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2000 Stories by Susan Froyd

• Who, What, Why, When and Howe

  published August 3, 2000

  Clark Secrest doesn't write antiquarian books, but he does write about antiquarian times, and to do so, he's had to turn to...antiquarian books... More >>

• Turnabout Is Fair Play

  published July 27, 2000

  Yes, there is a cutting edge in Jewish liturgical music, and her name is Basya Schechter. A free spirit who grew up in the Orthodox... More >>

• Hot Wheels

  published July 20, 2000

  For the record, when lowriders start doing the cha-cha on souped-up hydraulics or airbags, they hop -- they don't jump. That's the... More >>

• Howard's Way

  published July 13, 2000

  Howard Crabtree barely saw When Pigs Fly take off -- he died of AIDS five days after it premiered -- but some would say he lives on... More >>

• He's Not So Tough

  published June 22, 2000

  Listen up, people: Forget you ever believed in the stereotype of the stone-faced Indian right now, this instant. Sherman Alexie will have... More >>

• Simon Says

  published June 1, 2000

  The erudite and upstanding host of National Public Radio's Weekend Edition, Scott Simon, has seen it all, firsthand, from El... More >>

• Under Le Big Top

  published June 1, 2000

  Never mind trying to decipher the plot: If you really want to understand the Cirque du Soleil, open your eyes and shut off your mind.... More >>

• Art of the State

  published May 25, 2000

  When the second annual Celebrate Colorado Artists Festival returns to the Denver Performing Arts Complex this weekend, expect a few new... More >>

• Talking Shop

  published May 18, 2000

  Denver's Hue-Man Experience Bookstore doesn't march; it meanders. And, as far as bookstores go, well, the whole place would fit comfortably into... More >>

• All That Glitters

  published May 11, 2000

  The rules of the game: Go slow. Have a station wagon. Spring cleaning means it's high season for dumpster diving. "It's like shopping at a... More >>

• Brain Candy

  published May 4, 2000

  Imagine this: You're a high-end, work-driven Bay Area management consultant with degrees from Cornell and Princeton. The world is your oyster,... More >>

• Talking Shop

  published April 13, 2000

  Some purists say gardens need no ornamentation other than that which comes naturally, but we know better. At Groundcovers Greenhouse &... More >>

• Rhythm and Moves

  published April 13, 2000

  Ever since early man and woman first shook their booties to a makeshift drumbeat on a prehistoric log, few cultural symbioses have been more... More >>

• Talking Shop

  published April 6, 2000

  Even in the mildest of winters, there comes a time -- late in February, perhaps -- when you think you'll puke if you have to look at one more... More >>

• Walking Tall

  published April 6, 2000

  One of the toughest women you'll ever encounter, Paulina Cruz Suárez isn't a cop or a firefighter or even a lady wrestler. For most of her... More >>

• Desert Storm

  published March 16, 2000

  Chip Ward moved to Grantsville, Utah, in the 1970s, looking for an unsullied place to drop out of the rat race and raise a family away from it all... More >>

• A Growing Concern

  published March 9, 2000

  There's niche marketing and then there's marketing in niches. If anything, they've managed to corner the market on both at the Bookies, the... More >>

• Women’s Work

  published March 9, 2000

  All of Ireland is like a small town -- everyone knows everyone else's business and often makes it their own. But that's not necessarily a bad... More >>

• Business Is Booming

  published March 2, 2000

  You have to wake up pretty early in the morning to fool a Greater Prairie Chicken. Though they'll strut their stuff with authority in like... More >>

• Lights, Camera, Interaction

  published March 2, 2000

  Talkies may have cut off the short, electric rise of silent film, but who ever expected that the long-lost genre would be resurrected, decades in... More >>

• Art Becomes Her

  published February 24, 2000

  The story of how Rhonda Piggins came to be called Simbala runs quite parallel to the story of how Simbala came to be a jewelry and African-art... More >>

• Out of the Shadows

  published February 24, 2000

  In bold counterpoint to the swinging girders of a multimillion-dollar complex slowly rising over the intersection of 16th and Market streets these... More >>

• Concrete and Barbed Wire

  published February 17, 2000

  Each year on or around February 19, members of the Japanese-American community gather for a complicated ceremony. A mixture of somber observance,... More >>

• Prelude to a Kiss

  published February 10, 2000

  You could spend your whole life trying to find a novel way of telling the girl in your life -- whether she's two, 22 or 82 -- you love her.... More >>

• It’s Their Party

  published February 10, 2000

  What if HBO held a party for the comedy industry and everybody in the whole world came except A.C.E.? The Denver improv comedy trio's... More >>