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2011 Stories by Jenny An

• January is Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month -- but can anyone really do itr

  published Dec 28, 2011

  "First timer" the guy behind the Loveland rental stand asked as he installed the gadget that would hook my boots on to the board. I don't think he ended the question with "dude," but with his slouch... More >>

• Snow Globe

  published December 1, 2011

  Fancy yourself a socially and environmentally conscious consumer? Brian Baker, who visits factories around the globe to make sure they're not... More >>

• No more owls! Why are Denver DIYers so scared to celebrate the fact that Denver is in the Westr

  published Dec 06, 2011

  I had the perfect Christmas present plan for the out-of-towners in my life: kitschy Western-inspired accessories and home goods. I walked around town, looking for them. Talulah Jones sold necklaces wi... More >>

• Five facts about Clyfford Still from Curious Theater's production on the artist

  published Dec 06, 2011

  As part of the event hoopla surrounding the opening of the Clyfford Still Museum, Curious Theatre will be putting on a play about Still's life. "[The Clyfford Still Museum] wanted to make a neighborho... More >>

• The city could still renovate Boettcher Concert Hall without matching funds from the symphony

  published Dec 05, 2011

  The Colorado Symphony Orchestra has been working hard to make it into the black for the 2011-2012 season by adding extra shows, making personnel cuts, pushing its fund raising and promising, in genera... More >>

• Slurp for a cause: Women's Bean Project selling foodie goods through Sunday

  published Dec 02, 2011

  When Women's Bean Project was hiring in June, over 150 women showed up hoping to find work and career training. Only twenty of them were hired. Bean Project hopes to provide jobs for women who can't f... More >>

• West Elm throws an Etsy party so you don't have to wait to get locally made holiday gifts

  published Dec 01, 2011

  If this weekend is just too long for your so-twee-it-hurts heart to wait for Fancy Tiger's Holiday Handmade Craft Fair or the Holiday Mancraft event at Ink Lounge, West Elm in Cherry Creek is inviting... More >>

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  Forget Julie & Julia: Which movie would you watch 365 timesr

  published Nov 29, 2011

  Lawrence Dai will be watching Julie & Julia for the 365th time at 8 p.m. tonight at the Jones, as part of the Denver Center Theatre Company's quirky Off-Center series. In addition to the screening, th... More >>

• Lawrence Dai watches Julie & Julia for the 365th -- and lastr -- time

  published Nov 29, 2011

  Lawrence Dai watched Julie & Julia for the first time one year ago today. Then he watched it again every single day for a year. And, of course, in Life 2.0 fashion, he decided to blog about it. Sinc... More >>

• Denver Crop Mob celebrates its first season of helping sustainable, local farms

  published Nov 28, 2011

  All season, gangs of predominantly twentysomethings have been invading local farms each month, expanding vegetable beds, weeding and planting orchards. "It's like a flashmob, but for gardening," says ... More >>

• Crave Coffee adds a jolt of love to the radiology wing of St. Joseph

  published Nov 25, 2011

  Maggi Kelly needed a change. The single mom of four was working as a sales rep for Skirt Sports, but that job had her traveling around six states from her home in Longmont. Then a friend told the self... More >>

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  Seven tastiest feast scenes in movies, in honor of Thanksgiving

  published Nov 23, 2011

  Eating, more or less, is the hallmark of the holidays (not to mention a cornerstone of the e-card industry) -- Thanksgiving, in particular. So, whether your family-time is a drunken-uncle disaster, a ... More >>

• New public art installed at the Webb building, should project Sunlight in late December

  published Nov 22, 2011

  Finally, there's positive, artistic proof of construction happening in Denver -- and not just those obnoxious lane closures downtown. On Saturday, a projector was installed on the fourth floor of the ... More >>

• Paint The Town Red

  published November 17, 2011

  If you've ever wondered what it takes to work with spray paint and stencils like the street artists who paint murals and graffiti -- both legally... More >>

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  New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast talks Steve Martin and alien abductions tonight

  published Nov 21, 2011

  The New Yorker might be just as well known for its cartoons as it is for its 10,000-word stories, and one of its illustrators, Roz Chast, who's been cartooning for the magazine since 1978, will speak ... More >>

• When BMOCA put spray paint and martinis in one room, this is what happened

  published Nov 18, 2011

  An event means business when you walk in and are asked to sign a waiver acknowledging that you accept the risks of using toxic substances. About forty people accepted those risks last night at the Bou... More >>

• Movie Madness

  published November 3, 2011

  With 146 feature films and 128 shorts over twelve days, the Starz Denver Film Festival is like Christmas for film nerds. And the stars will... More >>

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  7 worst sex-ed cliches in Jefferson County's Think Beyond Friday Night video

  published Nov 17, 2011

  Jefferson County Child Support Services has developed a new video intended to show that the department offers support for teen parents and children. However, most of the 21-minute long production ca... More >>

• The Colorado Symphony regroups with extra spring shows and a promise to stick around

  published Nov 16, 2011

  The new heads of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra -- returning CEO/President Jim Copenhaver and returning board co-chairs Mary Rossick Kern and Jerome Kern -- want to prove that the CSO will be all rig... More >>

• Clyfford Still Museum giving away a trip to San Francisco, free memberships, admission and more if you participate in its scavenger hunt

  published Nov 15, 2011

  The Clyfford Still Museum opens to the public at 10 a.m. Friday, but you don't have to wait that long to be enveloped in abstract-expressionist magic. There are hundreds of poster featuring eight of S... More >>

• A Colorado Symphony Orchestra violinist founds EarWarp, a chamber music group performing tonight

  published Nov 15, 2011

  The three performers of EarWarp's show tonight. "I like the idea that music is somewhat ear-bending or mind-bending," says Erik Peterson, a Colorado Symphony Orchestra violinist who founded the chambe... More >>

• Five things you might have missed at the brimming Kirkland Museum

  published Nov 11, 2011

  Visiting the Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Art is like taking a trip to grandmother's house -- if your grandmother was an obsessive, eminently wealthy hoarder with great but scattered tastes,... More >>

• Minimum wage goes up 28 cents an hour: Our ideas about how to spend that windfall

  published Nov 11, 2011

  Time to loosen your belt -- your wallet is about to get fatter. Effective January 1, 2012, Colorado's minimum wage will go up by 28 cents per hour -- from $7.36 to $7.74 for salaried employees and fr... More >>

• Project Runway invades Denver at the Cut 'n Sew: Yves Saint Laurent Challenge

  published Nov 11, 2011

  Denver fashion fixture and Project Runway Season 9 contestant Fallene Wells showed off her Tim Gunn skills at yesterday's Cut 'n' Sew event. Amidst the H&M hoopla at Denver Pavilions beginning at 10 a... More >>

• Game time! H&M camper or homeless personr

  published Nov 11, 2011

  Sleeping outside in the cold wind is not a common beauty regimen. And so camping out for H&M's opening yesterday certainly didn't equal beauty sleep. In fact, with crews starting to set up a runway an... More >>