On April 6, Jeff Trott, the most industrious burglar in Colorado history, was sentenced to 32 years in prison. It was the maximum the judge could impose after Trott pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree burglary — a mere fraction of the more than 500 break-ins that he admits…
“Faith, Hope…and Charity,” Luke Turf, April 19 Charity Begins at Home Luke Turf wrote a balanced, beautiful story proving that we all need a little Charity sometimes. Lisa Norwood’s story should make even the most die-hard anti-social-program cynic see that there are a lot of families that simply need some…
Virgil Dickerson has always suspected that people have been stealing his music. Now he has irrefutable proof. When we spoke last month, the head of Suburban Home Records had no quanitfiable evidence to support his claims that illegal downloads were taking a toll on the label’s bottom line. Still, he…
We’re down to our last sketch for the Cydney Payton Design Challenge! That means tonight is the big night, the showdown, the climax, the night we find out who wins the Tamarac Square Fashion Project — and whose drawing of a museum-opening outfit Cydney, the MoCA-D curator selected. It’s been…
This April 20 blog recapped the strange experience of appearing on Nancy Grace’s CNN jabber show — and on April 24, I received a lovely parting gift from the producer who lined up the interview. As seen in the accompanying image, a “special” NG keychain arrived in the mail addressed…
Because Richard Sandoval has so many restaurants to keep track of, because he is one of those multi-unit chefs who seems driven to collect addresses the way some kids collect baseball cards, he has no day-to-day control over his properties. He sets a concept, writes a menu, staffs up with…
Offense Report No: 07-0243491 Date: 04-16-07 Type of Offense: Third Degree Assault Location of Offense: Capitol Hill Weapon Used: Skillet Officer Brown reports: “Investigation showed that the suspect [a 23-year-old female] and the victim [a 52-year-old male] were in an argument and the suspect hit the victim with a cast-iron…
Today, we have Jose Clark’s sketch for the Cydney Payton Design Challenge, a special Cat’s Pajamas competition as part of the Tamarac Square Fashion Project. Only one more day until we find out who the director and curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver picked… Here’s Jose’s artist’s statement:…
“Leaving to Learn,” a seven-day series in the Rocky Mountain News, hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves, for obvious reasons; other news, including the slayings at Virginia Tech, regularly stole the spotlight over the course of its run. However, “Learn” provided an especially interesting look at some of the the…
The yard signs are out in force in the Jefferson Park neighborhood in northwest Denver, telling passersby that residents here aren’t anti-development, just anti-bad development. Key talking points have been dispersed to neighborhood association members, noting that their neighborhood, an up-and-coming enclave of new condos and town homes alongside empty…
Regis University’s ongoing struggles with the nitty gritty of teaching tolerance in a religious setting has taken on more weight since Virginia Tech hit the news. One week has passed since the massacre, and the media has thoroughly peeled away the onion layers of gunman Cho Seung-Hui, revealing yet another…
The crowd that gathered on April 22 for the Decemberists’ gig at the Fillmore Auditorium was dominated by college agers who looked as if they’d decided to take a break from writing a paper for their semiotics class or post-grad couples looking for a little intellectual stimulation in advance of…
We’re down to the final three designs for the a Cydney Payton Design Challenge, a special bonus competition that Cat organized as part of the Tamarac Square Fashion Project. Cat will announce the winner on the runway this Wednesday, April 25 — the last Fashion Project show for this year…
Cat got a little behind on posting the sketches for the Cydney Payton Design Challenge, a special addendum to the Tamarac Square Fashion Project. Eight of the competing designers submitted “museum-opening outfit” sketches to the director of the Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver, who will choose her favorite. The winner will…
Hardcore environmentalists may come off as strident and chiding to the rest of resource-guzzling America, but the truth is that anti-consumer activists reserve the most harsh finger-pointing for themselves. After all, eco-consciousness is a life philosophy built more on guilt than self-righteousness. What other type of personality would do things…
Make as many jokes as you like, but thanks to one Al Gore head-turning moment, Earth Day’s suddenly become important again. So what will you be doing about it? Here are a few suggestions on how to jump-start your social consciousness. In LoDo Ground Zero, the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado…
Shortly after they were introduced as funky boat shoes, made right here in landlocked Colorado, Crocs caught on with the hospital crowd in a big way. After all, they’re comfy-ugly, pair up well with green scrubs, and you can stick ’em in the dishwasher to wash off all those unsightly…
Richard Bemis It’s a busy, busy fashion weekend in town. Here’s your cheat sheet for making it through; just put it in your Trapper Keeper and head out on the town. Oh, and if you score any good — or so bad they’re good — fashion photos, send them over…
Here’s a sentence I never thought I’d write: I appeared on Nancy Grace’s show last night. Why? Google is probably the reason. As you may recall, CU-Boulder student and self-styled satirist Max Karson was arrested on April 17 after saying in a class that he could understand why the disturbed…
Moments after I completed my strange appearance on the CNN program hosted by Nancy Grace (see this blog for details), my wife received a phone call from a friend in New York. Even though he’s not someone likely to be a regular Nancy Grace viewer (he works for The Daily…
The April 5 edition of the Message dealt with a buyout plan that was offered by the Rocky Mountain News to employees age 55 and above who’ve worked for the tabloid or another paper owned by E.W. Scripps for at least ten years. At the time, speculation was rampant that…
The slideshow of the Tamarac Square Fashion Project third runway show is now up. Check out all the designs here, then come back and visit Cat to post a comment about who you think should have won. The designer with the most “votes” will score a gift certificate to Sketch…
