An Arapahoe County judge has issued a scathing order calling for a special prosecutor in a sexual assault case, while at the same time describing the local district attorney’s excuses for failing to pursue the controversial case for the past nine years as “unpersuasive” and unreasonable. Judge Carlos Samour Jr.’s…
Say what you will about Ed Perlmutter. The 1st term Democrat representing Colorado’s 7th District really knows how to cartwheel for votes, as you can see in the video above. It’s unclear why the crowd at this Memorial Day Parade in the mean streets of Commerce City started chanting “Cartwheel!…
It was a long weekend, and we’ve got lots of content to prove it. See photos from the Gin Mill and LoDo’s, plus the downtown arts festival, at westword.com/slideshow. Read reviews of the weekends shows — Iwresttledabearonce, Moderat, and Trouble Andrew — on the Backbeat blog. And read a dispatch…
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, is in Pakistan under the auspices of the State Department. Her mission: to give students and professional journalists the tools they need to improve…
John Oliver, who headlines at Comedy Works South tonight and tomorrow, returns to Denver after spending a week here in August making the Democratic National Convention funnier along with his colleagues at Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. His quick wit was much in evidence when I wound up standing next…
To be a fan of the Denver Nuggets — even the new, improved Denver Nuggets — is to risk cardiac arrest on an all-too-regular basis. Saturday night’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers would have put the Nugs in a commanding position, and they seemed to have everything going for…
California filmmaker Stephen Auerbach had his work cut out for him when he decided to make a documentary about the Race Across America four years ago. Although well-known in elite biking circles, RAAM may be the most undercovered and punishing sporting event around — a 3,000-mile race from the Pacific…
Moments from now, President Barack Obama is expected to introduce Sonia Sotomayor as his choice for the Supreme Court, replacing retiring jurist David Souter. And while she may be an unknown quantity for most Coloradans, at least one of our state’s prominent residents has dealt with her in the past…
Vice President Joe Biden sure must dig the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, where he’ll conduct a town-hall meeting today. He was just there in February, standing by as President Barack Obama signed the stimulus package there. Maybe it’s because the facility has already received a sort of stimulus…
View Larger Map The release from the Broomfield Police Department sported the most routine of subject lines: “Domestic Violence Call.” But it was clearly not a standard incident. According to the BPD, a Broomfield man living at 13005 Lowell Boulevard, along a stretch of the street captured in the graphic…
On Saturday, Harrel Gene Keeling Jr. was arrested in relation to the murder of Miguel Angel Chavez on May 17. Now comes word that Leland Peter Richardson, a second man wanted in relation to this crime, has surrendered. Click “Continue” to read the Aurora Police Department release:…
On this Memorial Day, most of us at Westword remembered that because it’s a national holiday, we didn’t have to come to work. Check back Tuesday for a much fuller, fatter and better tanned Latest Word. In the meantime, here’s a video that commemorates the occasion — a Memorial Day…
A blog yesterday noted the arrest of Alexander Kabelis, 31, for a series of tire slashings in Boulder; he was found with a steak knife in his pocket. Today, the Denver Post reports that Kabelis has confessed to the series of Goodyear-oriented hate crimes, adding that he was motivated by…
Last weekend, Miguel Angel Chavez was found dead on the 1600 block of South Ouray Street; he had been shot and run over by a car. Last night, the Aurora Police Department announced the names of two suspects in Chavez’s death: Harrel Gene Keeling Jr. and Leland Peter Richardson. A…
Tweet a request for fake anti-meth slogans and ye shall receive. Earlier today, we posted a blog offering alternative slogans for the fledgling Colorado Meth Project’s new ad campaign. The ads are aimed at teenagers and feature gritty images aside such slogans as, “No one thinks they’ll try to tear…
Going that extra mile. Today in Backbeat Online: • MP3 Freeloader: Tonight, Stella Luce CD release at Avogadro’s Number. • Freaky Friday: “Superbroker Shuffle.” • MP3 Freeloader: More free dubstep from Alert. • Ancient Mith gets live in Paris. • Rumors of Born in the Flood’s demise are… well, just…
Yes, it’s true: The Denver Community Museum plans one last stab, in a heretofore unnamed location. But museum founder Jaime Kopke is still seeking a few more willing participants, so here’s her missive for all to read: Hi everyone, We’re still looking for a few more participants to take part…
We’ve learned that Video One, long considered Denver’s most awesome independent video rental store, recently sold its building at 1301 East Colfax Avenue. Winner of numerous Best of Denver awards, the store has been the go-to spot for movie geeks of all stripes since… well, since before the Gold Rush,…
Our cruise through the local blogosphere. Take a peek, send a link, call it a day. It’s high time Melo got his own Most Valuable Puppet. (Denver Stiffs) CU students will be true to their school — for a fee, whether they like or not. (Face the State) More on…
Today marks the one-year anniversary of a tornado that struck Windsor, in northern Colorado, taking one life and doing an estimated $193 million in damages, which made it the costliest twister in state history. The video above shows why; the massive storm sat on top of the community for a…
Anyone who’s followed the theatrical footprints of Brian Freeland, founder of the LIDA Project and Countdown to Zero troupes (and one of Westword’s most recent crop of Masterminds), will immediately know — and not know — what to expect of his next production. A grassroots agenda, subversive politics and truth-seeking…
Although Boulder Police officers continue to look for a man who allegedly swiped a computer in March, they think they’ve got the guy responsible for slashing tires on nearly fifty cars during a recent rubber-abusing spree: Alexander Kabelis, 31. According to the release below, Kabelis tended to target law-enforcement rides…
