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Photos: 2012 Mayor's Design Awards honor homes, breweries and restaurants

The 2012 Mayor's Design Awards, announced last night, celebrate a range of notable projects across six categories: I Wanna Live Here!, Oh, Pioneers!, Use It Or Lose It!, Eye-Catcher!, The City's Gotta Eat! and Goin' Rogue! This year's winners include restaurants, breweries and livable properties, as ... More >>

Help Luminous Thread Productions kickstart their dream in Denver

If you were at the Denver County Fair in August, you might have caught a steampunk vibe in the air -- thanks to the amassed presence of the Colorado Steampunks and the Denver Victoriana & Steampunk Society, all decked out in their beautiful costumes. Among their ranks were world travelers Mary Lin ... More >>

The Evolutions Quilt Challenge: Quilting's not just for grandmas anymore

One upshot of the current handmade/crafting renaissance: Quilts are back. Walk into Fancy Tiger in Baker, for instance, and you'll be greeted by a rainbow of cheerful fabrics cut in squares suitable for the age-old tradition; modern quilts also took ribbons last month at the Denver County Fair. An ... More >>

I lived through this: My life in a Hole cover band

This past weekend my Hole cover band, Jennifer's Body, played the Denver County Fair. Until this show, we weren't an actual band at all -- we formed earlier this year for a two-song set to honor the opening of Hole drummer Patty Schemel's documentary, Hit So Hard, and had never planned on being anyt ... More >>

Ruby Ann Boxcar brings trailer park truth to Denver County Fair

Ruby Ann Boxcar is one of the bonafide stars of this year's Denver County Fair, which runs tomorrow through Sunday. Hailed as the Dame Edna of the Trailer Park, Boxcar is a performer, speaker, and the author of numerous cookbooks that celebrate the art of frugal, second-hand living. A big personalit ... More >>

Photos: Twenty Colorado sex offenders who failed to register

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation maintains a website focused on convicted sex offenders in the state -- including those whose current whereabouts are unknown, because they've failed to register with authorities. We've collected photos and identifying information for twenty such creeps. If you re ... More >>

Prostitution in Denver: Women busted more than men, punished more harshly

Women in Denver are arrested for prostitution-related crimes more often than men and are punished more harshly, according to "Who Pays?," a new study by the Denver-based Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking. The question of why is still a bit of a mystery, but researchers think it may be tied to p ... More >>

Reader: Conservatives and liberals alike can agree on need for marijuana reform

Our post about the majority-plus support for marijuana regulation at the Denver County Republican Assembly noted that it contradicted the commonly held belief that all conservatives are anti-cannabis. One reader thinks that myth is beginning to crumble.

Marijuana: Majority of Denver Republican Assembly supports Amendment 64

In the past, Democrats were more likely to support regulating marijuana for recreational use, while Republicans felt otherwise. But growing evidence suggests this may no longer be the case. Take the Denver County Republican Assembly, a majority of whom appear to support Amendment 64, the Regulate Ma ... More >>

Fifteen best Denver ART moments in 2011

Bicycle vs. Homing Pigeon vs. Moped from Village Voice Media on Vimeo.We've been rolling off lists this week like there's no tomorrow, and maybe there isn't, considering that pesky 2012 Mayan prophecy and all that. Earlier this week, Jef Otte presented his 10 best moments in Denver arts list, riffin ... More >>

The ten best moments in Denver arts: 2011

​It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Okay, It actually wasn't either of those things -- but 2011 was pretty okay in its own right, and at certain times it was downright awesome. Because we're in the business of thoroughly cataloging things, we've cataloged the definitive best ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Sting sings, Thanksgiving on a stick, skiers shred, Williams & Graham bows

Big pics below.​Did you spend your whole weekend cleaning the house? Silly you! Plenty of other Denverites were enjoying the sort of stuff captured by Westword reporters and photogs on our slideshow page and Backbeat Online, Cafe Society and Show and Tell blogs. Check out highlights below pert ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, July 29-31, 2011

​Rent is due on Monday, which means unless you're some type of money-saving wizard, you're probably a little short on cash this week. Don't worry, though: There is a ton of stuff to do this weekend for under ten bucks, including the Denver County Fair, which all on its own can take up your ent ... More >>

