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Downtown Denver

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    F*ck the Police march: No evidence of urine-filled balloons, DPD says

    Update: In the wake of Saturday's Fuck the Police march (see photos below), assorted media outlets, including the Denver Post, shared reports that urine-filled balloons had been hurled at the event, which resulted in five arrests. But Denver Police spokesman Lieutenant Matt Murray, who was on the sc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    Marlowe's marks its thirtieth birthday with an all-day party

    Happy thirtieth birthday to Marlowe's, which opened in February 1982 on 16th Street -- before there was even a 16th Street Mall. We'd gotten to know Phil "Zoom" Roberts as the owner/operator of Govnr's Park, a '70s fern-bar hangout that remains a sports bar hangout today, and when he and his partner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Beer calendar: Oskar Blues HGH and Caution Brewing's Toaster Bat Black roll out tonight

    Lone Tree Brewing​Lone Tree is a long bike ride away from City Park, which makes it tough on the typical inner-city cyclist to try the beers at Lone Tree Brewing. So Lone Tree Brewing, which opened just six weeks ago, has teamed up with the Denver Bicycle Cafe, another brand new business, whic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2012

    Get swept up with broomball at the Skyline Park ice rink

    Bust out the helmets and elbow pads: It's time to throw down. Broomball is coming to the Southwest Ice Rink at Skyline Park this month. Whether you want to ice out the competition or just get swept away by Canadian culture, this could be the game for you. Broomball is similar to ice hockey, althoug ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2011

    10 things to do for $10 this weekend, November 25-27, 2011

    If you do shop this weekend, make sure it's for cool Japanese accessories. ​This weekend is all about one thing: spending. But we have a crazy idea: Don't. We dare you. Those holiday gifts will all be there waiting at the stores after Black Friday and Saturday and Sunday. Promise. So instead o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Overnight parking: 28,700 tickets issued between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. this summer

    Larger map below.​The months of May, June, July and August were lucrative for the city, thanks to new (and, some say, confusing) rules allowing overnight parking at nearly 3,000 parking meters downtown. Within the area on the map below, the city generated $1,064,000 from tickets issued betwee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    10 things to do for $10 this weekend, September 30-October 2

    Ah yes, the fabled month-change weekend -- the most dreaded weekend of them all. You know that the bills are going to be due on Monday morning, the rent will need to be sent out early and you'll be left with no extra cash for the weekend. It's a good thing we've compiled this list of ten fabulous th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    16th Street Mall bright lights Swiss chard mix is a big-city favorite: Kenny Be's Hip Tip

    ​ To know 16th Street Mall Swiss chard is to love its tender and delicious, if somewhat meaty, flavor. Originating in large, mallside Downtown Denver planters, this big-city bright lights strain of chard is a celebration of all that is colorful in the capital city of Colorado...

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Downtown Denver Partnership vows to bring a public market downtown

    ​Denver has a lively downtown -- sometimes too lively, if you're on the 16th Street Mall at prime begging time -- and it promises to get even better if the Downtown Denver Partnership makes good on its vow to bring a public market to the center of town.

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    Summer festivals: Seven outdoor events in Colorado to check out (or avoid)

    Guy Morissette​Memorial Day weekend is just around the corner, which kicks off the summer festival season. From sweaty outdoor concerts to snooty art crawls, here are the good, bad and ugly of the Metro-area's most popular festivals.

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Top 5 adult companies in Colorado that could qualify for new .xxx domains

    ​The international group that oversees the registry for website domains approved the .xxx domain last week. While the notion of creating a virtual red-light district for online porn has gotten a mixed response from the multi-billion dollar adult entertainment industry, domain names with the .x ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Staycation: Colorado's best dog-friendly hotels for you and your mutt

    Hotel Columbia​Admit it, you have become one of those crazy dog people. Every time you go on vacation, the sight of your little buddy's puppy-dog eyes gets you in the gut, ruining your Colorado getaway before you even leave. Why not exchange good old-fashioned guilt for a healthy dose of shame ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    Today In Stoke: Icelantic team set to throw down in Denver Big Air Battle of the Brands

