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For Colorado's largest power co-op, going green will mean taking down the King of Coal
By Joel Warner
Published: April 16, 2009
Sprouting up through the haze along the horizon, the three smokestacks of the Comanche coal-fired power station rise far above anything for miles and miles on the dry, empty...
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Mercado's Way
By Susan Froyd
Published: April 16, 2009
Any stage director worth his salt knows that it’s all in the timing. Without it, the stars won’t align onstage or backstage and – horrors – the moment will...
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Speaking from the Gut
Published: April 16, 2009
Gudrun Gut’s career spans decades. The pioneering electronic/experimental music artist was briefly a member of seminal noise band Einstürzende Neubauten, then went...
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Taking Paints
Make something beautiful at Canvas and Cocktails.
By Susan Froyd
Published: April 16, 2009
Everybody wants to be an artist, but most people are afraid to try. That’s one reason local artist Brittney Wilson opened Canvas and Cocktails late last month at 249...
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Slumdog Millionaires
Give Wrist Deep Productions a hand.
By Jared Jacang Maher
Published: April 16, 2009
In the life of every wealthy standup comedian, there comes a day when he must rise from his leopard-skin-covered armchair, remove his double-paned monocle and haughtily...
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Independence Day
Musicians band together to support record stores.
By Michael Roberts
Published: April 16, 2009
Not that long ago, mom-and-pop record stores were common – but no more. Today only the strongest continue to survive, and many of them are struggling due to a consumer...
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Grease is the Word
Sing along with Sandy.
By Jessica Centers
Published: April 16, 2009
For their first date, my dad took my mom, whose name is Sandy, to the drive-in to see Grease. The movie was a constant in my house. I watched it during every sleepover and...
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Tea and Talk
By Amber Taufen
Published: April 16, 2009
“Traditionally, teahouses in China have been kind of a center of community, a place where people gather and talk and share ideas,” says Greg Fellman, who runs the...
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Flick Pick
By Miachael Roberts
Published: April 16, 2009
The inaugural Scandinavian Film Festival is a modest affair in terms of numbers — just four films, only one of which is feature length. But it makes up in freshness what...
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Helping Handcrafts
The global village sets up shop at the TACtile Textile Arts Center.
By Susan Froyd
Published: April 16, 2009
You learn one thing right away about the people behind the TACtile Textile Arts Center: They do not take the fiber arts lightly. Indeed, they diligently give such...
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Let the Games Begin!
The Olympics finally come to Copper Mountain -- 33 years late.
By Jessica Centers
Published: April 16, 2009
In 1972, Colorado became the first and last site to ever turn down the Olympics, after a statewide vote put the kibosh on holding the 1976 Winter Games here. But this weekend,...
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Sites Unseen
Doors Open Denver keeps growing.
By Susan Froyd
Published: April 16, 2009
Where to start? The massive undertaking that is Doors Open Denver is a growing, morphing creature that’s constantly finding ways to provide new experiences for Denverites...
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Wit and Wisdom
By Amber Taufen
Published: April 16, 2009
I’m always on the lookout for wise women, whether I’m hoping to emulate them or just wishing a bit of their knowledge might rub off on me. So I was excited to find...
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Pros and Cons
Starfest should be out of this world!
By Cory Casciato
Published: April 16, 2009
Prepare for a total nerdgasm when Starfest brings Battlestar Galactica super-hottie Katee Sackhoff, aka Starbuck, to town this weekend. But everyone’s favorite...
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All That Jazz
Celebrating three decades of creative collaboration.
By Jon Solomon
Published: April 16, 2009
On keyboardist Wayne Horvitz’s 2006 Gravitas Quartet album, there’s a song called “One Morton” – the address of the rehearsal studio that Horvitz and...
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Brews You Can Use
Beer Wars follows the challenges of small brewers.
By Jonathan Shikes
Published: April 16, 2009
If you’re happy with your Bud Light, then more power to you. But if you’re interested in the rise of craft breweries across the county over the years and ways that...
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The Yuk Stops Here
D.L. Hughley is seriously funny.
By Tyler Nemkov
Published: April 16, 2009
Peter Ustinov once called comedy a “funny way of being serious,” and that certainly holds true for the stylings of D.L. Hughley, a comedian who gained superstar...
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Chicks with Chutzpah
Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad invade Lannie’s.
Published: April 16, 2009
There’s a lot of great Jewish comedy in this country, which Susannah Perlman discovered while performing comedy/music acts of her own. “I kept on running into really...
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Melancholy Baby
Mariza sings the heart of Portugal.
By Susan Froyd
Published: April 16, 2009
There are few forms of folk music more soulful than Fado (fado means “fate” in Portuguese), in which a vocalist is backed by two guitarists, one traditional and one...
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¡Viva Za Poetry!
By Susan Froyd
Published: April 16, 2009
National Poetry Month is for everyone, and so is El Centro Su Teatro’s tenth annual Neruda Poetry Festival, which begins today, smack dab in the middle of the...
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