A lawsuit claims that guards at a Colorado prison pepper-sprayed Muslim inmates gathering for a prayer service and later assaulted one of them in retaliation for his plans to pursue the matter in court. The attorney behind the suit calls the actions a hate crime and sees a connection between them and the type of rhetoric that currently emanates from the White House.
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The fireworks may be over, but Denver's creative community has plenty of delights in store for adventurous and thrifty locals that will light up their days and nights.
It's a testament to the magnetic pull of Sichuan food on American eaters that Szechuan Tasty House, 1000 west Evans, is yet another new Denver Chinese restaurant named for or specializing in food from a region from which the owners do not hail. The chef at this unassuming eatery is...
The cornerstone of any library is in its stacks, where living records in the form of books and media sit, waiting to impart knowledge and share stories. When tasked with curating a show for the shelves of MCA Denver’s Open Shelf Library space, artist Derrick Velasquez began by deconstructing the library aesthetic and finding parallels in life, bringing together what might seem like a scattered group of collections in repose.
Noel Ginsburg, a successful Denver manufacturer whose decades of public service work have mostly taken place behind the scenes, is running as a Democrat for governor of Colorado in 2018. In the following in-depth interview, he argues that he's the best person for the job because of his business experience, outsider's perspective and a moderate philosophy that he thinks will appeal to voters across the political spectrum.
Geoffrey Kent's Waiting for Godot at the Arvada Center is one of the best versions of this play we've seen: funny, lively, sad and moving, seeming simultaneously to take forever and to move rapidly along. Most important, it’s well cast.
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On Sunday, November 27, runners in the eighteenth annual Sand Creek Massacre Spiritual Healing Run/Walk and their supporters started the morning at Riverside Cemetery, where descendants honored Captain Silas Soule, who refused to participate in the action that resulted in the killing of 200 peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho at Sand...
LaDonna Brave Bull Allard is a Lakota historian and member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota. In April 2016, she started the Sacred Stone Camp, the first occupation to oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline. Allard was named 2017’s Rebel with a Cause Honoree at Conservation Colorado’s Rebel...
Nearly a year ago, Elise Wiggins left her longtime position as executive chef at Panzano to pursue her vision of opening the Italian restaurant she'd always wanted. And the day has finally come; Cattivella opens to the public on April 19 at 10195 East 29th Avenue.
So, this is where we are. Like everyone else on the left, I have been attempting to process the results of the November 8 election and adjust to the idea of the new America we will be living in. But my immediate thoughts in the shock of the post-election haze...
A new lawsuit claims that the decision by Denver Sheriff Department personnel to march Christopher Colbruno naked into Denver Health violated his basic rights as a human being. The suit is the second to be pressed over the matter, after a filing from a civilian investigator who said he was fired by the DSD, which has been accused of failing to report some complaints about the treatment of inmates, in part because he refused to destroy video of the incident.
When Wednesday's Pie opened in 2010 as the front for chef/restaurateur Frank Bonanno's speakeasy, Green Russell, beneath Larimer Square, pies were only sold on Wednesdays (as the name suggests). After minor adjustments over the past seven years, though, the little diner-style foyer is now open daily for those looking to...
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The 2017 Cannes Film Festival wrapped up last Sunday with a slate of generally predictable (and perfectly worthwhile) awards. And while it may have been a somewhat lackluster year for the festival’s main competition, there were plenty of cinematic treasures to be found on the Croisette – even a couple...
Something has been brewing for a while, something mysterious. But now this mysterious something is ready to ferment into a fleshed-out reality: The Colorado Pickle and Beer Society is now here. The first "meeting" of the Society takes place at Spangalang Brewery — which co-founded the CPBS with The Real Dill...
In 2014 U.S. Senior District Judge Richard Matsch ordered the State of Colorado to retry Mark Ellis, convicted of sexual assault on his daughter, or release him within ninety days. Last week — almost thirty months after the judge's order — a three-judge panel from the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals overruled Matsch and denied Ellis any relief.
Lost Walks vocalist Dameon Merkl sits in the back room of Carbon Cafe & Bar. The experience is surreal for him. The now-upscale joint was once home to Paris on the Platte — a hot spot for Denver’s counterculture for nearly thirty years.
In presenting Mi Tierra at this time, the Denver Art Museum is not only promoting tolerance and acceptance of a community currently being stigmatized by some, but also demonstrating that Mexican-American art is one of the strongest cultural forces in our region right now.
To conclude its 46th season, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance will perform excerpts from Porgy and Bess and Sergei Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet.
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The Colorado doctor behind a proposed ballot initiative to ban the sale of smartphones to children in the state under age thirteen views the devices as harmful to young people in a wide variety of ways, even suggesting a possible link to suicide. And while he concedes that enforcing the edict would be difficult, he sees the measure as a way to start a conversation here and throughout the nation as a whole about the wisdom of putting such a powerful tool in the hands of preteens.
Samiam came out of the same Berkeley, California punk scene that was fostered by the legendary DIY venue 924 Gilman Street. Coming along slightly after acts like Green Day and Operation Ivy, Samiam never gained as much commercial popularity as its predecessors. But the group tasted success. In the mid-90s,...
For at least the past couple of years, home buyers in the Denver area have often had to offer more than list price if they really wanted a property. And this scenario isn't fading from the scene. A recent survey of U.S. cities with the most homes sold over list includes two from Colorado, Denver and Aurora, among the top fifteen.
A Colorado Christian University administrator who wants to ban the Denver 420 Rally has agreed to debate the event's lawyer, a major pro-pot figure who says a CCU petition launched in the wake of headlines about the alleged trashing of Civic Center Park following this year's event is filled with falsehoods.