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2009 Stories by Susan Froyd

• Colfax Culture

  published November 12, 2009

  I’m a big fan of the little guy, and I have to say that the oft-overlooked East End Arts District in downtown Aurora does wear the cloak of a... More >>

• Talking Shop

  published November 12, 2009

  Although I like to shop, I’m not sure I can say I like shopping for the holidays, when that uncomfortable sense of urgency takes over,... More >>

• Peace Out!

  published November 12, 2009

  The Colorado-based PeaceJam Foundation has been inspiring youth with the help of a global enclave of Nobel Peace Laureates since 1996, but the... More >>

• Denver Arts Week, Day 5

  published Nov 10, 2009

  Arts Week plows forward tonight: Opera Colorado's special $52.80 Arts Week ticket offer is still on the table for 7:30 performances of Tales of Hoffman at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House tonight and Fr... More >>

• Denver Arts Week: Day One

  published Nov 06, 2009

  This city really knows how to kick off its third annual Denver Arts Week: Tonight's Know Your Arts First Friday, an amped-up First Friday art-walk event, will step up to the plate to showcase local ar... More >>

• World Party

  published November 5, 2009

  I first heard of the Idan Raichel Project when I saw a screener of the film Black Over White, which documents the unusual Israeli... More >>

• The Big Picture

  published November 5, 2009

  Big Love is a big play. To begin with, Charles Mee's modern interpretation of Aeschylus's The Suppliants takes root in the... More >>

• Welcome Back, Mizpah

  published November 5, 2009

  There’s a small group of folks in Denver who would like to see the return of the “Mizpah” arch at Union Station. The arch, a relic... More >>

• A Wicked Good Time

  published November 5, 2009

  Are you one of the half-billion locals who didn’t nab a ticket to Wicked? Oh, stop crying in your witch’s brew! Here’s a... More >>

• Feats of Clay

  published November 5, 2009

  The mission at Jonathan Kaplan’s Plinth Gallery is as simple and stylish as its purpose: to exhibit the sculptural vessel with an emphasis on... More >>

• Cherry Pits

  published November 5, 2009

  It ain’t easy being a pit bull in these parts, but if you were one, at least you’d have the Colorado Pit Bull Rescue on your side. The... More >>

• High Flying

  published November 5, 2009

  Recession-bound? Money’s tight? Need cheering up? Dana Cain of the annual Athena Festival, a bubbling cauldron of all things mystical,... More >>

• Second Verse

  published November 5, 2009

  As poet Chris Ransick comes to the end of his second (and last) term as Denver Poet Laureate, he’s looking forward to focusing on doing his... More >>

• Baker’s Buzzin’

  published November 5, 2009

  Adam Gildar, who happens to be a former Westword intern, and his cohorts Sander Lindeke and Joseph Wall of Illiterate, a local... More >>

• A Really Big Shoe

  published November 5, 2009

  What red-blooded woman with an ounce of fashion sense doesn’t love shoes? It turns out that ceramic artists have that proclivity, too,... More >>

• Bright Lights, Big City

  published November 5, 2009

  Contrary to what you and the rest of the general public might have thought, the Denver Pavilions has never gone anywhere, says Gart Properties... More >>

• The Cat’s Meow

  published October 29, 2009

  Jen “Hurricane” Nordhem, Denver Bicycle Film Festival producer and former bike messenger and street racer, can easily find her way... More >>

• Kosher Culture

  published October 29, 2009

  This year’s sixteen-day JAAMM Festival (that’s short for Jewish Arts, Authors, Movies and Music) at the Mizel Center for Arts and... More >>

• Grave On!

  published October 29, 2009

  There’s no place more spooky on Halloween than a graveyard, particularly one like Denver’s historic Riverside Cemetery, which is one of... More >>

• Spaced Out

  published October 29, 2009

  The Denver Museum of Nature & Science has more than its share of creative thinkers working behind the scenes, and astrobiologist David Grinspoon... More >>

• Political Party

  published October 29, 2009

  Election day is right around the corner, and that’s downright spooky. That message will be taken to the hilt tonight when New Era Colorado... More >>

• Living Dead

  published October 29, 2009

  Denver’s large Latino population ensures plenty of Day of the Dead activities in these parts, but there are few as perfectly distilled as... More >>

• High Fiber Diet

  published October 29, 2009

  Halloween’s over, and you know what that means: The holiday shopping season is on. It’s time to start hitting the craft sales and... More >>

• Back in the Galaxy

  published October 22, 2009

  Since his death in 2001, many of those who loved author Douglas Adams — and I mean adored him with all their hearts — would never, ever... More >>

• Slam Dunk

  published October 22, 2009

  “Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do... More >>