Chris Walker
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Denver, CO, United States
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Colorado Could See two Psychedelic Ballot Measures in November
Two very different proposals could wind up on the state ballot. → Read More
CloZee’s Touring Team Impacted by Marshall Fire as Lighting Tech Loses Home
CloZee's impressive light effects are thanks to Mike Morgenstern, who lost his home and equipment in the Marshall Fire. → Read More
Codebreaker Alan Turing's Biggest Fan Remains the Real Enigma
First Julia took the name of the British codebreaker. Then she took some of his artifacts from a British school...and the feds seized them in a search of her Colorado home. → Read More
CloZee, the Queen of Jungle Bass, Makes Herself at Home in Denver
Over the past few years, the 28-year-old French phenom has risen quickly through the ranks of the electronic-music scene. Now living in Denver, she just released Neon Jungle, and although tours are canceled, she keeps sharing her sound. → Read More
Herbie Hancock and Kamasi Washinton at the Mission Ballroom in Denver Reviewed
Herbie Hancock passed the torch to Kamasi Washington at the Mission Ballroom. → Read More
Bonobo, TOKiMONSTA, Mall Grab and Quantic at Wings Over the Rockies Reviewed
Bonobo brought real freedom to Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, a space more often used for Republican stump speeches than electronic dance music concerts. → Read More
Denver Cruisers Ride Honors Recently Slain Cyclists at Candlelight Vigil
In what feels like an inflection point, Denver has been racked by two high profile manslaughters of bicyclists. → Read More
Maurice Butler Found Guilty in Triple Homicide Case Involving Homeless Victims
The Denver Police Department's main suspect in a triple homicide that claimed the lives of Nicole Boston, Jerome Coronado and Christopher Zamudio has been found guilty of first-degree murder. Yes, the victims were experiencing homelessness, but there was much more to the story. → Read More
Alex Honnold of "Free Solo" Things Colorado Climbing Routes Are Mediocre
The world's most famous climber, Alex Honnold, thinks Colorado climbing is just okay. → Read More
Things to Do Denver: Wild Lives Drops New Album at Streets
The Denver political punk band Wild Lives talks about their new album, Return of the Kid. → Read More
Concert Review: Local Natives at the Ogden Theatre Put a Fan Into a Frenzy
Local Natives drove at least one fan wild on Monday, June 17, at the Ogden Theatre in Denver. → Read More
Denver's Right to Survive Initiative Raises Questions Not Easily Put to Rest
Despite years of unfavorable messaging around Denver’s camping ban that has made that measure unpopular, the Right to Survive will have to survive other questions about its ambitious and sweeping language. Ballots go out April 15 for the May 7, 2019 election. → Read More
Loveland Ski Area Wants to Stay Out of the Pass War but Open to Collaborating With A-Basin
Will Loveland team up with A-Basin after the latter splits with Vail Resorts' pass for next season? → Read More
As Amazon Opens Bookstore, Local Seller Fires Back with #ChooseIndie Campaign
Second Star to the Right is firing back at Amazon with an open letter using the banner hashtag #ChooseIndie after the corporate giant opened a physical bookstore in Cherry Creek, its first in Colorado, on March 7. → Read More
The Chicano Movement Powered Up Nationally in 1969 With Two Denver Protests
Su Teatro will unveil Chicano Power 1969! The Birth of a Movement on March 14, 2019. The production comprises a pair of one-act performances that commemorate the fiftieth anniversaries of two seminal events in 1969 that laid the foundation for the Chicano Movement in this country: the Kitayama Carnation strike and... → Read More
Settlement Reached in Homeless Class Action Lawsuit Against Denver
The settlement comes just weeks before a jury trial was scheduled to begin → Read More
The Flaming Lips Performance With the Colorado Symphony Felt Epic
“There’s a fun part of the show tonight where it doesn’t have to go exactly how we said it would go,” declared the Flaming Lips frontman, Wayne Coyne, who was playing with the Colorado Symphony, in Denver. → Read More
Brittany Pettersen: It Could Be Years Before Legislature Considers Safe-Use Sites
This week, Brittany Pettersen, the Democratic senator spearheading legislation that would have allowed safe-use sites in Colorado — facilities where individuals can use drugs such as heroin in a medically-supervised setting intended to prevent overdoses — announced that she wouldn't introduce the bill this year. → Read More
A-Basin and Vail Resorts End Pass Partnership for 2019-2020 Ski Season
A-Basin and Vail Resorts go their separate ways. → Read More
Anderson .Paak's Dazzling Tour Honors Mac Miller
Here's what happened at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver on the second night of Anderson .Paak's 2019 tour with Tayla Parx. → Read More