Take me to the Denver County Fair -- but on a full stomach, please

This kid was not excited about the culinary choices, either.​The beer at the Denver County Fair is $8 for 20 ounces -- that's nearly ten bucks for a big cup of Coors, Coors Light or Blue Moon. Yes, those are the only options (but at least the brews are local). I was so stunned by the cost that ... More >>

Five Colorado pop-up shops we'd like to see

Vintage Renewal​We love pop-up shops. Just as we love this weekend's Vintage Renewal Pop Up Eco-Boutique, which opens tonight at Hinterland, we're also nuts about such past and coming temporary outlets as Gimme Gimme Pillow Toast, Yespleasemore and I ♥ Denver, and next weekend's Denver Handm ... More >>

Devo tapped to headline Denver County Fair

Update: We just received word that tickets for Devo's performance on July 30 at the first annual Denver County Fair go on sale this morning at 10 a.m. ​So that's what Barry Fey was working on. In news that's sure to inspire the nerdiest of our pals to spontaneously bust out into fits of unco ... More >>

The Denver County Fair: Where poetry blooms

​Poetry is all about words well chosen; success in gardening starts with the right seeds. Placement, or syntax, means everything to both: While the poet needs to know exactly when to let the sun shine directly on a word and when to hide it in shadow, the gardener must likewise synchronize his ... More >>

East Colfax Okra seeds grow the pods for a perfect stew: Kenny Be's Hip Tip

​ Foodies visiting the Kitchen Pavilion during the Denver County Fair will be treated to a cavalcade of competitive cook-offs. A first-class contender for most versatile international ingredient would be the prolific okra pod. Like neighborhood residents, East Colfax okra loves the heat and is ... More >>

Cheesman cucumber seeds turn park into pickle-lover paradise: Kenny Be's Hip Tip

​ In all probability, the Farm and Garden Pavilion of the Denver County Fair will be packed with high-rise-condo farmers when the the blue-ribbon pickle prize is announced. Summer growers of the new Cheesman Cucumber Balcony Bush Hybrid are sure to turn the parkside neighborhood into a pickle- ... More >>

The Denver County Fair welcomes legendary promoter Barry Fey into the fold

​The Denver County Fair this summer is already going to be a historical occasion -- it is, after all, the first county fair ever for Denver -- but it just got even more historic: Today, event impresario Dana Cain announced that the fair had acquired the services of Barry Fey, the near-mythical ... More >>

Alamo Placita arugula seeds will try anything once: Kenny Be's Hip Tip

​ While the battle for blue ribbons rages between homegrown fruits, vegetables and flowers at the first annual Denver County Fair, it is almost certain that the arugula plant won't join the competition. Like the residents of the Alamo Placita neighborhood, arugula is frequently cultivated, bu ... More >>

Mar Lee Sweeties put the cherry into tract home patio tomatoes: Kenny Be's Hip Tip

​ Lovers of intense competition won't want to miss this summer's battle between homegrown fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers for blue ribbons at the Denver County Fair. Among the top contenders in the fierce fight for this town's hottest tomato will be Mar Lee Sweeties, the perfectly sized ... More >>

Jo Scott, abortion protester, pleads guilty to violating clinic bubble law -- again

Jo Scott in 2008.​The 2008 feature "Planned Parenthood's Scheme to Bust Abortion Protesters" focused on longtime pro-life advocate Jo Scott. That August, she was convicted of violating the state's "bubble law," which prohibits anti-abortion types from coming within eight feet of anyone in a hu ... More >>

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Dominique Redwood & Jesse Rincon: Latest on alleged sex assaulter, accused hit-and-run driver

Big pics below.​Update: The Denver District Attorney's Office has announced charges in two very different but equally serious crimes. Dominique Redwood is accused of sexually assaulting a woman at knifepoint in a light-rail station elevator, while Jesse Rincon faces a hit-and-run count for all ... More >>

