First seen in Denver Westword Denver’s first sober restaurant is inching closer to opening and providing an antidote for people looking to make social connections outside of standard booze-focused establishments. The path to creating the […]
Ten Medal-Worthy Colorado Museums to Visit This Summer
First seen in Denver Westword Denver is one of two finalists for the National Medal of Honor Museum, which will commemorate recipients of the highest award given for bravery in combat. In September, the museum board […]
Butterfly Pavilion Will Create World’s First Pollinator District
First seen in Denver Westword The Butterfly Pavilion is getting ready to move to a new development in Broomfield where endangered pollinators — including 946 types of bees and 233 kinds of butterflies — will […]
The Rock in the Piece of the Rock Award Is Not From Red Rocks
First seen in Denver Westword The Piece of the Rock awards that Red Rocks performers receive are not made from rock that actually comes from the famed amphitheater. Although the artist who creates the awards […]
Josh George Found Himself With a Dog…and Then He Lost Her
Josh George adopted Besita, a young sheep dog rescue from Juárez, Mexico, early this year, taking her home to his place in the Denver suburbs. He was glad he finally lived in a city where he could […]
Sly Guevara Throws Denver’s First Hip-Hop Industry Night
When Dr. Dre, 50 Cent and Eminem songs interrupted his father’s normal Latin-music playlist, Sly Guevara — who grew up in southwest Denver — found himself enthralled with hip-hop. At fourteen, he started rapping, shooting for a career in the […]
The Sovereign Bodies Institute
Q & A with Executive Director Annita Lucchesi Annita Lucchesi, executive director, started the Soveriegn Bodies Institute database of Missing and Murdered Native American Women in 2015, after she realized that data was nonexistent or […]
River surfing picks up as snow melts
First seen in The Montana Kaimin Surfers and kayakers speckle the waves near Caras Park in the spring, catching river swells as snow melts from the mountains and flows into the Clark Fork River. The early […]
Emcee crossing borders comes to Socotra
First seen in The Montana Kaimin Raashan Ahmad, an emcee and hip hop artist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, will be headlining and emceeing Socotra this Saturday. Originating from the same vein of hip-hop as […]
Student-athlete 5K raises awareness about sexual assault
First seen in The Montana Kaimin A two-year Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) initiative about sexual assault awareness came to a running close on April 12 when Griz student-athletes hosted the “Run a Mile in Her Shoes […]
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