Buntport Versus, the younger cousin of the alternating-third-Tuesday Buntport Theater pastimes Pecha Kucha Night and Teacher’s Pet, might just be the most compelling offering in the series. First of all, it shows off the old Buntport improvisational versatility to perfection. And secondly, it introduces audiences to Denver’s underground cool factor,…
Back in June, we told you that the Huffington Post would be opening a branch in Denver, to follow offices in New York City and Chicago. Then, in July, we confirmed that Ethan Axelrod, a former Colorado College student who just happens to be the son of big shot Obama…
The FBI conducted a number of high-profile raids in Queens yesterday — high-profile enough to have prompted the CBS report above (beware; you have to watch a commercial before the story actually runs). Along the way, correspondent Bob Orr mentions a man “from the midwest” whose recent travels to Afghanistan…
Telling Stories has long been a blessing for those of us who like our high culture in low-impact form. The four-year-old program combines chamber works and literature readings in ways designed to appeal to the under-forty set. In other words, the troupe, founded by local classical musician and writer Jennie…
Update, 4:40 p.m.: Clear Channel’s Kris Olinger has gotten back to me, and Mario Solis-Marich plans to discontinue the practice described below. Look for a more complete blog on this subject tomorrow. Although Mario Solis-Marich talks about Denver matters during his afternoon talk show on AM-760, he’s seldom within the…
View Larger Map In recent days, we’ve learned plenty about the investigation into a slaying last week at a motel on the 9200 block of East Colfax, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). At first, Aurora Police Department…
Our blog previewing yesterday’s Colorado Rockies series against the San Francisco Giants was headlined “Rockies Mission: Solve Tim Lincecum.” But that mission proved impossible. Lincecum, who’d squelched the Rocks the last time he’d faced them, repeated the feat, turning Colorado bats into the equivalent of portable fans en route to…
The Broncos’ miracle win against the Cincinnati Bengals has inspired the sort of out-of-proportion optimism among fans that will almost certainly be crushed, and crushed brutally, a few weeks from now — especially as it concerns quarterback Kyle Orton, who had a miserable game. True, former Broncos QB Jay Cutler…
The Colorado Lottery has hooked up with the Denver Broncos for a new scratch game. At first blush, it’s an odd alliance. After all, the National Football League officially discourages gambling (wink, wink, nudge, nudge). Upon further consideration, though, the synchronicity between the organizations is too striking to ignore. Not…
August 10 marked the 25th anniversary of the date when the United States was attacked by air and ground forces allied with the Soviet Union — an assault that prompted a plucky band of youngsters in Calumet, Colorado to take up arms and defend their precious homeland against the godless…
Even as Andrew Romanoff readies for a 2010 run for the U.S. Senate, Michael Bennet, the Bill Ritter appointee he’ll be challenging, is upping his public profile. Hence, an appearance yesterday on KHOW for an extended conversation with host Craig Silverman and fill-in yakker Dan Haley, the editorial page editor…
The Broomfield Police Department has named a couple found dead at 2791 Calkins Place over the weekend in what looks like an all-too-typical murder suicide. He’s Darryl Stricklin, 45, of Larkspur; she’s Jodi Samuels, 36, of Broomfield. They were married. Not many details released yet, but in cases like this…
As we pointed out in a blog last Thursday, former Colorado Speaker of the House Andrew Romanoff is on the cusp of announcing a challenge to Senate appointee Michael Bennet. To that end, he’s made one minor alteration at AndrewRomanoff.com, an address that hadn’t been updated for months. Now, there’s…
In an article by ace Denver Post reporter Lynn Bartels, former Congressman Tom Tancredo unloads on fellow Republican (and former Colorado Lieutenant Governor) Jane Norton, saying the only reason she’ll be announcing a Senate run later today is because she was talked into it by Arizona Senator and recent presidential…
Monolithic. Today in Backbeat Online: • Monolith 2009, Day Two: The Mars Volta, Chromeo, Monotonix, Phoenix and more. • 3 the Hard Way premiere full video for “Truth.” • RIP, Jim Carroll. • Dialed In: This week’s local music radio playlists. • Pissed Jeans top seller at Wax Trax for…
Our daily adventure in blog-surfing. More reaction to the miracle in Cincinnati (and another excuse to play the above video). (Mile High Report) Jared Polis is quite effin rich. (Colorado Independent) Conservatives really don’t want you hippies looking at their tweets. (Colorado Pols)…
Wind energy has been a hot commodity in the state for ten years or more now, but a new source of energy — geothermal — is about to get a chance to make its mark in the near future. The Denver Business Journal is reporting that the BLM is set…
Last night, I ate at the Washington Park Grille, an old standby where you maybe have to watch what you order, but where it’s always pleasant, kinda like Cheers with Italian-ish food. Like a slew of Denver eateries, WPG has a special Harvest Week menu, served either as a pricey…
Oh, great — another modern convenience that could be speeding us toward an early grave. Who knew that a shower without Norman Bates might be just as potentially lethal as one with him? According to a just-released study overseen by CU-Boulder prof Norman Pace, 30 percent of showerheads tested in…
All Shellie Kirby wants is a place where she and her husband Mark can live in peace with their Spanish mustang, Rebel, and their other horses and burros. But their seventy-acre ranch in the southeast corner of El Paso County, where the couple has lived the past fifteen years, is…
Last Thursday, we talked about the impending trio of games between your Colorado Rockies and the San Diego Padres, and the importance of the Rocks winning at least two of the three games going into a key series in San Francisco against the Giants. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen: Colorado took…
More bloodshed, more death. What a way to start the week. On Friday, a man now identified as Christopher Camack was found shot on the front lawn of a home on the 3200 block of Albion Street, an area captured in a graphic below (if you have problems seeing the…
