Dan Savage. I get more letters at Savage Love than I could ever hope to respond to personally, and infinitely more letters than I could ever hope to answer. Still, there’s really no secret to getting your letter into Savage Love: I just have to find your problem somewhat interesting,…
Jon Caldara mugging for the camera. Once upon a time, this very newspaper named previous Westword profile subject Jon Caldara the city’s “Best Media Manipulator” — and one reason he so richly deserved this honor is his willingness to make an ass of himself in the name of his cause…
What a sap… A lawsuit filed by a teenager against the Denver Police Department could have an impact on officers’ use of an antiquated weapon. Fourteen-year-old Anthony Fernandez alleges that he suffered serious spine and head injuries during an arrest in April when Officer Thomas Bogart struck him with a…
Don’t forget to pack your wallet. Our friends at the Aspen Daily News have been doing some calculating — and the digits they’ve come up with are capable of giving a chill to anyone planning a quick ski trip to Aspen this winter. According to writer Andrew Travers, most visitors…
On September 10, the City of Baghdad posted a notice on its website announcing hearings at which the public can weigh in on future uses for al-Zawra park. The first order of business: Design proposals for a 650-foot-high Ferris wheel, which would be the tallest in the world — and…
Aspen is about as far as you can get from Baghdad. There are no suicide bombings, no power outages, food shortages or military checkpoints in this upscale enclave. But there is a skatepark, and Llewellyn Werner points to it as he explains why his project has the potential to transform…
I s that a light at the end of the tunnel or an oncoming train? That’s the question Gina McAfee may have been asking herself Monday. McAfee, who is in charge of collecting public comments on the plan to redevelop Union Station and the land around it, noticed that most…
“Lifer,” Adam Cayton-Holland, and “Bursting Their Bubble,” Sean Cronin, September 25 Real Life Thank you for giving attention to the hot issue of “personhood,” as the lifers would like to define it in “Lifer.” Amendment 48 has grave implications for all people in Colorado and carries the potential for a…
David Berman of Silver Jews. A new month; a new shortcut. Backbeat Online offers music for your eyes: a Q&A with Silver Jews’ David Berman, a This Just In concert update, word of a new locally oriented show on Alice/105.9 FM, and a slideshow of Horse the Band at the…
Will it go ’round in circles? Maybe you’ve heard what has been dubbed the “Ferris wheel” radio attack ad targeting John McCain. “Well, the Iraqi government is finally spending some of its $79 billion surplus from oil,” begins a scratchy voice over the sound of carnival music. “Where’s the money…
The U.S. Attorney’s Office has arrested former Broncos running back Travis Henry on cocaine-distribution charges, and the agent in the case makes some damning accusations, including that Henry was threatening to kill his drug runner if he didn’t recoup $40,000 that he was allegedly owed. If you’re wondering why a…
“Hey! I hear they’re building us a skatepark!” In this week’s Westword cover story, Jared Jacang Maher reports on California businessman Llewellyn Werner, who’s decided that the next logical locale for a skaterboarders’ paradise is… Baghdad! It’s a bizarre tale of entrepreneurship. But skaters — and, yes, they do skate…
Jeff Harris. In this September 27 More Messages blog, Byron Grandy, who was named Channel 7’s station manager in July, talked about hiring Jeff Harris to fill his old gig as news director. But Harris, an executive producer for special projects at 7News from 2000 until 2004, is more than…
See Renee’ Gautreaux’s wedding photos at westword.com/slideshow. When it comes to weddings, that whole church-and-tuxedo thing is so passé. To get hitched with style, take some pointers from Denverites Erin Siegel and Brad Evans, who tied the knot last Wednesday night at the Greek amphitheater at Civic Center Park, cheered…
James Dobson. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports that Focus on the Family plans to lay off or reassign 46 workers due to planned changes in the way it distributes its merchandise. That’s not a huge number, given Focus’s overall workforce of 1,200, and neither is it unprecedented; as the Gazette…
Get the point? A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about my troubles registering to vote in this fine city. After naively participating in a registration drive while waiting in line for ice cream at Liks (what, you can think of a better time?), I then wondered why my paperwork…
The other Paige Green in Gory Gory Hallelujah. Plenty of media types, including 9News sportscaster Drew Soicher, announced that the Paige Green whom Denver Broncos legend John Elway intends to marry boasts film credits such as Leave It!, Mercy for the Innocent and Ray of Darkness, a 2005 flick whose…
Dana Perino at the podium. Colorado-reared Dana Perino, the White House press secretary (and previous Westword profile subject), co-stars in today’s installment of Doonesbury, and in a neat bit of typecasting, she’s cast as an icy villainess. Whoda thunk it? Over the past week or so, the Doonesbury plotline has…
Closed for the season — and forever. Back in 2004, in that year’s Best of Denver issue, Westword trumpeted the “Best Movie News for the Nostalgic” — a reprieve for the Cinderella Twin drive-in near the intersection of Highway 285 and Santa Fe, which had been marked for destruction in…
3Oh!3 strip down. Our blog inventory is going through the roof. Backbeat Online is full to bursting with content, including a couple of live reviews that slipped past yesterday’s Shortcut — Smaug at PT’s Club Inferno and a roundup from the Summit Jazz Weekend. These items are joined by fresh…
Raj Chohan standing in front of an image of… Raj Chohan. As noted in this September 26 More Messages blog, Channel 4 reporter Raj Chohan, whose “Reality Check” series calculates the truthiness in political ads, wound up being featured in the very sort of commercial he typically critiques — a…
Kenny Be’s Hip Tip, a longtime staple of Westword, took a hiatus while he created his massive Delegating Denver series — check out all 56 installments here. Now it’s back, and you’ll be able to find it weekly in the pages of the paper as well as on The Latest…
