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2012 Stories by Robin Edwards

• Kinky Mink Loves the ’80s

  published December 27, 2012

  When Nancy Stohlman slinks on stage to sing with her band, Kinky Mink, she does the whole Jessica Rabbit lounge act, complete with sparkly... More >>

• Night Lights

  published December 27, 2012

  Ring in the New Year with neon clothes and glow sticks at the Black Light Skating Party -- Winter Park's annual New Year's Eve bash that's... More >>

• What the Dickens?

  published December 20, 2012

  From the Muppets to Mr. Magoo, Charles Dickens’s redemptive holiday tale, A Christmas Carol, has been adapted in many in-carnations.... More >>

• Santa on the Slopes

  published December 20, 2012

  ’Tis the season for jolly men in fake white beards and red costumes, and you can see a whole slew of them if you head to the mountains.... More >>

• Child’s Play

  published December 13, 2012

  When you ask middle-school students to draw something, they usually create something representative and concrete, says PlatteForum education... More >>

• War and Peace

  published December 13, 2012

  They’ve dealt with conflict in a war-torn country overseas, but the couple at the center of Time Stands Still — Curious... More >>

• A Creepy Christmas

  published December 13, 2012

  The holiday show at Obscene/Courageous Theatre begins on a traditional note: a family sitting around the tree on Christmas Eve. But that’s... More >>

• Making Spirits Bright

  published December 6, 2012

  Best to check your religious beliefs (or lack thereof) before going to see BALLS! A Holiday Spectacular, which once again will offer... More >>

• Believe in Santa Claus

  published December 6, 2012

  ’Tis the season for department-store Santa Clauses – particularly the most infamous Father Christmas who ever worked at a Macy's. And... More >>

• What the Dickens?

  published November 29, 2012

  From the Muppets to Mr. Magoo, Charles Dickens’s redemptive holiday tale, A Christmas Carol, has been adapted in many incarnations.... More >>

• Homes for the Holidays

  published November 22, 2012

  Want to walk off those Thanksgiving leftovers and also avoid the mobs at the mall? The Victorian Holiday Home Tour, now in its third year,... More >>

• Pieces and Quiet

  published November 15, 2012

  Some art pieces force viewers to look closer at reality, but others help them escape into something new. Space Gallery will be exhibiting some of... More >>

• Aria Having Fun?

  published November 8, 2012

  “Opera seems very conservative and traditional, but it’s not,” says Opera on Tap’s Eve Orenstein. “Opera’s not... More >>

• Fit for a Queen

  published November 8, 2012

  France’s notoriously out-of-touch, extravagant and ill-fated queen will come to life tonight in the regional premiere of Joel Gross’s... More >>

• Wrapped up in Books

  published November 8, 2012

  “When you walk into a bookstore, you’re faced with life in such a grand scheme, between fiction and nonfiction and travel and... More >>

• Wall-to-Wall Art

  published November 8, 2012

  Gallery owner Carmen Wiedenhoeft likens local abstract artist Jeffrey Keith's creative output to that of Clyfford Still or Vincent Van Gogh. "When... More >>

• Women Grown

  published November 8, 2012

  “Men have their midlife crisis, but we never talk about women having their midlife crisis,” says Susan Lyles of the And Toto Too... More >>

• The Gorey Truth

  published October 18, 2012

  Though writer and illustrator Edward Gorey is best known for his macabre, nonsensical illustrated books, he is also the author of a rather bizarre... More >>

• Hail to the Chiefs

  published October 18, 2012

  As we cast our ballots to vote for our next president, Square Product Theatre — in conjunction with 43 other theater groups around the... More >>

• Evil Thoughts

  published October 18, 2012

  Robert Louis Stevenson's classically creepy story of Victorian repression and split-personality disorder is coming to the stage tonight in an... More >>

• Ghosts with the Most

  published October 11, 2012

  Though the old mining towns of Cripple Creek, Central City and Black Hawk adopted gambling as an industry, Victor didn’t. Instead, the town,... More >>

• Body Movin’

  published October 11, 2012

  With artists working in so many mediums on campus at the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, it’s hard to create exhibitions that appeal... More >>

• Ladies’ Night

  published October 11, 2012

  New science suggests that when women and men face danger, their brains are hardwired to produce very different reactions. Men do the traditional... More >>

• Don’t Blame the Messenger

  published October 11, 2012

  When playwright Mark Jackson was paging through Shakespeare A to Z, a book that lists all of the characters from every one of the Bard's... More >>

• Get Wild

  published September 27, 2012

  In his band, the Decemberists, songwriter Colin Meloy tells rich fantasy stories through songs that are often inspired by myths and the macabre.... More >>