Grizzly Errors

When journalists try to report the news, words frequently get in the way — and a web page entitled “I Read the News Today Oh Boy!” offers proof. It hasn’t been updated for a while (the most recent entry is from 2006), but the linguistic gaffes generated by a slew…

Cat’s Turn!

An Anthroplogie dress Cat would like for spring. The Tamarac Square Fashion Project debuts this evening, March 28, so in honor of that, Cat took a little dose of her own questionnaire. If you wanted to know, Cat has answered… See you on the runway at 7 p.m. , 7777…

Contestant #9: Tricia Hoke

Infernalfruit.com Meet Tricia. She likes big Rottie dogs, polkadots and Dr. Suess. What will she send down the runway during the Tamarac Square Fashion Project? Come find out at the kick-off on Wednesday, March 28, at 7 p.m. Name: Tricia Hoke Company name: Potential Fashions Years designing: 7, but I’ve…

Hate the Sin

This week’s feature story, “Love the Sinner,” about anti-gay hate crimes at Regis University, has prompted plenty of discussion on the northwest Denver campus about how the issue of homosexuality should be approached at the Jesuit school. Online comments posted by readers here (scroll to the bottom) reveal that some…

Good Vibes, Bad Vibes

Saturday night, March 24, was supposed to be about peace, dance and music. And the night started off smoothly, as patrons in a packed Fillmore Auditorium danced the night away at a rockin’ winter carnival hosted by the String Cheese Incident, which is said to be breaking up this summer…

The Mystery of Denver

As regular viewers of 24 know, Rick “Don’t Call Me Ricky” Schroeder (pictured) was recently added to the show’s cast as Mike Doyle, a Counter Terrorism Unit operative who shares plenty of dark, violent qualities with protagonist Jack Bauer — so many, in fact, that he comes across as either…

Contestant #8: Mona Lucero

Name: Mona Lucero Company name: Mona Lucero Design Boutique Years designing: 24 Bio: Mona Lucero was born in San Francisco but raised in Grand Junction. At the age of four she decided she wanted to be an artist, and in 1983 she received her B.F.A. from the University of Colorado…

Peace Be With You, Terry Dalton

Last week, the Denver music scene lost a legendary figure when Terry Dalton passed away at the young age of 59. The renowned singer-songwriter and open-mike host died at his home on Friday, March 23. Dalton will be fondly remembered for his “humor and his razor sharp wit,” says his…

Outta Sync

Lance Bass was cuckolded by Davis? It’s a sad, sad, sad Real World. You thought the drama was going to end with The Real World: Denver season? Dream on. According to this TMZ.com tidbit, there’s a very good reason why former ‘N Sync vocalist Lance Bass ended his “very stable”…

Foot Loose

It’s officially springtime in the Rockies and residents are looking to shake the snowbound psychology from their noggins with some outdoor activities. How about a bike ride? Better yet, how about a lively “foot down” session with Denver’s gnarly posse of bike messengers? This video filmed at last summer’s Peanut…

Contestant #7: Gino Velardi

We’re already at contestant #7 for the Tamarac Square Fashion Project — just five more to go. Keep track of everyone as we get ready for the big showdown on Wednesday night, March 28, at 7 p.m., when everyone can come and meet the twelve designers and hear what challenge…

Of Age

As pointed out in this blog, the Rocky Mountain News recently offered what was described as a “voluntary separation package” to fifty Rocky employees age 55 and older who have worked at the tabloid for at least ten years. This plan, which is intended to shrink the staff by twenty…

Contestant #6: Nancy Sedar Sherman

Nancy Sedar Sherman is on her way to the Fashion Project Tamarac Square. But does she like Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan? Find out below! Name: Nancy Sedar Sherman Company name: Nancy Sedar Designs Years designing: Since high school Bio: Nancy Sedar Sherman is a Denver native. Although she’s lived…

Contestant #5: Deb Henriksen

Give it up for Ms. Equillibrium, our latest victim in the road to Fashion Project Tamarac Square! Name: Deb Henriksen Company name: Equillibrium Clothing Years designing: Organically all my life; as a profession, about 6 years. Bio: Growing up in Naperville, Illinois, Deb Henriksen’s interests were heavily focused on drawing…

Contestant #4: Jose Clark

Name: Jose Clark Company name: I’ll start with “Maclovia” for Private Ladies Couture. (So, ladies look for it in the future… maclovia.com) Years designing: Just one Bio: I have a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and did that for almost eight years. I was doing well, but there was something missing,…

Arrested Development

Tyrie got arrested for pissing in front of this door. Let me end your suspense right now: Tyrie does get arrested in Episode 20. But it’s not for false imprisonment or battery or anything else you might assume, given his manhandling of his girlfriend Jazalle last week. No, it’s for…

This Could be a Sign

Offense Report No: 07-129765 Date: 02-27-07 Type of Offense: Criminal Mischief/Assault Location of Offense: Hale Neighborhood (East Denver) Weapon Used: brick, street sign post Officer R. Jensen reports: “Investigation disclosed that between 3:15 and 3:30 pm, the suspect [a 55-year-old woman] was observed by victim throwing a large landscaping brick…

Multiplying the Cube

This week’s Westword contains a profile of Goes Cube, a surprisingly heavy Brooklyn band on the rise. But the print edition only allowed a small portion of guitarist/vocalist David Obuchowski’s funny, incisive and revealing comments to be included. Below, find the entire interview, conducted while Obuchowski was throwing T-shirts in…

Love the Sinner

The first time Alana McCoy was labeled a dyke, the sophomore was walking back to her car in a Regis University parking lot. From a distance, she could see that a word had been scratched — in large, crooked letters — twice into the hood of her early-model Accord: D-I-K-E…

Fighting Mad

Nima Daivari looked very gay on the night of March 17. “I had cornrows in my hair — and I’m white,” says the 24-year-old. “I was wearing a necklace that had a fairy on it with green wings, a tight-fitting V-neck sweater, white pants with chains hanging off it, and…

Putt Seriously, Folks

The problem with being a creative person in Colorado is that in order to get truly big, you have to leave. There are a few exceptions, of course: the author who carves a successful career from his Boulder home, the painter who gains renown out of his LoDo studio, the…