Tomorrow people mark César Chávez’s birthday, but today the City and County of Denver is honoring this; Colorado’s state workers will mark that day tomorrow. But, we all should be celebrating him. His fight for dignity, fair wages, and better working conditions all seem so basic, but farm workers had been treated like invisible men …
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While poking around in the art sphere, I found a Hyperallergic story on a cathedral in Aachen, Germany, that owns a reliquary and shrine of Saint Corona. This incredibly beautiful and intricate piece is mainly gold with bronze and ivory, and weighs more than 200 pounds. I know about some of the saints’ terrible dealths by reading, …
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During this crisis-ridden year, when fear is all around and there’s not enough money, worries are rising about domestic abuse in a frightening time. In a story this week in Colorado Independent, managing editor and writer Tina Griego, has laid it out with information from across the state. And it isn’t pretty, as this paragraph …
Yesterday afternoon I toured the city in my car. It was a couple of hours before the buzzer sounded on my phone, indicating that we all needed to go home. There were a few people walking around downtown. I drove up Lawrence Street to about 31st Avenue, then drove down Larimer Street. Hardly any people …
Hard time sleeping. Hard time eating. Glued to the computer. Internalized anxiety. The image I chose is from the Uffizi Gallery, in the Baroque collection; Medusa, created by Caravaggio Merisi, fits today. But art – whether visual art, music, theater, or dance – has always been good for our souls. Now, we have a few …
Well, of course you can’t. But reading several stories today about the spike in sales of guns and ammunition in Colorado, this makes me concerned. I’m already worried about my family members, friends and neighbors, but now if I go to the grocery store, what might happen next? I’m worried about restaurants and their workers …
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This past Saturday, The New York Times posted a story about two brothers (and others) who were stockpiling hand sanitizers and other important items needed during the virus spreading around the world. Why the people in this story actually talked about this is beyond me, but, well… Now Matt Colvin (so talkative!) has donated thousands …
Yeah, all of my favorite art haunts are pretty much closed for a while. But it’s understandable, because everyone needs to be careful. Now, if the country can come together, follow the experts’ advice, and not go off the rails, we will be safer. First there was the hysteria about buying toilet paper – I …
“The Denver Business Journal has filed a public-records lawsuit against Denver International Airport to reveal the members of an independent panel that recommended DIA CEO Kim Day should hire Great Hall Partners for a $1.8 billion renovation project.” That’s the beginning of the story in today’s Journal, and the lawsuit was filed yesterday. The suit …
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Or maybe, “social distancing.” In any case, the canceling of events in our state and in our country is being upended because events are either being canceled or offering an out because of the coronavirus. And this doesn't even get near to what is happening in Europe, especially Italy. The image above is from the …
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Chandler in Denver 