Feeling down in the dumps, all cooped up at work on a Monday when the sun is shining and the trees are green? Yeah. Where did the weekend go? But salvation can be found in the foothills north of Boulder tonight, in the trimmed-down form of naughty roots-music belter Candye…
Thanks to our ongoing recession, businesses are under increasing pressure to merge with similar firms or even rivals — and it turns out that business organizations are feeling the heat, too. Note that the National Association of Women Business Owners’ Denver chapter, which has suffered of late from membership declines…
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…
The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments… Figure 20. Athmar Park: Grass-free greetings from a gaggle of gargoyles. Lawns of Kentucky Bluegrass have always seemed like a water-wasting luxury here in semi-arid Denver. However, even the laziest homeowners will agree that despite the regular watering and mowing, such lawns…
With the sleeves of his white, button-down dress shirt rolled up and his skuffed Pumas untied, nine-year-old Ethan stood on the steps of the state Capitol Saturday afternoon and addressed the more than a hundred people — some waving rainbow flags — who’d come to hear him speak. “I believe…
As the chairman of MediaNews Group, which owns more than 100 publications and media properties across the country, including the Denver Post, Dean Singleton is a divisive figure in many quarters. But like him or loathe him, he’s a true believer in the daily newspaper, and his attempts to safeguard…
See photos from the weekend — including, yes, those of midget wrestlers stapling money to each other — at westword.com/slideshow…
Earlier this month, the University of Colorado at Boulder announced its plan to close the Silver & Gold Record, a newspaper that covers CU’s faculty, as part of a cost-cutting effort. But assorted staffers at the paper and the school feel there are plenty of reasons to spare the publication,…
Last week, a Denver Post subscriber was surprised to find the day’s edition in the newspaper condom above — one stamped with the logo of The Witchita Eagle, accessible at Kansas.com. The Post may have announced an end to daily delivery to outlying parts of Colorado, but if the image…
The Aurora Police Department is reporting a serious rollover crash on Interstate 225 south of I-70. Right now, just one lane is open, and the APD doesn’t expect both lanes to be open for “at least 2-3 hours.” Avoid the area unless you want an excuse for being epically late…
The Denver Post is reporting that Patrick Roy has received an offer to coach the Colorado Avalanche — and don’t worry that his delay in accepting a deal that’s been widely rumored for the better part of a week means he won’t sign up. In all likelihood, this pause is…
As predicted, the Los Angeles Lakers handled the Houston Rockets on Sunday, setting up a Western Conference finals matchup with your Denver Nuggets, who the Lakers have dominated in recent years. But even though the game was never competitive, the Lakers hardly looked invincible. Simply put, the Rockets had no…
View Larger Map Editor’s note: This blog marks the first entry in Mile High Murder, a new category in The Latest Word devoted to news and information about society’s most serious crime — the taking of a life — in the seven-county metro Denver/Boulder area. Early today, Aurora Police Department…
Hurry up already. Today in Cafe Society: • May is National Hamburger Month — and CityGrille’s eleventh anniversary. • Make a pig of yourself this weekend. • Will The Bachelorette get a pizza the action? • New York Times’ restaurant critic Frank Bruni steps away from the plate. • Steak…
If you can tell the difference between a good bad and a bad blog, send links to the former here. Colorado’s top ethics panel has been ordered to turn over records it went to court to keep secret. That kinda backfired, didn’t it? (Colorado Independent) Chrysler still has a lot…
Colorado Rail Passenger Association (ColoRail) plans to file a federal lawsuit to halt implementation of the proposed redevelopment plan for Denver Union Station. The all-volunteer advocacy organization says the proposed plan is “short on transportation services that were committed to in the earlier planning processes and published documents. Specific concerns…
There’s just not anything better than a Steve Earle concert, except maybe a free Steve Earle concert. That’ll be the ticket at Twist & Shout, when Earle arrives at 6 p.m. for a free performance promoting his new fifteen-song CD Townes, a musical tribute to the late singer/songwriter Townes Van…
“James Dobson’s Political Surrender,” a piece by Dan Gilgoff, U.S. News & World Report’s “God & Country” blogger, contains several fascinating excerpts from the good doctor’s Focus on the Family radio broadcast. Of course, Dobson stepped down as chairman of the Colorado Springs-based outfit in late February — but he…
Sometimes picking a shmuck is hard work. Sometimes the world presents you with such a vast sample tray of worthy shmucks, you have to employ a team of PhDs to measure their shmuckiness. On other, rarer occasions, the calendar presents a virtually shmuck-free week, and you’re left to pick Bob…
Before Bill Ritter co-hosted a tribute to MediaNews Group CEO and Denver Post publisher Dean Singleton, who’s hardly a fan of his policies, he appeared at a photo opportunity with a dog. Yep, Ritter joined Dealer, a Miami border collie, at the dedication of a solar-panel installation at Nestlé Purina’s…
With soothing water feature… Originally published ten years ago, in the May 27, 1999 issue of Westword…
Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs was one of the finalists to become the home for the 24th Air Force, described by the service as “a new numbered Air Force headquarters focused on the cyber mission.” But it’ll have to settle for Miss Congeniality. Lackland Air Force Base in…
