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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, visiting...
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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, aka...
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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 my...
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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 England...
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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 hearts...
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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...
