United Nations

Video: Flash mob planned today at Denver Canadian 
Consulate
 in
 support of First Nations

In what may be Denver's last protest of 2012, a flash mob is gathering this morning at the Canadian Consulate by the 16th Street Mall in support of Theresa Spence, the chief of the Attawapiskat First Nation, who has been on a hunger strike for more than twenty days. For a taste of the noise expected ... More >>

The 25 creepiest metal album covers

Halloween is the time where it's acceptable to wallow in the creepy, the crawly, the dark, and the macabre. Sounds like the themes of heavy metal, year-round! Here then, are those most spine-tingliest metal album covers, for your All Hallow's Eve viewing pleasure. Step inside... See also: - The 25 ... More >>

Aurora theater shooting: Priest wonders if James Holmes was possessed by a demon

There have been plenty of theories about James Holmes's actions in the Aurora theater shooting, including some that appear semi-plausible (e.g., reactions to antidepressants) and others that seem unmoored from reality (the assault was staged to promote a United Nations gun control measure). The pos ... More >>

UCD's new conservatism class is funded by...conservatives

Artist Rik Sargent on his "One World, One Water" sculpture at Metro State

Metropolitan State College of Denver is hosting a dedication ceremony this afternoon that will showcase its newest monument: a 12-foot-high, 8-foot-deep, 10-foot-wide,1.5 ton water sculpture designed by artist Rik Sargent, and dedicated to Metro's One World, One Water Center for Urban Water and Educ ... More >>

South Havana vs. South Federal in our Street 16 tournament

Havana Street or South Federal Boulevard. Which of these ethnic food hot spots is tops? Vote below!

Burma: A primer on recent political changes in the country also known as Myanmar

The government of Burma (also known as Myanmar) is undergoing a transformation of sorts. As explained in this week's cover story, "A World Away," Burma has been a dangerous place for decades due to civil wars and the oppressive policies of the former ruling military junta. In the past year, a new no ... More >>

Starfox 3D, Michael Chabon and zombies, zombies, zombies this week, August 6, 2011

​We told you last week that things were about to pick up, so hopefully you didn't blow all your hard earned cash on mimosas this weekend, because there is a ton of great content to highlight this week. We've got not one, but two different pieces of zombie media -- a game and a comic -- and the ... More >>

What week is it? A good week to get naked and be French

No, please, just stay behind the bushes.​It's one of life's most bitter ironies that, as a general rule, the people most likely to be nudists are the people you least want to see nude -- and so it was with a collective sigh of relief from the pants-wearing world that Nude Recreation Week wrapp ... More >>

Five sci-fi films with serious logical flaws

Come on Travolta... you can barely hold the gun and you've got a stringy Biore strip on your nose....​This Wednesday, Denver Film Society and Denver Museum of Nature and Science are kicking off an amazing five-week film series for all the sci-fi buffs out there by matching superior film-making wit ... More >>

DelectablePlanet.com's Lester Karplus on globalism, plant-based eating and why the elitist argument is flawed

Lester Karplus.​Lester Karplus, co-founder of DelectablePlanet.com, has eaten veggie for almost forty years; he'll be offering up cooking demonstrations at VegFest tomorrow, which runs from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. We talked to Karplus about his shift toward vegeta ... More >>

Dan Maes to set record straight about governor's race, "campaign terrorists" in new book

Dan Maes.​When last we heard from losing 2010 gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes, he was calling Tom Tancredo a big bully. Since then, there's been radio silence -- but Maes hasn't been idle. In the past few weeks, he's managed to write a book in which he promises to set the record straight abo ... More >>

Miral tries to address the Israel-Palestine question, but its convictions get muddied

What week is it? A breakdown of everything you could be celebrating, March 7-13

A Middle Name Pride parade. Oh wait, no...​The season of Catholic holidays re-appropriated as excuses to paint your face and get hammered is upon us! Tomorrow is Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday for you non-French speakers. But we say leave the Gras to the French -- what do we need that for when we' ... More >>

Reader: "The ranch that has been in our family since 1937 would be used for tanks to tear up."

Dan Maes: Five October surprises to expect from the campaign of the Kansas superspy

Coming soon to DVD.​Call us jaded. GOP gubernatorial hopeful Dan Maes has spun so many bizarre and jaw-dropping yarns, about everything from his generous mileage reimbursements to being fired as a Kansas cop because he dared to investigate his future in-laws' gambling activities, that we're no ... More >>

Venus De Miles event for Greenhouse Scholars a bike ride even Dan Maes could love -- maybe

Colleen Cooke.​The recent Denver Cruisers' U.N> bike ride made good-natured sport of Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes, for his overblown (from his campaign's perspective) comments about Denver's B-cycle program being a United Nations plot. But it's hard to imagine him having any obj ... More >>

How Cairo gave her groove back: Cairo Time is a middle-age libido fantasy

B-cycle's A-Maes-ing ride

​Republican gubernatorial "nominee" Dan Maes brought a lot of attention to Denver's B-cycle bike-sharing program earlier this month when he theorized that the program was really some sort of hidden propaganda for a secretive United Nations plot. ("This is bigger than it looks on the surface!")

Last week to take part in TAG's effort to fight hunger

​Time is running out to help TAG Restaurant fight world hunger while also enjoying a tasty bite. Throughout October, TAG, located at 1441 Larimer Street, has been donating a portion of its sales to the "Fill the Cup" campaign, an effort by the Friends of the World Food Program to help raise f ... More >>

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