“Mustang” will glow on when lights go out at DIA tomorrow

Is Denver International Airport in the dark? The airport will be celebrating touchy-feely Earth Hour tomorrow, turning off lights between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 23. The black-out includes the illuminated DIA sign along Pena Boulevard, the illuminated sign marking the Jeppesen Terminal and the lights on…

NRA takes aim at Colorado’s 2014 election

It should be all hearts and flowers when Governor John Hickenlooper signs the civil unions bill at History Colorado this afternoon. But we’re betting that this historic moment will also have a history-making amount of security, given the vehement response to Hickenlooper’s signing of three gun measures yesterday — just…

Sex and drugs at Colorado Senate today

Want evidence of just how colorful Colorado has become? Stop by the Colorado Senate this morning, where two big bills will be considered. One, calling for new sex education standards, shows how very blue the Colorado Legislature is these days, The second, HB 13-1061, which would set standards for “responsible…

History Colorado: “A” should be for “Advertising”

History Colorado bills Denver A to Z as a “lighthearted and interactive exhibit” from Adrenaline to Zombies. Zzzzz. “Near and Dear” mountains for “N”? It’s hard to come up with a smart alphabet-shtick variation; I try and fail in this week’s column. And I already have a correction: “A” should…

A snowy trip into DIA…and back in time

JetBlue brought me to Denver last night only a few hours late. But even though we landed at Denver International Airport, with its all-weather runways, I felt transported back to another airport — the old Stapleton International Airport — and thirty years back in time, to the Blizzard of 1982…

Get ready for the 2013 MasterMinds

Denver is full of aesthetic adventurers and artists who are changing the cultural landscape. They’re among Denver’s greatest assets, the reason this city attracted more of the desirable 25-to-34-year-old demo than any other area in recent years. They’re Colorado’s creative capital…