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Joel Warner

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Ten things to do for $10 this Memorial Day weekend, May 25-28, 2012

    Three-day weekends rule, and this one is certain to be a hit. The city is bursting with stuff to do, and you don't have to spend an arm and a leg to do it. Watch Footloose, see a Tim and Eric Awesome Show puppeteer, and more, all for under $10. Enjoy staying out late on Sunday night and experiencing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Yellow Cab takes a hit in arbitrator's decision on racism case

    In the summer of 2010, 21 past and present Yellow Cab drivers -- all African immigrants -- filed a lawsuit in federal court, charging that the taxi company had favored American drivers and billed plaintiffs for questionable fees. The lawsuit was dismissed at the request of the filers after Yellow Ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    Medical marijuana patients face 5-to-10 years in prison for owning a gun, says ATF

    The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives sent out a memo last week clarifying their stance that a sportsman with a shotgun and a medical marijuana card is no different than a cocaine dealer with a silenced TEC-9.

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Aaron Million, pipeline entrepreneur, accused of stalking ex-girlfriend to her wedding in Italy

    Aaron Million.​Back in 2009, Westword's Joel Warner profiled Fort Collins entrepreneur Aaron Million's plan to pump thousands of gallons of Wyoming water into Colorado -- a scheme that raised plenty of hackles north of the border. But today, he's got a more immediate concern. He was arrested ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Reader: Alex Landau's $795K settlement for police beating shows we the people can prevail

    Alex Landau.​Joel Warner's interview with Alex Landau, who received a $795,000 settlement for a police beating reassured one reader who's watched similar incidents with dismay over the years. Here's his post.

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    The Anthology of Rap: Co-editor & hip-hop professor Adam Bradley has epic rap of his own

    ​The Anthology of Rap caused a stir nationwide last year. The first scholarly compendium of rap lyrics drew praises from Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Chuck D, but also courted controversy over alleged mistakes. But coverage missed the back story of anthology co-editor and CU-Boulder professor Ada ... More >>

  • News

    April 14, 2011

    Letters: Readers have mixed reactions to Molly Midyette's story

    ​The Anthology of Rap caused a stir nationwide last year. The first scholarly compendium of rap lyrics drew praises from Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Chuck D, but also courted controversy over alleged mistakes. But coverage missed the back story of anthology co-editor and CU-Boulder professor Ada ... More >>

  • News

    January 13, 2011

    Letters: Rick Griffith should be recognized for his good work

    ​The Anthology of Rap caused a stir nationwide last year. The first scholarly compendium of rap lyrics drew praises from Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Chuck D, but also courted controversy over alleged mistakes. But coverage missed the back story of anthology co-editor and CU-Boulder professor Ada ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    A real life superhero repository

    ​KIROTV in Lynwood, Washington recently reported a story about a real-life superhero named Phoenix Jones who stopped a car theft by chasing the man down the street. Weird, but not unheard of in this post-Kick-Ass world. In fact, there is an entire website devoted to these real world superheroe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    LEGO my library: Imagine Rigney's cool homage to Michael Graves

    ​Kids do the darnedest things with LEGO bricks and games, as Joel Warner pointed out in this feature last January. But few projects are quite the labor of love involved in one fifteen-year-old devotee's astonishing replica of the Denver Public Library on Broadway: 7,000 bricks, two solid weeks ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Next Big Sound: Billboard's new "Social 50" chart powered by Boulder music startup

    ​In October, we profiled the Boulder start-up Next Big Sound, which seemed poised to shake the struggling music industry by using social media sites like MySpace, Facebook and Twitter to discover break-out bands. Now that Billboard has unveiled its new "Social 50" chart powered by Next Big Sou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    Denver taxicab controversy: Read Yellow Cab lawsuit alleging discrimination and abuse

    ​Last week's cover story, "Mean Streets," detailed allegations of discrimination, abuse, assault and bribery at Yellow Cab, Denver's oldest taxicab company. The accusations came to light courtesy of a federal lawsuit filed last summer by 21 former Yellow Cab drivers -- the details of which you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Reader: IGN lacks credibility 'cause videogame reviewers don't always complete games

    ​In his recent post about Lego Universe, Joel Warner noted that the game wowed most critics, but those at the giant IGN site were lukewarm, giving a score of 5 on a 10 scale. That prompted a rant from one reader, who notes that IGN critics don't always complete games before reviewing them.

