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Hot Food and Music at Five Points Jazz Fest, 2014

May 21, 2014
by Beth

My only complaint about Five Points Jazz Fest is that I can’t see all the bands, but I did spend most of Saturday there, listening to Vintage 3D (soul and jazz with a most entertaining singer...

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Denver Photos: Sidewalk Views III

September 30, 2009
by Beth

Perhaps it’s because I generally get around on foot, but I tend to notice bikes locked up around Denver. This one was near the Convention Center. Not all of them seem entirely practical. I took...

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Denver Photos: Five Points Plaza

September 25, 2009
by Beth

After this week I’ll be moving on from Five Points, to the South Platte River Valley and then across I-25 to Highland. Of course I’ll be going back: I still have to sample the lunch...

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Five Points Walkabout

September 24, 2009
by Beth

I almost didn’t do my walkabout on Wednesday. The forecast was gloomy: 70 percent chance of rain. It wouldn’t be any use to go to downtown Denver in such weather, would it? Such are the musings of a...

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Denver Photos: Brother Jeff’s

September 23, 2009
by Beth

Toward the intersection of Welton and Downing, there’s a small collection of shops and restaurants. Brother Jeff’s Cultural Center and Cafe is one of them, but I’ve never been...

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Denver Restaurants: Blackberries

September 22, 2009
by Beth

The first time I went to Blackberries Ice Cream and Coffee Lounge, I’m not sure I knew that it was in Five Points. I’m not sure I even really knew what Five Points was. Lighthouse Writers was hosting...

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Denver Photos: Intrigue in Five Points I

September 21, 2009
by Beth

This plaque featuring Billie Holiday graces the old Rossonian Hotel and harks back to the days when Five Points drew musicians from all over the country to perform. The Rossonian, which reminds me a...

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Denver Photos: Get Yer News Here!

September 18, 2009
by Beth

Urban Spectrum, a monthly published in Five Points by Rosalind J. Harris and her staff, is “spreading the news about people of color.” Check out the website or pick up a copy in Denver...

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Denver Museums: Hidden in a Library, Part II

September 17, 2009
by Beth

When I ascended to the top floor of the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library in Five Points, I had the Western Legacies gallery all to myself, except for the voices (1) talking about the...

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Denver Photos: Music in Five Points

September 16, 2009
by Beth

You can find the Five Points Media Center at 29th and Welton, housing Channel 12 (KBDI), the local public TV station; KUVO, a jazz station; and Free Speech TV. Jazz stations are getting more rare...

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Denver Museums: Hidden in a Library, Part I

September 15, 2009
by Beth

I found things I hadn’t expected on every floor of the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood. So much so, I might just check out all the branches...

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Denver Restaurants in Five Points: Welton Street Café

August 25, 2009
by Beth

Welton Street Café is a light, spacious, casual restaurant, with lace curtains on the windows and art on the walls and tomatoes growing in the window box outside the Five Points Plaza side of the...

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Black American West Museum in Denver’s Five Points, Part III: Dearfield

August 21, 2009
by Beth

In 2010, Dearfield, Colorado, will be 100 years old. Nowadays, it’s a ghost town. Between May 5, 1910, when it was founded east of Greeley, and the Depression, its residents managed to survive, and...

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Black American West Museum in Denver’s Five Points, Part II

August 20, 2009
by Beth

“There’s no such thing as a black cowboy,” Paul W. Stewart was told as a boy. But years later, as an adult, he met a black cowboy, which inspired him to scour the American West for evidence of their...

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Still Time to BBQ in Denver

August 19, 2009
by Beth

I’ve passed this house several times while in Five Points. The “World’s Best BBQ Grills” look handmade to me, and I love the signs and the orange stovepipes.

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Black American West Museum in Denver’s Five Points, Part I

August 18, 2009
by Beth

For years I’ve wanted to visit the Black American West Museum (BAWM). Last Tuesday, I finally set foot inside Dr. Justina Ford’s historic home, where the museum’s collection is now...

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Denver Photos of Five Points

August 17, 2009
by Beth

What is going on in the photo from Juneteenth Denver 2009? The man in the blue shirt is telling the little girl to throw the wet sponge-ball right at that boy’s face. Looks like she got in a...

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Denver Photos from Five Points

August 13, 2009
by Beth

Here’s another picture of the Five Points building I displayed on Monday. When I was in Five Points on Tuesday, I noticed a man pulling weeds out of the sidewalk around the building. I was...

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Denver Photos from Five Points

August 11, 2009
by Beth

I”m heading to Five Points today to visit the Black American West Museum, which I’ll probably post about next week. For now I leave you with this photo of the Green Door Mini-Mall (maybe...

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Juneteenth* in Denver: Three Conversations

June 23, 2009
by Beth

I almost didn’t go to Juneteenth in Denver’s historic Five Points neighborhood, but I sure am glad I changed my mind. For example, I increased the presence of white people by 10 percent.** At one...

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Five Points Jazz Festival in Denver

May 19, 2009
by Beth

“Cool, Crazy, Hot” advertised the brochure for Five Points Jazz Festival last Saturday. I guess standing in line for tamales for 20 minutes, only to be told I should come back in an hour...

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