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2001 Stories by Susan Froyd

• Join the Club

  published December 27, 2001

  Buntport Theater wants you to get out from in front of your TV set to enjoy some live midweek theater. And how do they implement that... More >>

• By Design

  published December 20, 2001

  After nearly twenty years, the Museum of Outdoor Arts, whose collections have been buffeted from port to port looking for a final resting place,... More >>

• Shopping Without a Net

  published December 20, 2001

  They haunt Christmas Eve afternoon, those hollow, credit-card-clutching wraiths who just plumb forgot: last-minute shoppers loaded down... More >>

• Life's Rich Tapestries

  published December 6, 2001

  Nationally recognized folk artist Eppie Archuleta is weaving again in her San Luis studio. The octogenarian, who comes from a long line of... More >>

• Something to Kvell About

  published November 29, 2001

  If you grew up Jewish and American in a certain time and place, Yiddish -- that linguistic mishmash of German, Hebrew, drama and high sarcasm --... More >>

• Art for AIDS' Sake

  published November 29, 2001

  For the past few years, Denver's Museum of Contemporary Art has simply closed its doors on "A Day Without Art," a global observance of World AIDS... More >>

• Bruise Brothers

  published November 22, 2001

  People were shocked a few weeks ago when New York City firefighters and police officers scuffled during protests at Ground Zero; the firefighters... More >>

• Splash Away All!

  published November 22, 2001

  'Twas the day after Thanksgiving, when cash-strapped Ocean Journey Announced plans in the works for something quite corny. The seaweed... More >>

• Come to Me, Papa

  published November 15, 2001

  A writer of sociopolitical depth far beyond his thirty years, PEN/Hemingway Award-winner Akhil Sharma says he looks to "bad" writers -- "the ones... More >>

• Women's Work Is Never Done

  published November 8, 2001

  Colorado's virtual Women of the West Museum can be accessed only by computer, but its commitment to the interactive spread of knowledge and... More >>

• Curtain Call

  published November 1, 2001

  Like his many fantastic creations over the years, Lonnie Hanzon is a bit of magic himself: His credits sparkle like the bejeweled Christmas trees... More >>

• Village People

  published October 18, 2001

  In the last decade, Boulder dance maven Danelle Helander journied to the far reaches of the world to complete a four-year cultural-exchange... More >>

• No Holds Bard

  published October 18, 2001

  This is Shakespeare as you've never seen it before: When East High graduate Thaddeus Phillips hits the stage for his solo performances... More >>

• Eat Your Heart Out

  published October 11, 2001

  When times get tough in the world, as they no doubt have, there are two things you can do to ease the stress: First -- what a no-brainer -- you... More >>

• Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

  published October 4, 2001

  Think of jazz photography, and you must think of Herman Leonard, the shutterbug whose moody shots of the '40s and '50s jazz pantheon of 52nd... More >>

• Avant Asia

  published October 4, 2001

  It's not your old-fashioned chinoiserie, jade Buddhas and the like: In the European and Asian art markets, cutting-edge contemporary art from... More >>

• To Be or Not to Be

  published September 13, 2001

  Capital punishment: yes or no? It's a hot issue that's not likely to cool down soon. But one important consideration is often missing from all the... More >>

• Ladies First

  published September 13, 2001

  Forget Julia. The heck with Angelina Jolie. Modern-day Hollywood may boast its fair share of sculptured and big-lipped babes with personality to... More >>

• Dog's Best Friend

  published September 6, 2001

  William Wegman's life went to the dogs long ago. He's been turning weimaraners into objects of art since the early '70s, when he first began to... More >>

• A-maze-ing Grace

  published August 30, 2001

  At Chatfield Nature Preserve, the corn is high. Really high, as in nine feet tall, a rise tall enough to cover the pate of the old Corn King... More >>

• Love Is All You Need

  published August 23, 2001

  Be prepared: A night at the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus owes far more theoretically to Tod Browning's Freaks than it does to Ringling... More >>

• Trial by Fire

  published August 16, 2001

  Denver is a festival town: Our hot, dry, sunny summers and balmy autumns are not just a boon to the sunscreen industry -- they also provide the... More >>

• Desert Bloom

  published August 9, 2001

  Some poets don't live in ivory towers. Some don't even come close. New Mexican bard Jimmy Santiago Baca started out on a tougher road than most... More >>

• Pumping Poetry

  published July 26, 2001

  What will it take to win this year's upcoming National Slam Poetry Competition? Denver's team, nearly a carbon copy of the one that lost in... More >>

• Game Boy

  published July 19, 2001

  Been there, done that. There are psychologists and birdwatchers and cowboys and gourmands solving crimes in books these days, along with the... More >>