier today. According to hungry and expert sources, the GOP's main man stopped by the Stapleton location of the Colorado staple and chowed down on a burrito with ... More >>

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  The director of Occupy Unmasked talks facts, bias and the future of the movement

  published Sep 21, 2012

  Occupy Wall Street celebrated its first birthday this week. In the past year, the young political movement has inspired laws, riots and several retrospective glances, not the least among them the new ... More >>

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  Occupy Denver: A photo guide to the national movement's one-year anniversary

  published Sep 17, 2012

  Occupy Denver took the city by storm last year. Six days after Occupy Wall Street's September 17 launch in New York, the local branch placed its finger on the city's political pulse. In the twelve mon... More >>

• Election robocall asks House candidate Jared Wright to step down

  published Aug 21, 2012

  Denver blog posts know what's up. Colorado Pols discusses a robocall, heard by 6,000 residents of House District 54, that calls out candidate Jared Wright as dishonest, tardy and significantly in deb... More >>

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  It's here! The Book of Mormon launches tonight

  published Aug 14, 2012

  This GIF pretty much summarizes how we feel about The Book of Mormon hitting home tonight. Although the fourteen-times-over Tony winner has already made a splash on Broadway -- and sold out in Denve... More >>

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  The Book of Mormon: Catch up before you go with our ten best posts on the play

  published Aug 10, 2012

  It's almost here, guys. This Tuesday will mark the official opening date of the national tour of one of the laugh-crackingest, award-winningest musicals in recent history -- but more important, it cam... More >>

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  Matt Stone and Trey Parker: How comedy handles current events

  published Aug 08, 2012

  It's been a tough few months for Colorado, and homestate heroes Matt Stone and Trey Parker know it. On Tuesday, the South Park creators talked to press at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House about their la... More >>

• The Stripe Stripe Fiasco

  published August 9, 2012

  The four members of the Stripe Stripe Fiasco refer to what they do as "skitzRock," and that's not far off: The ten high-powered, high-impact... More >>

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  Ten most offensive pop-culture reactions to the Aurora theater shooting

  published Aug 08, 2012

  While the state and country cope with the Aurora theater shooting, many have come together to aid the victims and their families. But others have turned their attentions in a completely different dire... More >>

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  Justice at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 8/7/12

  published Aug 08, 2012

  JUSTICE @ RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE | 8.7.12 See Also: Justice, March 2008 profile Let's review last night's Justice set by the numbers. The number of towering Marshall amps outfitted with LED lights... More >>

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  The Book of Mormon: Twenty reasons you've got to see it, courtesy the cast and crew

  published Aug 08, 2012

  If you are one of the lucky people who snagged a ticket to The Book of Mormon's first stop on its national tour before the Denver run sold out in under four hours, pat yourself on the back. If not, ge... More >>

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  Photos: Protesters picket Masterpiece Cakeshop's anti-gay marriage policy

  published Aug 06, 2012

  As of this morning, an online petition condemning Lakewood bakery Masterpiece Cakeshop for its policy against working with gay weddings has garnered well over 4,000 signatures. This weekend, for the s... More >>

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  Five biggest fakers in recent Colorado history

  published Aug 03, 2012

  Former stolen valor arrestee Rick Strandlof has been many people in his life...two of whom were completely fabricated. But he has never been formally charged with profiting from his personalities -- n... More >>

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  CU Denver professor starts petition to ban concealed weapons on campus

  published Aug 02, 2012

  Only weeks after the Aurora theater shooting, CU Denver philosophy professor Chad Kautzer has created a petition to stop concealed weapons from being allowed on state campuses. But the two ideas are n... More >>

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  Aerosmith at the Pepsi Center, with Cheap Trick, 8/1/12

  published Aug 02, 2012

  AEROSMITH @ PEPSI CENTER See Also: - Aerosmith fans in the Pepsi Center parking lot - Q&A with Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer From the beginning, they promised a spectacle. "We're gonna go all Aero... More >>

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  Masterpiece Cakeshop: Will shop make cake for dog wedding but not gay weddingr

  published Aug 01, 2012

  Last week, we wrote about Lakewood's Masterpiece Cakeshop, which, like larger national chains including Chik-Fil-A, has taken a stance on gay marriage. Owner Jack Phillips does not create cakes for ga... More >>

• Masterpiece Cakeshop: Yelp removes negative comments, while supporters create Facebook group

  published Jul 31, 2012

  Businesses across the country are coming out with stances on gay marriage, including Chick-Fil-A and Lakewood's own Masterpiece Cakeshop. The bakery does not create cakes for gay ceremonies. The dec... More >>

• Rick Strandlof: The paper trail behind Colorado's biggest stolen valor case

  published Jul 31, 2012

  This week's feature story, "Will the real Rick Strandlof please stand upr," explores the identities of a Denver college student who pretended to be a decorated Marine veteran. Although the Supreme Cou... More >>