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Zoe Yabrove

Zoe Yabrove is a Denver native with an undergraduate degree in creative writing and a master’s in special education. She is a teacher in Denver Public Schools and contributes to Westword to get her writing fix.

Unleashed by Petco wags its tail for a new location on Colfax

By Zoe YabroveMay 28, 2014

Unleashed by Petco, a chain that’s popping up all around the country, prides itself on being butt-sniffing friendly. “We make it a priority to be involved in the community that surrounds us,” says Margaret Aareberg, general manager of the Unleashed by Petco that will open this weekend at 3615 East…

E-Cycle Colorado’s obsolete electronics roundup on Saturday

By Zoe YabroveApril 3, 2014

That TV that looked so great twenty years ago is looking like an environmentally unfriendly albatross today — it’s essentially trashed, but too full of toxic materials to throw out with the trash. But on Saturday, April 5, Republic Services of Denver will provide a convenient way to recycle obsolete…

Giddyup! Ten can’t-miss events at the National Western Stock Show

By Zoe YabroveJanuary 9, 2014

It’s time to pull out those cowboy hats and boots as the National Western Stock Show begins its 108th year. After a parade through downtown Denver today, the NWSS will start in earnest on Saturday, running through January 26 at the National Western Complex. In addition to professional rodeos, Colorado’s…

Chill! Breckenridge opens ice castle

By Zoe YabroveDecember 30, 2013

Ice sits in the bottom of glasses, decorates parties in elaborate formations, makes snowy Colorado roads slick in the winter. It also forms glittery structures, one of which stands tall at Breckenridge Riverwalk Center, on West Adams Avenue. The ice castle opened on December 26 there — just the third…

Park House celebrates its first birthday with a parking-lot party

By Zoe YabroveSeptember 25, 2013

Park House celebrates one year of serving up good, stiff drinks and good times with a party in the parking lot this weekend. Co-owner Drew Gottlieb wants the community to join in the celebration of this more-than-a-bar bar. “There’s sincere pride in seeing that the vision we had for this…

Updated: Friday the 13th screening moves indoors

By Zoe YabroveSeptember 12, 2013

This just in: Due to the unpredictable forecast we are cancelling the ‘outdoor’ portion of the FRIDAY THE 13TH event, here’s what we’re doing so you can still watch this chiller classic on the day it was intended to be seen: >Alamo Drafthouse Littleton will be screening FRIDAY THE 13TH…

RTD art: Emmett Culligan’s “Plow” at the County Line station

By Zoe YabroveAugust 27, 2013

“Let’s make a gigantic agricultural plowshare,” is the thought that inspired artist Emmett Culligan to create “Plow,” the large sculpture that resides at the County Line light-rail station. Culligan answered a few questions about this piece in our latest installment of our RTD art series and discussed the purpose he…

RTD art: Susan Cooper, creator of the Tufts Flyover

By Zoe YabroveAugust 20, 2013

For more than a decade, Susan Cooper has helped make your wait for an RTD train a lot more pleasant. As a member of the art team, she’s helped with projects at many of the stations. She’s also the creator of the Tufts Flyover that connects Tufts and Santa Fe…

RTD art: Michael Clapper at the Arapahoe at Village Center station

By Zoe YabroveAugust 19, 2013

The three tall sculptures at the Arapahoe at Village Center light-rail station look like they could fit together as a puzzle. But as it turns out, there’s nothing puzzling about the concept behind this piece: Sculptor Michael Clapper created it to represent Greenwood Village itself. He recently talked with us…