First it was the Pot Pavilion. Then when pot got too hot, the Denver County Fair introduced the Kitten Pavilion. Now organizers of the sixth annual fair, which runs July 29 through July 31, are jumping on a brand-new fad: Pokémon Go. “We’re changing up the county-fair model as usual,”…
Union Station, which unveiled its renovation in July 2014, is celebrating its second birthday by giving Denver a couple of presents. One is the Union Station 105th Meridian Buskerfest, a resurrected festival that developer Dana Crawford is bringing back this weekend. And the party won’t end when buskerfest does. The…
In late January, when then-owner Henry Dickinson finally revealed that the century-old Dickinson Plaza had been sold to a developer, the storefront’s tenants were suddenly thrown into limbo. This past weekend Fat Jack’s was still serving at 2015 West 32nd Avenue, but it’s slated to leave this week and move…
During Fourth of July weekend festivities, did you kick back in one of Denver’s parks and enjoy an icy-cold beer? A 3.2 beer, of course: That’s all that’s allowed under current Denver Department of Parks and Recreation regulations. But that will be changing, because in a few years 3.2 beer…
Even as new buildings keep popping up all over town, Denver is making history this year, with a record number of applications for historic designation going before Denver’s Landmark Preservation Commission — and four already winning full approval in 2016. Today, the commission will consider its fifth application, for the…
Five years ago, billboards around town were announcing the imminent arrival of the mysterious Chloe, a fictitious, jet-setting socialite whose favorite food, favorite design trends, favorite art and favorite music would soon be featured at her namesake Chloe’s Mezze Lounge, Garden and Discothèque, which opened in July 2011 at 1445…
The Emmy award-winning Colorado Inside Out is offering another blast from the past at 8 p.m. tonight on Colorado Public Television with “Time Machine Special: Circa 1876.” Colorado became a state in 1876, the same year the nation celebrated its centennial — which explains this state’s nickname. It’s a little…
Colorado is a purple state, but it was looking mighty black and blue two months ago after a pummeling by Donald Trump, who charged that this state’s political system was “crooked” and “rigged” on talk shows and in tweets — the last a form of communication ideally suited to the…
How important is pot to Colorado tourism? “It is the elephant in the room,” said Cathy Ritter, the new state tourism head who moved here from Illinois, shortly after she started in January. “Everyone does want to know about the impact of marijuana in Colorado.” Author Mindy Sink wrote her first…
While some of this state’s Republicans have been dropping out of their party, it hasn’t been easy to be a registered Democrat in the days leaving up to the June 28 primary, either. The race to replace term-limited Mitch Morrissey as Denver District Attorney has become increasingly ugly, with endless…
Trouble at the Denver Post — another round of buyouts decimating the editorial ranks, “loyal” subscribers irate over a new subscription policy that requires they opt out of receiving special issues or find their delivery duration shortened — has made lots of people nostalgic for the days when this was…
I opened my mail last week and found a wacky, dense, CAPPY letter from “The Denver Post Membership” to me, a “loyal subscriber.” After detailing all of the benefits of being a subscriber — “advertising values and money-saving coupons more than cover the cost of your membership” — the letter…
This is a big weekend for big events in Denver — PrideFest, Juneteenth and Denver Comic Con — and after the shootings in Orlando last weekend, you can anticipate higher security at all of them. Comic Con poses a particular challenge, since fantasy weapons are such an intrinsic part of…
If all had gone according to plan, La Loma would already have been serving for two months in its new home at 1801 Broadway, in the former Trinity Grille. But when you’re renovating a thirty-year-old restaurant space, things rarely go according to plan — and La Loma will be staying put a…
Last weekend I spotted a crew of visitors to Colorado who’d stocked up on beer at our neighborhood gas station/convenience store and were carting their booty back to their motel. These were clearly visitors to Colorado, because they had no idea they’d just loaded up on the training-wheels of alcohol:…
Colorado’s million-plus unaffiliated voters now outnumber registered Democrats as well as registered Republicans. And while none of those voters had a chance to participate in a presidential primary this year, the fun isn’t over yet: The Colorado primary is coming June 28. Not only that, but “unaffiliated voters may affiliate…
Here’s one thing Rich Grant wants you to know: There is absolutely no connection between Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead, the deadly boring 1995 Andy Garcia movie actually filmed in Denver, and 100 Things to Do in Denver Before You Die, the new book that the longtime…
History Colorado made more history today when, after a natural search, its board of directors announced that they’d found the ideal executive director right here at home: interim leader Steve Turner. Turner has worked with History Colorado since 2008, and was head of the State Historical Fund and the Office…
It’s the end of an era. On Thursday, June 2, filmmaker and 2008 Westword MasterMind Jason Bosch will present the final screening by ArgusFest, the labor of love (for good, important films that educate audiences, albeit often very small audiences) that he started fifteen years ago. “I’ve decided to finally let…
Governor John Hickenlooper was back where it all began last night, signing copies of The Opposite of Woe: My Life in Beer and Politics, as fans flooded the Wynkoop Brewing Company. This is where Hickenlooper’s public life began, at least. As the book he cowrote with Max Potter details — and…
Just in time for Memorial Day weekend, Our Journey is back with suggestions for what to do “off the beaten trail” on Colorado’s central plains, “just outside your back door,” says the site. “Whether you enjoy photography as an artistic medium or as a hobby, there are plenty of subjects for…
“This has been too long in coming,” Governor John Hickenlooper said at the end of the Healing Run commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre. “On behalf of the State of Colorado, I want to apologize.” He did just that on December 3, 2014, standing on the steps…
