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Feature
The way the Adams County Coroner is running his office could be dead wrong
By Alan Prendergast
Published: July 2, 2009
On a quiet Sunday morning last February, Jaime Brown arrived at that dark and unthinkable place every young mother dreads. She walked into the room of her three-year-old...
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Just Add Flower
The blooms are abundant at the Crested Butte Wildflower Festival.
By Amber Taufen
Published: July 2, 2009
Why do people keep coming back year after year to the Crested Butte Wildflower Festival? “I don’t know what is so unique about Crested Butte,” admits Sue...
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All Bets Are off
Raising the stakes at Colorado's casinos.
By Patricia Calhoun
Published: July 2, 2009
Back in 1991, the night before “limited-stakes gaming” was officially introduced in three Colorado mining towns – Black Hawk, Cripple Creek and Central City...
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You Say it's Your Birthday
Ironton turns ten with an eclectic show and fireworks.
By Susan Froyd
Published: July 2, 2009
It’s hard to believe that Ironton Studios and Gallery, a trailblazing pioneer in the now-thriving RiNo, has been around for ten years, but the name of the venue’s new...
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Flick Pick
By Michael Roberts
Published: July 2, 2009
Eddie Adams, the late photographer at the center of An Unlikely Weapon, which opens July 2, was a romantic of an especially cantankerous sort. He’s most famous for a...
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Gone to Potter
Celebrate the opening of the sixth Harry Potter movie in Commerce City.
By Amber Taufen
Published: July 2, 2009
Have you known for years the identity of the Half-Blood Prince, and even how the entire epic tale of Harry Potter ends -- but still can’t wait to see the big-screen...
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Coca-Cola Classics
By Amber Taufen
Published: July 2, 2009
I didn’t know anything about Coca-Cola collectibles until I went away to college and discovered that my roommate was a huge fan of kitschy Coca-Cola Americana. But I soon...
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Ashes to Ashes
Naropa remembers Allen Ginsberg.
By Susan Froyd
Published: July 2, 2009
"I don't care what happens to my body,” Allen Ginsberg wrote in the last poem he composed before he died in 1997. “Throw ashes in the air...." Still, what goes up...
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Orchestral Maneuvers
The best things in life are free.
By Susan Froyd
Published: July 2, 2009
The Colorado Symphony Orchestra regularly gives back to the community with a slew of free concerts each summer, but the best of them is Symphony on the Rocks, where beautiful...
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The Tale of the Trail
All roads lead to Breckenridge this week.
By Jessica Centers
Published: July 2, 2009
More than a thousand miles of trails can be accessed right from downtown Breckenridge -- but not many people know about them, says Scott Fortner of the Breckenridge Resort...
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Kings of the Hill
Kick back at the Gold Hill Inn on July 4.
By Susan Froyd
Published: July 2, 2009
Brian Finn recommends arriving early today in Gold Hill, since the tiny mountain village’s fire department will host a pancake breakfast beginning at 8:30 a.m. The town...
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Independence Thinking
Glendale invites you to look up into the skies.
By Susan Froyd
Published: July 2, 2009
The tiny town of Glendale has been doing a bang-up job of celebrating July 4th for years – though its festivities, which always fall a day before or after Independence...
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All in Time
Boulder’s getting older – but no less unique.
By Susan Froyd
Published: July 2, 2009
From its Nobel Prize winners to the divine madness that is Kinetics, Boulder is full of fantastic firsts. With that in mind, curators at the Boulder History Museum (1206 Euclid...
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A Do-It-Yourself Party
Learn cool crafts on Colfax.
By Cory Casciato
Published: July 2, 2009
Celebrate our nation’s independence by partying with a bunch of independent local businesses at the second annual East Colfax Super Block Party. The free festivities...
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Once More, With Feeling
By Sera Scott
Published: July 2, 2009
For Taman Vanscoy, art simply imitates life. After winning third place at last year’s Cherry Creek Arts Festival and receiving an automatic invite to exhibit work again...
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Space Case
Serenity picks up where Firefly left off.
By Cory Casciato
Published: July 2, 2009
If you like your science fiction smart, well written and more concerned with the nuances of humanity than ray guns and bug-eyed monsters, you’re probably already a fan of...
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Off Limits
A new book puts Colorado's political sex scandals on the spot
Published: July 2, 2009
There's nothing like a good sex scandal to clear out the political pipeline. They've killed some careers (goodbye, Eliot Spitzer) and launched others (hello, Barack Obama, who...
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Ask A Mexican
Why do so many Mexicans love black culture?
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: July 2, 2009
Dear Mexican: Looking back recently on my distant youth in northwest Ohio, I came to the realization that the sweetest, most beautiful girl this gabacho ever went out with...
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Letters
From the week of July 2, 2009
Published: July 2, 2009
"That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles," Joel Warner, June 25 Going to Pot I just read "That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles" and wanted to compliment Joel Warner on such a...
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Backbeat
Wilco pushes forward with a more layered sound - including trumpets, a harpsichord and even a "Beach Boys moment"
By Jon Solomon
Published: July 2, 2009
During a two-day photo shoot for Wilco's new album, guitarist Nels Cline, a reluctant rock star of sorts, had a rock-star moment. "I felt like I was in the Beatles or...
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