After a 90-minute weather delay due to lightning in the area, the Denver Outlaws stormed back from an early deficit to win the 2016 MLL Championship, 19-18 over the Ohio Machine at Fifth Third Bank Stadium at Kennesaw State University. Coca-Cola Championship MVP, attackman Eric Law, scored the game-winning goal with just 13 seconds left in the game. Law finished with 5 goals and 3 assists.
Midfielder Kyle Harrison
kicked off the scoring for the Machine to start the game 1-0. The
Outlaws and Machine traded goals before the Machine ended the quarter on
a four-goal run to extend their lead 6-2.
Faceoff specialist Tom Kelly won
the opening faceoff of the second quarter and scored off the fast break
to cut the lead to three. The Machine then scored three straight goals
from Peter Baum, Steele Stanwick, and Tom Schreiber
to make it 9-3. Thunder and lightning rolled into the area and delayed
the game for over an hour and a half during the second quarter. Once the
water was cleared from the field, play resumed. The Outlaws went on a
4-0 run to cut the deficit to two, but the Machine ended the quarter
with a 5-0 run of their own. Marcus Holman and Schreiber scored twice in the run while Stanwick added another. The Machine led 14-7 at halftime.
After
a shortened halftime, the Outlaws came out firing in the 3rd quarter
and outscored the Machine 8-1. Law added three goals and midfielder Drew Snider scored twice while Matt Kavanagh and Greg Downing each added a goal. The quarter goal differential was the largest in MLL Championship history.
Denver kept the momentum in the fourth quarter with three quick goals. Wes Berg scored twice and Kavanagh added another. Ohio rallied back, scoring three straight goals of their own behind Holman, John Grant Jr., and Jake Bernhardt. Grant's second goal of the game set the MLL playoff career goal record at 30 goals, passing Josh Sims at 29 goals.
The game was tied until late in the 4th quarter when Jeremy Sieverts found Eric Law for the game winning goal with 13 seconds left in the game. The Outlaws held on to win, 19-18.
The game was Denver's sixth MLL Championship appearance in eleven years as a team. The Outlaws also won the MLL Championship in 2014 at Fifth Third Bank Stadium at Kennesaw State University.
Last night the onePULSE
Foundation hosted a benefit at NeueHouse in Hollywood, CA to help those
affected by the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history that
took place at Pulse nightclub in Orlando on June 12, 2016. Celebrities,
industry power houses and advocates came together in unity to honor
those lives lost and families torn apart.
The Exile Fetish Ball series celebrates the Colorado fetish, kink, and leather communities by producing an annual fundraiser benefiting local & national sex-positive charitable organizations. This is a 21+ event for all people regardless of gender, orientation, or experience. There will be fetish performances, demonstrations, tasting opportunities, live music, DJs, vendors, and artists. There are two main performance stages, tasting and side areas for play, a coat check, a local information table, and a raffle for specially-donated baskets.
"[...]
I wish Pride could be something closer to Publishers Clearing House,
where someone shows up at the door of a closeted teen living in some
oppressive Middle American state with an oversized check and whisks them away."
The National LGBTQ Task Force is welcoming a new rule the General Services Administration (GSA) that bans discrimination against transgender people using restrooms that match their gender identity in federal facilities.
“We welcome this enormous step forward on the part of the General Services Administration (GSA). The new rule, which serves as a model for state and local governments, and to private entities, brings federal government facilities and spaces in line with already existing sex discrimination law. According to preliminary data from the U.S. Trans Survey, 59% of trans people have avoided bathrooms in the last year because they feared confrontations in public restrooms, at work, school, or in other places. In fact, 31% have even avoided eating or drinking out of fear of using the bathroom. Because of this rule, more trans people will be treated with dignity and will be less likely to be victims of violence,” said Victoria M. Rodríguez-Roldán, Trans/Gender Nonconforming Justice Project Director, National LGBTQ Task Force.
The 29th annual AIDS Walk Colorado is happening tomorrow at Cheesman Park!
This year’s event is set to be a touching tribute to those we care about who have passed as a result of the disease, and a fitting Celebration of Life for those still with us.
Today, Olympians Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir stopped by NBC's Facebook Live studio
to discuss the hottest topics of this year's Olympics, including the
Ryan Lochte scandal and even revealed some interesting facts about
themselves to fans tuning in everywhere.
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Two-time Emmy and Tony Award winner Andrea Martin has been added to the all-star cast of NBC’s “Hairspray Live!,” set for 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, as part of the stellar line-up that includes Harvey Fierstein, Jennifer Hudson, Ariana Grande, Kristin Chenoweth, Martin Short, Derek Hough, Dove Cameron, Garrett Clayton, exciting newcomer Maddie Baillio, and special guest stars Sean Hayes and Rosie O’Donnell.
