As a kid, playwright Sean Paul Mahoney was “totally obsessed” with the Madonna/Rosanna Arquette movie Desperately Seeking Susan. Both the voyeurism and the romance fascinated him, but in his mind, he was Arquette’s character. “I always wanted to be that person that someone saw on the subway and thought was…
Of all the constitutional freedoms cited in defense of the Occupy movement, the First Amendment is staked most territorially. But in Occupy Boulder, attorneys defending protesters arrested for illegal camping are using the Fourth Amendment in a push to dismiss evidence gathered when police officers opened tents to look inside…
After six months at the head of Mayor Michael Hancock’s communications staff, Wil Alston began a new position yesterday leading the same function for Denver’s finance department. Hancock created the position specifically for Alston, who joined his administration in July 2011 and has long been a friend. In the interim,…
What Tobacco-Free Aurora lacks in longevity and membership, it makes up for in ambition. Founded a little more than a year ago with a rotating volunteer staff of twelve to thirty, the group recently pushed the entirety of its efforts toward creating a city ordinance regulating the sale of tobacco…
For five days this week, ten veterans selected to represent the range of issues that come with their careers will tell their stories to four professional songwriters chosen to promote the strengths that come with theirs. During that time, the two groups will combine forces on a musical experiment. The…
When military nonprofit LifeQuest Transitions wanted to raise awareness for the issues of moving from active duty to civilian life, it chose what founder CW Conner somewhat cheesily refers to as “the universal language”: music. And it worked. The Colorado Springs group’s second annual veteran songwriting camp has opened with…
After weeks of rumors that the local LGBT publication was on the block, Out Front Colorado officials announced yesterday that the mag has been sold to Transformation Communication Group. What exactly comes with this news, we’re not sure yet, but in recent months the main concern has been financial security…
Every TEDx event is many things, and all of them are happening at once. A cross between a theater and a lecture hall, the discussion series follows a creative combination of performance and insight, becoming a circus for the mind. And tonight, local chapter TEDx Mile High will reinvision an…
One half theater and one half academic lecture: If that formula sounds simple, it’s not. TEDx Mile High Salon celebrates Colorado’s artists and innovators by placing them in front of live audiences to share their stories. The goal of the conference series is to inspire action through what its non-profit…
On Sunday, at 2 p.m. in the Bemis Public Library, five people gathered to launch the first general assembly of Occupy Littleton. If the idea that democracy takes time ever needed proof, this would be it. One person shy of a round half-dozen, the group appeared dwarfed in the city…
If Occupy Boulder and Occupy Denver weren’t fully supportive sister occupations located roughly an hour from each other, it would occasionally be tough to tell that they’re even struggling against the same system. Comparisons between the two movements often end at opposite sides of the activism spectrum. Case in point:…
Three years ago, Alex Landau became a symbol of sorts for racial inequality and police brutality in Denver. Three years ago, Denver police officers pulled Landau over for an alleged illegal left turn, and it was not long after that they beat him bloody. But that was three years ago,…
Yesterday afternoon, RedLine art gallery housed hundreds of Occupy movement supporters from Colorado and beyond as they reflected on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and how to translate it to protesting inequality between the 99 percent and the 1 percent. But in recent weeks, the local movement has made…
When I called Lawrence Woodson to reschedule my animal spirit reading, I was hoping the local psychic would have anticipated my call. “I saw this coming,” he would say, then cackle maniacally. Perhaps there would be a clap of thunder reflected in his crystal ball, perhaps a curl of incense…
Being a hardcore band from Boston can be both a blessing and a curse — a curse in that it can so define a band that it won’t be able to move beyond that realm artistically. Death Before Dishonor, one of the hardest-working disciples of both the city and the…
This afternoon, residents are invited to participate in something referred to as a “spirit rally:” Come down to Bannock between 14th and Colfax sometime between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., hang out with the cheerleaders and Mayor Michael Hancock and use blue, white and orange chalk to transform the street…
Three years ago on Sunday, police officers pulled over Alex Landau, then nineteen, for taking an illegal left turn onto Emerson. They then beat him bloody. Although Landau received one of the city’s largest police brutality settlements in May — $795,000 — his story remains a chilling example of racial…
Whoever thought it would be awesome to paint a $300 portrait of Mickey Mouse as Tim Tebow is only slightly less credible than the person who will buy that painting. One step above them is the Disney lawyer who will ask that the painting be destroyed, but way (way) above…
Last night, after a long lecture about neighborhood crime and a short drive for membership, the Sloan’s Lake Citizen’s Group confronted its single largest neighbor: the Broncos’ stadium. After the deadline to increase signage at Sports Authority Field at Mile High was delayed last week, stadium district officials are bringing…
Our most recent choice for Shmuck of the Week was Englewood teacher Alexandra McLean, who allegedly cozied up to a student in a car following a performance of Lend Me a Tenor. Shocking? Sure, but not all that surprising. The last year has included an unfair share of local reports…
Update: Peter John Jentsch, current Occupy Boulder protester and bodyguard of Occupy Denver’s canine leader, Shelby, was released from jail last night after he was arrested early Sunday morning for third-degree trespassing. For now, a newly approved restraining order keeps him from returning to Occupy Boulder’s current home. Although Jentsch…
Tim Tebow lit up Sports Authority Field at Mile High on Sunday, but plans to upgrade the corporate signage at the stadium are still causing a few sparks. As the deadline for public comment passed on Monday, the idea wasn’t scoring any points with neighbors, which is why a final…
