Author: Tom Hellauer
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Gov. Polis pardons four turkeys, highlighting Colorado ag
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For the second year running, Gov. Jared Polis pardoned several turkeys raised in the state in a small ceremony at the historic Governor’s Residence at the Boettcher Mansion. The four birds pardoned, Lady Riketa Featherington, Dinger, Rockette and Fred, were named, “in a fair and free election,” among the Governor’s staff, Polis joked. Polis, flanked…
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Xavier Becerra visits Denver neighborhoods dealing with pollution
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Close Briana Gonzales, left, and Antonio Rodriguez, right, speak with other attendees of the 2024 Latino Policy Summit held at Metropolitan State University’s Tivoli Turnhalle in Denver on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Tom Hellauer tom.hellauer@denvergazette.com Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save…
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Over 10,000 pounds of trash pulled from South Platte by non-profit this year alone
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Between the tall grasses and rocks of the scenic South Platte River’s banks lies a problem: tens of thousands of pounds of manmade waste ranging from cigarette butts and soda cans to car tires and discarded weapons. Beneath the familiar brick of Denver outdoor icon…
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Disabled students cycle, try archery at new Golden adaptive sports complex
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tom Hellauer/Denver Gazette More than 100 students from Aurora Public Schools had a field day — literally and figuratively — Wednesday at the National Sports Center for the Disabled’s recently-opened complex in Golden, Colo., on the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. Students, many of whom were disabled,…
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Red Rocks concerts generated more than $700 million for area economy in 2022, study says
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save While Red Rocks has been busy smashing attendance records in the past few years on its way to becoming the world’s most attended concert venue in 2021, a research group has been working to quantify the Colorado music institution’s economic impact. Red Rocks’ concerts generated…
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Ghanaian painter drawing international acclaim brings exhibit to Denver Art Museum
Tom Hellauer/Denver Gazette As renowned Ghanaian painter Amoako Boafo brings his exhibition titled “Soul of Black Folks” — a nod to the W.E.B. Du Bois book of the same name —to the Denver Art Museum this week, Director Christoph Heinrich reflected on the project’s path to Denver. “It really only took us a few moments…
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Denver mural festival brings internationally-renowned artists to brighten colorful RiNo
Tom Hellauer/Denver Gazette Eighteen renowned street artists have descended on Denver’s River North (RiNo) to paint 17 wall-size murals throughout the neighborhood as part of the inaugural DENVER WALLS festival, which runs through Tuesday. Denver is the latest city to participate in WORLDWIDE WALLS, a series of international mural festivals that bring towering street art…
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Thousands attend fifth annual La Raza Park Day in Denver’s Sunnyside neighborhood
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tom Hellauer tom.hellauer@denvergazette.com The fifth annual La Raza Park Day in Denver’s Sunnyside neighborhood kicked off with ceremonial Aztec drumming and dancing before spectators took in a lowrider gathering, lucha libre and dozens of food and craft vendors. “It’s really hard for me to not…