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Feature
Denver's latest traffic plan depends on getting you out of your car
By Alan Prendergast
Published: February 19, 2009
Read a list of Denver's eight worst intersections on the Latest Word blog. Just south of downtown, a fender bender on Speer Boulevard jams up a long line of cars, which spills...
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Curling Iron
The Olympic sport that’s sweeping the nation comes to town.
By Susan Froyd
Published: February 19, 2009
Curling is a strange sport, and I can’t say that I’m strange enough to follow it. But the shuffleboard-like Olympic endeavor on ice must have some kind of following,...
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Giving Testimony
By Amber Taufen
Published: February 19, 2009
Everyone seems to understand the appeal of watching a film in the theater, and many of us also get the appeal of cuddling up with a good book. But in my opinion, there’s a...
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Easy on the Cheese
Mitch Albom’s And the Winner Is… is no sob story with Morrie.
By Drew Bixby
Published: February 19, 2009
Mitch Albom (Tuesdays With Morrie, The Five People You Meet in Heaven) is, well, a bit of a cheeseball. A prosperous, prolific cheeseball, yes — but a little hokey-pokey...
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Flick Pick
By Michael Roberts
Published: February 19, 2009
Seconds, which screens at the Boulder Public Library today, holds a bizarre place in rock history. According to legend, the 1966 flick helped trigger the mental collapse of...
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A Rude Feud
Colorado Springs will see hell on wheels when the roller girls come to town.
By R. Kelly Liggin
Published: February 19, 2009
Things are about to get nasty in Colorado Springs. The surging Pikes Peak Derby Dames are hungry to carve their niche in women’s flat-track roller derby, and they intend...
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A Real Scream
Fear(s) of the Dark will have you on the edge of your seat.
By Cory Casciato
Published: February 19, 2009
The current trend in horror movies might charitably be described as shock and awe — a caustic blend of whiplash editing techniques, extreme gore and “gotcha”...
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The Best of Banff
This touring film festival is a mountain-movie must.
By R. Kelly Liggin
Published: February 19, 2009
Maybe you’re not quite ready to quit that cushy office job for an adrenaline-powered, snowboard-punk stoner lifestyle, but after watching films included in the 33rd annual...
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Eat Right
Denver Restaurant Week offers all you can eat and then some.
By Amber Taufen
Published: February 19, 2009
Food is one area of my life where I very rarely cut corners to fit a budget. Sure, I could poke through the discounted-produce bin at the supermarket — but why would I...
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Objectivity
The only things these fifteen artists have in common is their focus.
By Mark Dragotta
Published: February 19, 2009
OBJECT Project is a traveling art exhibition featuring fifteen contemporary realists who all focused on the same five objects: a clear glass of water, a moth, a ball of string,...
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Party Like a Rock Star
The Denver Film Society hosts an Oscar-night bash.
By Aubrey Shoe
Published: February 19, 2009
Like Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, Kate Hudson and Chris Robinson and that dude with the dreads from Counting Crows who dated every actress you'd ever heard of in the...
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Big Screen Bash
See all five Oscar-nominated best picture films in one day.
By Jonathan Shikes
Published: February 19, 2009
Long ago, before our kids were born, my wife and I used to pick a day in February to see all five movies nominated in that year’s Academy Awards Best Picture category. The...
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Final Bow
By Susan Froyd
Published: February 19, 2009
For 32 years, the Rocky Mountain Women’s Institute offered opportunities unique to the region: It provided female literary, performing and visual artists a breather from...
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Storm Warning
Dan Baum brings New Orleans to life in a new book.
By Susan Froyd
Published: February 19, 2009
Her lingering recovery after Hurricane Katrina ensures that New Orleans is never far from the nation’s collective mind. But as Boulder journalist and author Dan Baum notes...
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Get on the Bus
Awele Makeba tells it like it was
By Susan Froyd
Published: February 19, 2009
Black History Month couldn’t have a better spokeswoman than Awele Makeba, an award-winning actress/storyteller/educator who channels historic figures into learning...
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Clothes Call
The Denver Public Library gets fashion-forward with Prototype.
By Susan Froyd
Published: February 19, 2009
The Denver Public Library’s Fresh City Life program holds one of the most egalitarian fashion stances around. It promotes local designers at such events as the enormously...
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Goblin Cock
By Darryl Smyers
Published: February 19, 2009
Besides possessing a great name, San Diego quintet Goblin Cock has the brains to go along with its ballsy brawn. Led by former Pinback frontman Rob Crow, the band has all of...
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Ski Incognito
Dress up and head down Echo Mountain as part of Team Challenge.
By Jessica Centers
Published: February 19, 2009
Marc Moline, creative director and park designer at Echo Mountain ski resort, has long been a fan of TransWorld Snowboarding’s annual Team Challenge, in which the...
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Celine Dion
By Arielle Castillo
Published: February 19, 2009
There is little left to say about the singular Celine Dion that anyone who has ever been near a radio or TV set doesn't know already. If you love her, you probably know all...
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Get Your Art On
Published: February 19, 2009
An evening celebrating art and sensual stimulation, featuring the Westword Masterminds awards, fashion show, gourmet cuisine, live music and performances, art exhibits and...
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