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Life in Antarctica is cold — but bloggers there can still get burned
By Jonathan Shikes
Published: October 8, 2009
It was 85 degrees below zero, and Erin hadn't seen the sun in five months. Her skin had lost its pigmentation and she was sneezing blood because her sinuses were so dried out....
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Talking Shop
By Susan Froyd
Published: October 8, 2009
Mistress Raven's been around the block, but now she's staying put. The driving force behind Rave's Oh My Goth! moved her emporium -- originally an Uptown antique- and...
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Talking Shop
By Susan Froyd
Published: October 8, 2009
Tiffany Smyth hangs with belly dancers, fire performers, the Ren Fest crowd and the tribal psychedelic rock band Kan’nal, but first and foremost, she’s a mask-maker...
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Voices Carry
By Jason Heller
Published: October 8, 2009
When Peter Yarrow’s appearance at the Tattered Cover was announced a few weeks back, it seemed like it might be just another night of book-reading and -signing —...
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Playing Dress-Up
By Amber Taufen
Published: October 8, 2009
Right after Halloween, I always vow that next year, I’m going to start working on my costume early. I’m going to come up with a fabulous concept, figure out a way to...
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Get the Point?
By Drew Bixby
Published: October 8, 2009
Jennifer Mahnken, now treasurer of the Rocky Mountain Dart Association, remembers taking third in an open tournament and walking away with a “decent amount of money”...
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Happy Hauntings
By Joel Warner
Published: October 8, 2009
The story goes like this: Corridor 44, at 1433 Larimer Street, was once a brothel owned by a reformed showgirl and her ornery husband. When the couple's daughter began dallying...
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Ranting and Raving
By Drew Bixby
Published: October 8, 2009
“Whenever I’m asked, ‘Who makes you laugh?’ or ‘Who would you pay to see?’ I don’t hesitate for a moment,” wrote George Carlin shortly...
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Straight Talking
By Susan Froyd
Published: October 8, 2009
Cormac McCarthy writes the kind of books — staunch, and filled with pure, cold drama — that were made for movie-making. No Country for Old Men was an Oscar winner...
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This Old House
By Amber Taufen
Published: October 8, 2009
Denver’s Old House Society offers walking tours that take people into old parts of the city that are completely new to them. “They’re fun, and they’re...
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Go Fly a Kite!
By Olivia Ruiz
Published: October 8, 2009
No strings attached: Today is the 24th annual One Sky One World Kite Fly. Since 1985, on the second Sunday in October, millions of people around the world have celebrated...
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Building for the Future
By Michael Paglia
Published: October 8, 2009
Kirk Brown and Jill Wiltse were already art collectors and exhibition sponsors when they recently added another label, that of film supporters, with their founding of Design...
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Shelf Lives
By Susan Froyd
Published: October 8, 2009
We all have a personal cabinet of curiosity lurking inside, but do we know how to open the doors? To truly understand Cabinet of Curiosities, a whimsical new exhibit that opens...
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Native Truths
By Rob Fisher
Published: October 8, 2009
The tradition of oral storytelling, a cultural cornerstone for many native people, continues through the contemporary medium of film at the sixth annual Denver Indigenous Film...
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American Dream
By Mark Dragotta
Published: October 8, 2009
Although it was written more than four decades ago, A Raisin in the Sun speaks particularly well to today's audience, because in this challenging economy, dreaming of a better...
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The Joy of Sax
By Jon Solomon
Published: October 8, 2009
Tenor saxophonist and composer Fred Hess is comfortable playing songs by Lester Young, Ornette Coleman and pretty much everyone in between, as he’s shown on the thirteen...
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Pass the Pigskin
By Jessica Centers
Published: October 8, 2009
It’s October, that rare and glorious time when seasons merge and you get best of summer’s weather along with the beginning of fall’s greatest attraction:...
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On the Rocks
By Mark Dragotta
Published: October 8, 2009
I can measure how challenging my week has been by how much I think about running. Sometimes running is just another item on the to-do list. But when things are rough, as they...
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Light Entertainment
By Susan Froyd
Published: October 8, 2009
First of all, 7dancers spokesman Lee Prosenjak notes, there are actually eight dancers in the cast of Passengers, but that’s not what makes this travel-themed production...
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Off Limits
Janet Napolitano gives terrorism a hard CELL
Published: October 8, 2009
In this age of terrorism, security can be swift and strong in the United States — and a Westword operative found out just how swift and strong on Monday when Janet...
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