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2011 Stories by Jenny An

• Review: Neon Indian at Bluebird Theater, 10/10/11

  published Oct 11, 2011

  NEON INDIAN at BLUEBIRD THEATER | 10/10/11In a year of terrible '80s remakes (Footloose, anyoner), Neon Indian's show proved that borrowed doesn't have to be staid. While the '80s were well and alive ... More >>

• Hazel and Dewey does one of a kind housewares right, with plenty of local contributions

  published Oct 07, 2011

  While Hazel and Dewey is named after owner Jenna Miles's great aunt, there's nothing geriatric about the store. Located on South Broadway, the shop (which opened in June) is William and Sonoma's spunk... More >>

• Buzz Kill: The Knapper twins' favorite street artists

  published Oct 07, 2011

  Corey and Jesse Knapper, a pair of art-school students who were arrested for pasting massive posters on the sides of buildings, are the focus of "Buzz Kill," this week's cover story. Some people call... More >>

• A Musical Space Odyssey

  published September 29, 2011

  Classical music doesn’t have to be boring, especially when it is paired with amazing images. The Colorado Symphony will experiment with that... More >>

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  The Real World holds an open casting call in Fort Collins

  published Oct 06, 2011

  Buy a red car and find someone young and spry to liven up your life. That's what most people would do when staring down the precipice of a life crisis. I applied for The Real World online. Last Tu... More >>

• "Saul Gud" streets artists: How police tracked them with Facebook

  published Oct 06, 2011

  "I was able to view an album titled 'Homies' by 'Ray Jin' on Facebook." That was some of the excellent police work done by the Wheat Ridge Police Department while investigating Corey and Jesse Knapper... More >>

• "Saul Gud" streets artists: How police tracked them with Facebook

  published Oct 06, 2011

  "I was able to view an album titled 'Homies' by 'Ray Jin' on Facebook." That was some of the excellent police work done by the Wheat Ridge Police Department while investigating Corey and Jesse Knapper... More >>

• "Saul Gud" streets artists: How police tracked them with Facebook

  published Oct 06, 2011

  "I was able to view an album titled 'Homies' by 'Ray Jin' on Facebook." That was some of the excellent police work done by the Wheat Ridge Police Department while investigating Corey and Jesse Knapper... More >>

• Colorado Symphony cancels five shows in an effort to conserve cash

  published Oct 06, 2011

  The Colorado Symphony's financial woes continue, and now they're directly impacting programming. Say "finis" to five programs originally scheduled for the next two months: the Halloween Spooktacular... More >>

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  Is the Colorado Symphony on a death watchr Barry Fey thinks so.

  published Oct 05, 2011

  The Denver Symphony Orchestra, the professional orchestra that called Boettcher Concert Hall home, went kaput in 1989. Twenty-two years later, it's looking like the Colorado Symphony might face the sa... More >>

• Six biggest Colorado-related food scares

  published Oct 04, 2011

  Beware the killer cantaloupes! It sounds like a horror-flick spoof, but for Jensen Farms in Holly, it's all too real. In September, the Colorado farm recalled all of its potential globes of death, app... More >>

• Dikeou Collection opens a pop-up exhibit

  published Oct 03, 2011

  Everyone is doing a pop-up these days: restaurants, retailers, and now art galleries. Something about the slightly secretive blink-and-you'll-miss-it nature of pop-up gets people into a tizzy -- or th... More >>

• Sermon on the mount: The Pikes Peak Guy took a picture of this landmark every day for a year

  published Oct 03, 2011

  Hiking twenty miles. Driving 300 miles. Taking 1,000 photos. Those were just some of the challenges the Pikes Peak Guy had to take on in order to capture the perfect picture of the mountain. Startin... More >>

• Thirteen hottest vegetarians, in honor of Hug a Vegetarian Day

  published Sep 30, 2011

  As if vegetarians don't get enough kudos for being greener and more animal-friendly than their meat-eating counterparts, now they get rewarded with hugs. And who doesn't love a hugr Today is Hug a V... More >>

• Food truck operators and diners say truck on at the last Civic Center Eats of 2011

  published Sep 29, 2011

  More than 2,000 people showed up for the final Civic Center Eats of the season. "It was a great summer and went out with a bang," says Kevin Morrison of Pinche Tacos. "It was a record day for us." W... More >>

• Four ways to enjoy beer more, courtesy Rackhouse Pub's GABF Beer Judge School

  published Sep 28, 2011

  With the Great American Beer Festival in town and everyone talking about beer, describing a brew as "good" or just saying "I like it" no longer feels like enough. That's why an oversold crowd of sixty... More >>

• Johnson & Wales alum and Army vet wins national cooking contest

  published Sep 27, 2011

  Food in the mess hall at the U.S. Army base in Wurzburg, Germany, was bad. So bad that Thomas Bohne, who had never even cracked open a blue box of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, took it upon himself to ma... More >>

• Eat their words: Kimbal Musk of The Kitchen, Ann Cooper and Robyn O'Brien talk better eating at TEDx Boulder

  published Sep 26, 2011

  You could almost hear Whitney Houston singing "I believe that children are our future" playing in the background of TEDx in Boulder Saturday night, because according to the speakers, food issues start... More >>

• Make a difference: Your vote could mean one less moldy couch, courtesy of GOOD Magazine

  published Sep 24, 2011

  What would make life betterr A group that recycles those nasty beer-and-whatever-else-soaked couches from frat housesr A bike-rental service for the homelessr A smartphone app providing real-time upda... More >>

• Tattered Cover owner Joyce Meskis talks about forty years of selling books

  published Sep 22, 2011

  Steve Cogil opened the first Tattered Cover on the corner of East Second Avenue and Detroit Street in Cherry Creek in 1971. It was small -- less than a thousand square feet. Three years later, Joyce M... More >>

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  A crash course in MacArthur-winning journalist Peter Hessler, as suggested by Peter Hessler

  published Sep 21, 2011

  Ridgway-based journalist and MacArthur "genius" grant-winner Peter Hessler has written stories that focus on everything from China to small towns in southwestern Colorado to Nepal. (Latest Word has m... More >>

• Seth Meyers Heads Left In Boulder

  published September 15, 2011

  Saturday Night Live head writer Seth Meyers seems like the perfect comedian for Boulder. He’s liberal, into politics —... More >>

• Peter Hessler: Q&A with winner of MacArthur Foundation genius grant and cool half million

  published Sep 20, 2011

  Colorado-based writer Peter Hessler, best known for his articles and books on China, won a MacArthur Fellowship. Colloquially called the "genius" grant, the $500,000 award, paid out over five years, ... More >>

• Peter Hessler: Q&A with winner of MacArthur Foundation genius grant and cool half million

  published Sep 20, 2011

  Colorado-based writer Peter Hessler, best known for his articles and books on China, won a MacArthur Fellowship. Colloquially called the "genius" grant, the $500,000 award, paid out over five years, ... More >>

• Peter Hessler: Q&A with winner of MacArthur Foundation genius grant and cool half million

  published Sep 20, 2011

  Colorado-based writer Peter Hessler, best known for his articles and books on China, won a MacArthur Fellowship. Colloquially called the "genius" grant, the $500,000 award, paid out over five years, ... More >>