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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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...