The Denver Coliseum was dedicated sixty years ago, on January 10, 1952, with a “Salute to Soil.” We didn’t see starlet June Haver, the star of that show, during our afternoon at the National Western Stock Show yesterday, but we did spot at least one down-and-dirty move by the city…
Dear Mexican: How come Mexicans don’t perform in the Winter Olympics? What, no talent? Or are Mexicans afraid of snow? I’m thinking both. Also, Mexicans don’t do too well in the Summer Olympics, either — they even suck in soccer. There is plenty of snow in Mexico, so don’t use…
The Denver Coliseum was dedicated sixty years ago today, at a celebration dubbed “Salute to Soil.” Today, the onetime showplace has become the poor relative of Denver’s venues. Poor in amenities, perhaps, but rich in history…
Last month it looked like the last roadblocks would be removed to a Rocky Flats land swap that would make 600 acres currently owned by the State Land Board on the southwest corner of the former plutonium-processing plant part of what’s now a federal wildlife refuge — and the U.S…
A year ago, no one was betting that Michael Hancock would win the crowded race to become Denver’s next mayor. But the gamble paid off, and today, when Mayor Hancock celebrates Dress Western Day — the one day that Denver doesn’t apologize for being a cowtown — he’ll be wearing…
While Colorado skiers keep watching the skies and the weather reports, hoping to see some of the white stuff, other states aren’t sitting idly by on their snowboards. Montana’s Big Sky, for example is trying to rustle Colorado skiers…by honoring the Epic Pass issued by Vail Resorts…
Still need to make a resolution for 2012? How about this: Don’t try to park in LoDo. Now that RTD has chosen the Union Station Alliance to revamp the facility, the project to turn the area around the station into a multi-modal mainstay by 2014 is moving full speed ahead…
Dear Mexican: In my home town of Playa Larga (Long Beach, California), natives refer to a major avenida in our villa, Junipero Avenue (named for Father Junípero Serra, accused native genocider, a candidate for sainthood — but I digress), as Juan-a-pear-o. There is no “Juan” in Junipero, but that’s how…
Latest Word scribes — and the Westword office — are taking today off, celebrating the fact that the world is not going to end in 2012, since local heroes at PeaceJam have revealed that people are misreading the Mayan calendar when they predict doom heading our way on December 21,…
Despite the efforts of Governor John Hickenlooper and Don Hunt, the head of the Colorado Department of Transportation, the negotiations with Golden, Jefferson County and the group that would build the Jefferson Parkway wound up going nowhere…fast. In mid-December, Golden outlined a $57 million transportation deal that town would get…
The word of the year? Our money (and yours) is on “fracking,” the shortened term for “hydraulic fracturing,” a practice that shook neighborhoods (in some cases literally) around the country this year, and has fueled the oil and gas boom in northeastern Colorado. But if energy execs really want to…
After months of negotiations put in gear by Governor John Hickenlooper and Don Hunt, his head of the Colorado Department of Transportation, Golden has definitely put the brakes on a deal that would have had that town sign off on plans for the Jefferson Parkway — in exchange for $57…
Golden came out strong against the proposed Jefferson Parkway — including a plan for the toll road to go through a right-of-way on the eastern edge of Rocky Flats. For the past year, though, state and project officials have been meeting with Golden, looking for a possible compromise — and…
Dear Readers: Here’s a look back at some of the best questions of the year. Dear Mexican: Thirteen years old, and I’m jacking off, not knowing I left the bathroom door ajar. Just as I blasted onto the shower curtain, my mom walked in. Aghast, she shouted, “¡Cochino, te vas…
The Westword office is closed for the holidays until Tuesday, December 27, and Latest Word is taking a break until then. In the meantime, enjoy these Colorado Christmas cards from Kenny Be — and if you have time on your hands, feel free to post a comment on the topic…
The image on the Shroud of Turin was not some medieval hoax, but was caused by a supernatural “flash of light,” according to a team of Italian scientists. The recent news reports of their findings conveniently coincide with the History Channel’s repeat showing of The Real Face of Jesus tonight…
Union Station was once a bustling spot, but as fewer people decided to “travel by train,” as its neon sign advises, more and more businesses pulled out of the station. By the early ’80s, the only refreshment options were a soda fountain in the lobby, the classic Caboose Lounge and,…
Campaigners are getting serious about the next election, but would-be candidates missed a golden opportunity in the Golden Triangle when they failed to lease the space at 1100 Bannock Street most recently occupied by the Michael Hancock campaign…
The Regional Transportation District Board is scheduled to make a final decision on the redevelopment of Union Station tonight — choosing between the proposal of the Union Station Neighborhood Co., which already has the contract to oversee the development behind the historic station, and the Union Station Alliance. But another…
Dear Readers: In between your fifteenth tamale and sixth spiked cup of ponche, you’re going to have to buy regalos for Christmas or whatever pinche holiday you celebrate. Okay, you don’t have to, but you should, to support all those great indie businesses suffering during this Great Recession. Behold, then,…
On December 14, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it had completed planning for a western expansion of the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge — that’s the former Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons plant, minus several hundred acres that are deemed too contaminated to ever go public — as…
The late Christopher Hitchens was not only a great writer, he had a great appreciation for alcohol. And he got a lot of mileage from an incident that occurred in Aspen back in 1990. Here’s his account from a 1994 Vanity Fair: “At a bar at the top of a…
