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Reader: Did it really cost $11,000 to clean up the Big Blue Bear? Really?

Our post about the arrest of a suspect for allegedly splashing green paint on the Big Blue Bear outside the Convention Center, and the subsequent decision not to charge him with the crime, drew varied responses. Among them was the following post, in which a reader casts doubt on the estimated $11,00 ... More >>

Big Blue Bear vandalism: Charges rejected for man busted in green-paint splashing

Update: Yesterday, Denver police announced, with a good deal of hoopla, that an arrest had been made in the March 31 vandalism of the Big Blue Bear at the Colorado Convention Center, during which the tourism symbol was splashed with green paint. Mere hours later, however, the Denver District Attorn ... More >>

Reader: The Sand Creek Massacre deserves more than this "zombie exhibit"

Aurora's Sonne Shields wins All American Handywoman title on HGTV

HGTV's All American Handyman competition tests the skills of handymen and women throughout the country, and the winner gets a development deal with the network to star in a show. This time, three of the ten contestants were from Colorado -- and Aurora resident Sonne Shields, 32, was ultimately prono ... More >>

Medical marijuana dispensary review: The Health Center in Uptown

The Health Center is a tiny center in a tiny house on a tiny block in the Uptown neighborhood. What isn't little, though, was the selection of unique strains more than worth taking home.

Turns out that outdoor fireplaces are illegal in Denver

Stoner MacGyver marijuana product review: Sean's 1000 Watt all-mesh filter bags

Stoner MacGyver.​The general idea behind Sean's 1000 Watt hash bags is nothing new. There's at least a half-dozen companies making similar icewater extraction bags and filter products right now. But for the Denver-based company, the all-mesh design is a major improvement over its first-generat ... More >>

Medical marijuana dispensary review: Greenhouse in Denver selling quality on the cheap

Greenhouse is neither green nor a house. This may seem like a total "duh" statement, but it seems important to note in a town that has dozens of dispensaries in actual houses painted green.

The MCA trumps logistics to present an intriguing group exhibit

Winter-storm warning a relief to Denver snow sculptors: Kenny Be's Yard Arteology

Yard Arteology: The study of neighbors through lawn decoration... Figure 96a. Wellshire: Little Air snowboard ramp.​ The photo of the "little air" snowboard ramp above was taken this past weekend. That the iced 3/4 pipe has weathered an unseasonably warm January is testament to good design and ... More >>

Move over, Hockey Dad and Deadbeat Dad. Make room for Deadmau5 Dad

​Mystery solved: In case you've been wondering what goes into making one of those Deadmau5 heads, we stumbled across this helpful clip starring Michael Cobra, clearly the coolest dad on the planet, creating one for his young lad out of everyday items you can pick up at your neighborhood Lowe's ... More >>

Song of the day: "The House That Built Me" Miranda Lambert

Cue: Gigantic lump in the throat. Heard this one on the radio yesterday and immediately wanted to hear it again -- before it had even finished, a sure sign that I'd stumbled on a keeper. The other, and maybe this is just the sentimentalist in me (probably -- I'm a big old sissy), I found myself bl ... More >>

Porn site preys on lonely chain-store fans

​One day it was Home Depot, the next it was Wendy's, and then a secret admirer told me he'd stopped by "applebees and thought about u." Now I just got an e-mail from someone who spotted me at Starbucks -- at least according to this: Howdy Patricia. not usually this brave, i thought i saw u b ... More >>

Chef and Tell with molecular gastronomist Ian Kleinman

Lori Midson Molecular magician Ian Kleinman at Steele Elementary School ​"Anything I can possibly dream up is now doable, because I'm able to really play around with food," says Ian Kleinman, Denver's answer to Alton Brown, the wacky culinary scientist (and only food personality worth watching ... More >>

The Mexican: You ask, he answers

Dog-friendly businesses face the dog days of summer

"Have you ever wondered why you are required by law to keep [dogs] under control, but people are not required to keep their children under control around us?" You have? Well, here's the answer: Because they're fucking dogs! Children are people. Dogs are animals. Dogs are not people. It's an easy ... More >>

Poo Power at the Denver Zoo

EarthFirst! enviro-radicals emerge from the trees to protest I-70 overhaul

Anti I-70 expansion poster by EarthFirst! Activists with the radical environmentalist outfit EarthFirst! have apparently taken a hiatus from monkeywrenching logging trucks and boiling pine cones for sustenance during three-month tree-sits to run a campaign in urban Denver against the various propo ... More >>

Focus on the Family doesn't blame Obama for layoffs -- yet

Lord save us. News that Colorado Springs' Focus on the Familiy is eliminating 202 jobs -- the biggest single cut in the ministry's history -- naturally raised the question of whether Focus reps would lay the blame at Barack Obama's door. After all, prior to the November 4 vote, Focus published ... More >>

What's in store for the green movement? Ellie's

Want to see what's next in the green revolution? Head to Boulder, a hotbed for businesses specializing in natural and organic products (for more on that, see my Naturally Boulder blogs). That's where the first Ellie’s Eco Home Store will debut tomorrow at 2545 Arapahoe Street -- right by a Sunflow ... More >>

Going My Way

Meet us on Alameda, where cultures collide. In a good way.

Timmy Flynn's Hardware Store

Edge Gallery

Lost in Translations

Translations Gallery changes its spots.

Dialed In

Press 1 if you love the Mexican.

Frequently Asked Preguntas

Gustavo Arellano explains it all for you.

Hot Dog Overflow

Weekend Update

Lynne Bruning Wins International Design Award

Chef Zorba’s Cuisine

Ode to a Grecian meal.

Star-Crossed

Can a yaktivist and a government worker find love?

REALationships: Works of Surreal Inspiration

Foothills Art Center

Dress for Success

Fashion tips for the campaign trail.

JD’s Bait Shop Sports Grill

Let's drink to football season.

X Marks the Spat

Puttling Colorado on the map.

Hall of Shame

Don't let the door hit you on your way out, Gary.

Pause for Santa Clause

A cheeky Christmas tale.

The Butt of the Joke

There's no place like Home Depot for the holidays.

Toilet Training

WSF investigates a sticky situation.

Serengeti

The name game

Best Fashions to Wear on the Art Bus

Girl's Gotta Have It

Best Cheap Building Materials

Habitat Home Improvement Outlet

Off Limits

Better late than never

Hangin' Zen

Contemplate the sound of one hand clapping in a Capitol Hill zen garden.

Best Cut-Rate Plumbing Supplies

Do-It-Ur-Self Plumbing and Heating Supply

Letters to the Editor

From the week of April 3, 2003

Best Low-End Doors

Buds Warehouse

A Gopher in Your Pocket?

Douglas County's very own gopher is the latest endangered-species hopeful.

Best Next Job for House Speaker Doug Dean

Home Depot greeter

Something From Nothing

The DCTC's Much Ado never quite hits the mark.

Best Mickey Mouse bathrooms

Bath & Kitchen Design Center