Martin will play Prudy Pingleton, Penny Pingleton’s (Ariana Grande) overprotective and often close-minded mother who doesn’t approve of her daughter being best friends with a rebel like Tracy Turnblad.
Martin has received more Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations as a featured actress in a musical than any other actress. She most recently won both awards for the 2013 production of “Pippin.” Beginning with “My Favorite Year” in 1993, for which she won both awards as well, Martin has also been Tony nominated for “Young Frankenstein,” “Oklahoma!,” “Candide” and “Noises Off.”
For her work on the iconic Canadian-based comedy series “SCTV,” Martin won two Emmy Awards for writing and received an Emmy nomination for Best Actress in a Variety series. Her additional television credits include “My Big Fat Greek Life,” “Nurse Jackie” and “Difficult People.” She is the recipient of three American Comedy Award nominations for several cable specials, including her own “Andrea Martin Together Again” for Showtime.
Her many film credits include “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” and its sequel, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” “Wag the Dog” and “Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb.”
Martin is set to co-star in NBC’s midseason comedy “Great News,” in which she plays an overbearing mother who rejoins the workforce as an intern at a news network to be close with her daughter. The series comes from Emmy-winning writer Tracy Wigfield and Emmy-winning “30 Rock” executive producers Tina Fey and Robert Carlock.
The casting of Martin follows up the recent guest-star additions of Sean Hayes as Mr. Pinky, the owner of a dress shop called Mr. Pinky’s Hefty Hideaway who hires Tracy Turnblad to be his spokesgirl, as well as Rosie O’Donnell, who will play the health ed teacher who tries to control her rambunctious students, including Link, Amber and Tracy, as they try to play a game of dodge ball.
Hayes is a longtime NBC staple, both in front of and behind the camera. He is a two-time Emmy Award winner best known for his role of Jack McFarland on the groundbreaking comedy series “Will & Grace” and, as a partner in his Hazy Mills Productions shingle, is an executive producer of NBC’s “Grimm” and “Hollywood Game Night.” On the stage, Hayes is currently starring on Broadway in the critically acclaimed comedy “Act of God.”
O’Donnell has a long and impressive list of acting credits, including appearances in such series as “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Nip/Tuck,” “Drop Dead Diva” and, most recently, “The Fosters.” She also had co-starring roles in the hit box office films “A League of Their Own” and “Sleepless in Seattle,” and hosted her very successful daytime talk show, “The Rosie O’Donnell Show.”
Koelbel Urban Homes (KUH) has quickly emerged as a leader in creating urban neighborhoods that promote community and synergy by integrating life, work and play.
As the newest division of legendary developer Koelbel and Company, KUH is focused on in-fill properties, designing and building innovative homes tailored to each unique site.
Offered homes run the gamut of detached single-family homes to svelte modern attached designs featuring today's popular spaces, such as rooftop decks and open-plan concepts. All KUH homes, of course, are designed for optimum living and with respect for the surroundings.
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The First Unitarian Society of Denver building at 1400 Lafayette St., which served as a gathering place in the advancement of social justice issues in Colorado, will be considered for local historic landmark designation by the Denver City County later this month. The site, whose architecture and geography also meet the city’s designation criteria, would be the first in Colorado to be recognized at the local, state or national level for its importance in the history of the LGBT rights movement.
The First Unitarian congregation has a long history of social justice work, including involvement with women’s rights and suffrage, civil rights and immigration justice. Over the years, it has welcomed social justice organizations that could find no other public venue for their meetings or presentations.
The congregation’s involvement in the LGBT rights movement began as early as the 1950s. At a time when few were willing to open their doors to the gay community, First Unitarian offered support to the Mattachine Society, one of the first gay rights groups in the United States, by providing space to organize. In the 1970s and 1980s, the Unitarian building was a de facto headquarters of the Gay Coalition of Denver, which is known today as The Center, an LGBT nonprofit located one block away from First Unitarian, on Colfax Ave.
The building itself has been occupied by the First Unitarian Society of Denver since 1958. The Richardsonian Romanesque style building, constructed in the 1890s, has retained its architectural integrity over the years. It features wide rounded arches, recessed entryways, a dramatic rose window, and rough surface stone quarried in Castle Rock, Colorado. Its architecture and its prominent location at the corner of 14th Avenue and Lafayette Street makes it a unique orienting feature in Capitol Hill.
To be eligible for historic preservation in Denver, a site must demonstrate significance in at least two of three categories: history, architecture and geography. Denver’s Landmark Preservation Commission considered the designation at its July 5 meeting and found that the church building was eligible for designation, meeting designation criteria in all three categories.
