Hey kids! It’s Convertible Barbie and her friend, also named Barbie! They’re on a road trip! To a summer reading adventure! At the Denver Public Library! It’s all part of the summer reading program at DPL that attracted 31,218 young readers last year! Check out Passenger Barbie! She’s hot! Check…
We’ve all heard stories about locals renting out their homes for a king’s ransom during the upcoming Democratic Party convention — and while most of them are probably apocryphal, no one doubts that there’s money to be made for comfortable lodgings during those few days in August. Rocky Mountain News…
Best known as a mover and shaker on various city-related committees and boards, Susan Wick — developer Mickey Zeppelin’s longtime companion — is also an artist. In this latter role she’s had some real successes, none greater than her solo show at the Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver a few years…
Well, it’s almost impossible to beat a disgraced cop turned body builder who is then accused by police of locking two underage teen girls in his wife’s store and paying them to have sex with each other. For Alan Prendergast’s blog on Joe Bini, click here. For previous Shmucks, click…
Last week, Barbara Corcoran of “The Today Show” recognized Denver as one of the nation’s five friendliest cities, joining San Antonio, Texas; Nashville; Madison, Wisconsin; and Davis, California – an honor that’s nothing to sneeze at. And if someone does, Denverites would certainly say “Bless you” and offer a tissue…
On Wednesday, June 4, administrators at the Denver Health and Hospital Authority admitted that they have been miscalculating the ambulance-response times of their paramedic division for the past four years. This admission came in the wake of a Westword investigation which revealed that Denver Health’s ambulance system was failing to…
“A Cut Above,” Jason Sheehan, May 22 Something’s Fishy Jason Sheehan, your pseudo-review of Sushi Katsuya manifests your persona as a self-aggrandizing, pretentious foodie-poseur. Did you know that irashaimase is the customary greeting at practically all places of business in Japan? That’s right, even at McDonald’s. Everyone in Japan greets…
Former senator Gary Hart, who might have been elected president in 1984 were it not for superdelegates of the sort that Democratic candidates have lusted after for months, announced his support for Senator Barack Obama way back in January. But in an extended Q&A accessible at blogs/westword.com/demver, he concedes that…
Sunday nights are bad for me. Maybe it’s because I stay out till God knows when on Fridays and Saturdays chasing after God knows what. Or maybe it’s just typical American dread. Monday morning, back to school, back to the office, back to reality. Whatever it is, I’m never able…
In 2004, Jeremy Gregory’s photo appeared in these pages — but most readers didn’t know it. Back then, Gregory and two associates had set up a fundraiser intended to help revive Capitol Underground Radio, an unlicensed enterprise typically described as a pirate station. Because the Federal Communications Commission takes a…
Michael Hancock got the call at 6:30 a.m.: His sister had been shot. Hancock lived less than five minutes away, and when he screeched to a halt on a quiet neighborhood street in Montbello, he saw his sister, 41-year-old Karen West, in the driver’s seat of her SUV. “I walked…
As the world now knows, a man named Jeff Peckman is fighting to get an initiative on the November ballot calling for the formation of an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission in Denver — which would deal with any problems that might arise should a group of day-tripping ETs decide to stop…
“Cor ad cor loquitur” should be the motto of the Denver Speaker’s Corner, says June emcee, City Auditor Dennis Gallagher, citing the Roman adage “heart speaks to heart.” It’s certainly fitting for this open forum, where participants can air their political views in three-to-five-minute ad hoc speeches. Held in Civic…
Maybe it was all a misunderstanding. Like the bad address on the search warrant. Like the dead Mexican. But Joseph Bini, the former drug warrior who orchestrated a disastrous no-knock raid nine years ago that still haunts the Denver Police Department, is back on the wrong side of the headlines…
So, it’s Obama. Did anyone doubt that, except the Hillary faithful? And yes, there were a lot of them, and probably still are, until the news sinks in—a process that won’t even begin until Senator Clinton admits that the writing is not only on the wall, but it’s also being…
Tagging — the use of enigmatic designs sometimes symbolizing gang associations — is an increasing problem for Denver and other big cities, so it may be a little surprising that a group called Your Name in Graffiti (www.ynig.com) wound up with a public art commission. But that’s the case with…
“This has been a long campaign, and I will be making no decisions tonight.” True. Partly true…
A number of Coloradoans have run for president, but no one came closer to actually winning the office than former Senator Gary Hart. In 1984, he presented a heated challenge to anointed party favorite (and subsequent landslide victim) Walter Mondale, ultimately falling short in large part because superdelegates — a…
The achievement of Senator Barack Obama, who’s widely reported to have clinched the Democratic nomination for president, demanded some memorable words, and Channel 4 morning anchor Tom Mustin (pictured) was ready, willing and able to supply them. On a June 4 broadcast, he said, “It’s a historic day in American…
Wrist Deep Productions gets down and dirty with Denver’s progressive hip-hop sensation the Flobots. These two groups will be forever bound by the stain of blood and Cheetos hands…
Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan didn’t just throw Travis Henry under the bus on June 2 when talking about his decision to cut the running back. He tossed him beneath the entire Greyhound fleet. “The release speaks volumes,” he told the assembled press. “You’ve got the little things, and if…
Columnists are supposed to write provocatively — to express themselves in ways that force readers to take notice and think. But do such scribes get more leeway than Internet surfers posting comments on newspaper websites? To find out, a blogger conducted an experiment focusing on “Full-Blooded Americans Get a Vote,”…
