Tom Noel

The Rest Is History

Kobe or Not Kobe?

Before there was Kobe Bryant, there was Kobe, Colorado. Guess which one disappeared.

Off Limits

Paint it orange...

Off Limits

Deja new

Speechifying at the Rocky Mountain News candelight rally

In the January 23 blog "Details About Next Week's Candlelight Rally for the Rocky Mountain News," reporter John Ensslin, one of the event's organizers, said, "There'll be no speechifying. It'll be just a silent, dignified, elegant way to express our concern, affection and support for the paper." ... More >>

The Rocky Mountain News throws one heck of a migil

Cute kids make good migil photos.The mood at last night's Rocky Mountain News candlelight migil (half march, half vigil --- so coined, in the tradition of the Martin Luther King Day Marade, by someone cleverer than me) was light. Although the details of the event hinted at the possibility of theatri ... More >>

Today's bonus featured event: Geeks Who Drink and Buckfifty.org trivialize Denver -- but it's a good thing

Since we all know that great minds think alike, it's got to be an auspicious day when two of the town's greatest trivial pastimes team up. To be exact, Best of Denver winners Geeks Who Drink and Buckfifty.org will collaborate tonight on Denver's first (and possibly last) Locals Only Pub Quiz, wher ... More >>

The View

Nothing is set in stone, even on the landmarked Stoneman's Row. And the rest could be history.

2001: A Spaced Odyssey

Prepare for a blast from the past!

Off Limits

Mayoral mayhem

Watch the Fireworks!

Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder as a public dispute goes pubic.

A Lot to Love

What would you do with Block 162?

Thirst Fridays

You don’t need liquor to appreciate art — but it helps.

Mining History for Laughs

You don’t need liquor to appreciate art — but it helps.

Déjà Wu

What's up with the Wu-Tang Clan paying homage to Stapleton and Park Hill?

Ghoul Crazy

Dr. Colorado leaves no tombstone unturned.

Through a Glass, Darkly

A special soused report

The Message

Company Way

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Company Way

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Company Way

Columbus Day Forecast: Stormy

Identity struggles continue to pit Italians against critics.

Time Piece

A sad relic of Colorado's anti-Chinese past appears in a Denver antiques shop.

Smelter Skelter!

The lost town of Saxonia reemerges from the pages of history.

Down by the River

Denver's madams duke it out.

Mouthing Off

Denver's madams duke it out.

Night & Day

June 3 - 9, 1999

Night & Day

January 28 - February 3, 1999

A New Dress for the Old Gal

If Art Greer has his way, Diamond Lil's will be a porno palace Denver can be proud of.

Wake Me When It's Over

If Art Greer has his way, Diamond Lil's will be a porno palace Denver can be proud of.

Artsbeat

If Art Greer has his way, Diamond Lil's will be a porno palace Denver can be proud of.

Thrills for the week

If Art Greer has his way, Diamond Lil's will be a porno palace Denver can be proud of.

War of the Heavy Weights

Prop up your coffee tables: Two big Denver books are coming.

Thrills for the week

Prop up your coffee tables: Two big Denver books are coming.

Off Limits

Prop up your coffee tables: Two big Denver books are coming.

Letters

Prop up your coffee tables: Two big Denver books are coming.

Letters

Prop up your coffee tables: Two big Denver books are coming.

UP AGAINST THE WALL

THE CITY'S ABOUT TO COME FACE TO FACE WITH JUST WHO'S ON THE CONVENTION CENTER MURAL.

THRILLS

THE CITY'S ABOUT TO COME FACE TO FACE WITH JUST WHO'S ON THE CONVENTION CENTER MURAL.

PEOPLE & PLACES

THE CITY'S ABOUT TO COME FACE TO FACE WITH JUST WHO'S ON THE CONVENTION CENTER MURAL.

THRILLS

THE CITY'S ABOUT TO COME FACE TO FACE WITH JUST WHO'S ON THE CONVENTION CENTER MURAL.

A creche course in why the Nativity gets to stay on the steps of Denver's City Hall

THE CITY'S ABOUT TO COME FACE TO FACE WITH JUST WHO'S ON THE CONVENTION CENTER MURAL.

Happy fortieth birthday to My Brother's Bar

​On January 12, 1970, Jim and Angelo Karagas opened my My Brother's Bar, which forty years later is still one of this town's best watering holes, despite having never had a sign out front. When the brothers bought the building at 2376 15th Street, it had already been a bar for close to a cent ... More >>

Eat Up History at This Walking Tour

​On January 12, 1970, Jim and Angelo Karagas opened my My Brother's Bar, which forty years later is still one of this town's best watering holes, despite having never had a sign out front. When the brothers bought the building at 2376 15th Street, it had already been a bar for close to a cent ... More >>

Things To Do in Denver When You're Dead

​On January 12, 1970, Jim and Angelo Karagas opened my My Brother's Bar, which forty years later is still one of this town's best watering holes, despite having never had a sign out front. When the brothers bought the building at 2376 15th Street, it had already been a bar for close to a cent ... More >>

Hot dog! Bailey's Coney Island diner could be yours -- for $499,000

​The Coney Island Boardwalk diner, a weinie-shaped culinary adventure that began operations on West Colfax in the 1960s and later moved to Aspen Park and then Bailey, could soon be on the move again. The building (but not the land) is listed online for sale at $499,000 -- and relocation is a ... More >>

Five Doors Open Denver tours you don't want to miss

Not the residence of Don Johnson, but it could be.​As city-dwellers, we see an average of probably hundreds of buildings every day, most of which we will never step inside. And for the most part, that's fine, but there are always those buildings that pique our interest, that make us think, "hu ... More >>

Colorado beer calendar: Denver Beer Co, Boulder Beer, Avery, Rackhouse, Renegade

​Last May, while Denver Beer Co, 1695 Platte Street, was still in the planning stages, owners Charlie Berger and Patrick Crawford bought more than a hundred baby hops plants and gave them out to anyone who was willing to grow them in their back yards as part of an urban gardening experiment. T ... More >>

Tom Noel, aka Dr. Colorado, makes some history at the Denver Public Library

​Decades of this city's history gathered last night in the stunning Gates Reading Room at the Denver Public Library to honor historian Tom Noel, aka Dr. Colorado, who received this year's Eleanor Gehres Award. And the fact that Noel had served on the Eleanor Gehres Award Committee for 2011 was ... More >>

Tattered Cover owner Joyce Meskis talks about forty years of selling books

​Steve Cogil opened the first Tattered Cover on the corner of East 2nd Avenue and Detroit Street in Cherry Creek in 1971. It was small -- less than a thousand square feet. Three years later, Joyce Meskis took the reins of the space. In the decades since that, the Cherry Creek space moved again ... More >>

Up In Smoke

​Steve Cogil opened the first Tattered Cover on the corner of East 2nd Avenue and Detroit Street in Cherry Creek in 1971. It was small -- less than a thousand square feet. Three years later, Joyce Meskis took the reins of the space. In the decades since that, the Cherry Creek space moved again ... More >>