Westword published its twenty-first Best Of Denver issue and 2004, with nods to John Hickenlooper (Best Political Upset), the Denver Public Library’s web site (Best Free Service), Jeff Bzdelik (Best Pro Coach) and High Street Speakeasy (Best New Bar). See Best of Denver 2004 here…
Chaos at the DNC, riots in the streets of Denver, 1968 relived – no, these aren’t just the protest slogans being voiced by the usual suspects in the local radical scene. They’re potential scenarios that were hashed out by high-profile Democrats on last Sunday’s Face the Nation. If Hillary Clinton…
Jared Jacang Maher’s February 21 feature, “Magnet Mafia Sticks to Street Art,” profiles Denver’s attractive street art syndicate. Linked below are three slide shows that feature the work of the Mafia, and some magnets that have recently been shipped to Denver as part of an exchange with street artists in…
The February 21 Message focuses on a memo written by Denver Post theater columnist John Moore entitled “Straight Talk About Latest Newspaper Space Cuts” – and the missive certainly lives up to its moniker. The piece was originally e-mailed to folks inquiring about assorted theater-related trims in the physical newspaper’s…
It has been well reported that certain members of the state legislature have had difficulty comporting themselves, ahem, appropriately so far this session. In just a few weeks, one lawmaker resigned after making an untoward advance on a woman, one was forced to repeatedly apologize for a poor choice of…
Denver boosters are always whining about this town’s lack of celebrities, so they should stock up on the current issue of Sports Illustrated — the swimsuit edition, of course — which features some local (at least for now) talent: La La Vazquez, fiance of Nugget Carmelo Anthony. She’s one of…
A significant number of folks in the mainstream Denver media have a far different idea of what constitutes a big story than I do. That fact is illustrated by the amount of coverage heaped upon the tale of Adrian Ulm (pictured), a middle schooler who was allegedly beaten by a…
As reported in Off Limits this week, absinthe is now legal in the United States! And I don’t mean that phony shit that’s like anisette dyed green or that Eastern European stuff that tastes like cough syrup or that legally gray gunk shipped under cover and marketed specifically for its…
Whether Barack Obama’s Speechgate is a nonissue, a callous Clinton attack or the tip of the iceberg of Obama’s rhetorical and ideological harvesting, the real political marvel of the season is the emergence of YouTube as a viable political cyberhatchet. Somehow, sandwiched in between videos of drunk kids destroying dorm…
In 2003, Westword published its twentieth Best of Denver issue, a celebration of the city that saluted everything from Best Goofy Sports Gizmo (the humidor and hyperbaric chamber introduced by Rockies manager Clint Hurdle to combat Denver’s thin air) to Best Blues Musician (Otis Taylor — finally a national star,…
“Do What You Love, Love What You Do.” A naïve trope verging on cliché? A trite slogan only a prepubescent could possibly accept without a hint of cynicism? Sure. But that doesn’t make it anything but a truism for 2005 fashion and design MasterMind winner Brandi Shigley. Denver’s bubbly homegrown…
I remember the first time I saw someone eating a pizza with pineapple on it. My friend Nick was sitting in his living room in Buffalo with a sixer of Molson Export and Beverly Hills 90210 on the TV, eating a Hawaiian pizza from La Nova covered with thin-sliced ham…
Slide Show This week, as we look forward to this year’s MasterMind awards, we check in with previous MasterMinds. Thinking back on her 2005 MasterMind win for visual arts is bittersweet now for Lauri Lynnxe Murphy, since she had to close Capsule Gallery in January. Her Sante Fe Drive building…
This week, as we look forward to this year’s MasterMind awards, we check in with previous MasterMinds. For Vox Feminista, it’s just really nice to be recognized. “We’ve been doing Vox Feminista for 19 years, actually. We felt appreciated,” producer Joy Boston says of last year’s MasterMind win for literary…
“I’m trying to keep it in perspective,” says standup comedian and Denver expat Ben Kronberg of his upcoming, stand-up comedy set on Jimmy Kimmel Live, airing Wednesday night on ABC at 11 p.m MST. “But I also want to be able to function with its full potential. I really just…
This week, as we look forward to this year’s MasterMind awards, we check in with previous MasterMinds. Café Nuba founder Ashara Ekundayo says her 2006 MasterMind win for literary arts was an acknowledgement of the group’s work as a community servant. “Café Nuba is such a guerilla arts underground community…
If it bleeds, it leads: That’s the implicitly critical cliche about the way news directors at television stations choose the first report in the average newscast. Sometimes, though, outlets that consciously stay away from the goriest stories do so at the peril of their own credibility. Witness the initial items…
View larger specimen In order to make more sense of the world around us, illustrator and public house naturalist Nate Stone is compiling here a taxonomy of different barflies. While you’re out and about in Denver, if you spot any of these specimens please add your observations about their habitat…
View larger image Nebraska Total Number of Delegates: 31 Pledged: 24 Unpledged: 7 How to Recognize a Nebraska Delegate: Most Americans experience Nebraska only in passing. At 35,000 feet overhead or speeding through on I-80, the state looks flat and boring. It is neither, but that doesn’t stop the “flatter…
Image courtesy Minneapolis/St. Paul City Pages Courtesy of barackobamaisyournewbicycle.com: Barack Obama helped you move a sofa Barack Obama built you a robot Barack Obama followed you on twitter Barack Obama held your hand when you were frightened Barack Obama is your new bicycle Barack Obama wrote on your fun wall…
Given the number of folks leaving the Rocky Mountain News these days, word of another departure hardly qualifies as a stop-the-cyberpresses moment. But the latest report from longtime Rocky food writer John Lehndorff (pictured — sort of) qualifies as a more significant surprise. Even though Lehndorff is heading out the…
February 12 by Audrey Sprenger, Ph.D New York | When I was seventeen I fell in love with Jack Kerouac, both the stories he wrote, as well as all the stories about his life. Which led me to David Amram, who was, of course, a part of Jack Kerouac’s stories,…
