Category Archives: events

remembering city spirit, part 2

Posted on March 19, 2009 by admin

—by Mona Lucero every summer, city spirit would host fashion shows from the years 1994 to 1996 (not sure what years they were exactly). denver fashion designers always looked forward to showing their designs. there were as an amazing variety … Continue reading →

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B-Happy Hour at the Club 404

Posted on February 23, 2009 by admin

Please join us for our first b-happy hour! We’ll be gathering at Club 404 to celebrate Denver, our 50th blog post, the contributors to buckfifty, and those smarty-pants Westword Masterminds, past and present. We’ll have buckfifty Miller Genuine Drafts, snacks, … Continue reading →

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A Bull in a China Shop

Posted on January 22, 2009 by admin

Animals are no stranger to the brown palace hotel. According to the hotel’s website: In 1945, Dan Thornton, who later became governor of Colorado, arranged to have two Hereford bulls shown and sold here for $50,000. In January 1958, Monte … Continue reading →

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The Last Great Coffeehouse?

Posted on December 19, 2008 by admin

The Muddy’s idea began in 1975 as the brainchild of Joe DeRose. It started as a debating club for a few graduate students from Colorado University. They found a place in an old downtown hotel that was on the lower … Continue reading →

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Remembering Sand Creek

Posted on November 28, 2008 by admin

Before dawn on the 29th of November 1864, a force of 700 soldiers under the command of Colonel John Chivington attacked the sleeping camps of Cheyenne and Arapaho at Sand Creek in what is now Southeastern Colorado. Over 150 tribespeople … Continue reading →

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