Alright, so the wait is over. This year’s Showcase ballot has finally been revealed. As with every year, the event continues to evolve and improve (we like to think so, anyway). This year, you’ll notice that we’ve added five new categories, and there’s 57 acts making a first-time appearance on…
I’m a Boston-born Red Sox fan. Feel my pain. I’m not in pain because of that whole “no World Series championship since 1918” thing. We all know that ended in 2004 during The Greatest Event in the History of the Universe. I’m in pain because I live in Denver, a…
It was the first seriously hot day of the year, maybe the second. Outside, the whole world smelled like cherry blossoms and living earth. I had the speakers on the computer turned down low and Tom Waits was singing You Can Never Hold Back Spring. It was that kind of…
Thursday, May 10 Girls Night Out at Loft 22 Grab the girls and head over to this newish boutique in Larimer Square. They’re offering wine and chocolate, eye makeovers, chair massages, prizes, gift certificates and a Lizzie Sarah Jewelry trunk show. Loft 22 1410 Larimer Street 5 to 7:30 p.m…
As noted in this April 26 Message column, the fallout from the Don Imus controversy so worried the folks at Clear Channel-Denver that they called a meeting of on-air talent from their eight-station cluster to discuss its implications. And judging by KHOW talk-show host Craig Silverman’s reaction to the concerns…
Four hundred horses are on their way to the Colorado Horse Park in Parker, but the legal Mexican workers that Helen Krieble needs to clean up after them are stuck behind the border because the federal government is making an already difficult process practically impossible.
Last season Krieble imported eight legal Mexican workers in a tedious process that cost her $1,000 per head long before any of the workers earned a dime at her non-profit equestrian center. Last year they arrived April 1 and stayed in Colorado until the season ended on Halloween.
The Chingaso Gear skull. After a spin through the local boutiques last weekend, Cat found a constant theme: skulls adorning everything. Skull boots, skull belt buckles, skull hoodies, skull camis, skull skirts, skulls, skulls, skulls. Welcome to the Day of the Dead, Denver – if only a few years late…
Colorado’s legislature may have changed the law so that juveniles convicted of first degree murder don’t get the key thrown away when they’re locked up for life without parole, but there’s still 46 of them sitting behind bars who will never get a chance to walk free again. One of…
Like the wildly successful, crayon-colored line of plastic perforated shoes that started it all, the backlash against Crocs footwear just keeps growing and growing. We were slightly ahead of the curve, examining the garish boat shoes and their lack of fashion or podiatric appeal in the 2005 article “A Really…
Earlier this year, in a Message column profile, radio executive Don Howe talked about how the Wolf, a relatively new country station, planned to sink its teeth into KYGO-FM, which has been the area’s most powerful C&W purveyor for well over a decade. At the time, many media observers thought…
Floyd Mayweather Jr. fought like he was saving something special for Oscar de la Hoya through all twelve rounds Saturday night. Mayweather, whose too swift for most men to hit, threw half as many punches in the first few rounds and seemed to be on the defensive almost all of…
Carmelo and Kiyan. Photo taken from ConcreteLoop.com. The Nuggets didn’t make it to the Finals, but Carmelo Anthony still has a trophy to display. Go here for more photos of Carmelo and son –Crystal Preston-Watson…
There’s not much to say about this video other than watch it and be impressed. It’s not every day you see a skateboarder bombing down Denver-area hills – on his hands. Makes you wonder: In what fashion does Mr. Cisneros drive a car? – Joel Warner…
“>Slideshow Churros, turkey legs, US Navy recruiters and bootlegged Latin rap CDs. Saturday’s Cinco De Mayo Festival in Civic Center Park proved to be another exciting event for city-dwellers to experience everything that the Mile High Flea Market has to offer – but downtown! But the most popular draw wasn’t…
No, this isn’t Cat — but it’s a delightfully kitchy coffee table. Cat and Cheese Bikini spent the weekend window shopping, scouting for interesting home and fashion items for Westword’s annual Summer Guide. Cat was on Tennyson and Tejon, Larimer Square, South Pearl and South Gaylord and South Broadway, and…
(Updated) In his May 5 column, Rocky Mountain News editor/publisher/president John Temple told readers about impending changes in the newsroom that are intended to help the tabloid keep pace in today’s digital age. However, he didn’t go into the level of detail he shared in a May 2 memo to…
Offense Report No: 07-247841 Date: 04-18-07 Type of Offense: Robbery/Assault Location of Offense: Congress Park Weapon Used: Gun Officer Campbell reports: “Investigation disclosed that between the listed dates and times 2 to 3 unknowns approached the victims [a group of four twentysomethings], threatened them with a shotgun, struck victim #1…
A week after Gerald Styron’s first visit to the Westword offices, he delivered a follow up missive and more sound files! He’s still stumping for Denver City Council even after losing his write-in candidacy (after not getting the 100 signatures needed to be an official candidate) to incumbent Rick Garcia…
Slideshow When Cat arrived in the office this morning, a sign of the coming apocalypse was sitting on her chair. In a couriered envelope — one that screams, “I’m important, the world could be ending, look at me” — was a press kit. Not just any press kit, but one…
As of this writing, there’s a very telling technical glitch in the section of the MSNBC site devoted to rating participants in May 3’s debate of Republican presidential candidates. Click the “Picking the President” link keyed to Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo and you’ll be transported to a Mit Romney feature…
The Downtown Denver Area Plan, which will be discussed tonight at a community forum at the Colorado History Museum, 1300 Broadway, from 5:30 to 8 p.m., is the theoretical blueprint for what Denver should look like in the year 2027. Judging from the plan, the Mile High City is getting…
The Toasted Subs Franchisee Association won a victory against Quiznos in Denver’s federal court on Thursday, May 3 – the same day that my feature story about the Denver-based chain hit newsstands. Last November, a Quiznos franchisee in California killed himself in a Quiznos bathroom, leaving a suicide note that…
