Shhh! No complaining in the library! Or about the library. Last November, the Denver Public Library proudly announced it had been named the top library in the nation. Its new building had already snagged national awards, it had recently fended off the evil Dr. Laura ("The Doctor Is Out," September...
Since forming last summer, Hi-Fidelity, Thursday, June 7, at the 15th Street Tavern, with the Gravity Index and Los Federalis, has become one of Denver's more appealing arbiters of the garage-rock gospel. Fronted by vocalist/guitarist Joaquin Liebert, the band's live set is peppered by a batch of irresistibly crunchy pop...
Drive-by, He Said Outrageous impression: Ed Thomas's statements in David Holthouse's story about the new skate park ("Big Air," July 19) are truly outrageous. He is totally out of touch with reality. Skateboarding is a mainstream sport (whether you like it or not) with hardcore roots. Thomas's impressions of thuggish...
Whenever they're blowing up Mile High Stadium, it's not soon enough -- and the 24,000 sweaty fans who converged on the arena for last week's Ozzfest would probably agree. As one of the last shows ever to grace the stadium where John Elway ascended to sainthood, Ozzfest was an appropriately...
John Hopper got a job teaching history at Granada High on the day before school started eleven years ago. His predecessor had quit unexpectedly, leaving behind her students, her classroom and a single piece of yellow paper taped to the desk outlining her courses: world history, government, geography, U.S. history...
It's still possible to see justice done -- as long as somebody pays the attorneys. Coloradans who spent weeks, sometimes months, sometimes even years waiting for US West to install new telephone lines will soon be eligible for credits on their telephone bills, thanks to a class-action lawsuit filed back...
In the waning months of 2000, history -- or in Denver's case, historic preservation -- marched down the street. The Denver City Council, with the full support of Mayor Wellington Webb, unanimously authorized the creation of a non-contiguous downtown historic district. It includes more than forty buildings that have played...
If Tiger Woods knows what's good for him, he'll keep an eye on the Wongluekiet twins. That's because ten, twelve, maybe fifteen years from now, Aree Song Wongluekiet or his brother, Naree Song, might sneak up on Tiger and snatch away first-place money at, say, the $35 million Arnold Palmer...
www.archives.state.co.us/govs/mansion/index.htmWe paid for the fixup, so why wait in line to see the chief executive’s crib when it’s now online? There’s nary a Big Mac wrapper in sight among the still photos of the Governor’s Mansion offered at www.archives.state.co.us/govs/mansion/index.htm, but we do get a glimpse of a guest suite powder room (tub in background, commode […]
www.archives.state.co.us/govs/mansion/index.htmWe paid for the fixup, so why wait in line to see the chief executive’s crib when it’s now online? There’s nary a Big Mac wrapper in sight among the still photos of the Governor’s Mansion offered at www.archives.state.co.us/govs/mansion/index.htm, but we do get a glimpse of a guest suite powder room (tub in background, commode […]
Qwest for Ire Stall in the family: Thanks for keeping the name of Qwest in the spotlight with Patricia Calhoun's "Life's Bitter Here," in the August 24 issue. Needless to say, they are not making friends by undoing the good that US West has done for the community. What Qwest...
Hunched over the counter of the only 7-Eleven in Widefield, an elderly black man named Leo mulls over what could be his most consequential purchase of the day. You never know; this could be the time, the magic moment, that life-altering, red-letter, once-in-a-lifetime lucky day. You just don't know. This...
It's Sunday, August 11, 1996. Somewhere on the 17000 block of East Dickenson Place, an alarm is going off, which is not uncommon. It could be a car alarm or maybe a home alarm, but Nsikak Ekiko says it's not coming from her house or her garage. Her neighbors think...
Two men in their mid-twenties are talking outside a Capitol Hill bar. It's 5:17 p.m. on July 5. Dirty D: "There's this new guy in town. He's from Philadelphia. He's short, stocky." Jerry Bronze: "Put him against Butz?" Dirty D: "Nah, he'll kill him." Bronze: "What about Crane?" Dirty D:...
In the computer-generated photographs of Rocky Flats in the year 2006, the squat, proletarian buildings where plutonium was once shaped into deadly pits have been airbrushed away. The artist was wise to get rid of them: Those vast, concrete edifices were an anachronism, a Cold War artifact from a loony,...
There's No Place Like Homeless There goes the neighborhood: In his excellent June 8 story on Lowry, "How to Build a Ghetto," Justin Berton failed to point out one important fact. No matter what the developers say about new urbanism at Lowry, it is obvious that their goal is to...
Size Matters Fashion victims: Thanks for Michael Roberts's great article on SUVs, "A Sporting Chance," in the June 1 issue. It should be required reading for all those considering purchasing one of those Stupid Useless Vehicles, as well as for those lemmings who have already followed the latest fashion by...
Like all of Elliott Smith's best songs, "Junk Bond Trader," a key track on Figure 8, his fine new album, is more than its title indicates; instead of merely telling the story of a Wall Street bottom-feeder, it uses such an individual as a jumping-off point for a more personal...
The favorite in this Saturday's Kentucky Derby is a regally bred but half-crazy colt named Fusaichi Pegasus, and if you can pronounce his name, you're doing better than most of the bourbon-soaked horse gentry decorating the saloons of Louisville. To be sure, Foos-ey-EE-chee, American-bred and Japanese-owned, is quite a runner:...
An opera based on a Russian silent film would seem the sort of artsy endeavor that invites dismissive sneers from musical and movie buffs alike. But with its abundance of artful understatement, a score that out-lilts most songfests and a touching story that examines age-old questions with modern frankness, Bed...
Once in a while, someone comes into Johnny's Newsstand who is not a regular customer. Imagine! The Johnny of Johnny's Newsstand is Johnny Kareski, and such occurrences fascinate him. Exhibit A: "Check this out," he says, from behind the cash register where he keeps a guitar, sheet music, his first...
Future shlockOnce upon a time, Denver was so trendy that the think tank that would go on to name Colorado a "bellwether" state was actually based here. But when John Naisbitt's Megatrends made the bigtime in the early '80s, he moved his office to Telluride (with a satellite in D.C.),...
