Kevin Beaty

I really Like-Em!

Our interview airs in All Things Considered this afternoon and Morning Edition & Colorado Matters tomorrow. In the meantime, here's my colab with @kevinjbeaty.bsky.social

Inside an animal cage, where I belong

An afternoon with the birds. Check out ‪@juanitah23.bsky.social's story on the great Andean condor over at Denverite!

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A delightful, beautiful, liminal evening at the downtown Denver skatepark. Check out @kiarademare.bsky.social's story over at Denverite: denverite.com/2025/07/14/d...

Thanks!

Some unusual visual journalism from me today, illustrations from courtroom sketches (and portraits) for a story on Denver County Court's Forensic Peer Navigator program, where people with experience in homelessness and addiction guide others out of vicious cycles: denverite.com/2025/07/08/d...

An Independence Day story in two acts.

What we saw at a joyous Juneteenth parade, despite the heat Nothing's stopping this celebration of history.

Some great photos by @kevinjbeaty.bsky.social of Denver's Juneteenth parade yesterday. denverite.com/2025/06/15/w...

Mayor delays plan to grant raises up to 44% for top Denver leaders The city won't consider raises for a dozen department leaders until later this year.

This was a few days before the big announcement:

denverite.com/2025/05/16/m...

Federal cops spent weeks tracking young immigrants, was it for their safety, or to make deportation easier? An initiative obtained by CPR News referred to unaccompanied minors as “targets” and indicates that ICE actually had multiple motives for the effort.

My latest: ICE and federal law enforcement just wrapped an operation where they went, unannounced, to the homes of kids who crossed the border as unaccompanied minors. In a memo I obtained, we found there were multiple motives behind the effort...

www.cpr.org/2025/05/23/f...

Thanks for having me!

Some views of wildland firefighting training near Lyons this week with @hayleemay.bsky.social. Wild, wild assignment.

Western Slope judge warns ICE to stop civil immigration actions in courthouses Workers at the Garfield County courthouse say ICE has been a steady presence there, detaining between five and 10 people since January who were either in the courthouse or just outside of it.

Second story broken this week by our lil' immigration team! And it's only Wednesday.

Western Slope judge orders ICE out of his courthouse because they were violating Colorado law. W/ @cprmarkus.bsky.social

www.cpr.org/2025/04/16/c...

Had a heluva time at the Denver Onyx's first-ever home game. They're the city’s newest pro team!

Read all about it:
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Nate and I ran into an interesting little chart story. The takeaway: Crashes on Colfax hit what was basically a 12-year low once BRT construction started.

In the age of AI, we at @denverite.bsky.social are still making our internet slop by hand!

@alexscoville.bsky.social and I worked with readers to invent some National Women's Soccer League team ideas for Colorado.

See more and vote for your favorite!
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Permanent carnival rides would be awesome.

Matt, does this dream keep the old plant around? Like, are they playing under the stacks? (The Sol/Soul tie-in is good!)

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Aw thanks boss

Some views from Denver’s annual Lunar New Year fest at the Far East Center.

See more photos from @thelastantonoff.bsky.social and me at Denverite: denverite.com/2025/02/02/l...

I spent time at the Colorado vs the World rodeo this weekend, where I met people who've been coming to Denver for this since they were little. It's also the first big ride of the season; the Denver Coliseum, someone told me, was "our Yankee Stadium."

See the story: denverite.com/2025/01/15/n...

Cute elf cards for my family, a series.

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One little side moment from my night out at the parade this weekend, of the new Populus hotel that's supposed to look like an aspen grove.

Some views of the Parade of Lights from last night. It was the event's 50-year anniversary!

Revisiting Denver's Articulated Wall, by Herbert Bayer, and found this great googly-eyed version that @daveburdick.bsky.social asked me to make once. It's stil la chef's kiss.

A man sits at a piano, surrounded by red light, as he leans back and plays. His hands clearly do not need his eyes for that. The piano keys stretch forward into the frame.

I met Nick Juele at the Merc last week. He is a VIBE.

Stay keep an eye on Denverite for @zialcita.bsky.social's next story on the labor disputes there. Meantime, just imagine his piano jazz in your ears.