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2005 Stories by Susan Froyd

• Wild World

  published April 28, 2005

  THURS, 4/28 We all want to believe that there are still pristine places around, but reality says otherwise: Park designation in... More >>

• Girl Power

  published April 28, 2005

  MON, 5/2 Bush bashers refer to the powerful triumvirate of George W., Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney as the real "Axis of Evil." In... More >>

• Party Girl

  published April 21, 2005

  THURS, 4/21 The heck with Elvis: What about trail-blazing rockabilly royalty Wanda Jackson? This little lady with a powerful voice... More >>

• Looking Glass

  published April 21, 2005

  THURS, 4/21 Dale Chihuly looks like a man of the earth, with his dashing eye patch, wild hair and blue-collar demeanor, so it's not... More >>

• Dream Acres

  published April 21, 2005

  SAT, 4/23 The post-war brainchild of contractor-turned-designer Edward Hawkins, Englewood's Arapahoe Acres neighborhood has... More >>

• Quantum Leap

  published April 14, 2005

  THURS, 4/14 Adventurous gallery curator Simon Zalkind of the Mizel Center for Arts and Culture will throw Denver an aesthetic... More >>

• Talking Shop

  published April 14, 2005

  A kid's world stretched as far as you could safely pedal your Schwinn when I was growing up in southeast Denver. Within my own constellation was... More >>

• Re-Cog-Nition

  published April 7, 2005

  SAT, 4/9 The initial run of the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway could have been monumentally disastrous. Utilizing a "cog" or... More >>

• Stein Time

  published April 7, 2005

  Local playwright Melissa Lucero McCarl, fresh off the lauded run of her dramatic Frida Kahlo tribute, Painted Bread, says the creation of... More >>

• The Back-Alley Way

  published March 31, 2005

  THURS, 3/31 Imagine, if you will, a sardonic tale of a maniacal cowboy prospector who, with the help of a greedy group of financiers,... More >>

• In Vaud We Trust

  published March 31, 2005

  THURS, 3/31 The Yard Dogs Traveling Road Show is rolling back into town, ready to prove that a Yard Dog can, indeed, learn new... More >>

• Silent Running

  published March 31, 2005

  TUES, 4/5 Ask any kid on the street who Charlie Chaplin was, and you'll probably get a blank stare or, at the very least, a snicker... More >>

• Home on the Range

  published March 17, 2005

  FRI, 3/18 Charles Dickens once said that "home is a name, a word," but for the students at P.S.1, the concept of "home" can also be... More >>

• Talking Shop

  published March 17, 2005

  Most mothers of small children know the score: They shyly finger the racks at Oilily or April Cornell, purposely ignoring the price tags and,... More >>

• Soap Star

  published March 17, 2005

  You could never call Thaddeus Phillips boring. The New York-based East High and Colorado College grad has become the toast of the... More >>

• Waves of Hope

  published March 3, 2005

  When local gallery owner and humanitarian Sandra Renteria does something charitable, she does it on her own terms. Already in the do-good business... More >>

• Art Head

  published February 24, 2005

  THURS, 2/24 Cheech Marin chucks Chong and the bongs tonight for a bit of culture. As the owner of one of the largest collections... More >>

• Fly by Nights

  published February 24, 2005

  FRI, 2/25 The lesser snow goose is an undependable fellow: Cruising the Western Central Flyway during migration, it makes one of its... More >>

• Afghan Sound

  published February 17, 2005

  MON, 2/21 The war in Afghanistan introduced Americans to a dirt-poor country peopled by fundamentalist mullahs, warlords, persecuted... More >>

• Talking Shop

  published February 10, 2005

  Face facts, gentlemen: Most women don't want Victoria's Secret for Valentine's Day. Skimpy lingerie is what they, ideally, give to you. And... More >>

• Machine Dreams

  published February 3, 2005

  French aniumaFRI, 2/4 Artists have long labored to capture the sublime through sensual stimuli evoked by visual imagery. Spend a few... More >>

• Express Yourself

  published February 3, 2005

  FRI, 2/4 When Josh Levy was studying music and art at the California Institute of the Arts and the Art Institute of Chicago, he... More >>

• Jazz Time

  published January 27, 2005

  SUN, 1/30 Boulder jazz drummer and composer Chris Lee first fell for Canadian trumpeter Kenny Wheeler's music in the 1970s, when the... More >>

• Brain Wash

  published January 27, 2005

  At first, the darkness was intimidating and the smell of ozone strong. My mind wouldn't slow down. Why, I kept asking myself, would a... More >>

• No Worries

  published January 20, 2005

  TUES, 1/25 Charismatic singer Bobby McFerrin, who beatboxed his way up the charts in 1988 with the Grammy-winning "Don't Worry,... More >>