Denver is suddenly awash in nicknames. Developers are smacking hip labels on formerly unhip areas of town; the creators of South Park are smacking those developers with mocking SoDoSoPa mockeries. The city is drowning in an alphabet soup.Denver has always had nicknames — Mile High City, Queen City of the Plains — but the first neighborhood nickname to really stick was LoDo.
The Senate should be voting on Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court next week. That gives us time to mull over the testimony that the Colorado native made during his three-day confirmation hearing last week, at which everything from Wyoming blizzards to fishing to mutton-busting was discussed. Speaking of which….
There may not be a cooler project in all of Colorado than the Rocky Mountain Land Library. Find out why on March 21 when library reps go live on Kickstarter.
A kitchen fire closed the Cherry Cricket, an iconic Denver burger joint, on Thanksgiving Eve. Five months later, the 71-year old Cricket has announced plans to reopen on April 11.
Backstory: Western American Art in Context, a collaboration between History Colorado and the Denver Art Museum, not only tries to fill in our understanding of the West, but marks the start of a new chapter for History Colorado.
At the thirtieth annual Colorado Business Committee for the Arts awards luncheon — yet another sold-out event, which filled the Seawell Ballroom with over 700 arts enthusiasts on March 15 — the CBCA honored arts organizations, companies and individuals. And also hosted an array of acts that showed just how wide-ranging this state’s cultural scene can be: At how many business luncheons can you have your photo taken with a polar bear or a viking? Or Mayor Michael Hancock, for that matter.
Meow Wolf could soon be howling in Denver: The Santa Fe sensation has been exploring expansion to a number of cities, including Las Vegas, Austin and the Mile High City. But long before Meow Wolf puts its paws down here permanently, Denver will be sending one of its most beloved acts there: Avant-ritualists Itchy-O will offer a special, one-night-only performance at Meow Wolf on Saturday, March 25.
Denver Arts and Venues and Meow Wolf, the Santa Fe-based arts organization that’s considering opening a spot in Denver, just announced a partnership that calls for Arts and Venues to contribute $20,000 to a fund that will be used to help Denver’s DIY and alternative spaces..
The original Chubby Burger Drive-Inn is no more. But Stella Cordova’s green chile lives on.
The Mixed Taste got its start at the Lab at Belmar; when director Adam Lerner moved over to the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, he brought Mixed Taste with him. And now it’s about to move on again: to Off-Center at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.
Over a hundred people gathered at the Broomfield Community Center on February 22 for the third in a series of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service meetings on plans for what’s now the 5,000-acre Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge.
After close to ninety years, the art deco building that held Smiley’s Laundromat is being hung out to dry.
Jesse Morreale knew that the Thunderbird Imperial Lounge, the new place he opened in December at 3759 Lipan Street, had very old roots. When Larimer Associates purchased the property in 2012, it had been home to Longo’s Subway Tavern for more than fifty years. But the building dates back much further than that, and a birthday dinner this past weekend brought the place full circle.
Denver has been losing its red-sauce joints…and their owners. Ron Cito passed away on February 11 at the age of 81; he and his wife, Kim DeLancey, had sold Patsy’s Inn, at 3651 Navajo Street, in August. Cito was born and raised in north Denver’s little Italy, went to Cathedral…
Cities across the country are preparing for A Day Without Immigrants, a grassroots action set for Thursday, February 16, which calls for members of immigrant communities – primarily Latino, but definitely not limited to that – to walk out of work to protest the anti-immigration policies of the Trump administration. The Colorado Restaurant Association just sent a letter to its members alerting them to possible walkouts.
Ed Bryant, an award-winning science-fiction and horror writer who’d lived in Denver since 1972, died in his sleep February 10 after a long illness. He was 71. Although fans knew him for his stories, he was a beloved mentor and legendary teacher, too. He was also my neighbor, one of…
The National Western Stock Show has corralled the Denver County Fair.
The Denver Boot makes a guest appearance on Jeopardy.
Just a year ago, Denver was still basking in the glow of winning the Super Bowl when the Mile High City was named the “Best Place to Live in the USA” by U.S. News & World Report. Every year, the publication analyzes 100 metro areas in the United States to…
Casa Bonita is a true Colorado classic, a forty-plus-year-old eatertainment complex that bills itself as “the world’s most exciting restaurant” and has been immortalized on South Park as the “Disneyland of Mexican restaurants.” Despite its international notoriety, though, some Coloradans have never been to the place – a shocking lapse that we were determined to remedy.
The Brown Palace’s Ship Tavern is one of Denver’s most iconic bars. But a “soft” renovation that installed diner-style furniture could torpedo that reputation.
Michael Huttner got his start as a trouble-maker as an intern for Westword. Now he’s CEO of the Fenton Group, a social-change agency, making trouble for the Trump Administration.
