Colorado Doesn’t Have a Beach, but It Has Its Own Slogan
Coming up with an original travel campaign can be a beach, as Atlantis, Paradise Island learned.
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Michael Sawaya Has a Deal for You: A Free Ride on New Year’s Eve
For the eleventh straight year, attorney Michael Sawaya has a holiday gift for you: He’ll pay for your ride home on New Year’s Eve. He’ll even pay for Uber and Lyft.
Don’t Like Mutton Bustin’? You’ll Really Hate Goat Dressing!
While British prudey-pants party poopers continue to push their petition to ban mutton bustin’ at the National Western Stock Show, we’re surprised they don’t have their knickers in a twist over an event that’s a hallmark of gay rodeos around the country: goat dressing.
Jerry Sonnenberg Crowned Colorado’s Californian of the Year
Who will be Colorado’s 2017 Californian of the Year? That’s not a typo; it’s the latest stunt coming from the Independence Institute, whose president, Jon Caldara, recently penned an essay castigating those who would “change our once liberty-loving state into East California.”
Adele Arakawa Will Help Pick Her Successor on Denver Airport Train
While Alan Roach is fighting to keep his voice on the train at Denver International Airport, Adele Arakawa will help choose her successor.
Zoom In Offers an Object History on This Boom Town
For all the transplants — as well as longtime Denverites who’ve forgotten their civics lessons or skipped them altogether — History Colorado is now providing a primer with Zoom In: The Centennial State in 100 Objects, an exhibit that draws from its collection to offer a true object lesson in Colorado history.
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Want to Be the Voice of the Airport Train? Speak Up Now!
There’s no time to delay if you want to be the next voice of “Train Call” at Denver International Airport…and happen to be a “Denver media friend” with at least seven years of experience in the market. The deadline for applicants is today, November 30.
The Squeeze Inn Is Back in Business
Fourteen months after Denver lost one of its great dive bars, The Squeeze is back in business.
Someone’s Delaying the Departure of This Train: Happy Thanksgiving!
Forget getting to the airport by the A-Line; because of an accident at Colorado Boulevard, passengers are being transported by bus. And don’t worry about that traffic jam on I-270…because even once you arrive at Denver International Airport, you won’t be going anywhere fast. There’s a problem with the trains,…
Alan Roach Could Be Delaying the Departure of This Train
In mid-November, Denver International Airport announced a contest to find replacements for train announcers Adele Arakawa and Alan Roach. Just one problem: Unlike Arakawa, who retired this summer, Roach still lives in Denver, despite his high-profile gig as announcer of the Minnesota Vikings.
Who’s on Board to Be the New Voice of the Airport Train?
Denver International Airport officials can now turn their attention to choosing new voices for the train, finding the right people to represent the state, people who might even stick around. And so they’ve announced a contest to find The Voice.
RiNo Store Pops Up at the Source, Not Denver Airport
The RiNo Made Pop Up Shop just popped up at the Source, offering a preview of the goods that RiNo residents and businesses will be selling at a permanent RiNo Made shop, slated to open in early 2018 right next to a new RiNo Art District Office in Zeppelin Station…
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Break for Summer Broke Ground 33 Years Before Breakin’ Convention 2017
Breakin’ Convention 2017 isn’t the first time the Denver Center for the Performing Arts has filled the Galleria with hip-hop dancers. Back in 1984, Break for Summer brought thousands of fans into the complex to cheer on hometown crews.
Meow Wolf Creates New Itchy-O Video, Sponsors Hallowmass
Meow Wolf was so blown away by Itchy-O’s performance last March that it created a video of the group, and is partnering on the troupe’s Hallowmass festivities on October 31.
“Two Rivers” Rises Again at Confluence Park
Mayor Michael Hancock celebrated the reopening of the renovated Shoemaker Plaza at Confluence Park on October 14. And as promised, the plaque embossed with the poem “Two Rivers” by Thomas Hornsby Ferril, Colorado’s first poet laureate, is back on display.
How a George Lopez Gig Turned Into a Real Carousel Brawl
Memo to Hollywood: If you want a feel-good do-good event, do not bring in a comedian who has a reputation as a bad boy. A comedian like George Lopez, who wound up leaving the stage at the Carousel Ball.
Lawrence Argent’s Blue Bear Travels the Globe on Instagram
“I See What You Mean” has inspired a nickname (the Big Blue Bear), pranks, knock-offs, and a worldwide photographic tour on #denverbluebear.
Campus Lounge Will Soon Be Back in Session
The first question people ask about the Campus Lounge, a classic watering hole in Bonnie Brae: When will it reopen? Now we have the answer: October 18.
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Hold On, Please: Five New Messages for the Airport Train
Before it gets a new voice for the train, Denver International Airport should ditch the bossy instructions for more useful messages. Here are five suggestions.
RiNo Rates on Lonely Planet’s List of Ten Hot ’Hoods in U.S.
Lonely Planet recently released its roundup of the ten coolest neighborhoods in the world. Now the travel media company is drilling down with “Hot ’hoods in the US: 10 neighborhoods you need to visit.” Two of them — Sunset Park in New York and Frelard, Seattle — are repeats from the…
Airport Concessionaire Rips Off RiNo Name for a Cash Landing
Denver International Airport is trying to put more local flavor in its concessions. But shouldn’t the airport ask the locals before they lift neighborhood names?
Reader: Westword’s Editor Is Obviously a Juggalo
Is Westword’s editor a juggalo?