“Preserving sites like this helps us tell our city’s story – the whole story,” said Brad Buchanan, executive director of Denver Community Planning and Development. “While Denver’s landmarks include buildings originally built by and for those with wealth and social status, they also include equally important places linked to people who may have been left out of the history textbooks.”
A public hearing on the historic designation is scheduled for August 22 at 5:30 p.m. during City Council’s normal weekly meeting. Anyone may attend and sign up to speak.
What Preservation Means for Property Owners Historic designation preserves a site while accommodating change in a way that’s sensitive to the historic context of a building or district. Historic buildings undergo city design review prior to making exterior alterations, so that they may be altered and modernized in ways that keep them useful and relevant, and that respect their character and integrity. Interior remodels are not subject to design review. Local historic landmarks and districts are eligible for grants from the Colorado State Historical Fund, as well as state tax credits.
How Designation Works In Denver, historic preservation is a grassroots effort. Denver’s city government doesn’t typically pursue designations; they are brought forth by the people. An application to designate a structure as historic may be submitted by the property owner or by at least three members of the community.
If approved, 1400 Lafayette will be Denver’s fifth historic designation in 2016; whereas Denver has averaged one new landmark per year in the last five years. Earlier this year the National Western Stock Show Stadium Arena, the Emily Griffith Opportunity School, the South Lincoln Street Historic District and the house at 1899 York St. were all brought forth by their owners and designated as historic.
Beaches are one of the best-kept secrets of land-locked Colorado
with breathtaking views of the Rocky Mountains that you won’t typically
find along ocean coastlines. Whether it’s sunbathing, camping,
watersports or building sandcastles, a Colorado summer beach vacation
will provide plenty of adventure and relaxation.
Dillon Reservoir (Frisco).
The Frisco Bay Marina at Lake Dillon allows visitors to enjoy
flat-water activities such as boat rentals and guided boat tours,
canoeing, kayaking, fishing, sailing and stand-up paddle boarding, from
early June through mid September. Additionally, with 25 miles of
shoreline surrounded by mountain peaks, the sandy beach is ideal for
catching rays.
Medano Creek at the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Alamosa).
The Great Sand Dunes are the tallest dunes in North America and while
many visitors enjoy spending their time exploring the sandy hills, in
mid-May through June, Medano Creek allows guests to cool off in the
fresh spring runoff. Guests can enjoy non-motorized and non-mechanized
activities in the creek, including splashing, surfing, wading, skim
boarding, floating, sand castle building and sand sculpting.
Blue Mesa Reservoir (Gunnison).
In the summertime, Blue Mesa Reservoir’s sparkling sapphire waters and
shoreline are bustling with recreational activities. Popular pursuits
include sailing, power boating, fishing and water skiing. Windsurfing is
favored among those looking to get a workout on the water. Blue Mesa
Reservoir is Colorado’s largest body of water and home to the largest
Kokanee Salmon fishery in the country making it an angler’s paradise.
Boulder Reservoir (Boulder).
700 acres on the Boulder Reservoir invite visitors to enjoy all aspects
of this multi-use recreation facility. Runners, walkers and cyclists
who work up a sweat on the trails surrounding the reservoir can take a
dip in the water to cool off or relax on the sandy beaches. In the
warmer months, swimming as well as paddle boarding, boating, water
skiing, fishing and wildlife viewing keep the reservoir buzzing.
Grand Lake (Grand County).
Located just outside of Rocky Mountain National Park, Grand Lake is
where pristine shores meet the Rocky Mountains. From the sandy beach at
Grand Lake, visitors can swim, fish, kayak, paddle, row or just kick
back and watch the people and the waves. Guests can either rent or bring
their own ski boats, pontoon boats, pleasure boats or fishing boats to
enjoy a day on Colorado’s largest and deepest natural lake.
Jackson Lake State Park (Orchard). An
oasis amid Colorado’s eastern plains, Jackson Lake’s warm, South Platte
River-fed water and sandy bottom beaches welcome swimmers and water
skiers looking to cool off each summer. Chosen as one of the “Top 15
Park Beaches” by Reserve America, Jackson Lake is a must visit spot if
you’re vacationing in the area or just passing through Colorado’s
eastern plains.
John Martin Reservoir State Park (Hasty). A
peaceful paradise in Colorado’s southeastern plains, John Martin
Reservoir State Park is located where mild weather allows for plenty of
beach days throughout the summer. Those looking for a vacation on the
water can reserve a campsite along Lake Hasty. The nearby reservoir
provides uncrowded boating, waterskiing and spectacular conditions for a
wide variety of wind water sports.
Ridgway State Park (Ridgway).
Ridgway State Park allows for fantastic views of the San Juan Mountains
as visitors float on the water. The park’s popular campgrounds and
beautiful reservoir are family favorites as the beach features
playground equipment and there’s always room to pitch a volleyball net.
