Tag: denver
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Utah agave enters death bloom ‘grand finale’ at Denver Botanic Gardens
The 25-year-old plant shot up a towering stalk to produce seeds before its demise A few years into Dan Johnson’s 29-year horticulture career at the Denver Botanic Gardens, the nonprofit acquired a hard-to-come-by agave plant. The now decades-old Utah agave has “survived multiple hailstorms, polar vortexes, crazy swings in weather … through all of it,…
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Two Colorado spots on shortlist of finalists for ‘best new cocktail bar in U.S.’ – and both deserve the win
Winners of this year’s prestigious Spirited Awards from the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation are set to be announced on July 23 – and it’s looking like a Colorado cocktail bar has a great shot at winning big. Not one, but two Colorado establishments are included among this year’s four finalists for the category of…
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Data Center moratoriums take hold along Front Range, but not Colorado Springs
Data centers have been thrust into the limelight in the past 12-18 months as more companies seek to build them while concerns grow about their use of natural resources. That’s led some Colorado communities to reject data centers, while others welcome them in hopes of economic gains. As Colorado Springs forges ahead with Project Taurus,…
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Worker dies at construction site for Broncos’ new training facility
CENTENNIAL — A construction worker died and was found unresponsive by coworkers in a “confined ceiling area” at the Denver Broncos’ new training facility, according to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies with the sheriff’s office and firefighters from South Metro Fire Rescue responded to the facility at 13409 E. Broncos Parkway around 8:20 p.m.…
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Denver’s Transplant Games of America honor organ donors, recipients
She’s small in stature, but her voice is mighty, emotive and soulful, indicative of the struggles Sara Millard has survived in her four decades. At 4 feet 7 inches, she stands to play her autoharp, which rests on a table, and warms up with a cover of Christian singer-songwriter Amy Grant’s “Thy Word,” a fitting…
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Why Denver missed out on hosting 2026 World Cup matches: ‘It’s a shame’
Peek behind the curtain to discover why the 2026 World Cup passed on the Mile High City. Denver rolled out the red carpet when FIFA officials visited the city as a host site candidate for matches that start nationwide this week across 11 American cities. The pitch whiffed. Back in 2021, a collection of local…
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Colorado Supreme Court upholds police search of car based on arm movements
The Colorado Supreme Court decided last week that Denver officers’ search of a vehicle was constitutional, based on their perception of the occupants’ arm movements that a trial judge found to not be credible. Officers Keegan Grubb and Richard Eberharter were patrolling West Denver one night in February 2025. Their purpose was to make “as…
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‘Celestia:’ Immersive light, sound installation takes over historic Denver church
Episcopal church by day. Light-filled, multi-sensory arts experience by night. For almost three months this summer, Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver will be home to “Celestia,” a seated, immersive installation that uses projection mapping and an original orchestral score to transform the historic 1911 church into a 360-degree, 3D living canvas Thursdays through Sundays. On…
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Meow Wolf ready to launch immersive performances with cosmic-costumes and interdimensional dance
Revamped and returning for its second year, Meow Wolf’s wonderfully-weird live performance “Phenomenomaly” will run Wednesdays through Sundays from June 5 through Aug. 9. Meow Wolf’s Convergence Station, its aptly-named Denver location, is 90,000 square feet of more than 70 out-of-this-world art installations. On Friday, it will also begin a five-day-a-week dazzling live performance that…
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These Denver-area bakeries are putting Colorado on the national pastry map
By Callie SumlinSpecial to The Gazette Visiting a good bakery is one of life’s simple pleasures. There is the intoxicating smell of yeast, butter and sugar. There are the many displays of sweet, savory carbs. And there is the impending thrill of cracking open a box of goodies and sharing them with friends and family…