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Can’t believe you’re still at work? Get out. It’s time to plan your fabulous July 4th weekend, so here’s what you should do: Go hang out with a marg at Mezcal and ponder. You could even have some fun along with the relaxation: There’s a Beyond José tequila education night…

Back in December, when IWantMyRocky.com debuted, John Ensslin, one of numerous Rocky Mountain News employees who helped launch the project, described the website as “more of a rally-the-troops kind of thing, where people can post their comments or even videos.” Although the site succeeded in that respect, the enthusiasm and…

Don’t let the current economic recession ruin your summer fun. Now you can stay right here in Denver and still experience all the exotic culture of an overseas vacation with a trip to Confluence Park…

There are some memories from elementary school that just seem to stick in your mind: The time Tanya broke her arm on the tire swing… the gym teacher singing “Wind Beneath My Wings” at the school talent show… all that hilarious farting. But after watching the video after the jump,…

Turns out Denver has a much smaller role in Imagine That than we originally thought. As you may recall, three weeks worth of filming for the Eddie Murphy flick took place right here in our Mile High home. And although you can still see a helicopter shot of the city…

Looks like yet another art print on a temporary display at the Denver Art Museum has been sliced out and stolen by some sneaky sneak. This brings the count to four. Whereas all of the previous thefts were rock art posters from the museum’s Psychedelic Experience show, the latest print…

So you want to set some shit off this weekend? Because different jurisdictions have different rules, fireworks that may be perfectly lawful on one block may be illegal on the next. Most items that neither explode nor leave the ground are permissible in Colorado. But in Wheat Ridge, all fireworks…

Moon, which opens on Friday, July 3, at the Mayan Theatre, is a low-budget science-fiction film that shoots for the stratosphere using ideas, not computer graphics and flashy effects. That it does so well with so little is a testament to the performance of Sam Rockwell, as an astronaut (or…

A new survey finds that Colorado has the lowest percentage of overweight adults in these United States, and the tenth lowest percentage of obese children. But is that a good thing? Not according to student Shane Neely, who in late 2007 presented a speech in a Boulder classroom entitled, “Why…

During difficult economic conditions, crime usually goes up — but not last year. Yesterday, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation released stats showing a 6.1 percent decrease of major crimes from 2007 to 2008, led by a 22 percent decline in car thefts. Denver Police Department spokesman Sonny Jackson suggested to…

Another Ward Churchill court appearance, another opportunity for KHOW talk-show hosts Dan Caplis and Craig Silverman to portray the controversial professor, who yesterday argued for reinstatement to his University of Colorado at Boulder job, as the gray roots of all evil. Kudos, then, to a caller bold enough to present…

“That’s the Way the Cookie Crumbles,” Joel Warner, June 25 Going to Pot I just read “That’s the Way the Cookie Crumbles” and wanted to compliment Joel Warner on such a well-written piece. I read the entire story and was very impressed.  My daughter and I always read Westword and like…

There’s nothing like a good sex scandal to clear out the political pipeline. They’ve killed some careers (goodbye, Eliot Spitzer) and launched others (hello, Barack Obama, who won his Chicago Senate seat after his opponent, Jack Ryan, faced a messy divorce-and-sex-club disgrace with actress Jeri Ryan), and gotten the whole…

On a quiet Sunday morning last February, Jaime Brown arrived at that dark and unthinkable place every young mother dreads. She walked into the room of her three-year-old daughter, Abigail Holland Brown, and found her face-down on her bed. Her skin was cold and blue. There was no breath, no…

Hotter than July? Or exactly as hot as July? Today in Backbeat Online: • Last Night’s Show: Meese at Twist & Shout. • DJ Vajra announces new project, offers free mix for download. • Flier of the Week: Get Down at Beta Friday, July 3. • Remembering Tickle Me Pink’s…

A blog earlier today detailed a Debtwire article about MediaNews Group, a Denver-based firm that owns dozens of newspapers around the country, including the Denver Post. That piece included information about a series of outstanding loans, as well as the following passage: “MediaNews has scheduled a 1 July lender call…