by Ms. Mayhem Staff | Dec 31, 2020 | Editorials
It goes without saying that this year was an absolute shitshow. Our team has been through some pretty incredible ups and downs: Hours were cut, and bills piled high. Some caught COVID-19 and are still suffering from long-term symptoms. We were gassed and shot with...
by Annie Burky | Dec 30, 2020 | News
//Gov. Jared Polis at a press conference July 16, 2020. Photo by Esteban Fernandez | est.fdez20b@gmail.com The COVID-19 variant that has been raising alarms in the U.K. was confirmed in one Colorado National Guard member and is suspected in another. Both members were...
by Toluwanimi Obiwole | Dec 29, 2020 | Features
//Still of Nadiya Jackson from the short film Planning a Wedding During Quarantine. Photo provided by Jackson. Nadiya Jackson’s work, ranging from theater to photography, to even her personal fashion, interrogates if and to what depth we engage with our...
by Alexandra Cummings | Dec 28, 2020 | Features
//Cuica Montoya speaks to one of the residents of the houseless encampment at 16th and Pearl about the city-sanctioned encampment due to open nearby, next to the Denver Community Church. Photo by Esteban Fernandez | este.fdez20b@gmail.com Update: Robert Vazquez no...
by Esteban Fernandez | Dec 26, 2020 | Features, News
//A vigil for victims of COVID-19 was held on the steps of the Colorado Capitol Building on Dec. 24. Black Hammer, the group that held it, also provided food, cold weather clothing and KN95 masks to those in need at the event. Photos by Esteban Fernandez |...
by Esteban Fernandez | Dec 24, 2020 | News
//The pavilion at the newly renamed La Raza Park. Photo by Esteban Fernandez | Este.Fdez20B@gmail.com Denver’s Chicano community celebrates its efforts this week to rename Columbus Park as La Raza Park. City council’s vote on Monday affirmed a fact long held by the...
by Jenna Thomas | Dec 23, 2020 | Features
//Volunteer Karen Waelke and Captiol Hill United Ministries Director Diana Flahive look at the donated coloring books and colored pencils on Flahive’s porch on Dec. 17. Photos by Madeleine Kelly | mkellyindependent@gmail.com The twinkle of the lights will burn...
by Maria Muller | Dec 20, 2020 | Features
Samiyah Lynniece Parramore dances at St. Joseph’s in celebration of 50 years of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance in June 2020. Photo provided by Cleo Parker Robinson. Dance is about movement. It can be slow and deliberate as it tells a story, or it can be fast and...
by Esteban Fernandez | Dec 15, 2020 | News
//City and County of Denver workers collect specimen samples from city residents at a temporary COVID-19 testing site at Ruby Hill Park on Nov. 23. Photo by Esteban Fernandez | este.fdez20b@gmail.com The pandemic finish line is in sight, but before we can get there,...
by Addison Herron-Wheeler | Dec 14, 2020 | Features
// JP Damron, Kelly Schilling, Josh Kauffman and Mark Chronister of BleakHeart. Photo provided by BleakHeart’s website. Kelly Schilling has already made a name for herself as a local Denver badass, as well as one of the serious forces behind the ‘20s...
Recent Comments