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12:11 pm
May. 25, 2012
Colorado filmmakers to watch for at Mountainfilm in Telluride this weekend
By Colin Bane
Mountainfilm in Telluride is celebrating its 34th anniversary this weekend, through May 28, and we're duly impressed by the the list of Colorado-based filmmakers in the mix. Here's a preview: Tel... More >>

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8:55 am
May. 25, 2012
Ten things to do for $10 this Memorial Day weekend, May 25-28, 2012
By Robin Edwards
Three-day weekends rule, and this one is certain to be a hit. The city is bursting with stuff to do, and you don't have to spend an arm and a leg to do it. Watch Footloose, see a Tim and Eric Awes... More >>

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7:59 am
May. 25, 2012
e-Poetry co-curator Aaron Angello makes sense of electronic poetry at Counterpath
By Laura Bond
Aaron Angello is co-curator of "e-Poetry: The Past, Present and Future of Electronic Poetry," both a showcase and laboratory for engaging works of digital literature, which comes to Counterpath Ga... More >>

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6:58 am
May. 25, 2012
Residue Denver: Artists act out at Edge Gallery
By Susan Froyd
We're used to gallery shows that look pretty much the same when they end as when they began. But Residue Denver, opening tonight at Edge Gallery, isn't designed to remain static. Though the juried... More >>

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6:00 am
May. 25, 2012
Reader: Pedestrians need to get off the Cherry Creek Bike Path
By Patricia Calhoun
"Those B cycle riders are almost as dangerous as the spandex warriors," says Yosh, in response to Bree Davie's rant about the Cherry Creek Bike Path. This Memorial Day weekend, Denver's parks and ... More >>

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2:35 pm
May. 24, 2012
Five things to do for $5 this Memorial Day
By Robin Edwards
Memorial Day is about honoring fallen soldiers, but it's also about enjoying good company, getting out of work, and firing up the grill. If you don't have a backyard to go to this year, we've got ... More >>

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1:22 pm
May. 24, 2012
Buntport's The Roast Beef Situation blends Commedia dell'arte and satire
By Shaughnessy Speirs
Tommy Lee Jones Goes to the Opera Alone is a tough act to follow, but Buntport Theater Company is going for it with the last show of the season, The Roast Beef Situation. The play, which opens at... More >>

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11:56 am
May. 24, 2012
Refugee women tell their stories with photos in picture.me.here
By Melanie Asmar
The woman in the photo is Pabrita Niroula's mother-in-law. She and Pabrita came to Colorado from Nepal, where they lived in a refugee camp and slept on hard bamboo beds. In January, Pabrita wa... More >>

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10:56 am
May. 24, 2012
Vibrators: A pop-culture history of this buzzed-about device
By Josiah M. Hesse
Like gay marriage, marijuana use and tattoos, public perception of female sex toys is not what it used to be. While male sex toys still weigh heavy on the shame scale, a female pleasure device is ... More >>

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9:48 am
May. 24, 2012
Five hidden Denver art galleries to visit this weekend
By Tiffany Fitzgerald
While most art galleries in town do all they can to promote themselves, some of them provide back room spaces, which are not advertised as often and usually feature the work of up-and-coming or ... More >>

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7:55 am
May. 24, 2012
Vibrators play a starring role in Sarah Ruhl's In the Next Room
By Juliet Wittman
Sarah Ruhl's In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) is about orgasms -- but it's neither titillating nor smutty. Ruhl has been called one of our most brilliantly imaginative playwrights, and loca... More >>

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6:53 am
May. 24, 2012
The laid-back Free School Denver announces its summer schedule tonight
By Susan Froyd
To call Free School Denver "grassroots" is almost too mild: Like a relic of the '60s, DFS has no hierarchies. Formed in that nascent spirit of community education, the school offers all classes fo... More >>

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5:57 am
May. 24, 2012
Reader: Chalk up a short life span as one of the charms of chalk art
By Patricia Calhoun
On Tuesday, artist Kyle Banister and a crew of Southwest Airlines employees and students from the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design spent four hours creating a masterpiece. And just a few m... More >>

Theater

12:00 am
May. 24, 2012
Revolutionary themes drive 11 Minutes' ambitious Fuenteovejuna
By Juliet Wittman
The 11 Minutes Theatre Company has revived Fuenteovejuna, a seventeenth-century play by Lope de Vega based on a historical incident that took... More >>

Artbeat

12:00 am
May. 24, 2012
Kevin Curry's reassembled works get the point across at Rule
By Michael Paglia
Kevin Curry: Between Chaos and Order is a smart-looking solo at Rule Gallery that's dominated by conceptual abstractions which the artist, Kevin... More >>

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12:00 am
May. 24, 2012
Now Showing
By Michael Paglia
Clyfford Still. For the opening of the Clyfford Still Museum, founding director Dean Sobel has installed a career survey of the great artist.... More >>

Show and Tell

3:23 pm
May. 23, 2012
Action! Shoot Colorado wants to help set the scene for filmmakers
By Melanie Asmar
Can't you just picture this restaurant as a stop in some epic road-trip movie? Or maybe as the site of an awkwardly tense lunch scene in a Coen brothers film? A new website called Shoot Colorad... More >>

