Kids: They grow up so fast. One minute, they’re crawling on the floor, trying to eat furballs the cat just spat up — and the next, they’re being detained for being in possession of an incendiary device at an airport. Whose personnel frown on that sort of thing. According to…
Completely updated summer programs have evolved to offer children a wide variety of specialized educational activities that reflect current social trends……
The announcement that DaVita, a healthcare giant specializing in kidney dialysis, is moving its corporate headquarters to the Denver area offers a rare bit of good economic news during a period filled with plenty of the opposite sort — and judging by its website, execs at the firm understand that…
There could be some tension at the next Clear Channel Denver staff meeting. Dave Logan, longtime voice of the Broncos and co-host of the KOA afternoon-drive program The Ride Home (as well as a former high school athlete recently honored as being one of the fifty best ever by Parade…
Editor’s note: Amy Herdy, a former Denver Post and Channel 9 journalist who’s currently the advisor for the University of Colorado at Boulder’s CUIndependent.com online newspaper, has spent recent weeks in Pakistan under the auspices of the State Department. Her mission: to give students and professional journalists the tools they…
“NBA & Nike Lose if Denver Nuggets & Orlando Magic Advance to NBA Finals,” an article at MarketingShift.com, begins like so: “Everybody loves a conspiracy theory, including fans of the National Basketball Association. Since the Tim Donaghy refree scandal,commisioner David Stern can’t be thrilled with the complaints from former players…
During one of many torrential downpours last weekend, I was driving north on I-25 near Belleview Avenue when a Dodge Ram pickup sped by me and spayed my car with a ton of water. Once my wipers had done their job, I took a closer look at the truck, noticing…
The morning after loading up on barbecue at M&D’s Cafe following a town hall meeting at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science (and inadvertently causing Jerri Thiel’s car to be towed), Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to deliver a commencement address to graduates at the Air Force Academy…
View Larger Map Last night, Boulder Police confirmed their suspicion that three deaths at a home on the 2400 block of Bluff Street constitute a double homicide/suicide. The bodies haven’t been officially identified, but the Denver Post reports that the residence in question was owned by Elizabeth Schwarzenbach. A woman…
View Larger Map Sometimes facts add up in surprising ways — but not in this case. Earlier today, Boulder Police revealed that they’d found three bodies in a residence on the 2400 block of Bluff Street — an area captured in the graphic above (if you have trouble seeing the…
Is it almost the weekend again? Today in Backbeat Online: • Over the Weekend: Trouble Andrew at the Bluebird. • Over the Weekend: Iwrestledabearonce at the Marquis Theater. • Over the Weekend: Moderat at Beta. • ManeLine breaks in the Deuce’s live stage as first local hip-hop act. • Metric…
No doubt plenty of attendees enjoyed Joe Biden’s town-hall meeting at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science today. But at least one Denverite wouldn’t have minded if the veep had stayed in Washington, D.C.: marketing maven Jerri Thiel. Turns out that Thiel had car problems last night and had…
True Nuggets fans didn’t watch last night’s edition of World Wrestling Entertainment’s Raw, in which Nugs owner Stan Kroenke and the ballers on his payroll were spoofed by WWE’s Vince McMahon and his unitard-clad minions — an act of revenge/publicity stoking inspired by a Pepsi Center double-booking. We were too…
Our daily stroll through the local blogosphere. Brandon Marshall’s ex-girlfriend will be interviewed on ESPN this weekend. Why do we suspect she’s not bragging about his gift-giving prowess? (Complete Colorado) The case against high-speed rail in Colorado. (Face the State) You know you’re bad when your local city magazine has…
View Larger Map This morning, officers with the Boulder Police Department discovered three bodies in a residence located on the 2400 block of Bluff Street — an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”). At this point, the BPD hasn’t…
Unless you live in Illinois — and more specifically, unless you live in Illinois on March 13 every year — Pluto is no longer a planet. And now, thousands of future Colorado schoolchildren will never know that it once was…
The glorious outset of summer begs for Greek: grilled meats, pine-scented retsina and dancing all night by the light of the moon that dapples the sea. You’ll get most of that (Denver can’t oblige by providing the sea), plus a warmup for the time-honored Greek Festival in June, at tonight’s…
In case you haven’t heard, the California Supreme Court issued a ruling hours ago upholding Proposition 8’s ban on same-sex marriage, which that state’s voters approved in November. (Read all about the ruling in this Los Angeles Times story.) Gay-rights groups everywhere — including those in Colorado — are calling…
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. If Quint and…
Today at 2 p.m., Colorado State University’s board of governors will hold a meeting at which it will discuss “the resignation of Mr. Joe Blake from the CSU System Board of Governors,” the “appointment of a replacement to fill the vacancy of Mr. Blake’s seat,” and “designation of finalist for…
The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments… Figure 21. Cherry Creek: Very cherry yard art. Yard art is not entirely limited to the destitute and superstitious. The joy of property personalization transcends all socioeconomic boundaries and even includes the social climbers of Denver’s nouveau-riche neighborhoods. That’s because human beings…
Found myself at the Park Meadows mall on Monday, and learned three things: 1. The recession is over, at least judging by the Park Meadows food court, which was a sea of Chick-fil-A-craving shoppers. 2. Chick-fil-A’s fries are overrated. 3. East Highlands is among the thirty coolest neighborhoods in America,…
