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Where would you take a $100,000 check that is also a suicide note - to the cops or to the bank?
By Alan Prendergast
Published: May 14, 2009
John Francis Beech had a date with destiny last summer. He counted down the days on a calendar in his garage, crossing out each day leading to the final Sunday in July, on...
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Flick Pick
By Michael Roberts
Published: May 14, 2009
The late Pauline Kael named her 1968 collection of film reviews Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in celebration of movies at their most visceral – the ones in which sex and violence...
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Colfax or Die
Some marathoners run; others drink.
By Drew Bixby
Published: May 14, 2009
The Colorado Colfax Marathon is, predictably, a really, really long running event that begins at the ass crack of dawn. And because it’s all USA Track and Field-certified...
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Young Coyotes
Published: May 14, 2009
Young Coyotes has been around for less than a year. In that short time, however, the act has released two EPs, embarked on several cross-country tours, recorded a Daytrotter...
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Wheeling and Dealing
Art takes to the road at the Forney Museum.
By Susan Froyd
Published: May 14, 2009
The Forney Museum of Transportation, like the multitude of ancient vehicles housed there, has been up and down a hilly road over time. And since the museum struggled through a...
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Girl Talks
Sit still and travel the world with Christiane Amanpour.
By Susan Froyd
Published: May 14, 2009
According to Howard Szigeti, founder of the Unique Lives and Experiences lecture series almost twenty years ago in Toronto, it’s a girl thing: “The overall spirit of...
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Win, Wink
A new film follows women learning the art of the tease.
By Amber Taufen
Published: May 14, 2009
Are you curious about the current burlesque renaissance and the women who are learning to take it off? If so, you won’t want to miss A Wink and a Smile, a documentary...
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The Place to Be
Five Points gets jazzed for this year’s festival.
By Jessica Centers
Published: May 14, 2009
Claudia Jordan has always been partial to the Points. The owner of the Five Points Plaza office complex, Jordan says it’s always been a place for good food....
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Canine Couture
Fur and fashion fly at the Oriental Theater.
By Susan Froyd
Published: May 14, 2009
There’s something about fashion, Fidos and fundraising that works well together. But Unleashed: A Passion for Fashion isn’t just another fashion-show fundraiser for...
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Boot Up
Celebrate leather and sweat this weekend in Pueblo.
By Susan Froyd
Published: May 14, 2009
The drive to Pueblo, some ninety minutes south, perhaps seems a long way to go to see a bunch of boots, but I’ve got to tell ya — it’s the idea of the thing, the...
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A Creative Class
Join Denver Open Media for a discussion of culture.
By Cory Casciato
Published: May 14, 2009
Who owns our culture? Should ideas and creations be locked into gilded cages to maximize profit, or set free to breed strange new forms? That’s the central question in...
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Dirty Deeds
Buntport’s actors sling mud in The Squabble.
By Mark Dragotta
Published: May 14, 2009
The Squabble is a seemingly simple tale of two small-town friends driven apart when one calls the other a goose. “It’s a comedy,” says Buntport player Brian...
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Wine and Dine
By Tyler Nemkov
Published: May 14, 2009
Time to don your ten-gallon hat, some spurs, maybe some ass-less chaps (over your rugged jeans, of course), your gold pan, your six-shooter, a fair maiden and your favorite...
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Lily Red, White and Blue
Ex-punk-rock stripper Lily Burana does it for her country.
By Amber Taufen
Published: May 14, 2009
Lily Burana began her writing career as a columnist and editor for punk and alternative zines. She was also a stripper, starting off in punk-inspired Times Square peep shows...
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Flower Power
Turn May Day into Lei Day at this Hawaiian celebration.
By Aubrey Shoe
Published: May 14, 2009
May brings spring flowers and the start of Denver's growing season, but you won't find the delicate orchids used for traditional Hawaiian leis growing anywhere around these...
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Car Culture
Rev your engine with the American Muscle show at Pirate.
By Susan Froyd
Published: May 14, 2009
Here’s what’s to love about a muscle car: candy colors, waxy gloss, racing stripes and beefy but aerodynamic lines. Each one is like a rolling metal-and-leather vial...
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Public Moments
Curious Theatre’s Denver Stories will highlight celebrity lives.
By Jessica Centers
Published: May 14, 2009
Former Bronco and Channel 4 weekend sports anchor Reggie Rivers says he pulled a Jay Cutler before Jay Cutler: “The day I got cut from the Broncos, I refused to go in...
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What We Talk About
When we talk about sexuality and gender, what do we say?
By Drew Bixby
Published: May 14, 2009
In Chapter 17 of The Feast of Love, Charles Baxter’s meta-narrative about the complicated — sometimes sweet, sometimes erotic and perverse — sex and love lives...
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Nest Fest
History’s no mystery at the Mesa Verde birding festival.
By Jonathan Shikes
Published: May 14, 2009
The mysteries of the ancient inhabitants of Mesa Verde have enthralled archaeologists and tourists for decades, but there is one good way to travel back in time 1,400 years:...
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Off Limits
Mrs. Bob Schaffer's margarita mix is Coyote Ugly
Published: May 14, 2009
They say religion and politics don't mix, but what about mixers and politics? Or better yet, margarita mixes and religious politicians? The answer is hazy — about as hazy...
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