Monroe

Egging On

Delegating Denver #26 of 56: Michigan

There Goes the Neighborhood

Ghost Story

The truth about what really happened to Holly Andrews still haunts her family.

Dialed In: This week's local-music radio playlists

Here are this week's playlists from the area's local-centric speciality shows. We're still in the process of trying to track down the playlist from KCSU's Loco Local show. With any luck, we'll be able to post that next week. In the meantime, we're still tracking Radio 1190's long-running Local Shake ... More >>

The Accidental Jurist

Leonard Peltier. Stephen Miles. Now the witness who might break the Ramsey case. It’s no wonder Lee Hill thinks he needs to pack a pistol.

Happy Feet

That whole talking-animal genre? Let's be done with it.

Queen City of the Plains

Nathanial Trotter has a plan to crown Oprah.

Being Bettie

The Notorious Bettie Page never quite pins down the pinup.

Listen Up

Fast reviews of recent releases

Hack, Man

What's a great actor doing in a dump like Mooseport?

What, Them Worry?

As Mad celebrates its 400th issue, its editors wonder how to stay funny in a world gone mad.

Various Artists

Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe
(Skaggs Family Records)

Mr. Big

Stop counting the homers and start playing baseball.

Up the Creek

Stop counting the homers and start playing baseball.

Nothin' but Net

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

PEOPLE & PLACES

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

Qwest merger: Bill Ritter, Mark Udall, Michael Bennet weigh in on losing company HQ

"If they try to take our jobs, who'll join my posse?"​As we told you earlier today, Qwest is being acquired by CenturyTel in a $10.6 billion stock swap. We don't know the repercussions yet, and won't for a while. But they'll undoubtedly be significant in light of the fact that the combined co ... More >>

Qwest merger: Could it hurt arts organizations like the DCPA?

The DCPA's Randy Weeks is hopeful donations will keep flowing.​Yesterday's acquisition of Qwest by CenturyTel may enrich the likes of Phil Anschutz, but it's raised concerns among politicos such as Governor Bill Ritter and senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, who fear a loss of jobs once th ... More >>

Qwest, CenturyLink merger on the line for Colorado Public Utilities Commission

​Colorado's Public Utilities Commission is slated to sign off on Qwest's merger with CenturyLink today, a day after Montana became the fourteenth state to okay the deal, pushing memories of Mountain Bell even further down the line. The PUC was initially scheduled to approve the merger last we ... More >>

Hot-dog-eating contest, progressive dinner and more on this week's culinary calendar

​Besides Elise Wiggins' new Summer Local week at Panzano, there is a plethora of beer-, wine- and meat-centric events taking place this week, plus an annual Hot-Dog Eating Contest on Sunday. Here's a taste of what's ahead:

Are you an executive by day and a wild man by night?

He's looking for the goddess. Are you the goddess?​Attention ladies: Are you looking for a man who's not afraid to get a little sand on his tuxedo? How about a gentleman who considers himself a "refined valley dude"? Well, Video Mate has the man for you. Or had the man for you, rather, back in ... More >>

Denver Post changes include new city editor Kevin Vaughan, new columnist Chuck Murphy

Kevin Vaughan.​Clearly, change was in the offing for the Denver Post, which confirmed last week that nineteen staffers took buyouts. But the scope of shifts among those who remain is still surprising. Among the most notable: the naming of longtime reporter Kevin Vaughan as city editor and vet ... More >>

Could a Sunflower Market create an oasis in the food desert of East Colfax?

​After more than a year of study, the Denver Food Action Task Force delivered a report to a city council committee yesterday detailing what can be done to put gardens of eating in the city's current food deserts, including streamlining the permitting process for grocery stores. And the city co ... More >>

The Fray at Red Rocks on Friday, May 11

Are your marks, get set, Red Rocks: The Fray returns to Red Rocks on Friday, May 11. Tickets on sale 2/3/12.​On the eve of releasing their third full-length album, Scars and Stories and almost exactly a year after playing at Invesco with U2, the Fray has announced plans to return to Red Rocks ... More >>

Sunflower Market on Colfax inspires a food fight at Denver City Council

​Unlike so many Western towns, Denver has a wealth of wonderful neighborhoods close to the heart of the city. But with that wealth of neighborhoods comes a surfeit of NIMBY issues that often spill out of their immediate area and into City Hall -- as the fight over a new supermarket on Colfax w ... More >>

Mile Highlights: Denver/Boulder area concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

​Here's what's hot this week in music on the Front Range: On the concert front, new shows featuring the Shins, James Taylor and Explosions in the Sky were announced; In the Whale, Tennis, FaceMan got spins on local radio; and recent albums from Leonard Cohen, Matador, Young Jeezy and Lana Del ... More >>