100 Colorado Creatives: Dana Cain

Dana Cain: A glittering rainbow-avalanche of arts.​If the overarching Colorado arts scene is like an awesome picture of a unicorn galloping across a rainbow -- and we're going to go ahead and say that it is -- then Dana Cain is like the glitter: essential. A tireless arts cheerleader and all a ... More >>

Dana Cain creates her own fun -- and makes Denver fun for creators

Frances Woodke & Shakiel Madden-Vaughn: Latest on hooker with AIDS, teen sex assaulter

Big pics below.​The latest high-profile cases to pass through the Denver District Attorney's Office are quite different in terms of their specifics but similar when it comes to shock value. One woman has been accused (again) of prostitution with knowledge she has AIDS, while a teenager was con ... More >>

Kristen Stillman: Denver cancels foster-care bill for woman whose kids were fathered by rapist

​The horrors that Kristen Stillman has endured in her short life are beyond imagining: abandoned at the age of eight by her mother, raped repeatedly by the man she was left with, bearing four children fathered by her rapist before she was twenty. And then the final injury, one far easier for m ... More >>

Andrew Szeremy, No. 91: Father charged with first-degree murder in infant son Noah's death

Andrew Szeremy is accused of having very young blood on his hands.​On May 17, 2009, Westword launched Mile High Murder, a blog category tracking homicide in the seven county Denver/Boulder area. We thought the tragedies during year one had ended at ninety, with the death of elderly Charlene C ... More >>

Denver County Juvenile Court judge to cut delinquents a break

​He knows if you've been naughty. He knows if you've been nice. And now Denver County Juvenile Court Judge Kerry Hada is giving bad kids a chance to get on the court's good side with a post-Christmas present: On February 16 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Hada is running an amnesty program that w ... More >>

Medical marijuana among the booty in home invasion

​Reports about medical marijuana-related crime are on the rise. Note our interview with Lt. Jerry Schiager, commander of the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force, who cited "at least five armed robberies, seven burglaries and one kidnapping" related to marijuana in the Fort Collins area over the ... More >>

Mile HIgh Murder, No. 50: Anthony Joseph Romero formally charged in death of Jessica Porter

Anthony Romero: charged.​Two weeks ago today, Anthony Joseph Romero, 29, was arrested following the death of his girlfriend, Jessica Porter, 28, at 1873 S. Clermont Street. Today, the Denver District Attorney's Office settled on a charge: first-degree murder. Formal charges will be delivered ... More >>

Bitch!: Alleged mother from hell charged with pimping her own daughter

Mark Mathias may have watched "Taxi Driver" a few dozen times too many.​Talk about burying the lead. A just-issued release from the Denver District Attorney's Office is entitled "Man Charged With Sexual Assault on a Child" -- and indeed, Mark Mathias, 48, has indeed been formally accused of th ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, March 27 edition

Photo by Jon SolomonThe Five Peace Band. Don't make your weekend a weak end. Today in Backbeat Online: • The Five Peace Band at the Paramount Theatre. • Phish at Red Rocks sells out in minutes; fans call bullshit. • Q&A with David Frederickson of the Prids. • Freaky Friday: "The Force" Swi ... More >>

Injustice! I get a mail-in ticket for not running a red light

What is it with me and red lights lately? In the November 17 blog "No Justification for Denver Police Ticket Trap Near DCPA on Saturday Night," I wrote about a traffic ticket set-up at the intersection of Glenarm and Colfax, where three traffic officers lined up to snare people who turned right o ... More >>

So pho, so good at Pho 7

You can't keep a good pho place down. A few days ago, I wrote about the temporary destruction of Pho 7 by two men, one silver BMW and too many action movies in "Talk about a cursed location!" When this spot at 10009 East Hampden Avenue in Aurora was home to Istanbul Grill, I narrowly missed witnes ... More >>

Disorder in the court: buzzed on Obama

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Columbus Day Protestor Cases Dismissed

Hickenlooper Speaks Up at DIA

Denver's mayor tells us where to get off.

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Nothin' but Net

The NBA tournament begins this week, but the players in the Denver County Jail have their own championship to worry about.

Hard Lessons

Ten years ago, Colorado began to force batterers into treatment programs. but do they work?

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