    ​We'll have some locals to root for when the Denver Big Air competition erects its 102-foot tall monument to skiing and snowboarding in Civic Center Park next month: In addition to the pro athletes invited to the Nature Valley Challenge Big Air Freestyle Ski event on January 25 and the LG FIS ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    Elitch Gardens skeletons echo fire department's parking warning: Kenny Be's Sign Language

    Denver Fire Department's No Parking Zone gets picked to the bones.​ From the angle in which the above photograph was taken, it appears that the hanging skeletons warn of dire consequences for scofflaws who disobey the Denver Fire Department's "no parking or storage allowed within 50 feet of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    Get lit: A brief guide to some of Denver's best holiday lights this season

    ​Ah, the holidays, that special time of year when we turn on a ridiculous amount of very small light bulbs to comfort us, because it gets dark too early, and also because this is America, and by gum, we can. Still, there's no denying the austere beauty of the snow all illuminated, making halos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Ron Rocha, Regis coach, part of 20-kilos-a-week cocaine-ring bust: See mug shots & drug photos

    Large photos below.​Last month, Ron Rocha, a volunteer baseball coach for Regis University, was on the losing end of an intra-squad matchup dubbed the Fall World Series. But he suffered an even greater defeat yesterday, when he was among 35 people named by the U.S. Attorney's Office in the bus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2010

    Civic Center Park on a roll with daily mobile food trucks: Panic in noodle park!

    ​Move over, medical marijuana. The big new business boom is mobile food trucks, as evidenced by the success of Civic Center Eats in Civic Center Park every Tuesday this summer, giving Denver a taste of this increasingly vibrant area. And today, Civic Center Park will start seeing a roster of v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2010

    Civic Center EATS in Civic Center Park extends its street food scene through the end of the year

    ​Beginning today, and continuing through the end of the year -- weather permitting -- up to four local street food trucks and carts will hustle their grub at Civic Center Park, the site of Civic Center EATS, this summer's hit food parade that elevated Denver's meals on wheels movement to supe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Double rainbows verifies Denver as the pot of gold: Kenny Be's Staycation Pictures

    Click image to enlarge.​ Greetings from Denver! They don't call it the Mile High City for nothing. Even Mother Nature agrees that Downtown Denver is the proverbial pot of gold. And, not just once, but twice! See how the double rainbows to the left of the photo above balance so nicely with the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    Potty pistol: Gun misfires in Auraria campus women's restroom, police searching for witness

    Auraria Campus students walk the hallway of the South Classroom building as police section off the woman's restroom.​Auraria campus police are looking for a woman whose 9mm pistol accidentally fired in a woman's bathroom stall in classroom building this morning. No one was hurt, police say, an ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 5, 2009

    Green Screen

    Auraria Campus students walk the hallway of the South Classroom building as police section off the woman's restroom.​Auraria campus police are looking for a woman whose 9mm pistol accidentally fired in a woman's bathroom stall in classroom building this morning. No one was hurt, police say, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2009

    Greatest dance studio commercial ever? Mad Monkeys coming with it!

    Formerly known as the Motion Underground Dance Studio, Mad Monkey Projects, Inc. headed by choreographer Ken Jimenez is gearing up for their Summer Dance Intensive & Auditions in August. In an effort to get dancers to come out for the class, along with their Get Down Station program, they put t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    ESPN ZONE turns off the scoreboard, blames economy

    Just got word that ESPN Zone, the 23,000-square-foot sports-centric playground and game center (and the only Denver link in the company's national chain) at 1187 16th Street, went dark today, exactly one day after Greg Goldfogel pulled the plug on Alto, the Northern Italian restaurant and live jazz ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2009

    Kenny Be's guide to summer's terrifying two-wheeled creatures

    To see all of Kenny Be's June 18 feature cartoon, click "Continue:" The invasion of the summer bike monsters spans the state from Boulder Canyon's angry barricades to Downtown Denver's bike-to-work breakfast stations....

