Kevin Beaty
@kevinjbeaty.bsky.social
Staunch creative. Photog and reporter for Denverite and sometimes CPR News.
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Crushed. Purnell was one of the first people I met when Denverite started in 2016. He invited me to interview his cousin, Charlie Burrell, another jazz legend we lost this year.
Steen was gracious, funny, talented — a hell of a quote. He had a story for every block.
denverite.com/2025/11/19/p...
Steen was gracious, funny, talented — a hell of a quote. He had a story for every block.
denverite.com/2025/11/19/p...
Purnell Steen, jazz legend and civil rights activist, dead at 84
Steen started playing piano at Zion Baptist Church and still performed regularly at Dazzle and other iconic Denver music venues.
denverite.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Crushed. Purnell was one of the first people I met when Denverite started in 2016. He invited me to interview his cousin, Charlie Burrell, another jazz legend we lost this year.
Steen was gracious, funny, talented — a hell of a quote. He had a story for every block.
denverite.com/2025/11/19/p...
Steen was gracious, funny, talented — a hell of a quote. He had a story for every block.
denverite.com/2025/11/19/p...
Thanks @kiarademare.bsky.social for another visual feast, this time at AUX WARS, the plug-in-your-phone-and-play-a-song competition for rising artists.
Catch her story! denverite.com/2025/08/13/d...
Catch her story! denverite.com/2025/08/13/d...
August 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Thanks @kiarademare.bsky.social for another visual feast, this time at AUX WARS, the plug-in-your-phone-and-play-a-song competition for rising artists.
Catch her story! denverite.com/2025/08/13/d...
Catch her story! denverite.com/2025/08/13/d...
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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
denverite.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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
Plus fantastic photos from @kevinjbeaty.bsky.social! Here’s a behind the scenes:
July 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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!
denverite.com/2025/07/16/d...
denverite.com/2025/07/16/d...
July 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
An afternoon with the birds. Check out @juanitah23.bsky.social's story on the great Andean condor over at Denverite!
denverite.com/2025/07/16/d...
denverite.com/2025/07/16/d...
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...
July 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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...
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...
July 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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.
July 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
An Independence Day story in two acts.
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Some great photos by @kevinjbeaty.bsky.social of Denver's Juneteenth parade yesterday. denverite.com/2025/06/15/w...
What we saw at a joyous Juneteenth parade, despite the heat
Nothing's stopping this celebration of history.
denverite.com
June 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Some great photos by @kevinjbeaty.bsky.social of Denver's Juneteenth parade yesterday. denverite.com/2025/06/15/w...
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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...
www.cpr.org/2025/05/23/f...
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.
www.cpr.org
May 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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...
www.cpr.org/2025/05/23/f...
Thanks for having me!
I really loved producing this Colorado Today segment with @kevinjbeaty.bsky.social and his reporting about a new exhibition that's resonating with Denver's Cambodian community. And it's got some sound richness to it. 🎧
open.spotify.com/episode/2LXo...
open.spotify.com/episode/2LXo...
May 6, 2025: Renewable energy lab layoffs, ballot theft scheme, office towers to apartments, new exhibition
Colorado Today · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Thanks for having me!
Some views of wildland firefighting training near Lyons this week with @hayleemay.bsky.social. Wild, wild assignment.
April 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Some views of wildland firefighting training near Lyons this week with @hayleemay.bsky.social. Wild, wild assignment.
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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...
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...
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.
www.cpr.org
April 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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...
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:
denverite.com/2025/03/30/w...
Read all about it:
denverite.com/2025/03/30/w...
March 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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:
denverite.com/2025/03/30/w...
Read all about it:
denverite.com/2025/03/30/w...
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.
March 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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!
denverite.com/2025/03/04/d...
@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!
denverite.com/2025/03/04/d...
March 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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!
denverite.com/2025/03/04/d...
@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!
denverite.com/2025/03/04/d...
Matt, does this dream keep the old plant around? Like, are they playing under the stacks? (The Sol/Soul tie-in is good!)
This should be the #DenverNWSL stadium site.
- Xcel sells land to Cohen for $1, throws in a substantial remediation fund, in exchange for naming rights: Xcel Park.
- PR gold for Xcel energy to invest in underserved neighborhoods (Sun Valley, Lincoln, La Alma) & women’s pro soccer.
(1/x)
- Xcel sells land to Cohen for $1, throws in a substantial remediation fund, in exchange for naming rights: Xcel Park.
- PR gold for Xcel energy to invest in underserved neighborhoods (Sun Valley, Lincoln, La Alma) & women’s pro soccer.
(1/x)
Denver's historic Zuni power plant could be demolished — not turned into a food hall
The reported $7.5 million price tag was too high to save the building, advocates said.
denverite.com
March 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Matt, does this dream keep the old plant around? Like, are they playing under the stacks? (The Sol/Soul tie-in is good!)
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...
See more photos from @thelastantonoff.bsky.social and me at Denverite: denverite.com/2025/02/02/l...
February 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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...
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...
See the story: denverite.com/2025/01/15/n...
January 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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...
See the story: denverite.com/2025/01/15/n...
Cute elf cards for my family, a series.
December 24, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Cute elf cards for my family, a series.
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.
December 9, 2024 at 7:25 PM
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!
December 8, 2024 at 11:11 PM
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.
November 30, 2024 at 6:24 PM
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.
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.
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.
November 27, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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.
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.