At last, some good news to come out of the horror in Aurora. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has cancelled a demonstration planned to coincide with a cattle-industry meeting tomorrow. Even PETA, which regularly uses stunts to push its agenda, realizes there are limits to bad taste for…
Last week Dave Mullins and Charlie Craig stopped by Lakewood’s Masterpiece Cakeshop to order a cake for their wedding reception — what they hoped would be a rainbow-layered masterpiece decked out in teal and red frosting (their ceremony colors). Although they’ll be reciting their vows in Provincetown, Massachusetts, the couple…
Around the country, people are trying to come to grips with the horrors of the shootings in Aurora, and trying to do something, anything, to help. In Columbus, Ohio, the 165 members of the Harmony Project choir quickly came together and in 24 hours recorded the single “How We Love,”…
It’s hard to argue with most of the changes made during the six-week-long renovation of theWazee Supper Club. For the first time in forty years, for example, the restaurant has air-conditioning — and it couldn’t have been introduced at a better time. And while the dumbwaiter is no longer needed…
After a weekend hiatus that included Barack Obama’s visit to Aurora, the presidential campaigns are no longer on pause to honor the victims of the theater shooting. (Count on the tragedy to come up at the first presidential debate — October 3 in Denver.) And Colorado, too, is gearing up…
Yes, Cafe Society rolled out a new commenting platform late last week, and readers have not hesitated to dish out their opinions. Some of the problems have been fixed: Most of the lost comments are now back on the posts (let us know of any still missing), and the number…
With his post on why cruiser bikes suck, Josiah Hesse seemed to be cruisin’ for a bruising. And the hits just keep coming:…
GivingFirst.org, Community First Foundation’s online giving resource for Colorado, is helping Coloradans — such as those at last night’s vigil (right) find local organizations that are dedicated to helping victims and families of the July 20 shooting — and is matching donations up to $200,000…
The City of Aurora and its booster group, Visit Aurora, have been working hard to advance the city’s profile, pushing the upstart suburb just east of Denver out from under the shadow of its older, bigger sibling and making it a household name across the country. Today it is. But…
Business Insider recently served up a list of the most popular fast-food chains in the U.S., put together by food-industry research firm Technomic; McDonald’s rated the number-one slot. And in her own analysis of that fast food list, Jenn Wohletz confessed to having contributed to the financial health of some…
Summer in Denver, and it’s hot, hot, hot. So are the responses to Bree Davies’s “Top five: Stop whining and enjoy the summer already.” And in his comment, Desert Badass added fuel to the ire with this: It’s 116 in Phoenix Arizona so quit your sniveling you Colorado Pussies…
Will the second time be a charm? A screening committee has submitted a trio of finalists for Denver’s independent monitor job to Michael Hancock — two months after the mayor’s choice to fill the vacancy left by Richard Rosenthal turned him down, and the mayor declined to extend the offer…
The First Avenue Hotel saga continues, with El Diablo and Sketch remaining closed, and some of their specialties now served at Rockbar (above), also owned by Jesse Morreale. Much of the discussion concerns Morreale himself — and how this story should be covered…
Although The Dark Knight Rises will be released officially just after midnight tonight, at Premiere to Remember, people will be able to see the movie four and a half hours earlier — and also party with fellow fans. And in a contest announced earlier this week, we promised to give…
The Dark Knight Rises officially opens at midnight tomorrow. Buy a ticket to Premiere to Remember, though, and you can see the movie a full four-and-a-half hours earlier, at the United Artists Colorado Center 9 — and then go to an after-party at Dave and Buster’s. And if you win…
El Diablo and Sketch remained dark yesterday — and as the comments and rumors fly, some people feel they’re still in the dark about why the city closed the First Avenue Hotel building when it did. After all, the restaurants had been operating for two years in that space; why…
After you do your artistic duty for the Denver Art Museum’s Open for Design project, consider entering the second annual Inventor Art Competition — a graphic precursor for the 2012 DaVinci Inventor Showcase. “We think the convergence of Denver’s new Patent Office and the area’s growing culture of innovation will…
The big question isn’t why El Olvido closed, but how this Jaliscan eatery stayed open as long as it did. No sooner had it taken over the former home of Hades at 2200 South Broadway in the spring of 2011 than the city started a massive street project outside. And…
The Market Street Summerfest, a free concert featuring Tonic and Sister Hazel and a cast of locals, including Bop Skizzum, the Swayback, Take to the Oars and Strange Americans, is coming to 20th and Market on Saturday, August 11. “Market Street by 20th has needed a fun event to bring…
The remains of Brandon’s Pub, the oddly named Mexican joint that got its start in the Beauvallon in 2008, just when the building was about to go under wraps for repairs, then reappeared in the former home of Chez Jose in Cherry Creek North in May 2010, will be auctioned…
An abundance of cruisers — which Josiah Hesse derides in his “Cruiser bikes sucks” post — aren’t the only sign that this town has been overtaken by hipsters. There are also all the flip flops…
The comments continue to pour in regarding the imminent closing of Pagliacci’s, which Lori Midson reported here Saturday, and have inspired an outpouring of memories of the restaurant overseen by the sad, neon clown for more than six decades…and more discussion of the changes in northwest Denver…
