In yet another example of why global warming sucks, Denver Parks and Recreation announced yesterday that they are once again postponing the January 24 opening of the Ruby Hill Rail Yard, the nation’s only urban snowboard park, “until further notice.” The culprit? Unseasonably warm weather. Obviously, the photo above is…
City dwellers aren’t exactly known for their balanced, peaceful demeanors. After all, what is it to be “urban” if you can’t be tough, cynical and not particularly inward-looking? Save the hippie stuff for the country, homie. Who has time for self-discovery with bills, rent, traffic, bums, cops and general downtown…
The inauguration ceremonies for President Obama seem to have gone smoothly yesterday, with no arrests and only a few small logistical mishaps reported. Quite a feat, considering the record two million people who flooded into Washington for the event. It all serves to illustrate the ways local and national organizers…
The livestock exchange at the National Western Stock Show in Denver this week is the last place I expected to find a political advertisement. So when I spotted a stack of glossy blue fliers on a hay bale with the name “BARACK” printed in huge lettering, I had to take…
Well, the deadline for the big television conversion to digital is only a month away and I missed my shot at getting the government vouchers for the converter box. Last week, the Commerce Department announced they had hit the $1.34 billion funding limit set by Congress for the coupon program,…
From the top of the isolated, windy plateau along the southern border of Rocky Flats, you can see the extended mass of metro Denver and, on a clear day, the distant line of the beltway around it. In anticipation of that line one day extending into the Jefferson Parkway, earth-movers…
For photos from Jared Jacang Maher’s driving tour of Denver beltway, go to westword.com/slideshow. Read more on developing the Rocky Flats here. Jefferson County has a bold vision for how to brand itself as a leader in the new green economy. Officials talk about smart development, open space, multi-modal transportation,…
Is there a more selfless profession in America than that of the rodeo clown? Seriously. First, they get tagged with a title that invites mockery. Then they run around for hours, placing themselves in between cowboys and the horns of a pissed-off bull, only to risk head injury by being…
The latest installment of MTV’s Real World premiered on Wednesday, this time bringing eight annoying young strangers together in Brooklyn. New York is cool and all, but can the show really top the scandalous plotlines seen in the 2006 season set in Denver’s LoDo? One thing is sure: No one…
This video, produced by the Yummies’ Gavin Rember, has been out for a while. But it’s still a great reminder of Denver’s often ignored, industrial step-cousin to the north, Commerce City, which “sparkles like a jewel in the cleavage of the Rocky Mountain West.” I’m already planning to relocate my…
Strong winds yesterday knocked down a power line that sparked a wildfire in Boulder County that continues this morning. How strong were the winds? Check out this video of several women getting knocked down by powerful gusts as they try to cross an office parking lot in Broomfield. Ignore the…
You heard it here first, Colorado. Thanks to a reader tip, Westword has discovered video proof of some type of Sasquatch-type creature that lives in the foothills of Fort Collins and appears only during Colorado State University football games. Amazingly, the beast was first spotted romping on a nearby hill…
Here’s a video of 2008 Best Chef award-winner Frank Bonanno — of Mizuna, Luca D’Italia, Osteria Marco and the newly opened noodle bar Bones at 701 Grant Street — giving a tutorial on how to make Lobster and Edamame Ramen. The video-production quality ain’t exactly Rachel Ray yell-a-vision, but it…
Sssssh. Don’t tell anyone. From 10am-6pm tomorrow admission at the Museum for Contemporary Art is only one cent per person. That’s a penny. With everyone trying to save money in this wonderful recession of ours, the place could get crowded if the word got out. So let’s keep this bit…
As “Lone Tree Police – Wasting Tax Money” begins to play, the six minute YouTube video has the feel of a crappy school project some kid threw together for class. And in fact, the creator of the video, Collin Watson, admits just that in a description box disclaimer: “This was…
To review the accuracy of the last election’s vote count, Boulder County conducted an audit of ballots using a groundbreaking software program that was developed through open-source methods. This is computer geek-speak for a collaborative design approach based on the sharing of knowledge and technology between various creators, essentially opening…
Once upon a time, Anna Hansen was your average blond, pretty, sorta-outdoorsy Colorado girl working as a waitress at Rio Grande in Boulder while attending CU. Four years later, after living abroad for a spell, she gets a job with a non-profit in Vail, takes up competitive mountain biking, starts…
Is there anything Lance Armstrong can’t do? Not only has the 37-year-old cyclist won the Tour de France a gazillion times, but now CNN is reporting that his steady girlfriend, Anna Hansen, is pregnant without the involvement of medical fertility procedures. Quite a feat for the testicular cancer survivor who…
Bowing to pressure from attorneys general and advocacy groups, MillerCoors announced it is removing the caffeinated magic from its alcho-energy drink Sparks. It’s a sad, sad day for amateur drinkers looking for that perfect mix between booze, a double-espresso and Sweet Tarts. Luckily, I was able to spot a dusty…
Denver Auditor Dennis Gallagher presented his office’s long-awaited report on the city’s emergency medical response system yesterday, saying that the information his team has compiled “speaks for itself.” His choice of such a careful phrase to describe the scathing assessment is indicative of the bitter inter-agency politics that have hovered…
For all the holiday travelers who hate making the 21-mile trek from downtown to Denver International Airport, the History Channel has an answer. The Mega Movers show created a step-by-step video for how Denver could move the main airport terminal closer to the city using a system of steel beams,…
Denver’s Road Home, part of Mayor Hick’s plan to end homelessness, launched this pretty creative web video to encourage people to channel their donations away from panhandlers. Check out the clip above courtesy of The Denver Egotist. — Jared Jacang Maher…
