Your Denver news podcast topics this week: The Underground Music Showcase and the future of Colfax
Here’s this week’s episode of Denverite Now, your favorite Denver news podcast!
Here’s this week’s episode of Denverite Now, your favorite Denver news podcast!
Here’s how our host, Paul Karolyi, describes this episode:
This week on Denverite Now…
1) Ashley Dean delves into the history of the Underground Music Showcase and doles out a few recommendations to anyone joining the festivities on South Broadway this weekend. Here’s her oral history on the UMS:
How the underground became the biggest show in Denver: an oral history of the UMS
2) Adrian D. Garcia discusses the future of Colfax Avenue and how your vote on this fall’s GO bond could help shape it. Here’s his story on Colfax from earlier this week:
East Colfax’s identity will soon change – but to what?
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