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  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Medical marijuana has its hearing today

    ​The last time the House judiciary committee considered HB 1284, which would regulate medical marijuana from seed to sale in this state, the March 4 hearing went on for ten hours, and over 800 people signed up to testify. Today, when the committee again takes up HB 1284, there will be no pub ... More >>

  • News

    March 18, 2010

    Playing the name game with Denver's War on Terrorism Memorial

    ​The last time the House judiciary committee considered HB 1284, which would regulate medical marijuana from seed to sale in this state, the March 4 hearing went on for ten hours, and over 800 people signed up to testify. Today, when the committee again takes up HB 1284, there will be no pub ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Paul Weissman serves up a remembrance of things pasta

    ​Paul Weissman has the best resume of anyone at the State Capitol: He's a manager at the Blue Parrot Restaurant, the Italian joint in Louisville where he also bartends. And this isn't just any Italian joint: The Blue Parrot has been open since 1919, and is owned by the Colacci family -- memb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    The pot battle begins at the state legislature: Senator Chris Romer's bill moves to the senate floor

    Senator Chris Romer​The great Colorado debate over medical marijuana finally reached the gold dome of the State Capitol on Wednesday when Democratic Senator Chris Romer introduced the first of two proposed bills dealing with the issue. More than 150 people, including a large number of disable ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    Wake-Up Call: Naptime in a land called Colorado

    ​Governor Bill Ritter will celebrate Colorado Tourism Day this afternoon at the State Capitol, and there's real reason to celebrate: The embarrassingly awful, Joan Rivers-ish "Let's Talk Colorado" campaign has disappeared almost entirely, with just a few "Let's Talk Colorado with the Locals Wh ... More >>

  • News

    December 10, 2009

    RU buzzed? There's an app for that.

    ​Governor Bill Ritter will celebrate Colorado Tourism Day this afternoon at the State Capitol, and there's real reason to celebrate: The embarrassingly awful, Joan Rivers-ish "Let's Talk Colorado" campaign has disappeared almost entirely, with just a few "Let's Talk Colorado with the Locals Wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: Let's give thanks for political turkeys

    ​On Saturday, a group of Tea Party activists gathered at the Colorado State Capitol to celebrate Thanksgiving -- and small government -- by reading the Mayflower Compact. For political theater that laid an egg, it didn't come close to the turkey served by Roy Romer-era Lieutenant Governor Mik ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    Happy Birthday to Colorado and its canny State Capitol

    State of ColoradoYummy!​ Happy Birthday Colorado. You are 133, and frankly, you are looking a little worse for wear. But that's okay because we're celebrating you anyway on Colorado Day. Although Colorado officially became a state on August 1, 1876, it technically honors that day on the firs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    The Westword.com blog shortcut, August 3 edition

    Ballin'.​Meat your maker. Today in Cafe Society: • Maggiano's is on a roll with winning meatball, winning two-fer deal. • Milking It: Kellogg's Raisin Bran Extra! • The Capital Grille kicks off six-week wine tasting event. • Video: Live ramblings from Jason Sheehan at the Denver Press ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    Tornado picked wrong day to suck up politicians

    Our recent rash of severe weather included the funnel cloud seen in the video above, which seemed to hover directly over the State Capitol building yesterday. "Too bad it didn't touch down," writes the YouTuber who captured these images. "Could have been a crazy place for a tornado." True -- but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2009

    The Week Ahead: No storybook endings

    Now that we won't be spending the week buying our Birdman hair gel and getting our support-the-Nuggets tats, it's time to get back to reality. And there's plenty of that. Today marks the start of Denver's "Home Renovation Bonanza," a two-week period in which homeowners and licensed contractors ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    Wake Up Call: The week ahead -- when worse comes to verse

    Before we were panicked about swine flu and twisted by torture-memo leaks, we were terrified by the Devil Horse, Luis Jimenez's killer sculpture that stands guard outside Denver International Airport, its red eyes shooting deadly lasers at unsuspecting passersby. Or are those glowing orbs actually ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    KOA's Colorado Morning News letting its bias show in Tea Party coverage

    Today's tax-day Tea Party protests are predictably hypocritical: I don't seem to remember any conservative talk-show hosts leading State Capitol rallies when the George Bush administration pushed through the free-spending Troubled Asset Relief Program just a few short months ago. Still, the presen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    YouTubers ratchet up the guilt on John Elway, other Denver celebs over child soldiers

    On April 25, InvisibleChildren.com is staging events in 100 cities to bring attention to the abduction and forced recruitment of child soldiers -- an unspeakably cruel practice that's all too common in many parts of the world. In Denver, participants will gather at the main gate of Coors Field pri ... More >>

  • News

    March 12, 2009

    The astounding adventures of the Wall Creeper, Colorado's own superhero

    On April 25, InvisibleChildren.com is staging events in 100 cities to bring attention to the abduction and forced recruitment of child soldiers -- an unspeakably cruel practice that's all too common in many parts of the world. In Denver, participants will gather at the main gate of Coors Field pri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2009

    Enough about the "pork" -- where did Malkin get the pig?