  • News

    September 9, 2010

    Westword readers praise Prayer One and comment on John Hickenlooper taking a shower

    ​In his recent post about Lego Universe, Joel Warner noted that the game wowed most critics, but those at the giant IGN site were lukewarm, giving a score of 5 on a 10 scale. That prompted a rant from one reader, who notes that IGN critics don't always complete games before reviewing them.

  • News

    April 29, 2010

    Letters: Alan Sudduth can stay behind bars, for all most readers care

    ​In his recent post about Lego Universe, Joel Warner noted that the game wowed most critics, but those at the giant IGN site were lukewarm, giving a score of 5 on a 10 scale. That prompted a rant from one reader, who notes that IGN critics don't always complete games before reviewing them.

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Cafe Society: Week in review

    Lori Midson Mussels from Argyll Gastropub​What you may have missed this week on Cafe Society while bickering over whether Argyll, Colt & Gray, Olivea or TAG should have walked away with the Best New Restaurant award in this year's Best of Denver 2010 (Argyll, if you didn't already know, won th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    Dan Tang-Operation Fortune Cookie exclusive at Channel 31 not all that exclusive

    Dan Tang's sentencing is tomorrow: Exclusive!​Update, 12:34 p.m.: Channel 31 reporter Julie Hayden has responded to an interview request on this subject. Look below the original item to read what she has to say. In an age of shrinking newsroom resources, media organizations are borrowing from ... More >>

  • News

    March 25, 2010

    Homeowner associations attract a full house of complaints. There blows the neighborhood!

    Dan Tang's sentencing is tomorrow: Exclusive!​Update, 12:34 p.m.: Channel 31 reporter Julie Hayden has responded to an interview request on this subject. Look below the original item to read what she has to say. In an age of shrinking newsroom resources, media organizations are borrowing from ... More >>

  • News

    February 11, 2010

    Pro-lifers can't escape the ink of Kenny Be

    Dan Tang's sentencing is tomorrow: Exclusive!​Update, 12:34 p.m.: Channel 31 reporter Julie Hayden has responded to an interview request on this subject. Look below the original item to read what she has to say. In an age of shrinking newsroom resources, media organizations are borrowing from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    Green city livin' with cooking classes from Heirloom Gardens

    Heirloom Gardens​Heirloom Gardens, the Denver-based urban farm whose founder, Sundari Kraft, was profiled by Joel Warner this past summer, is heading into winter with a series of new cooking classes. The classes emphasize basic Indian dishes, seasonal soups and breads and other scratch-made c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    Denver Blogs: Broncos chalk-talk a good game

    "A play? Actually, I'm just kinda doodling."​No need to fear the local blogosphere. Following a massive breakdown of this Monday's Broncos-Steelers contest, Mile High Report's Steve Nichols predicts: "Denver wins (fingers crossed and nervous as Hell)." Right there with you, Steve. Alan Gottl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Meet the other Candy Girls

    Taylor BoylstonA sampler set of the Candy Girls' confections.​In this week's Westword, Joel Warner reports on the ganjapreneurs, economic adventurers exploring this state's booming business in medical marijuana. Among the folks high on the field's possibilities: the Candy Girls, three women wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    Urbavore's Dilemma: Breaking Ground is putting down roots in vacant lots

    Joel WarnerThe Breaking Ground team​Urbavore's Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers' commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from backyard chickens to front-lawn gardens, from gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    Slideshow: Say goodbye to $2.5 million worth of Sugarloaf Mountain marijuana

    "Another tough day clearing the weed...."​Joel Warner's blog "Colorado's Marijuana Growing Pains Continue" focuses on attempts to regulate the medical-marijuana industry. This item is about weed of another kind -- and a lot of it. Last month, the West Metro Drug Task Force found and eradicate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Urbavore's Dilemma: Class is in session at Denver's new urban farming school

    Joel WarnerKenzie Davison and James Bertini​Urbavore's Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers' commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from backyard chickens to front-lawn gardens, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    New downtown farmers' market rises from the asphalt

    Photo by Melanie AsmarThe tent of plenty. There's a new farmers' market in the heart of downtown Denver. Three months ago, the spot at 15th and California streets that's now home to Tiri's Garden and the Tiri's Garden Farmers' Market was an empty asphalt lot, a plot of well-positioned real estate t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Live blog: The Colorado Health Department's medical marijuana hearing

