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2006 Stories by Susan Froyd

• Off the Wall

  published November 30, 2006

  As Dea Webb of Plastic Chapel almost sadly notes, the six graffiti artists included in Deep Freeze: Adjust the Thermostat — an... More >>

• Body Electric

  published January 19, 2006

  The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art has a visionary new batch of friends in The Collection, a support organization dedicated to bringing... More >>

• Penny For Your Thoughts

  published January 26, 2006

  The fifth edition of the local literary magazine, Copper Nickel, contains a real body of work: The new release, subtitled Hot... More >>

• Litterbug

  published March 30, 2006

  We think Westword's own Jay Vollmar is pretty slick: Our hardworking art director has a keen eye for what's visceral and street, especially... More >>

• Play Ball!

  published February 23, 2006

  It's not easy being a local playwright. David McClinton and Karl Kopp (the well-known minister of Denver's First Divine Science Church, who died... More >>

• Art-to-Heart Talk

  published May 4, 2006

  Somewhere in the world, there's a place where neighborhood kids can go after school to create art and receive skills training as well as... More >>

• Party Arty

  published April 27, 2006

  Word of mouth, grassroots cooperation and a triple-espresso burst of communal energy are all it's taken to blast Denver's Scattered Arts... More >>

• Hands-On Art

  published March 2, 2006

  Red Delicious is a printing press, and it's also a place: The printmaking facility and co-op named after its centerpiece — the... More >>

• Still Waters

  published March 9, 2006

  It's time all you cultural slackers learned a thing or two about Clyfford Still. He's not as well-known as some of his flashier... More >>

• Fit for an Emperor

  published April 6, 2006

  As if it weren't enough to be a leading scholar of antique Asian textiles, Londoner Linda Wrigglesworth is also a designer whose elegantly... More >>

• Opera, Jr.

  published March 30, 2006

  Gilbert and Sullivan are corny, I know, but as a child I was sung to sleep with songs from their operetta H.M.S. Pinafore. My family owned... More >>

• Give Me Munny

  published May 25, 2006

  The Munny has no face, though it does boast some innate character. It's seven inches tall, comes in black, white or glow-in-the-dark, with or... More >>

• Top of the Town

  published March 30, 2006

  Curious Theatre Company artistic director Chip Walton stole the idea, but give him a break: The Curious fundraiser Denver Stories is... More >>

• Springing Forward

  published April 6, 2006

  Although early April weather conditions can be iffy, it's worth braving any showers to hit First Friday. There's a lot happening this month, but... More >>

• Poster Boy

  published April 6, 2006

  The commercial art of Alan Forbes is like the airbrushed graphics on the cabs of semis: flamed and emblazoned with images of fast poker hands and... More >>

• DIY or Die

  published April 6, 2006

  Like many a young independent filmmaker trying to get a foot in the door, Eric Ayotte felt disenfranchised. It's not an easy life, he learned, and... More >>

• Winging It

  published April 13, 2006

  Jake Adam York read at least 200 books of poetry last year. Of those, Catherine Wing's slim debut volume, Enter Visible, was one of the... More >>

• Flower Power

  published July 27, 2006

  Believe it or not, Denver's beautiful formal park gardens — from the famous plots of Civic Center, Alamo Placita and Washington Park to the... More >>

• Flea Season Returns

  published May 11, 2006

  Remember when flea markets were as scarce as, well, fleas, around here? Now you can hardly step outside your house on a summer weekend... More >>

• Crowded House

  published April 27, 2006

  I am the enemy you killed, my friend. I knew you in this dark; for so you frowned Yesterday through me as you jabbed and killed. I... More >>

• Way Out Weston

  published April 27, 2006

  No one's done more for the green pepper than the great photographer Edward Weston, whose shapely black-and-white capsicums sport more curves than... More >>

• Talking Shop

  published April 6, 2006

  Jeff Sorenson loves to grow things, and his sister, Kristy, loves to sell growing things. She also has a knack for building a rustic trellis out... More >>

• Heads Up

  published May 4, 2006

  The Denver Center Theatre is topping off its season with an all-out ode to the hat — or, more precisely, to a voluminous collection of those... More >>

• Eats Colfax

  published May 11, 2006

  Paul Weiss knows a thing or two about community-boosting. The mastermind behind the City Park Festival of the Arts (canceled this year due to a... More >>

• Grow Forth

  published June 1, 2006

  The heat is on, gardeners, so it's time to pull on your muddy gloves and dig in before it's too arid to plant. In preparation, you'll be able to... More >>