Author: Tom Hellauer
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Brick by brick: Denver museum exhibit features larger than life Lego sculptures
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To see the Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s newest big animals on display, visitors don’t need to roam their expansive Wildlife Halls. Rather, artist Sean Kenney has dozens of animal sculptures up for viewing — all made entirely of Lego bricks – 1.5 million Lego bricks to be exact. Kenney’s exhibition, “Brick Planet: A…
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PHOTOS: Copper Cup ski race training at Copper Mountain
Copper Mountain Resort in Summit County, Colorado is hosting the 2025 Stifel Copper Cup, one of only two stops in the United States (both in Colorado) during the 2026 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup this season. Several nation’s men’s and women’s teams, including top skiers on the U.S. Ski Team, participated in multiple training days…
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deadmau5 bringing new stage design, music and free meet-and-greets to two-day Red Rocks run
While Joel Zimmerman — better known as the man under the signature mouse helmet and moniker, ‘deadmau5’ — is making a familiar return to Red Rocks for two nights, Nov. 7th and 8th, he will be missing an iconic piece of his act. Zimmerman has officially retired, ‘the Cube’, an elevated, LED-paneled, rotating stage that…
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Is this Park Hill block Denver’s best decorated for Halloween?
While for some, Halloween festivities last just a weekend or the month, Ann Lincoln sees the spooky spectacles she builds outside her South Park Hill home as a yearlong passion. “It’s kind of become my fulltime hobby. I plan in the cold months and I build a little in the Spring… I start really putting…
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PHOTOS: Annual elk rut and other wildlife in Rocky Mountain National Park
Locals and tourists alike have begun to flock to the eastern side of Rocky Mountain National Park and areas surrounding Estes Park in northern Colorado for the annual elk rut. According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Colorado has the largest elk population in North America, with estimates varying from roughly 280,000 to over 300,000 animals, depending…
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Firefighters, families and first responders climb Red Rocks stairs in annual 9/11 stair climb event
Around 2,200 participants ascended Red Rocks Amphitheatre’s challenging stairs for the 17th annual Colorado 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb, many donning full fire protective garb on a warm September day in Morrison, Colo. This year’s event was the largest in the country and raised around $110,000 for two charities—FDNY Counseling Services Unit and the National Fallen…
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Not Tom Cruise or window washers; these DTC high-rise ropers raise money for cancer nonprofit
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Near the bustling Denver Tech Center stretch of I-25, about 120 people — and the Nuggets’ mascot — are rappelling a 19-story hotel in the Denver Tech Center this week. Put on by Over the Edge, an…
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PHOTOS: Rockies rough up Ohtani, Dodgers
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The Rockies got nine hits and five runs in four innings off of Dodgers’ wunderkind Shohei Ohtani, including a sharp liner that struck the Japanese dual threat in the leg. Close Orlando Arcia hit a 93.7 mph line drive back into Shohei Ohtani’s right quad during the Rockies 8-3 victory over the Dodgers at Coors…
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Gov. Polis, other leaders unveil new fast-charging electric vehicle station
While consumer concerns surrounding electric vehicles’ viability on long road trips may remain, Colorado officials are doing their best to assuage them. Gov. Jared Polis, alongside the Colorado Energy Office’s Will Toor, CDOT’s Shoshana Lew and ChargePoint’s Justin Wilson, on Monday unveiled a new station in a Wheat Ridge Target shopping center parking lot that…