Westword.com is looking for some help. Not full-time help, of course — what do you think this is, 2004? — but rather free and cheap help. We’re looking for: Freelance photographers. Specifically, we need gutsy shutterbugs who can infiltrate protests, press conferences and other events by day, and then hit…
Our daily mug of local bloggage. Chug! Chug! Chug! The state’s budget crisis sucks … unless you’re a prisoner! (5280) Does this high-speed rail system have a message car? Why is it so expensive? (Colorado Independent) Why are old crappy motel signs so cool? (Denver Egotist)…
Here’s a free tip for all you tech entrepreneurs looking at making an “iPhone killer:” Concentrate on the phone’s Achilles heel, its service. People love the phone, but all too often the service simply sucks. Actually, it’s unfair to single out Apple/AT&T for a haterade bath. The truth is, most…
World traveler, journalist, PR exec: Boulderite John Shors has done it all. But these days, he wears the hat of a novelist because, upon the release of his third work of fiction, Dragon House (NAL Trade, $15), he’s proven himself an author with a big scope — one who writes…
My fiancee just moved to Denver, and she’s doing a lot of that thing people do after they move here: “Wait, is this the same Colfax as the Colfax where we saw that bum riding a unicycle?” “Colorado? I thought Colorado was the street with that strip club you like…
The city of Denver needs your R.F.P. A.S.A.P.! Requests for Proposals are due this Friday, September 4, 2009, for the restaurant concession in the McNichols building renovation plans at Civic Center. My proposal is named the Yum Yum Tree, in honor of the city’s first food court-style restaurant. It will…
One of the most noticeable — and controversial — changes to downtown lately has been the transformation of Writer Square, the longtime pedestrian shopping center that has lately seen all of its trees, benches and other landscaping removed as part of its new owners’ plan to modernize the property. Residents…
Colorado is set to receive more than $3.5 million from drug leviathan Pfizer in relation to two separate settlements. According to the office of Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, the largest of the two deals is related to allegations that the company “improperly marketed four drugs and paid kickbacks to…
Colorado’s confusing medical-marijuana laws have led to plenty of puffing on all sides of the issue, with the Cannabis Therapy Institute taking a leading role in pushing for greater availability of what it sees as a healing weed. Last week, the organization joined forces with other medical-marijuana advocates as part…
Pat Bowlen is frequently referred to as one of the best owners in professional sports — at least in these parts. But in a recent item (dubbed “too short for a column:), he’s slapped around plenty by someone who’s observed the Broncos closely over the years: ESPN’s Rick Reilly, a…
With prodigy J.R. Smith suspended for the first seven games of the 2009-2010 season thanks to his guilty plea in a New Jersey crash that killed one of his friends (and for which Smith served jail time), the Nuggets could use some help at guard. And a prominent one’s available:…
Although ProgressNow Colorado’s Michael Huttner lived through a grilling by Fox News’ Neil Cavuto, he likely made few converts among the cable net’s mondo-conservative viewership. The Colorado branch of the American Civil Liberties Union is hoping for a friendlier audience for “Gitmo Revealed: An Evening of Film and Discussion,” which…
ProgressNow Colorado’s Michael Huttner will go just about anywhere to pimp 50 Ways You Can Help Obama Change America, a new book he co-wrote with former Rocky Mountain News media writer Jason Salzman — including Fox News. He didn’t emerge from his appearance opposite Neil Cavuto unscathed, however. Huttner twice…
I confess: I really wasn’t sure why the Colorado Rockies went to the trouble of picking Jason Giambi off the discard pile last month. But now I know — the lucky thong. The lucky gold thong, that is, which Giambi lets teammates wear to help them break out of a…
Denver-based gazillionaire Phil Anschutz is an unusual fellow. He’s a media mogul, with interests in traditional print as well as online operations, but he refuses to give interviews, and many of his firms, including Clarity Digital Group, overseer of the sprawling Examiner.com project, don’t even have proper websites. That’s the…
Reports began surfacing earlier this week about the impending Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of Freedom Communications, a California-based media company whose properties include the Colorado Springs Gazette. The move was made official yesterday afternoon, and the Gazette’s subsequent coverage of its parent’s financial mess has tended toward the upbeat. The…
As I mentioned in a blog yesterday about Ken Levine, host of the Dodger Talk radio show, who treated Denver like a joke in a recent post, I lived in Los Angeles for five years — so I’m accustomed to days when the air available for inhaling looks practically indistinguishable…
View Larger MapOn Sunday night, Rick Bobian, 37, was shot dead near the intersection of 66th Avenue and Julian Street in Adams County, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). Local authorities are currently looking for Levelle Patricia Valdez,…
Mr. Ryan, you have my gratitude. Today in Cafe Society: • Meet Mr. Burger: Tom Ryan of Smashburger. • Fantasy football party deals abound in Denver. • Stomp Them Grapes moving north. • Otto’s is outta Market Street. • End of summer pinot party tonight at Lala’s Wine Bar +…
City officials get lots of cranky e-mails from residents. How cranky, you ask? Last Friday, the Denver Post reported that Jude O’Connor, a top official in the Denver Parks and Recreation Department, obtained a temporary restraining order against Andrew Wallach for sending e-mails “with a threatening undertone.” But while his…
Urbavore’s Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers’ commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from backyard chickens to front-lawn gardens, from greenhouses to co-ops and food-sharing. Check out the full series here. I’ve spent all…
Our daily tour of the local blogosphere. The Denver Police say “hell no” to raise delays. Brave, I guess, but how will they feel when officers start losing their jobs? (Square State and 5280) Those smokey skies? Those are from the wildfires in California. Although if I told you it…
