Email Author Kelsey Whipple

2011 Stories by Kelsey Whipple

• Action Figure

  published December 29, 2011

  It takes longer for most people to argue over their favorite parts of the original Star Wars trilogy than it takes Charlie Ross to just act... More >>

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  Backbeat and Radiohead make it on CNN -- for all the wrong reasons

  published Dec 30, 2011

  Some things, guys, are just too good to be true. Backbeat discovered the perfect example of this fact this morning when, while watching TV, we saw the blog on CNN and wondered what the hell was going ... More >>

• Occupy Denver: What local artifacts would make it into museums and history booksr

  published Dec 30, 2011

  Occupy Wall Street became an unofficial part of history the moment it spread to all seven continents, but now it's becoming one for the books. At least six big-name museums and cultural organizations ... More >>

• Gill Action's Joanne Kron takes over role as ProgressNow Colorado's executive director

  published Dec 29, 2011

  In a way, Joanne Kron's political problem-solving began in high school. It was there, at the Denver Center For International Studies, that the future executive director of ProgressNow Colorado got her... More >>

• Occupy Denver: Police return to enforce anti-encumbrances ordinance on a nightly basis

  published Dec 29, 2011

  In the week since Occupy Denver was evicted on December 21, the Denver Police Department has kept Chief Robert White's promise to remove any and all structures on a daily basis. Last night, this feat ... More >>

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  Occupy Denver: The injuries and memories behind three months covering the movement

  published Dec 28, 2011

  On December 23, Occupy Denver quietly celebrated three months of loud, tense and occasionally fiery statements downtown. In that time span, the local chapter of the national movement has kept busy -- ... More >>

• Civic Center Parks wins national masonry award one week after being set on fire

  published Dec 28, 2011

  In the past three months, Civic Center Park has been lived in, spray-painted on, used as a venue for First Amendment freedoms and even set on fire during its tenure as the physical and ideological hom... More >>

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  Boulder park closure issue opened to public discussion after pressure from Occupy Boulder

  published Dec 28, 2011

  After Occupy Boulder pressured the city for weeks to deny its newly proposed park closure rule, Boulder's City Council Agenda Committee has opened the issue for a public hearing on January 3. If passe... More >>

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  What's good for the (Canada) goose isn't really good for Denver

  published Dec 27, 2011

  An adult goose releases approximately one pound of poop every single day. This fact stays relatively unnoticed until wintertime, when thousands of Canada geese -- seemingly overnight -- come out of th... More >>

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  Video: The One Man Star Wars Trilogy comes to a galaxy very, very close to you

  published Dec 27, 2011

  There are few things in this world more terrifying or awe-inspiring than the experience of witnessing a nerd achieve his life's dream. There are probably more than a few cases in which this involves S... More >>

• Video: The five best bands that broke up in 2011 -- paired with five of their saddest songs

  published Dec 27, 2011

  Bands break up all the time. This is an established fact, and depending upon how many of your favorite band's original members are alive, sane or producing concept albums, it can be a welcome one. The... More >>

• kART Across America explores the meaning of American art with insight and humor

  published Dec 22, 2011

  If you missed kART Across America at the Denver Starz Film Festival, the time you have left to see it on the big screen is limited. So if you can avoid your holiday plans for one more day, see it toni... More >>

• Video: Merry Christmas from Occupy Denver

  published Dec 22, 2011

  We would present this without comment, but we're not ready for the repercussions. It has been a busy December for Occupy Denver, whose three-month anniversary is tomorrow: thirteen arrests in Loveland... More >>

• Merry Christmas from Radiohead: Lost track potentially called "Putting Ketchup in the Fridge" resurfaces online

  published Dec 22, 2011

  Whichever one of you asked for a new Radiohead song for Christmas, thank you. To be honest, you should have been a bit more specific, but we at Backbeat are counting our blessings regardless. Accordin... More >>

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  kART Across America: What happens when two men travel the country in a golf kart named Christine

  published Dec 22, 2011

  Call it a quarter-life crisis: Andy Raney does. Because before watching the documentary that resulted, it's slightly difficult to imagine why two adult males -- Raney and co-creator Jeremy Make -- wou... More >>

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  Occupy Denver: Homeless protesters interrupt Mayor Hancock during homeless vigil

  published Dec 21, 2011

  By now, it's public knowledge that about 30 Occupy Denver supporters interrupted Mayor Michael Hancock's speech during a vigil for the homeless last night on the steps of the City & County Building. T... More >>

• Neighbors of Sports Authority Field at Mile High worry about light pollution

  published Dec 21, 2011

  The Occupy Denver encampment is not the only city feature to be called an eyesore in recent weeks. Plans to add more, bigger and brighter corporate signage to the Sports Authority Field (previously kn... More >>

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  Updated: Occupy Denver's latest eviction ends in flames, arrests and Tebowing

  published Dec 21, 2011

  Updated, 12:40 p.m. December 22: Michael Clapper, one of nine arrested at Monday's raid on the Occupy Denver encampment, has officially been charged with four counts of 4th degree arson. Behind the ch... More >>

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  Occupy Denver's Ben Meyer discusses 'fiery raid' on Countdown with Keith Olbermann

  published Dec 21, 2011

  Two nights ago, Occupy Denver protester Ben Meyer woke up on the sidewalk of Broadway, put on his shoes and spent the rest of his evening with the Denver Police Department. The next night, he spoke on... More >>

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  City on Occupy Denver: "If a structure goes up today, it comes down today"

  published Dec 20, 2011

  Last night's Occupy Denver eviction is unlikely to be the last one in the near future. In a statement on the subject, Mayor Michael Hancock supported the city's actions and cited the now commonly repe... More >>

• Occupy Denver: Protester says FBI agents visited his home to investigate car bomb rumor

  published Dec 20, 2011

  About a week and a half ago, Occupy Denver protester Tanner Spendley became the main character in a situation that could easily be a bar joke. Three days before the local group occupied the Walmart di... More >>

• Occupy Denver: Meeting with Police Chief ends (again) with warning to remove encumbrances

  published Dec 19, 2011

  To sum it up briefly, Occupy Denver's meeting with Police Chief Robert White this afternoon lasted less than an hour and ended without any decisions or a consensus, but the main issue remained unresol... More >>

• Occupy Denver confronts cloaked man who might or might not be Dick Cheney (video)

  published Dec 19, 2011

  If you can get past the fact that Dick Cheney's name is spelled wrong in the title of this video, the rest of it is still confusing. On Friday, a handful of Occupy Denver protesters visited the site o... More >>

• Occupy Denver: Civic Center Conservancy says park can't sustain habitation (photos)

  published Dec 19, 2011

  Friday marked a stark contrast between the polite Civic Center Park of yesterday and its new protest version 2.0. In the center of the park, the Civic Center Conservancy held a belated birthday party ... More >>

• Review: Matisyahu at the Ogden Theatre, 12/17/11

  published Dec 18, 2011

  MATISYAHU @ OGDEN THEATRE | 12/17/11Less than half a minute into a first song appropriately titled "Open the Gates," Matisyahu's dancing had already grown so intense his yarmulke could no longer suppo... More >>