Voices Raised Against Intolerance

Rain and snow falling across Colorado on Wednesday will make way for dry, freezing overnight temperatures, according to the National Weather Service. “Frost and freeze conditions are expected to kill unprotected sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing,” NWS forecasters said in a Freeze Warning. “Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold and drain irrigation systems.” Forecasters said temperatures across the Front Range, Urban Corridor and adjacent plains are expected to drop as low as 22 degrees overnight. Temperatures in Denver will peak around 39 degrees Wednesday before falling to 24 degrees overnight, forecasters said. NWS forecasters said the metro-area Freeze Warning includes Denver, Fort Collins, Boulder, the western suburbs of Denver, Castle Rock, Greeley and Byers.

Denver’s annual Free Night at the Museums is both a gift and a challenge for cultural bargain hunters. There are 17 museums on the list this year, all inviting visitors to enter at no cost. But the event only goes from 5 to 10 p.m., which means you’ve got to be agile to make the most of the opportunity. Related: Mixing the past and present (and art and artifacts) to tell the story of Colorado Of course, there are other cultural events to take advantage of during Denver’s Arts Week, which is actually a 10-day extravaganza kicking off Nov.

Steven Graf and Zhach Pham were business partners from a young age. The two best friends met in second grade in their hometown of Westport, Connecticut and ran a lemonade stand, built go-karts and dug for buried treasure — to their parents’ consternation — in the backyard. “We were always making things,” said Pham. Decades later, they had their breakthrough. On an episode that aired Friday, the pair went into CNBC’s Shark Tank and left with a $300,000 investment in their company, Denver-based RigStrips. Steven Graf, left, Zhach Pham at their startup RigStrips on the TV show “Shark Tank” in 2024.

Cynthia Hawkins and Bill Christopher both depict themselves as moderates whose vote preferences this year are being steered, at least in part, by worries over immigration. But it’s not driving their votes the same way. Instead, their shared concerns about the sheer number of new arrivals to the country in recent years, along with the resulting strains on local budgets and services, are cleaved by the incendiary rhetoric surrounding one of the most divisive issues at play in the November election. Immigration policy and border security have proven to be key issues, both for candidates and the electorate — and especially those on the conservative side of the political spectrum.

After more than four years, the chain-link fence surrounding Denver’s Central Library finally came down Tuesday. The largest of the Denver Public Library’s 27 branches, in the heart of downtown, has been closed or heavily restricted to the public since the pandemic shut its doors in March 2020. During the years since, the 540,000-square-foot building partially reopened as it underwent more than $60 million in renovations. On Sunday, the nearly 70-year-old building — which underwent a major expansion in the mid-1990s — will fully reopen, welcoming bookworms, knowledge-seekers and those simply looking for a reprieve from the hustle and bustle of city life. “I just can’t wait to see the people back in the building,” said Rachel Fewell, the Central Library’s director, who led local media on a tour of the revamped building Tuesday. The library was a flurry of activity as workers and staff solidified the finishing touches before this weekend’s grand reopening. Window washers cleaned newly installed glass.

Can buying coffee at a cafe help fight homelessness? Well, this nonprofit coffee shop uses 100% of its profits from selling a cup of Joe to help people find employment and a place to live. Change Please Coffee celebrated the launch of its newest cafe and training academy in Aurora on Tuesday morning.