Union Station Advocates weigh in — mildly — on proposed station architecture

As noted in the blog “New Architectural Images Released of Denver International Airport. Oh, Wait, That’s Denver Union Station,” the developers behind the ongoing Union Station project recently unveiled new architectural concepts for the transit hub — including some ideas, espeically the train shed canopy, that seemed less than wonderful…

Denver Post employees agree to salary, benefit cuts

Yesterday, union-represented employees of the Denver Post voted to accept a package that includes “wage cuts ranging from 6 percent to 9 percent, depending on salary; higher health-insurance costs; seven days per year of unpaid furloughs; and a suspension of employer contributions to 401(k) retirement accounts,” according to an article…

America’s confidence still high, according to Next Top Model casting call

See more photos at westword.com/slideshow. They say we’re beaten down, beleaguered, ready to collectively empty our 401(k)s and slit our wrists with our sliced-in-half Visa cards. But if the several hundred high-heeled, high-smiled women standing in a line that stretched halfway around downtown Denver on Tuesday for an America’s Next…

The Westword.com blog shortcut, March 10 edition

Bring it on! Today in Backbeat Online: • Brooks Center Arts Tea House closing? • Last Night: The Bad Plus at Soiled Dove. • So What! back at Sengers on the Fax tonight! • The economy sucks, so here are 570 free songs. Today in Cafe Society: • For ladies…

Denver Blogs: How the military’s homophobia cost a cadet $30,000

These are the fruits of our daily blog-surfing labor. Make our jobs easier by sending nutritious links here. One cadet’s experience with Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: As you might guess, it pretty much sucked. It was also expensive. (Colorado Independent) Lawmakers have asked the governor to squash new oil-and-gas rules…

Today’s featured event: With V-Day, vaginas can lead to victory

V-Day doesn’t correspond to a specific date on the calendar. Rather, it’s an organization dedicated to ending violence against women and girls across the globe. And tonight offers a highly enjoyable way to support the cause: a benefit performance of The Vagina Monologues, the award-winning play penned by Eve Ensler,…

What? Not all comments posted to blogs are accurate?

The old adage about not believing everything you read goes double for comments placed on blogs. Today’s example: An item attributed to “Buster,” which popped up on a piece entitled, “Denver Post Chairman and MediaNews Group CEO Dean Singleton Responds to This Week’s Message Column.” It reads: Every time Mikey…

Colorado Public Radio story goes national

This morning, National Public Radio broadcast a first-rate report about mortgage scams. Yet its source was more surprising than its content — because it’s a product of Colorado Public Radio. The appearance of a CPR package on the national broadcast shouldn’t be that rare. After all, the service is by…

The Westword.com blog shortcut, March 9 edition

Here are some things we published not too long ago… Today in Backbeat Online: • Over the Weekend: Cut Off Your Hands at the hi-dive. • Over the Weekend: Tauntaun and Kingdom of Magic at the Bluebird. Today in Cafe Society: • Prime (rib) time at Dazzle. • A Milking…

Major behind-the-scenes shuffling at the Denver Post

The just-published blog “Former Enemies Penny Parker and Bill Husted Finding Ways to Co-Exist at the Denver Post” describes the intriguing repercussions of changes at the broadsheet since the closure of the Rocky Mountain News — and plenty more are on the way. Earlier today, Post editor Greg Moore sent…