    And we're not talking Jon Caldara.FoxNews contributor Michelle Malkin is now an unlikely resident of Colorado Springs -- not exactly the state's hot spot for barbecue. So where did she get the whole roasted pig (and rolls) that she brought to the State Capitol yesterday for Caldara and company's "no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2009

    More from yesterday's State Capitol Obama protest: Michelle Malkin with "Swastika Guy"

    The photos captured by Melanie Asmar for "Colorado Conservatives' Porkiest Anti-Stimulus Protest Ever," a blog about a State Capitol rally yesterday, were plenty weird -- but as a commenter to that post pointed out, they were nowhere as jaw-slackening as the image above, captured by ProgressNow Co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2009

    The Westword.com blog shortcut, February 18 edition

    Devandra Banhart. The blogsophere never stops, does it? Today in Backbeat Online: • Ten bands we'd watch on TV. • Reviews of new releases by Bruce Springsteen, Charlie Louvin, John Shannon. • See Slipknot free courtesy of FashioNation. • Rowboat, row me to my shore. • The Fray covers... ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    Jon Caldara on today's Barack Obama protest

    In addition to buying a full-page ad needling President Barack Obama, who's in town today to sign a $787 billion economic-stimulus bill, Colorado Republican Party chairman Dick Wadhams is also taking part in a protest at the Colorado State Capitol co-starring a number of big names in local conserv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    Colorado conservatives' porkiest anti-stimulus protest ever

    Nate the pig takes a stand at the State Capitol! Or, he searches for food. Either way. (And yes, that's conservative Fox News-er Michelle Malkin in the background, taking a photo with her cell phone.) There were plenty of pork jokes -- and about 300 people -- at today's "Barack Obama: You Don't Kno ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2009

    Circuit Media's Don Knox sees capitol press room as ethical conflict

    Don Knox (pictured), the former Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post business editor who now runs Circuit Media, isn't happy about how the media is handled at Colorado's State Capitol -- and one area of concern for him is the press room, which is provided at no charge to reporters from credentialed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Dianne Reeves to sing national anthem at Capitol on Wednesday morning

    Just received word that Diane Reeves, a Denver native and four-time Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist, is slated to open the Colorado Senate's 67th general assembly. Tomorrow morning at 10 a.m., Reeves, a George Washington High School and University of Colorado alumna, will join Senate president Pe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2008

    Wake-Up Call: The week ahead, November 24-30

    It's the economy, stupid. While chairmen of the Big Three auto-makers jetted by private plane to Washington, D.C., looking for a handout last week, hundreds of out-of-work Coloradans lined up before each prospective employer at job fairs across the state last Thursday. And on Saturday, 40,000 peopl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2008

    Regas Christou's City Hall looks a little too stately

    Regas Christou puts a dome on it. If he can get past the liquor license board on December 3, nightclub magnate Regas Christou is hoping City Hall , his new outdoor venue at 1144 Broadway, will serve a more elite, upper-crust crowd than the grind-happy scenesters who frequent his other clubs near ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2008

    Capitalizing on Capitol History Tees

    Regas Christou puts a dome on it. If he can get past the liquor license board on December 3, nightclub magnate Regas Christou is hoping City Hall , his new outdoor venue at 1144 Broadway, will serve a more elite, upper-crust crowd than the grind-happy scenesters who frequent his other clubs near ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2006

    Ka-Ching!

    Regas Christou puts a dome on it. If he can get past the liquor license board on December 3, nightclub magnate Regas Christou is hoping City Hall , his new outdoor venue at 1144 Broadway, will serve a more elite, upper-crust crowd than the grind-happy scenesters who frequent his other clubs near ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2006

    More Messages: Lost in the Stream

    Regas Christou puts a dome on it. If he can get past the liquor license board on December 3, nightclub magnate Regas Christou is hoping City Hall , his new outdoor venue at 1144 Broadway, will serve a more elite, upper-crust crowd than the grind-happy scenesters who frequent his other clubs near ... More >>

  • News

    January 12, 2006

    Purple Haze

    While the State Capitol glows, state residents glower over their Xcel bills.

  • Calendar

    November 17, 2005

    Peel Rubber

    Longmont breaks out the bikes for winter.

  • News

    September 22, 2005

    Take Your Best Shot

    Throwing a few back for Katrina relief.

  • News

    May 19, 2005

    What's So Funny

    Throwing a few back for Katrina relief.

  • News

    May 12, 2005

    What's So Funny

    Throwing a few back for Katrina relief.

  • News

    November 11, 2004

    Off Limits

    The yolk's on us

  • News

    April 15, 2004

    Off Limits

    Double duty

  • News

    April 1, 2004

    High Noon

    When it's springtime in the Rockies . . .

  • Calendar

    September 18, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    When it's springtime in the Rockies . . .

  • Calendar

    August 14, 2003

    Up in the Air

    Juggling Convention tosses fun around

  • Summer Guide

    June 12, 2003

    Summer in the City

    Shopping around for metro Denver's top ten attractions for tourists -- and locals.

  • Calendar

    March 20, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Shopping around for metro Denver's top ten attractions for tourists -- and locals.

  • Culture

    October 31, 2002

    Edifice Complex

    The new Webb Building gets a mixed review.

  • People & Places

    April 4, 2002

    Best Appearance by a Cat at the Colorado Legislature

    Westy

  • People & Places

    April 4, 2002

    Best Appearance by a Minister Stalking Miss America

    Reverend David Meek

  • People & Places

    April 4, 2002

    Best Elevator Button in the State Capitol

    "Help is on the Way"

  • People & Places

    April 4, 2002

    Best Place to Watch Drug Deals on Your Lunch Hour

    Civic Center Park

  • News

    July 12, 2001

    Watching the Sunset

    A look at auto-insurance legislation in Colorado.

  • Food & Drink

    March 29, 2001

    Best Power Lunch

    CityGrille

  • Sports & Recreation

    March 29, 2001

    Best Moonlight Ride

    The Moonlight Classic

  • Calendar

    January 10, 1996

    THRILLS

    The Moonlight Classic

  • News

    October 25, 1995

    I AM NOT A CAMERATHEY'RE WATCHING YOU AT THE CAPITOL--OR ARE THEY?

    The Moonlight Classic

  • News

    June 29, 1994

    FOOD & DRINK

    The Moonlight Classic

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