Bucket List Community News

Vicky Collins
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Bucket List Community News is an online community journalism site for Denver. We have a unique niche at the intersection of community and journalism. Everyone has a story, and we build community by sharing our stories. We are Denver’s home for information, inspiration, and interaction. We are North Denver’s home for information, inspiration, and interaction. We share news, issues, culture, events, people, pets, food, fun and more so that you can know what is happening on your street and across town. We are hyperlocal and strive to represent the diverse voices within our community.

  1. Apr 1

    March Radio Show: Denver Summit FC, ICE Safe Zones, School Phone Bans and More

    The March episode of the Bucket List Community News radio show on KGNUtakes listeners from the excitement of Denver’s newest professional sports team to neighborhood organizing, evolving school policies and Colorado’s role in humanity’s return to the moon. The eighth episode of the show, hosted by Bucket List editor Toni Tresca, aired Thursday, March 5, and is now available to stream on our website, podbean, Spotify or Apple.

    30 min

  2. Feb 23

    February Radio Show Recap: Denver Streets, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Expansion and Dark Horse

    Our February episode of the Bucket List Community Cafe radio show on KGNU covers everything from urgent citywide safety concerns to the expansion of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance to the closure of a beloved Boulder institution. The seventh episode of our radio show, hosted by Bucket List editor Toni Tresca, aired on Thursday, Feb. 6, and is now available to listen to on our website.

    30 min

  3. Feb 23

    Bucket List Radio Show Kicks Off 2026 by Taking Stock of 2025

    As Denver turns the page on 2025, the January episode of the Bucket List Community Cafe radio show offers a moment of reflection and a clear-eyed look at what lies ahead. Originally airing on New Year’s Day at 3 p.m. on KGNU, the episode brings together Bucket List editor Toni Tresca, publisher Vicky Collins and radio show editor Ryland Scholes for an extended conversation about the stories, pressures and possibilities that shaped the city over the past year.

    30 min

  4. 11/24/2025

    November 2025 Bucket List Radio Show on KGNU

    The November edition of the Bucket List Community Cafe radio show aired this week on KGNU, marking the fifth episode of the monthly program that highlights the stories shaping life across the Denver metro. Hosted by Bucket List editor Toni Tresca and powered by a newsroom of student and early-career journalists, the Bucket List radio show weaves together reporting on veterans’ housing, neighborhood access, wildlife conservation and cultural heritage.

    30 min

  5. 10/13/2025

    Bucket List on KGNU: Palantir Protests, DIA and More

    The October edition of the Bucket List Community Cafe radio show aired this week on KGNU, offering another wide-ranging look at the people, places, and policies shaping Denver life. Hosted by me, Toni Tresca, and produced by our team of student and early-career reporters, the fourth episode dives into local activism, infrastructure upgrades, cultural rebirth and a celebration of the spooky season.

    32 min

  6. 08/29/2025

    Bucket List Community Cafe on KGNU: August Edition

    In this edition of Bucket List Community Cafe on KGNU we're diving into some of the most talked about developments in the city. From a massive women's soccer stadium project to federal funding cuts to the arts. We've also got coverage of a local farmers market, a new exhibit capturing the immigrant experience in America and even the unexpected world of Pokémon card scalping. All that and more coming up in today's show. Hosted by Toni Tresca.

    29 min

  7. 07/07/2025

    Bucket List on KGNU Inagural Edition

    The Bucket List Community Cafe radio show on KGNU brings hyperlocal storytelling to the airwaves with heart, curiosity, and a deep love for Denver. Hosted by Toni Tresca, each episode dives into the civic pulse of the city—from transportation frustrations and unsafe streets to vibrant arts festivals, neighborhood activism, and underrepresented cultural communities. With reporting from a team of emerging local journalists, the show highlights the everyday issues and inspiring efforts shaping life in Denver. In this inaugural episode, listeners hear why Federal Boulevard remains one of the most dangerous roads in the city, what’s behind the lack of public transit to Red Rocks, and how neighbors are organizing to make change—from the Denver Community Film Festival to the upcoming Mile Long Table event. With coverage of the Cherry Creek Arts Festival, the evolution of UMS, and a love-hate reckoning with the Colorado Rockies, this show is a fresh, grounded take on what it means to live, move, and make meaning in Denver today.

    29 min

  8. 06/27/2025

    Podcast: Artist Bala Thiagarajan Talks Cherry Creek Arts Festival

    After courageously leaving her career in science and PhD in biology behind to become a full-time artist, Bala Thiagarajan is onto her next big journey: the Cherry Creek Arts Festival. For the first time in her career the Denver creative is getting her opportunity to shine at Colorado’s biggest arts festival from July 4 through 6. Thiagarajan sat down with us for June’s episode of the “Bucket List Community Cafe Podcast” to break down what it means to get into the Cherry Creek Arts Festival, what makes the Denver arts scene so special, the importance of representation and much more.

    39 min
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Bucket List Community News is an online community journalism site for Denver. We have a unique niche at the intersection of community and journalism. Everyone has a story, and we build community by sharing our stories. We are Denver’s home for information, inspiration, and interaction. We are North Denver’s home for information, inspiration, and interaction. We share news, issues, culture, events, people, pets, food, fun and more so that you can know what is happening on your street and across town. We are hyperlocal and strive to represent the diverse voices within our community.

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  • Creator
    Vicky Collins
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    37
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2023 All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    Bucket List Community News