In this week’s Westword cover story, Kenny Be takes a look Ward Churchill’s quest for free speech. See his cartoons after the jump…

The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments… Figure 9. University: Big Rock Gazebo Mountain Before the advent of extreme sports, day-tripping Denverites moved slowly enough on mountain trails to notice things like rocks. No recreational outing to “the hills” was complete without the return of a trunkful of the…

Move over, New York, Paris and Milan: The Mile High City, with its love for casual formality, needs a cultural couture showcase of its own…..

Move over, New York, Paris and Milan: The Mile High City, with its love of professional sports, needs a cultural couture showcase of its own…..

Move over New York, Paris and Milan: The Mile High City, with its love of loony laws, professional sports and casual formality, deserves a cultural couture showcase of its own…..

The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments… Figure 8. Five Points: Anarchitechture Back in 1978, architect Frank Gehry added a couple of metal sheds to the front of his Los Angeles home and covered the roof in chain-link fencing. He was instantly crowned the king of the deconstructivists and…

This Hip Tip was originally published in the February 17-23, 1988 issue of Westword. Now, twenty years later, a look at the bright side means hoping that the environment (and its new energy economy) will be great for (ending) the recession…

According to the official 2009 City of Lone Tree calendar, February 19 is the official Park Meadows Mall Appreciation Day. Since December of last year, when the owners started threatening to declare bankruptcy if they could not renegotiate some $27 billion worth of loans with Goldman Sachs, the mall has…

The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments Figure 7. Berkeley: Downspout Saguaros Arizonans who move to Denver are usually happy to leave all reminders of that hellhole behind. It would never occur to them to announce their Arizona-allegiance by constructing saguaros out of cheap building materials, even if it…

The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments… Figure 6. Hale: (Am)Bushed While there is no university program in place to earn a degree as a Yard Arteologist, the training can take years. It would almost be fair to say that the coursework is only available at the School of…

Furloughed friends and laid-off lovers have been reduced to creating new online profiles that project the diminished expectations (and increased opportunities!) of the current global dating crisis by using terms found in home-foreclosure listings…..

The way the stock market is falling, singles may soon be creating new online profiles that project the diminished expectations (and increased opportunities!) of the ongoing global dating crisis by using terms found in home-foreclosure listings…..

A Harlequin Dog-Crazy Romance: Better Than A Real Boyfriend…

The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments… Figure 5. Villa Park: Yardada Art Garden For many, the practice of yard art starts with the purchase of a ready-made ornament from the garden store and ends with its tasteful display as the focal point of a favored flower bed. For…

Economic downturns often see the greatest upswing in old feuds. In keeping with this great tradition, the Open Space Initiative Group is back to do battle with the Regional Transportation District over the Union Station Master Plan. OSIG wants the space around the historic train station to be a public…

Kent Denver Prep School students, assisted by Senator Jennifer Veiga, have introduced legislation that aims to save the environment by placing a six-cent tax on every plastic grocery bag. It has inspired 7th-graders across the city to pen more new legislation…..

Kent Denver Prep School students, assisted by Senator Jennifer Veiga, have introduced legislation that aims to save the environment by placing a six-cent tax on every plastic grocery bag. It has inspired 7th-graders across the city to pen more new legislation…..

A Harlequin Reassignment Romance: Transgender to the Touch. — Kenny Be…