TODAY: Forum Will Explain Storm Water Diversion, I-70 Expansion Lawsuits
Denver Inter Neighborhood Cooperation will host an explainer of the lawsuits pertaining to the Platte to Park Hill Storm Water Diversion and the I-70 expansion.
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Future of Ziggies, Colorado’s Oldest Blues Bar, Uncertain After October
Colorado’s oldest blues club might be looking for a new home in November. In a Facebook post, Ziggies owner Carla Jordan writes that after her ten-year lease expires on October 31, the building’s owner will try to sell it for $1 million.
Cory Gardner’s Lakewood Town Hall Was a Shit Show
Despite a moderator repeatedly asking the crowd to remain respectful and lower their voices, hecklers interrupted Senator Cory Gardner nearly every time he tried to answer a question.
Hip-Hop Alley: Denver’s Most Exciting Restaurant Even Has a Killer Playlist
I was surprised to hear Kanye West blaring at Hop Alley recently. It wasn’t the nice, Polo-shirt-wearing Kanye of Late Registration, either. This was angry Kanye. This was Yeezy.
Castle Rock Transgender Marine: People May Die From President Trump’s Tweets
In a series of morning tweets, President Trump announced the U.S. would no longer allow transgender individuals like Castle Rock’s Emma Shinn to serve in the military.
Dear Out-of-State Performers: Stop Getting Too F*cked Up on Marijuana
If you’re a musician or comedian who people are paying to see, there is no excuse for getting too high.
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Rally to Save Medicaid: “If This Bill Passes, People Will Die”
Katie O’Donnell and her eighteen-year-old son, Conner, found relief from the sun under a tree outside Senator Cory Gardner’s office in downtown Denver around noon today, July 6. In many ways, the tree has been the only comfort Gardner has provided O’Donnell and her son in recent weeks. At age…
Parent Scramble for Childcare After Clayton Early Learning Shutters One Campus
On Wednesday, June 28, parents at Educare Denver at Clayton Early Learning were informed that come August 18, their children would no longer be able to attend the school, leaving some thirty families scrambling to find childcare in six weeks.
Blade, aka Wesley Snipes, Coming to Alamo Drafthouse
You know him as a good vampire trying to protect humans from bad vampires in the Blade film series. But Wesley Snipes is also an author, and on Thursday, July 27, he’ll be at the Alamo Drafthouse in Sloan’s Lake to celebrate his debut novel, Talon of God. Co-authored by…
Denver’s Trying to Un-Clusterf*ck Parking Downtown
No one wants downtown Denver to become one big parking lot, but we’d welcome anything that would make finding a treasured empty space easier — because on a Friday night, it’s hard to imagine that there are 43,000 off-street parking spaces downtown. Now the city has teamed up with Parkmobile, an…
I-25 to Reopen for Rush Hour Following Closure After Massive Tanker Explosion
The Colorado Department of Transportation is expecting to reopen northbound Interstate 25 near the Dry Creek exit at 5 a.m. today, June 1, in the wake of a massive tanker explosion that closed the highway for well over twelve hours. Southbound I-25 at Belleview reopened at around midnight.
Ten Tips to Help You Navigate Denver’s Soul-Sucking Housing Market
Stats about Denver’s scorching hot (read: nearly impossible to enter) housing market abound, but I didn’t truly understand how crazy things were until my husband and I started looking ourselves. The first time we toured a crap hole and learned later the house had 22 offers — most over asking price —…
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KDVR Morning Crew Shows Us How Not to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo
This morning the KDVR morning crew decided to celebrate Cinco de Mayo on air, and anchor Kirk Yuhnke took the fiesta a step further in a pre-show Facebook Live video. The anchors all wore sombreros, or as Yuhnke called them in his video, “three amigos hats” — presumably a reference to…
Where to Recycle This, Compost That in Denver
Every old T-shirt or toy you throw out sits in landfills forever. This spring, be wise about your waste.
Who Needs Sci-Fi Movies When Colorado Has NREL?
Forget sci-fi movies: For a real surreal experience, look no further than Golden. Colorado’s first capital is now the capital of the green movement and home to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, which is celebrating its fortieth anniversary in July. NREL, which started out as the Solar Energy Research Institute…
Where You See Trash, Teresa Castaneda Sees Art
“When we’re done with this conversation, I’m going to look like a big bum,” says Teresa Castaneda, laughing as she stands by the front door of her home on Elati Street. She’s petite and tan, and a shock of gray curly hair frames her face like a wave. It takes…
Down on the Dumps: Denver Is This Close to Phasing Out Dumpsters for Good
By the end of 2017, the City of Denver will have completely phased out dumpsters in favor of cart-based trash service. Charlotte Pitt, manager of Denver Recycles and Solid Waste Management, understands that that’s a controversial statement.
Clarke the Robot Might Change the Face of Recycling in Colorado — and Beyond
Clarke lives in the Altogether Recycling plant in unincorporated Adams County. His operators are on a fifteen-minute break; when they return, Clarke will eat. He has a strict diet of empty cartons: milk, juice, etc. Clarke is hungry. He also thinks and learns. Clarke could be the future of recycling.
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Chautauqua Adds Drive-By Truckers, Indigo Girls, More to Stellar Summer Concert Lineup
Chautauqua Auditorium just announced more performances added to its summer schedule, including the Punch Brothers, the Drive-By Truckers, Sleepy Canyon Rangers, Lucinda Williams and more. The historic venue in Boulder kicks off its 120th concert season on June 1 with Hot Rize; other standouts on the lineup (in its entirety…
Crossroads Theater Is Battling a Potential Grocery Store Takeover, Leasing Issues
The director of operations at Hope Communities, Crossroads’ landlord, recently told Westword that Crossroads is struggling; the theater company in Five Points is behind on rent, leaving Hope, an affordable-housing provider, to cover the mortgage payments. But Crossroads isn’t dying.
Denver Collected Nearly $7 Million From Street-Sweeping Tickets: Was It Worth It?
Forget warmer weather, longer days and leaves and flowers returning. For anyone who parks on the streets in Denver, the months from April through November are known for one thing: street sweeping, which resumes on Tuesday, April 4. Cities around the world use street sweeping to keep dirt and debris…
City Inspectors Pay Surprise Visit to Artist Co-Working Space in Globeville
Inspectors with the City of Denver paid GRACe, an artist co-working space in north Denver (the name is short for Globeville Riverfront Art Center), a surprise visit on Thursday, March 16, and asked owners Neil Adams and Zeppelin Development for what one owners says will amount to millions of dollars’…