    The Latest Word is at a Colorado Board of Health's hearing, where the board will consider new medical marijuana regulations that some believe will jeopardize the newly booming industry, as Joel Warner reported last week ("Will Monday be judgment day for Colorado's medical marijuana industry?"). We'l ... More >>

  • News

    July 9, 2009

    From the week of July 9, 2009

    The Latest Word is at a Colorado Board of Health's hearing, where the board will consider new medical marijuana regulations that some believe will jeopardize the newly booming industry, as Joel Warner reported last week ("Will Monday be judgment day for Colorado's medical marijuana industry?"). We'l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2009

    Urbavore's Dilemma: Growing weird with Russ Dale's mystic space garden

    Joel WarnerThe Great Experimenters (from left): James Quirk, Barnabas Von Scarecrow, Russ Dale and Matt Twardy Urbavore's Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers' commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, co ... More >>

  • News

    June 11, 2009

    From the week of June 11, 2009

    Joel WarnerThe Great Experimenters (from left): James Quirk, Barnabas Von Scarecrow, Russ Dale and Matt Twardy Urbavore's Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers' commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    Urbavore's Dilemma: Lifestyles of the cooped and feathered -- a slideshow

    Urbavore's Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers' commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from backyard chickens to front-lawn gardens, from greenhouses to co-ops and food-sharing. Chec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    Check out Basil the robot at First Friday

    Basil the robot, who was unsuccessful in a bid to serve beers at the Wynkoop Brewing Company last year but has since redeemed himself with several triumphant performances, will give the service sector another go tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. as part of an event for the First Friday Santa Fe Artwork, wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    Now you can get in the swim at Casa Bonita

    Courtesy Rob Lee on Flickr Joel Warner, who recently wrote a Casa Bonita survival guide as a public service for anyone headed to that bastard child of Disneyland and Tijuana in the heart of Lakewood, has news for fans of the colossal Mexican restaurant/amusement park. Casa Bonita is looking for a ... More >>

  • News

    April 2, 2009

    Letters from the week of April 2

    Courtesy Rob Lee on Flickr Joel Warner, who recently wrote a Casa Bonita survival guide as a public service for anyone headed to that bastard child of Disneyland and Tijuana in the heart of Lakewood, has news for fans of the colossal Mexican restaurant/amusement park. Casa Bonita is looking for a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    WTF?!!? A new menu at Chipotle

    I have to extend an apologetic hand to both my fellow Westworder Joel Warner and, by extension, the Highland Mommies -- the web message board group in North Denver; See, at Monday's editorial meeting, Mr. Warner brought up a rumor he'd heard that Chipotle was changing its menu. There weren't many de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2009

    Get on the Red Trolley for some free cereal

    March 7 is National Cereal Day, and in honor of this august holiday, the Red Trolley -- already a delicious gelato and coffee shop -- is adding a new cereal bar, with six homemade cereals and assorted toppings, all offered in a self-serve, bottomless-bowl fashion for $5. Carpenters, plumbers an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    Denver no longer has to wonder: What Would Molly Brown Tweet?

    Historical Tweets, a website that imagines what historical figures -- from George Washington to Urkel -- would have tweeted on Twitter, recently waded into familiar territory with the above offering between El Capitano and Denver's Molly Brown. So one burning question has been answered. But here' ... More >>

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    October 22, 2008

    The Westword.com blog shortcut, October 22 edition

    Historical Tweets, a website that imagines what historical figures -- from George Washington to Urkel -- would have tweeted on Twitter, recently waded into familiar territory with the above offering between El Capitano and Denver's Molly Brown. So one burning question has been answered. But here' ... More >>

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    October 2, 2008

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from the week of October 2, 2008

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    August 21, 2008

    Letters to the Editor

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    July 24, 2008

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    June 11, 2008

    Westword Wins

    Letters from the week of 7/24/2008

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    April 28, 2008

    Over the Weekend...Graffiti in the Gardens, Kanye West, Local Hip-Hop, and the Art of the Early Show!

    Letters from the week of 7/24/2008

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    April 4, 2008

    The Pajamas Letter—Part Three

    Letters from the week of 7/24/2008

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    December 28, 2007

    The Worst TV of 2007

    Letters from the week of 7/24/2008

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    November 29, 2007

    Letters to the Editor

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    August 23, 2007

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    June 14, 2007

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    April 19, 2007

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    March 22, 2007

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