Community

Sun Valley Youth Ctr. & Academia de Policía, Receive Part of Mayor’s $20,000 Awards in Race and Justice Mini-Grants

Funding Supports Community Driven Projects that Help Make Denver a More Welcoming, Accepting and Inclusive City  Mayor Michael B. Hancock recently awarded $20,000 in Race…

Pride, Relief, Accomplishment, Love & Joy…American Mariachi After Party

Article and Photos by Joe Contreras, Latin Life Denver Media (see photo gallery below) Pride, relief, accomplishment, love and joy were just some of the…

From The West Side Projects To One Of The City’s Most Influential Leaders Veronica Barela Retires

Articles by Joe Contreras LLD Media & John Moore-Denver Post, Photos by Joe Contreras (see gallery below) Veronica Barela has risen from an impoverished girl…

Standing Ovation Greets American Mariachi To Denver

Who would have thought that a play about Alzheimer’s, family, culture, girl power and mariachi music could be so hilarious yet so touching. American Mariachi…

Gentrification & Affordable Housing, Councilwoman Ortega Speaks Out

By Deborah Ortega – City Council, At Large Isn’t it ironic that we’ve never seen more housing units constructed in this city, yet it is…

What’s Your Sign? Denver Women’s March Draws Tens of Thousands

Photos by Joe Contreras, Latin Life Denver Media, (see photo gallery below) They came out by the tens of thousands this morning. Women of every…

Don’t Miss “American Mariachi” Coming To Denver Jan. 26 Thru Feb. 25th

Photos from the opening week of rehearsals for ‘American Mariachi.’ The world-premiere play with music performs in the Stage Theatre from Jan. 26 (opening Feb….

Race In Your Face, Detroit ’67, A Look Into Our Collective Soul Then & Now, LLD Theater Review…

By Joe Contreras, Latin Life Denver Media It’s hard to call playwright Dominque Morisseau’s production of Detroit ’67, currently playing Denver’s  Curious Theater, a fun…

Gabriela Chavarria New Vice President of Denver Museum of Nature & Science

She received her bachelor’s degree in biology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and her master’s and Ph.D. in organismic and evolutionary biology from…