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2009

    Meet Denver's Mark Huebner, Bachelorette hopeful

    Mark Huebner at his most delectable. Jillian Harris, a 29-year-old restaurant designer from Vancouver, Canada, was given an especially brutal heave-ho by Jason Mesnick on the last season of The Bachelor -- a move so nasty that Colorado's own Bachelorette prize, Ryan Sutter, felt compelled to weigh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    Party Like It's 1999: Your election-night party guide

    Mark Huebner at his most delectable. Jillian Harris, a 29-year-old restaurant designer from Vancouver, Canada, was given an especially brutal heave-ho by Jason Mesnick on the last season of The Bachelor -- a move so nasty that Colorado's own Bachelorette prize, Ryan Sutter, felt compelled to weigh ... More >>

  • News

    October 30, 2008

    Welcome to Hotel Martino: The homeless love it, the neighbors hate it

    Mark Huebner at his most delectable. Jillian Harris, a 29-year-old restaurant designer from Vancouver, Canada, was given an especially brutal heave-ho by Jason Mesnick on the last season of The Bachelor -- a move so nasty that Colorado's own Bachelorette prize, Ryan Sutter, felt compelled to weigh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2008

    Friday Rap-Up: Side 3 Studios, Kanye West, Common, Rappers on Sean Bell verdict

    Mark Huebner at his most delectable. Jillian Harris, a 29-year-old restaurant designer from Vancouver, Canada, was given an especially brutal heave-ho by Jason Mesnick on the last season of The Bachelor -- a move so nasty that Colorado's own Bachelorette prize, Ryan Sutter, felt compelled to weigh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2007

    The Best of Westword 1990

    Mark Huebner at his most delectable. Jillian Harris, a 29-year-old restaurant designer from Vancouver, Canada, was given an especially brutal heave-ho by Jason Mesnick on the last season of The Bachelor -- a move so nasty that Colorado's own Bachelorette prize, Ryan Sutter, felt compelled to weigh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2007

    Best of Westword Winners From 1986

    Mark Huebner at his most delectable. Jillian Harris, a 29-year-old restaurant designer from Vancouver, Canada, was given an especially brutal heave-ho by Jason Mesnick on the last season of The Bachelor -- a move so nasty that Colorado's own Bachelorette prize, Ryan Sutter, felt compelled to weigh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2007

    Delegating Denver #13 of 56: Georgia

    Mark Huebner at his most delectable. Jillian Harris, a 29-year-old restaurant designer from Vancouver, Canada, was given an especially brutal heave-ho by Jason Mesnick on the last season of The Bachelor -- a move so nasty that Colorado's own Bachelorette prize, Ryan Sutter, felt compelled to weigh ... More >>

  • News

    September 13, 2007

    Evan Almighty

    It took a master plan — and a mastermind — to end the stalemate on downtown's worst block.

  • Calendar

    November 23, 2006

    It's Divine

    It took a master plan — and a mastermind — to end the stalemate on downtown's worst block.

  • News

    November 2, 2006

    Lost and Found

    It's a dog-eat-dog world.

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2006

    What's in a Name?

    It's a dog-eat-dog world.

  • Dining

    February 17, 2005

    Drink of the Week

    Platinum Tea

  • Calendar

    December 30, 2004

    Promises, Promises

    New Year’s Eve still has plenty to offer the undecided.

  • News

    December 4, 2003

    The Sounds of Silence

    Last December, Oscar Hernandez became the town's biggest story. It's over for him now.

  • News

    December 12, 2002

    That's the Ticket

    Open mouth, insert boot.

  • Culture

    August 29, 2002

    Showdown at Skyline

    The future of a great public space hangs in the balance.

  • Culture

    August 16, 2001

    The More Things Change...

    Landmarks rise and fall in Denver.

  • News

    December 14, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of December 14, 2000

  • News

    December 9, 1999

    Off Limits

    Why are there no cameras rolling in Denver?

  • Calendar

    May 8, 1997

    Thrills for the week

    Why are there no cameras rolling in Denver?

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