In December, we caught up with Andy Raney and Jeremy Make, the local co-creators of kART Across America, a documentary devoted to their 108-day trek across the United States in a fussy, broken-down golf kart named Christine. On Thursday, Michael Moore caught up with them — on NPR. In a…
The Boulder City Council is considering a proposal to reduce penalties for sixty minor legal violations such as littering and throwing rocks. Under ordinance 7831, first and second time offenders would no longer face jail time, though their rights to a trial by jury would be changed to a single…
In this week’s cover story, “Slam, Bam, Thank You, Ma’am,” Westword shadowed Denver poet Suzi Q. Smith and traveled to Wyoming with her and two other big names on the national touring roster: Bobby Lefebre and Theo “Lucifury” Wilson. Aside from a lowly Westword writer, the rental car held three…
Earlier today, the joint foreclosure committee featuring members of Occupy Denver and the Colorado Progressive Coalition successfully stopped a local foreclosure auction at the Wellington Webb Building — for fifteen minutes. And while the group’s success cannot be judged an overwhelming success, it is the first step in its plan…
In this week’s cover story, “Slam, Bam, Thank You, Ma’am,” Westword followed local poet (and national award winner) Suzi Q. Smith on her journeys as a full-time artist. Smith’s list of accolades is not a short one: She is currently ranked the number three female slam poet in the world,…
In this week’s cover story, “Slam, Bam, Thank You, Ma’am,” we profiled Suzi Q. Smith, one of Denver’s strongest voices and the number three female slam artist in the world. Smith spends 30 percent of her year traveling to teach and promote poetry outside of Colorado, but she spends 100…
THE DARKNESS @ SUMMIT MUSIC HALL | 2/15/12If you are one of the four original members of The Darkness, a band that hit its peak in 2003 but never seemed to care, where in the set do you strategically place “I Believe In a Thing Called Love”? Saving your monster…
Theres nothing that a little Bette Davis eyes can’t handle — even romantic trouble. As part of a series aptly named Sex, Lies and Celluloid: Old Hollywood, Bad Romance, the Denver Public Library has been hosting a weekly film night targeting the dark side of love. And as the series’…
Ken Arkind still remembers the day he met Jose, “that evil little kid in the back of the classroom.” In the years since, they have struck up a friendship — but that day, at a workshop where Arkind was teaching local youth to slam, Jose was being a little snot…
At the Thunderdome’s last public appearance, a protest against the Colorado Democrats banquet at the Sheraton on Sunday, no one was arrested. Instead, the former Occupy Denver kitchen and erstwhile symbol of its activism served finger food. The point was clear — feeding the homeless directly in front of $2,500…
Illegal Pete’s really, really cares about bands. This much was clear from the moment the restaurant launched its Starving Artists Program, in which Pete’s feeds hungry touring acts heading through Denver. But what about the bands that tour here all the time? What about the acts that are from here?…
When we wrote on this week’s cover that local slammer Suzi Q. Smith is “poetry in motion,” we weren’t kidding. In addition to owning one of the boldest voices in Denver’s prolific poetry scene, Smith and her poet peers have also breached the world of music. In local tribute band…
The city’s ban on the pit bull breed has created tension since 1989, but the most recent effort to bring awareness to it (and against it) is only two months old. Yesterday, the breed’s supporters reached 6,500 signatures, significantly more than half their goal of 10,000. But what does this…
Stroll through the romance shelves at any Barnes & Noble, and one subgenre stands out like Harrison Ford in Witness. In a territory marked by heaving chests and flexing muscles, Colorado Springs Christian writer Beverly Lewis keeps sex under her bonnets. But while her Amish romances feature more hand-holding than…
When I laugh, I mean it. Loud and from my belly. Throw my head back, shake my hair And even show the generous gap between my two front teeth. It is when I am quiet that it is time to pay attention. When I am quiet something big is about…
In the spirit of beating a dead horse, we’re back with another update on Colorado’s inclusion in the long-winded “Sh*t _______ Says” trend. Last week, Westword presented you with our video addition to the city’s stereotypes, Sh*t People From Denver Say, but we’re not the only area residents who have…
CURSIVE @ LARIMER LOUNGE | 2/12/12 If it’s possible that there’s a good time to find out that the first person you said “I love you” to is marrying the girl he dumped you for, you could do worse than the middle of a Cursive show. I’m not saying this…
The Broadway headquarters of Girl Scouts of Colorado is brimming with activity. It is cookie season, and while the offices are normally full of girls, they are also now stuffed with Thin Mints and Savannah Smiles. But for months, the entire national organization has been busy with preparations: On March…
“Think of it as American Idol meets Bill Nye the Science Guy,” says David Grinspoon, astrobiology curator of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. This is his best description of FameLab, an international competition for young scientists that has made its way across the pond for the first time…
Westword’s addition to the rapidly dying Sh*t _______ Says trend, Sh*t People From Denver Say, earned reactions as hilarious as they are varied. True to form, most readers who commented offered funny and insightful slogans we missed in our video of city stereotypes. (Some of you, on the other hand,…
Editor’s note: This is the latest profile in Kelsey Whipple’s ongoing series highlighting local political activists. In the house where she grew up, Ashlin Malouf-Spinden’s family spent a great deal of time discussing democracy. But because they feared retribution, those conversations never left the dinner table…
Opinions on the proposed signage upgrade at Sports Authority Field at Mile High remain split. On the same day the city’s Community Planning and Development Board issued a statement approving the changes, the Sloan’s Lake Citizens’ Group voted to oppose them — just like every other registered neighborhood organization within…
