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Among Governor Bill Ritter's hits and misses, few actions have drawn as much criticism as his proposal to release thousands of inmates months earlier than originally planned,...
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In terms of permeating the public mindspace, Halloween is huge. I mean HUGE. Throughout October, we’re all busy building awesome costumes, seeing Halloween plays,...
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Like many deserving cultural side products, the literary journal hasn’t fared well during the recession. Even the really good ones, like the University of Colorado...
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What could possibly be better than an all-showtunes karaoke night? How about Showtunes Karaoke with a burlesque performer emcee — such as Denver’s own Cora Vette,...
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Last year, Denver's MileHiCon ran concurrently with the World Science Fiction Convention, one of the biggest and longest-running events of its kind. During the 41st annual...
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When Arizona tattoo artist Hollis Cantrell set the Guinness World Record for Fastest Tattoo Artist in November 2008 with 801 “AZ”-design tattoos in 24 hours, he...
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Don Imus’s hateful, racist 2007 remarks about “nappy-headed hos” underscored the immense fear of, and fascination with, the hair follicles of African-American...
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The idea of Jews as political radicals is an easy reach for me: My Jewish leftist folks, after all, stumped for Henry Wallace and the Progressive Party in the ’40s, and...
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The Victorian era is known for many things — but sexual openness isn't one of them. The reign of Queen Victoria during the latter half of the nineteenth century in...
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The new exhibition Time and Attention: Cinema, Prints and Drawings by Eric Waldemar, opening tonight at Ironton Studios & Gallery, will be “smart and strange,” the...
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When fine artist Jenny Morgan last showed work in these parts, the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design grad was all the buzz — young, promising and lauded for her...
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By its second year, the Denver Zombie Crawl had become one of the biggest zombie-walk events in the country, says founder Daniel Newman — and he hopes that this year, the...
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After he was hit by a bus while riding his bike, Brendt Barbur could have given up riding; it would have been the logical thing to do. Instead, he was inspired to start the...
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“We’re all tied up in gender,” says Keith Garcia, programming director at Starz FilmCenter, “and we really need to pull back on the strings and let people...
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Strobe lights? Check. Fog machines? Check. Zombies? Well, duh! City of the Dead, a new haunt in town, is all about the undead, from start to finish. Comprising 14,000 square...
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Cool fall weather always makes me want to sit by the fireplace sipping cocoa and knitting. Unfortunately, I don't have a fireplace and I'm no good at knitting, but luckily for...
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Originally imagined with a Great Depression theme, a party tonight at the Holiday Chalet Victorian Hotel will instead feature a 1920s and ’30s motif, complete with...
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“Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their...
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Since his death in 2001, many of those who loved author Douglas Adams — and I mean adored him with all their hearts — would never, ever accept a sixth installment of...
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One of my earliest childhood memories is watching Steve Martin playing banjo on The Muppet Show. (Can you think of a better early memory!?) This was ’77 or ’78, when...
