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A Cold Case Frozen in Time
Until this cold case heats up, Sharon Skiba is lost in limbo.
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CU Hires Three Pulitzer Winners
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Shakeup in Denver Radio
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Sazza
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Arapahoe County DA Charges Death-Penalty Fees to the State
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A Cold Case Frozen in Time (10)
Until this cold case heats up, Sharon Skiba is lost in limbo.
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Con Artist Gives Funny Cause for Pregnant Pause (7)
Would you pay $20 to get a scam artist off your front porch?
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Big Trouble (8)
Gary Haney was living the high life until meth took him down.
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To the Max (5)
A publicity-hungry student shows how easy it is to become a media darling -- with a little help from CU.
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The Magnet Mafia Sticks to Street Art (5)
Matt Feeney and Harrison Nealey have a new way for artists to stick it to the city.
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3OH!3
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Freddie's Not Dead
The CSO resurrects Queen.
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Out of the Blue
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Moon Madness
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Really Free Speech
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Cops in MySpace
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Baby Blue
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Thoughts on Five Songs While I Quietly Freak Out and Try to Work
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What is the Sound of Color?
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Yummsies: For the Baby Who Has It All
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Look of the Day -- The Unfortunate Side Effects of Daylight Saving Time
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Crowded Cowboy Caucuses
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Delegating Denver #34 of 56: New Jersey
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Africa Rises
Perú Negro brings a musical legacy to life.
By Susan Froyd
Published: February 28, 2008
If you thought that all music from Peru sounds like that Paul Simon song with the flutey pan pipes, think again. Away from the heights of the Andes, Peru also boasts an African heritage brought to its coast by a diaspora of slaves from every region of the dark continent. The resulting Afro-Peruvian sound is a powerful patchwork of strong rhythms and chants, held together by a lilting guitar and makeshift percussion instruments (some descended from fruit crates and Catholic collection boxes or a donkey's jaw).
That musical legacy comes to life whenever Perú Negro, a Lima-based performing troupe of more than twenty musicians and dancers, hits a stage somewhere in the world; tonight at 7:30 p.m., local audiences will catch the sway of the official "Cultural Ambassadors of Black Peru" during a concert at Macky Auditorium at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Admission is $12 to $52; go to www.cuconcerts.org or call 303-492-8008.
Tue., March 4, 7:30 p.m., 2008