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1:32 pm
May. 23, 2012
Elitch Gardens' Tube Top water slide resembles Sandworm from Beetlejuice
By Claire Delahorne
Though you can never truly count on the weather in Colorado, it's been consistently warm out there for a while and the forecast calls for it to stay that way. Fortunately, the water park at Elitc... More >>

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12:37 pm
May. 23, 2012
Guess where I'm biking near the Capitol building and win a B-cycle season pass
By Britt Chester
Did you know Denver has more than 850 miles of paved off-road trails available to cyclists? This essentially means you don't need to drive a car, ever. What's better is that within our great city,... More >>

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12:03 pm
May. 23, 2012
Chuck Dorsey's old-school window painting reanimates South Broadway
By Tiffany Fitzgerald
Artist Chuck Dorsey crouches down, cutting a letter out of tape on the wall of Certified Customs, a tattoo, piercing and barber shop on South Broadway. He's wearing an old painter's shirt, splo... More >>

Show and Tell

10:58 am
May. 23, 2012
A cyclops Zamboni teaches a lesson about the ephemeral nature of chalk art
By Tiffany Fitzgerald
At a preview yesterday for the upcoming Denver Chalk Art Festival, artist Kyle Banister got a reminder of what it means to be a chalk artist. At ten years, the festival may be long-lived -- but ... More >>

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10:02 am
May. 23, 2012
Celebrate with Sarah and Julie Slater at Gorinto tonight
By Patricia Calhoun
Sarah Slater, founder of the Titwrench music festival, is a 2011 MasterMind award winner -- and it looks like smarts run in the family. Because tonight, Sarah and her sister, Julie Slater, will h... More >>

Show and Tell

9:00 am
May. 23, 2012
Street Style: Crystals, positive energy and a less-is-more mentality
By Mauricio Rocha
As the season starts to swelter, street fashion takes a more easy-going, laid-back approach. Yet for these individuals, that doesn't mean compromising on style. Take a gander at this week's subj... More >>

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Revolutionary themes drive 11 Minutes' ambitious <i>Fuenteovejuna</i> Revolutionary themes drive 11 Minutes' ambitious Fuenteovejuna
By Juliet Wittman

The 11 Minutes Theatre Company has revived Fuenteovejuna, a seventeenth-century play by Lope de Vega based on a historical incident that took place in 1476. Fuenteovejuna is a small village… More >>

Kevin Curry's reassembled works get the point across at Rule Kevin Curry's reassembled works get the point across at Rule
By Michael Paglia

Kevin Curry: Between Chaos and Order is a smart-looking solo at Rule Gallery that's dominated by conceptual abstractions which the artist, Kevin Curry, made from reclaimed materials. Curry moved to Colorado… More >>

Now Showing
By Michael Paglia

Clyfford Still. For the opening of the Clyfford Still Museum, founding director Dean Sobel has installed a career survey of the great artist. Clyfford Still: Inaugural Exhibition starts with the… More >>

Abstract art and sculpture blend beautifully at Havu and Z Abstract art and sculpture blend beautifully at Havu and Z
By Michael Paglia

Contemporary abstraction is a well-developed scene in Colorado, with roots that go back to the 1930s, and four of the most important artists who work in this style are being… More >>

Curious Theatre brings painter Mark Rothko to life in <i>Red</i> Curious Theatre brings painter Mark Rothko to life in Red
By Juliet Wittman

Over the past year, Curious Theatre Company has given us a first-rate production of Pulitzer winner and Tony nominee Clybourne Park; 9 Circles, the regional premiere of a deeply humane… More >>

Now Showing
By Michael Paglia

Clyfford Still. For the opening of the Clyfford Still Museum, founding director Dean Sobel has installed a career survey of the great artist. Clyfford Still: Inaugural Exhibition starts with the… More >>

Colorado Shakespeare Festival puts on a serviceable <i>Twelfth Night</i> at the Arvada Center Colorado Shakespeare Festival puts on a serviceable Twelfth Night at the Arvada Center
By Juliet Wittman

There are two major threads in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. There's the primary plot, in which Viola is shipwrecked in Illyria, decides to dress as a man and signs on as… More >>

Ice Cube highlights the work of Marius Lehene and Ray Tomasso Ice Cube highlights the work of Marius Lehene and Ray Tomasso
By Michael Paglia

There are a lot of great exhibition spaces around town, but I'm always struck by how good shows look at Ice Cube Gallery, even though it's the humblest of venues:… More >>

Now Showing
By Michael Paglia

Clyfford Still. For the opening of the Clyfford Still Museum, founding director Dean Sobel has installed a career survey of the great artist. Clyfford Still: Inaugural Exhibition starts with the… More >>

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By Juliet Wittman

Date. Some years ago, writer-actor Luciann Lajoie found herself alone and at loose ends, so she decided to try Internet dating. In Date, seated in what looks like a pretty… More >>

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