The recent uproar over the KKK Cop Painting created by a tenth-grader and displayed in the Wellington Webb Municipal Office Building got us thinking about this city’s colorful past with public art — and by “colorful,” we mean “sometimes fucked up.” Art, of course, is in the eye of the beholder…
In previous installments of this series, we’ve focused on specific neighborhoods in Denver proper. This time, we’re looking at what raises the ire of residents of one of Denver’s suburb-cities to the north, Thornton. For some readers, this ‘burb is home; for others, it’s the part of town where they…
Much has been written about spring, and rightly so. After all, it’s the season when the world seems to come alive again: The days grow longer, the birds return, and there’s green everywhere. (No, that’s not a marijuana reference.) Spring might have officially started on March 20, but it really…
On the heels of a report ranking Frontier Airlines higher this year than last for on-time arrivals — yay, we’re now number 12 out of 13! — Denver’s hometown airline is holding a job fair today at Holiday Inn and Suites/Denver International Airport to new flight attendants. Presumably, this additional work force…
The fifth installment of our angry-neighborhoods-of-Denver series takes us to the Baker District. Nestled in the heart of the city and first laid out for residential and business use in the 1870s, Baker’s official boundaries are Sixth Avenue, Lincoln Street, Mississippi Avenue and the South Platte. These days, though, most…
Ah, Cap Hill. For some, this neighborhood is the heart of the city. For others, it’s that part of town you live in by choice in your twenties, and then escape when your stage of life shifts and work doesn’t start at 5 p.m. Full of office and government buildings, halfway…
Five Points is one of Denver’s oldest neighborhoods, so it makes sense that it has a long and winding history whose high points include the area’s time as the “Harlem of the West,” when it was a must-stop for African-American entertainers — and the only place in Denver where they…
Chances are that most of us will be glued to the TV this Sunday, watching the Broncos play in the big game, rooting for the home team and seeing if Peyton can pull off one last win. But what if you couldn’t care less about the Broncos, the Manning legacy,…
In honor of Groundhog Day — the Bill Murray classic movie, that is, not the pointless holiday that exists at this point only to give morning news crews a segment to produce in the doldrums of early February — we’re offering up a list of things that Denverites might be tired…
After ticking off seven things that ruffle the super-preened feathers of some Stapleton residents, we decided to take on another one of Denver’s vaunted neighborhoods: Highland. I lived in Highland (aka “the Highlands”) for about a decade, from the late ’90s through 2008, and in that time it changed a lot. Lower…
Today, January 22, has been named Orange Friday in the City and County of Denver by Mayor Michael Hancock, with a fan rally at noon in Larimer Square, all in honor of the Bronco’s AFC Championship game on Sunday. Not only are residents invited to deck themselves out in their…
You know Stapleton: the neighborhood in northeast Denver that used to be the airport, and now fancies itself…well, fancy. Despite the fact that it’s officially part of the city, it’s a suburb in virtually every sense, from the well-lit streets to the attached garages to the sidewalks and the schools…
To everything and everyone, there comes an ending. Here at the end of 2015, we’d like to offer up this handful of people for nomination to Colorado’s mutual “unfriend” list. It’s nothing personal (okay, in some cases, it totally is), but in the spirit of new beginnings and resolving to…
New Year’s is all about the old and the new—fresh starts, auld acquaintance not being forgotten, you know the drill. So we go out for the night to ring it all in, watch the ball drop either literally or metaphorically, and toast to the promise of all that’s coming. But for…
Music plays a surprisingly big part in the Star Wars saga, especially in the original trilogy, which of course are the only Star Wars flicks that are worth remembering—at least so far. From the Main Title to the Cantina tune to the Imperial March, they’re all classics. And don’t forget…
The Force is strong with us this week, as the latest Star Wars fanfare finally reaches its culmination with the release of Episode VII: The Force Awakens — but maybe not as strong with the advertising wizards who came up with these ideas, which are curious, at best, and asinine…
Starting back in the 1970s, a decades-spanning ad campaign by the American Egg Board (yes, there is such a thing) was launched that spent tons of money getting Americans to remember “the incredible edible egg” — complete with annoying jingle — when we were deciding what to eat for breakfast…
So you’re hard up for gift ideas this year, like you are every year, because ‘tis the season to stress over who gets what on your holiday list. You don’t know what anyone wants, so shopping sucks. You want to look like you’ve put some thought into it, so cash…
Recently, caffeine juggernaut Starbucks rolled out plans to start selling alcohol in many of its stores (and they’re not alone, as evidenced by our recent look at Denver’s best coffeehouses with booze). But wine and beer aren’t the only side products the company has dabbled in: The jolly bean giant…
Last week we brought you a list of the of the manliest candies — those sweets that prove the presence of cojones of some sort or another. In honor of the most grateful day in American culture, we now present readers with a Thanksgiving edition. (You’re welcome.) To serve your family the…
Let’s face it: Sometimes you’re all by yourself. Maybe you’ve just suffered a break-up, and everyone else is still paired up. Maybe your family is an airplane ride away that you know you’re going to take in December anyway, and going to all that trouble for one meal just doesn’t…
Next week, we’ll all be strapping on the holiday feed-bag and gluttonously consuming as many calories as we can fit over our belts before we pass out on the nearest empty couch, listening to the low gurgle of one meal taking approximately 1.3 months off our expected lifespans. And the…
