November is sweeps month, when ratings help determine ad rates for a wide range of programming, including local news shows. As a result, stations ramp up the number of promos they run for their ‘casts, with many of them touting assorted investigations. All too often, though, these supposed scoops are…
For someone growing up in Colorado, attending a Broncos game is a right of passage. But before November 19, only one of my children — my son, Nick, who’s 18 — had experienced the crazed spectacle firsthand. I managed to score a pair of tickets to a preseason game against…
Check out this slide show of graffiti murals we spotted on a recent trip to Denver’s West side…
View larger image Indiana Total Number of Delegates: 79 Pledged: 66 Unpledged: 13 How to Recognize an Indiana Delegate: The origin of the term “Hoosiers” is uncertain. Many of the definitions for the term are synonymous with “simpleton.” But Indianans are anything but simple; in fact, to most Americans, Hoosiers…
Some quick newsy and observational items culled from a weekend out on the town: Friday night, dbiddle turned in another beautifully shambolic performance at the hi-dive. Even minus the Dia de los Muertos-esque face paint the group sported a few weeks back on the same stage (see clip above filmed…
More than a week after the dust had settled in every other political battle in the state, results were finally announced in the only contest that really counts among firefighters in a certain mountain town: the Evergreen Fire Protection District recall election. The mail-in ballot had been delayed by printing…
Check out this slide show of graffiti murals we spotted on a recent trip to Denver’s West side…
It was, again, a weekend filled with film. The 30th Denver Film Festival wrapped last night and over the weekend we caught a few flicks. I hated Being Michael Madsen. The boredom was only punctuated by the two drunks next to me who knocked over their beer bottles half way…
Festival audiences are generally more generous than traditional theatrical crowds. It’s a double-edged sword. Some films that will never see the light of day, or the darkness of theatrical release, find audiences who are willing to set aside their critical opinions and just enjoy a film for mere competence of…
Check out this slide show of graffiti murals we spotted on a recent trip to Denver’s West side…
Since the institution of a joint-operating agreement linking business operations at the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post, the papers have repeatedly emphasized that their editorial departments operate independently. This point was reinforced in the Saturday, November 17 Rocky, albeit in an embarrassing way. That day’s Business section included…
Have you had it with this year? Enter Westword’s “Why I’m Ready to Kiss 2007 Goodbye” essay contest and you could see the year out in style – with a gift certificate to one of Denver’s best restaurants. That’s just one of the prizes that will be awarded to contest…
Closing night didn’t shut the door on the 30th annual Starz Denver Film Festival. Other selections began unspooling around the same time or after the start of this bash at other participating theaters, and a full slate of flicks was available for viewing the following day. As such, the November…
In the Best of Denver 2007, Jason Sheehan named Ha Noi “The Best Taste of Hanoi,” saying this: “If you’re from Vietnam, this is comfort food. If you’re not, it’s a fantastic education in the less common flavors of Southeast Asia. Gelatinized duck’s blood, fishscale mint, sawgrass and other, even…
In the Best of Denver 2007, Jason Sheehan named Ha Noi “The Best Taste of Hanoi,” saying this: “If you’re from Vietnam, this is comfort food. If you’re not, it’s a fantastic education in the less common flavors of Southeast Asia. Gelatinized duck’s blood, fishscale mint, sawgrass and other, even…
Earlier this week, we interviewed party promoter Charlie Morrison by phone while he was drying out in the forced confinement of Denver C.A.R.E.S. Charlie’s surely out by now, but we thought we’d pop in to his club night at Bender’s Tavern, Night of the Living Shred, to see if we…
Be sure to twist and shout your way to, well, Twist and Shout Records, 2508 East Colfax Avenue, to see an in-store performance by ex-Drive By Trucker Jason Isbell. Isbell — possibly the most soulful white boy around — is a whiskey-drenched phenomenon of a musician who will play a…
Earlier this week, we talked about how Northern Exposure is airing on KBDI-Channel 12 Monday through Thursday nights at 7PM. But what’s the big deal? Why does this nearly twenty-year-old television series merit not one but two blogs? Ah, my friend, I’d give it ten, if I could. (One on…
Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards has achieved a lot in his life, but arguably his most famous act was paying $400 for someone to shape and mold his astonishingly lustrous and luxurious locks. Today, November 15, Colorado’s Tom Tancredo, a Republican presidential hopeful currently stuck at single digits in most…
Check out a slide show of Frock Out. For the past few months, twelve Denver fashion designers have been hard at work creating their own version of Project Runway, and now a piece by each of these talented tailors is on display at the Denver Public Library’s Central Branch for…
Joni Mitchell Shine (Hear Music) Mitchell is revered for her early work — but the sad truth is, her last undeniably brilliant album was Hejira, which came out in 1976, and although her subsequent platters continued to display her intelligence and instrumental skill, they seemed to grow increasingly heavy-handed and…
In 1989, Westword published its sixth Best of Denver issue, a celebration of the city that saluted everything from perennial favorites Pirate, El Chapultepec and John Elway to the Best New Screen (the just-renovated Esquire), the Best Place to Get on Track (Caboose Hobbies, where pint-sized star Gary Coleman had…
