Get Involved: Our Top Picks for September 23-September 29
Get Involved is a weekly series pointing readers toward community-oriented events, volunteer opportunities, and good causes in Colorado.
Get Involved is a weekly series pointing readers toward community-oriented events, volunteer opportunities, and good causes in Colorado.
With a new coach, a new front office, and at least four promising new players, the Nuggets’ 2013–14 season is certain to be a roller coaster ride of transition. We mined the history books and picked the brains of local analysts—and of the Nuggets’ new coach himself—to give you an insider’s look at the franchise’s past, present, and future.
Oil and gas wells are shut, a spill is reported. What are the environmental impacts from Colorado’s devastating floods?
Who says sports are just about the score? Tracking the Denver Nuggets’ uniform redesigns throughout the team’s 50-year history has become a game in and of itself. Here, we present the evolution—and occasional devolution—of the franchise’s never-dull duds, with expert feedback from Paul Lukas, founder of the go-to uniform blog Uni Watch.
Retired Denver Broncos tight end Nate Jackson pens a true rarity: the football memoir that depicts what life is really like in the NFL.
South Pearl Street, the hip epicenter of the Platt Park neighborhood, has long housed some of Denver’s finest eateries and boutiques. But this beloved stretch of real estate has recently undergone a renaissance, with several new restaurants and shops opening in the past year—and more to come. Here, we present you with a few of the new additions.
The historic flood destroyed or damaged nearly 19,000 homes and already could cost Boulder County well more than $100 million in repairs.
Denver grade schoolers’ math scores get a boost with Pi Q Math.
How the Colorado School of Mines football coach is reinventing the way teams at all levels of the game think about offense.
RESUMÉName: Stephen Graham JonesAge: 41Books Authored: 16Awards: Shirley Jackson Award finalist (three times), National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Fiction recipient, This Is Horror Novel of the Year winner, Colorado Book Award finalistFavorite Authors: Kurt Vonnegut, Philip K. Dick, Stephen KingColorado Hangouts: Time Warp Comics, Boulder Book Store, Casa Alvarez
When you head to the polls next month, you’ll find a slew of questions about taxes and education (see “Voter’s Guide,” below). Of course, that’s nothing new. These yawn-inducing topics are among the top issues Coloradans regularly see on the ballot. Here’s a look at how statewide ballots have broken down over the past decade.
The return of The Book of Mormon to Denver this month has us longing for a few other Mile High comebacks.
A letter from the editor of our October 2013 issue.
Get Involved is a weekly series pointing readers toward community-oriented events, volunteer opportunities, and good causes in Colorado.
