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Night & Day
Moon Mission
By Amber Taufen
Published: December 18, 2008
You might be familiar with Barr Lake State Park’s monthly full-moon hikes, but did you know that once a year, the park also hosts a Solstice Moon Hike? Bundle up on the...
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Night & Day
Double Trouble
By Amber Taufen
Published: December 18, 2008
"I just thought that The Jerk is one of those films that, as funny and fantastic as it is, to me is kind of a heartwarmer,” explains Keith Garcia, programming director for...
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Night & Day
Do the Dew
The inaugural Winter Dew Tour hits Breckenridge.
By Jessica Centers
Published: December 18, 2008
After years of following the skateboarding, BMX and freestyle motocross events of the Summer Dew Tour — the most-watched and best-attended action-sport competition in the...
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Night & Day
Oscar Sneak Peek
Aspen Film brings back its always-popular Academy Screenings.
By Mark Dragotta
Published: December 18, 2008
“This year’s Academy Screenings has a powerhouse lineup, not only in terms of directors, but also in terms of actors,” says Aspen Film executive director Laura...
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Night & Day
'Toon In
By Amber Taufen
Published: December 18, 2008
Tired of all the holiday hoopla yet? If you could use a few moments of sheer escapism from this hectic season, then the Curtis Arts and Humanities Center has just the solution:...
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Night & Day
Jumpin' Jax
By Amber Taufen
Published: December 18, 2008
This time of year can be so draining for everybody, what with the before-Christmas frenzy, so why not find a secular reason to celebrate the season? Here’s a good one for...
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Night & Day
Stay in School
By Amber Taufen
Published: December 18, 2008
It’s a well-known fact of life: Kids will argue with their parents over just about anything. So why not channel that impulse into some constructive co-criticism over a...
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What's So Funny?
Annabel has gone to the dogs: My little girl is a woman now
By Adam Cayton-Holland
Published: December 18, 2008
The whining starts about 5:30 a.m. — a slow, heartbreaking cry from the crate at the foot of my bed that I can usually silence by screaming "No!" as loud as I can, then...
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Sidebar
Cafe Sci: When Nerds Unite
By Joel Warner
Published: December 18, 2008
If anyone can make dirt fascinating, it's J. John Cohen. That's why a recent meeting of Colorado Cafe Scientifique, a popular free seminar that takes place ten times a year at...
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Ask A Mexican
Book 'em!
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: December 18, 2008
Dear Readers: A couple of columnas ago, I published a short list of my favorite books regarding Mexicans and Mexican-Americans and urged ustedes to submit better choices so...
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News
CU in Court
Back on the case of the CU sex-recruiting scandal
By Alan Prendergast
Published: December 18, 2008
Eight years after she first reported a sexual assault to police and four years after prosecutors told her they were dropping the case, a young woman has won an unusual court...
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Letters
From the week of December 18, 2008
Published: December 18, 2008
"Sale of the Century and a Half," Michael Roberts, December 11 Both Sides Now Why are newspapers failing? Virtually every paper, including Denver's, endorsed George Bush...
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Off Limits
Giving, taking and regifting in Denver
Published: December 18, 2008
Last week, Off Limits got you inside the big blue head of the Big Blue Bear, via an interview with the Visit Denver staffer who'd donned the costume of the iconic statue for an...
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Backbeat
Moovers & Shakers 2008: Backbeat scribes weigh in on their favorite local releases of the year
By Dave Herrera, Michael Roberts, Jon Solomon, Eryc Eyl, Tom Murphy, A.H. Goldstein, Quibian Salazar-Moreno and Cory Casciato
Published: December 18, 2008
Last week on Mile High Fidelity, my new show on 101.5 FM, I marveled at how we'd seamlessly segued from the station's regular programming to our all-local music mix. In the...
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Rough Mixes
Michael Roberts navigates a host of holiday releases
By Michael Roberts
Published: December 18, 2008
This year, we've wrapped our roundup of holiday albums a bit differently. Instead of delivering it to you in one big lump (like coal), we're parceling out the reviews online,...
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Bar Back
The Roxy finds new life as Pure
By Jon Solomon
Published: December 18, 2008
Joe Richards has spent a lot of time in clubs since he opened the upscale tattoo studio Indelible Ink eighteen months ago, staging body-art shows in clubs like Shotgun...
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Cafe
Ooh la la! This bistro is a beauty
By Jason Sheehan
Published: December 18, 2008
For photos from inside Brasserie Felix, go to westword.com/slideshow. You know what they call French food in Paris?" the chef asked, repeating his shtick. "What, chef?" I...
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Bite Me
French restaurants are hot - just not haute
By Jason Sheehan
Published: December 18, 2008
In an interview a while back, architect Daniel Libeskind really said all there is to say about French food. He was talking a little about the work he did on the expansion of...
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Second Helping
Leaving France for America
By Jason Sheehan
Published: December 18, 2008
I've talked about a lot of the town's French restaurants this week, but one has been left out in the cold: Aix. There are a couple of reasons for this, but the most important...
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Drunk of the Week
Grizzly Rose
By Drew Bixby
Published: December 18, 2008
The trick to making any mechanical bull your bitch is to choke up on the saddle with your knees and thighs tight against the frame, lean loosely over the rope so that your...
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