In a June press release sent out under his own byline, publisher Zac Folk touted his hiring of Dahlia Weinstein, the Rocky Mountain News’s society columnist, as editor-in-chief of a new luxury lifestyle magazine dubbed Shine. “With Dahlia’s talent, vision and influence, the magazine is sure to be among the…
Last week, Quiznos chairman and former CEO Richard Schaden delivered the keynote address at the Under One Roof — Denver Help the Homeless Summit that brought mayors from around the country to Denver to discuss ways to end homelessness. But event promoters had also promised that Schaden would make a…
As the head of the prominent Denver-based Starkey International Institute of Household Management, Mary Louise Starkey has long been recognized for bringing professionalism to the butler industry. But the city’s “First Lady of Service” has also become known among former students, staff and industry colleagues for alleged mismanagement, turmoil and…
Dear Mexican: What’s the deal with Spanish-language car-dealership commercials that feature bikini-clad porn-star wannabes copulating with used cars? I just saw one where three girls were rubbing melted chocolate on each other. Surely no one in mainstream Caucasian America could get away with such overtly sexual, misogynistic advertising. Does this…
I can kick your ass in Street Fighter II. I’m not kidding. You could be Ryu or Guile or even M. Bison if we were playing the Turbo version, and I could be lowly Zangief, and I would still bury you. I’d deliver a swirling, hairy, man-blizzard of Russian beatdown…
What was it about this particular pooch? His limpid brown eyes? His fetchingly droopy ears? His legendarily mellow demeanor? Or his slobbery affinity for peanut butter? Certainly the height differential alone would seem to make the basset hound an unlikely pick for a predator. The dog isn’t talking, and neither…
“A Tough Sell,” Naomi Zeveloff, November 8 Home, Sweet Home As a Stapleton resident not living in affordable housing, I would like to say that we do not all share the same fears as Margot Vahrenwald when it comes to having more affordable options in our community. It is too…
Thanksgiving doesn’t have enough TV specials. Oh, sure, it’s got Charlie Brown, but I covered how weak that is earlier. And there’s the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, but aside from seeing how cold and wet the Broadway dancers are going to be doing their thing in Herald Square, it’s basically just…
As the Arapahoe County District Attorney’s office continues to investigate the Glendale Police Department’s handling of a recent prostitution sting — profiled in the November 8 City Limit “Prostitution Sting Has Fringe Benefits” — it has sent letters to defense attorneys, advising them that their cases may benefit from information…
After 3 seasons of Project Runway, it seems evident that nobody does the wacky-artsy-type thing like an aspiring designer (though you can also catch some truly wacked-out antics on America’s Next Top Model, which is also on tonight). And nobody has perfected this craziness as much as this season’s yoga-lovin’,…
Maybe all it took was Sunday’s visit from Mary Peters, the Transportation secretary, who vowed to keep the nation’s airports operating through the holidays — and choose Denver as the poster child for last year’s dysfunctional flying. Maybe it was the holiday entertainment that kicked off yesterday, which translated to…
Okay, maybe not ever. I’m not counting aberrations like and It’s Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown, or You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown, or Try My Flugelhorn, Charlie Brown (and of those three, I only made one of them up). I’m talking about the big ones, the ones that we watched as kids…
The Evanescence profile in the November 22 edition of Westword stems from the following Q&A, a conversation with group leader Amy Lee that’s lively and notably frank. Lee begins by talking about the group’s current tour, including a side trip into Mexico, where aficionados are at their most rabid, before…
Eryc Eyl’s November 22 profile on Buck 65 was based on the following interview with the high-profile indie rapper. In it, Buck 65, also known as Rich Terfry, discusses — with very little prompting — his love for Colorado, his new disc, Situation, and his intensely personal artistic process…
There are essentially two kinds of restaurants: those run for the benefit of customers and those run as playgrounds for chefs. The Corner Office is unabashedly one of the former, and that “unabashedly”part is why it’s so successful. With no shame, no tongue-in-cheek, smirking irony, the bar will pour you…
Received word last week thatAchille Lauro’s Matt Close, was recently hospitalized after the bike he was riding was hit by a van. The accident, which left Close with a fractured pelvis and rib damage, has sidelined the singer/guitarist from performing for the time being. (In a bit of cruel irony,…
This week, Vlog the Impaler takes a field trip to the home of the most infamous sandwich made from preformed boneless pork…
In 1990, Westword published its seventh Best of Denver issue, a celebration of the city that saluted everything from Best Bumpersticker (“I Sold a Townhome in Aurora,” an amazing feat in this town’s still depressed economy) to Best C&W Bar (the just-opened Grizzly Rose) to Best Name for a New…
Both men accused of hatching a murder-by-snake plot to kill Amateur Poker Tour owner Matt Sowash have now had the most serious charges against them dropped. Herb Beck and Christopher Steelman (profiles in the September 27 feature “Free Poker Tour Is a Dead Man’s Hand”) were arrested in August, charged…
The women on Telemundo are so hot. From the spicy soap opera stars to the TV news anchors, the channel is flooded with momacitas. But beware my fellow male Spanish channel gawkers, for there is a man dressed up as a woman who has slipped in with the real Latinas…
Compared with other holidays, Thanksgiving hasn’t inspired bards overmuch. There are no traditional hymns, no instantly identifiable music associated with the day save possibly various football broadcast bumpers. Nevertheless, here and there we find certain songs that — in lyric or in spirit — fit the theme of the day…
Here’s a selection of the best of last week’s music blogging from around the Village Voice media empire: Hip-hop needs more pie charts, as this post proves elegantly as it breaks down the latest offerings from Jay Z, Kanye and Wu-Tang visually. An explication of rock and roll more pure…
