Note: Originally published in the May, 2016 Washington Park Profile. Iliff School of Theology, located at the corner of Iliff Avenue and University Boulevard, celebrates its 125th anniversary this year. To commemorate the anniversary, the school has planned a year of events and celebrations. On the horizon: a 50th anniversary celebration in April of the Martin Luther King speech “Beyond Vietnam,” a speech written by former Iliff Professor Vincent Harding. Sheikh Ibrahim Kazer

NOTE: Originally published on the April, 2016 Washington Park Profile website. NPR International Correspondent Lourdes Garcia-Navarro is visiting the University of Denver campus and today served as the lunchtime keynote speaker at DU’s third annual Internationalization Summit, the focus of which is “Uncommon Intersections: Cultivating Multiple Perspectives at Home and Abroad.” Prior to today’s summit, Garcia-Navarro spoke yesterday to an assembled group of students, some from

Note: Originally published in the May 2017 Washington Park Profile. By now, almost everyone in South Denver and many others from around the world have heard the news: The International Church of Cannabis at 400 S. Logan St., located in the former Mt. Calvary Apostolic Church, opened April 20, the unofficial holiday for cannabis fans. But what is its exact purpose? The church or venue—what it is depends on who you’re talking to—staged a tiered opening on April 20 with an open-

Note: This editorial was originally published in the April 2018 edition of Life on Capitol Hill and the Washington Park Profile. It originally appeared under the sub-header "Signing off." Dear Readers, It does not often happen that I am lost for words, but in this moment, I find myself struggling to begin. Being a fan of open-ended journeys and writers who attempt to capture the experience of them, I guess I’ll “begin at the beginning,” as Lewis Carroll once penned. I am at a

Note: Originally published in the December 2015 Washington Park Profile. As any gardener knows, even vegetable beds laid with the most detailed planning can end up overproducing. One extra bush of squash or zucchini and you’re overwhelmed by abundance. Interestingly, according to 2010 U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics, 31 percent of Americans’ restaurant and consumer food goes to waste annually. Other sources say the percentage is higher—a 2012 Washington Post article

Note: Originally published in the October 2017 issue of the Washington Park Profile. One might not know it, but tucked away on the fifth floor of the University of Denver’s relatively new Daniel Felix Ritchie School of Engineering & Computer Science building is a senior-citizen-focused institute making big waves both locally and internationally. “The Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging opened its doors in its new location in August 2016 and was up and running by about October