Things Denver is doing while socially distancing: The bracket
Taxes! Talking to your dog! Brooding!
Things are getting real.
Welcome to our social distancing bracket, because what else are you doing right now!
Maybe a lot of things, like your taxes. But you could also do none of the things, like put googly eyes on something.
Vote on pre-determined match-ups of activities Denver is doing in These Very Strange Times. Winners move to the next round, and so on and so forth, until we’ve determined the best way to isolate.
We’re indoors, and things are getting weird.
Here are the match-ups, in four distinct and important categories:
One amusement to rule them all.
Here’s where you vote. The very serious implications of this competition are up to you!
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We asked passengers of the 15L, Denver’s most interesting bus route, what they want from the transit system
Denver's head of transportation is leaving this summer, so we thought it was the perfect time to gather some community feedback.
Cut down trees at the Loretto Heights campus catch fire
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Denver City Council’s flexing a new law designed with transparency in mind to consider Mayor Hancock’s pick for DIA CEO
Remember when you gave City Council more power over positions usually appointed by the mayor? We’re about to see that law in action.
Juneteenth is back with in-person festivities this year. Here’s how you can celebrate in Denver
The day, which was just this year recognized as a Denver city holiday, is one step from becoming a national holiday.
City opens “cooling stations” at 10 rec centers to help Denverites beat the heat
Did you know about this cool option?
A more contagious variant of COVID-19 has been identified in Denver
City officials say your best protection against the variant is to get vaccinated.
RTD’s University of Colorado A Line won’t be called that starting next year
Maybe it'll just be the A Line.
Library peer navigator Carla Respects Nothing is creating space to heal and protect unhoused people from COVID-19
Respects Nothing is particularly focused on helping others in Indigenous communities.
Denver skies may be impacted by wildfire smoke today
The extreme heat certainly isn't helping!
“This is Five Points”: A new mural project hopes to bring color and light to the Welton Street corridor
"For me to be working in a historically Black district, to come outside and to see Black artists using their talents to support this district. That speaks volumes."
A developer could get another crack at building housing along a busy corner near Sloan’s Lake
Developers want to build a multi-building complex with 60 units and add sidewalks.
Civic Center Park is…a little lost. Here’s how you can guide it into a new future.
The plans may be long-term, but your opinions matter now.
Dancing is back at that massive dance hall with German roots in North Cap Hill
And it just so happens to be the Denver Turnverein dance hall's 100th birthday this year.
Denver has a new plan to keep residents cool — without wrecking the climate
The city is doing the Electric Slide into sustainable energy... hopefully.
Tree cutting at Loretto Heights campus in Harvey Park prompts yells and yawns
Some folks knew it would happen, others did not.
Colorado Symphony will return with a live, indoor, in-person season
It’s the orchestra’s first regular season since the pandemic began last year.
Cleo Parker Robinson’s theatre program gives young people of color an opportunity in a field where some saw none
It continues a long tradition of the dance studio opening up opportunities for future generations.
The day we visited the Denver Zoo’s new hospital, vets had to make a hard decision about Koko, a 17-year-old porcupine
The hospital is meant to showcase veterinary work to the public to give visitors a better understanding of what goes on behind the scenes.
We went to every public bathroom in downtown Denver. We have notes.
Now that we can be in public again, we should reacquaint ourselves with restroom options.