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For two decades, pit bulls have been public enemy #1 in Denver. But maybe it's time for a recount.
By Jared Jacang Maher
Published: September 24, 2009
Kevin O'Connell was away on business when he got a call from a Denver animal-control officer: His dog, a Presa Canario, had mauled a Chihuahua. O'Connell, a civil engineer who...
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Be What You Eat
By Susan Froyd
Published: September 24, 2009
They say we have a beautiful weekend approaching, and there are few places in the state more beautiful this time of year than the environs of Delta County, where the wine...
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Going Batty
By Cory Casciato
Published: September 24, 2009
Bats aren’t just for Halloween anymore. The only flying mammal is actually a vital part of the world’s ecosystem — not to mention pretty darn cute when you get a...
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Shoot First
By Amber Taufen
Published: September 24, 2009
What could you create in the time it takes for Earth to revolve on its axis? If the answer is “not much,” then you’re selling yourself short. Every year, teams...
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Hot for Teacher
By Amber Taufen
Published: September 24, 2009
Although it might seem like an exaggeration, photographer Jim Narcy changes lives on a daily basis: He takes pin-up photographs of women wanting to express themselves in a...
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The Big Flood
By Jason Heller
Published: September 24, 2009
Like a hypodermic needle to the eyeball, the paintings of Barnaby Furnas are not meant for easy viewing. Nor are you intended to come away from them without a sting: At times...
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Bamboozled
By Michael Paglia
Published: September 24, 2009
On Christmas Day, 1945, American serviceman Walter Lutz found himself — as did so many others of his comrades — in Japan. He was stationed there with the United...
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Wrong Place at the Right Time
By Susan Froyd
Published: September 24, 2009
The former local theater group Next Stage Denver was the first to host MisCast as a fundraiser in Denver, but after that troupe dissolved last summer, Paragon Theatre stepped...
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Heaven on Earth
By Jason Heller
Published: September 24, 2009
Regardless of your personal faith, music is food for the soul. That said, it isn't just your soul that will get fed at the Comedy Works' No Joke Gospel Brunch. As the name...
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All Cooped Up
By Susan Froyd
Published: September 24, 2009
Boulder is one urban-farming kinda town. Locavores sprout like weeds there — delicious, edible weeds — and it seems like everyone in town is hiding a few chickens in...
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Story Time
By Susan Froyd
Published: September 24, 2009
Fans of Stories on Stage already know and love the format: A collection of prominent actors, some local and some national, take to the stage for dramatic readings from...
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Quick and Random
By Mark Dragotta
Published: September 24, 2009
After debuting roughly 7,000 plays over 21 years, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, the flagship project of the Chicago-based theatre group the Neo-Futurists, arrives in...
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Ellison Park
By Dave Herrera
Published: September 24, 2009
Driving eastbound on I-70, Ellison Park has one hand on the wheel while the other navigates an iPod mounted to his dash. Scrolling through the songs, Park makes his way to the...
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House Spouse
As Pat Schroeder’s husband, Jim Schroeder learned to juggle laundry, a law career and legislators.
By Patricia Calhoun
Published: September 24, 2009
During her 24 years in Congress, Pat Schroeder was always quick with a quip. But as Confessions of a Political Spouse makes clear, Jim Schroeder was much more than Pat’s...
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The Wright Stuff
By Michael Paglia
Published: September 24, 2009
The Colorado Center for Public Humanities at the University of Colorado Denver is hosting a lecture series called “Islam in American Culture.” The idea, partly...
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Foam on the Range
By Jonathan Shikes
Published: September 24, 2009
No, you can’t try every beer. That’s the bad news. The good news? You can give it shot. The Great American Beer Festival is back, and as always, it showcases the best...
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The Big Bang
By Rob Fisher
Published: September 24, 2009
Ballet Nouveau Colorado will kick off its 2009 season with the original company production POP, featuring a blend of contemporary dance and popular music by such artists as...
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Reading the Canvas
By Cory Casciato
Published: September 24, 2009
Books and painting share equal space in the heart of Arts at Denver gallery owner Paula Colette Conley, and the venue’s current exhibit, Cover Art, is the direct result of...
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He’s Laughing at You
By Jason Heller
Published: September 24, 2009
Making a list of David Cross's enemies might be easier than making a list of his friends. Never afraid to ruffle feathers or start feuds, the notoriously ribald comic has...
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Visual Crossroads
Streams of modernism come together at the Kirkland.
By Michael Paglia
Published: September 24, 2009
One of the city’s great cultural treasures, the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art is the brainchild of founder Hugh Grant, who started it a few years ago to display...
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