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  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Ke$ha and the Flaming Lips deliver 2012's most unexpectedly great collaboration

    We expected a lot from the collaboration between Ke$ha and The Flaming Lips -- something rocky, guitar-heavy and feisty, Ke$ha bringing the personality and The Flaming Lips bringing an unmatched quirkiness. What we got, however, was the first decidedly brilliant collaboration Ke$ha has ever done. Ev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    Kony 2012 will Paint Denver Red today

    For some, it was a depressing example of how debased humanitarian causes had become in the age of social media; for others, it was a sincere call to arms against a foreign tyrant. Either way, the Kony 2012 movement will be remembered as the most successful online campaign in the history of the Inter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    Amnesty International's Urgent Action Network was once based in Nederland

    Amnesty International USA is holding its 51st annual meeting in Denver this weekend, when a thousand activists will gather for a call to action to think globally and act locally. Colorado's the perfect spot for that: Amnesty International's Urgent Action Network for the U.S. was based here for more ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Amnesty International USA: Activists converge this weekend for 51st Annual General Meeting

    After a year when it was christened the Angriest City in America, Denver continues to be a hub of national (and this weekend, international) activism. Tomorrow through Sunday, Amnesty International USA will bring its 51st Annual General Meeting to the city, with panels and workshops dedicated to som ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Hot Lunch Apostles, a play by Boulder' Sidney Goldfarb, hits New York

    Hot Lunch Apostles, a play by Boulder poet and playwright Sidney Goldfarb, will open at New York's La MaMa Ellen Stewart Theatre on March 1 as part of the fabled Off-off-Broadway theater's fifty-year celebration. Produced by the Talking Band, a collaborative group that spins evocative tapestries of ... More >>

  • News

    December 8, 2011

    With Occupy Denver protester Corey Donahue, nothing is ever easy

    Hot Lunch Apostles, a play by Boulder poet and playwright Sidney Goldfarb, will open at New York's La MaMa Ellen Stewart Theatre on March 1 as part of the fabled Off-off-Broadway theater's fifty-year celebration. Produced by the Talking Band, a collaborative group that spins evocative tapestries of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2011

    Review: Lucinda Williams at the Paramount Theatre, 11/12/11

    ​LUCINDA WILLIAMS at PARAMOUNT | 11/12/11About a halfway through Lucinda Williams' two-hour set on Saturday night, it felt somebody hit a switch at the Paramount Theatre and all the sudden the place was electrified. For the first hour, the crowd of mostly middle-aged folks sat fairly complacen ... More >>

  • Music

    November 10, 2011

    It's official: Bob Dylan has no integrity

    ​LUCINDA WILLIAMS at PARAMOUNT | 11/12/11About a halfway through Lucinda Williams' two-hour set on Saturday night, it felt somebody hit a switch at the Paramount Theatre and all the sudden the place was electrified. For the first hour, the crowd of mostly middle-aged folks sat fairly complacen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    Medical marijuana activist Corey Donahue carves a niche in Occupy Denver's kitchen

    A newcomer at Occupy Denver might think that revolution was built on coffee and dick jokes. But while these are key ingredients at the group's rowdy and somehow entirely functional kitchen, they haven't replaced the ideals they augment. Corey Donahue, a key and consistent presence in Denver cannabis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    Amy Snyder on riding bikes across the country, losing sleep and pushing to the extreme

    ​The Race Across America is one of this country's most notoriously grueling bicycle races. Starting on the West Coast and ending on the East, it takes riders 3,000 miles over the course of eight to twelve days. What's more interesting is there are no major cash prizes -- it's all done for the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Marijuana legalization debate preview: Meet the advocates who'll be hashing it out

    Free me.​It's fitting that Wednesday night's debate between Colorado cannabis activists has been dubbed "Round One." The event is being advertised as a "lively and friendly" debate -- but if it's as impassioned and fiery as the comments on our marijuana blogs have been, it might be closer to ... More >>

  • News

    May 5, 2011

    Gay immigrants need asylum from persecution at home

    Free me.​It's fitting that Wednesday night's debate between Colorado cannabis activists has been dubbed "Round One." The event is being advertised as a "lively and friendly" debate -- but if it's as impassioned and fiery as the comments on our marijuana blogs have been, it might be closer to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    xx marks the spot: Own a piece of, ahem, music history. Buy xx's lighting gear.

    ​Okay, music history might not be the best word for this. It's more like a piece of music's present. Starting today, you can begin placing bids on the xx's lighting gear in an auction that runs through October 2, shortly after which the band will finally take a break from its endless tour sche ... More >>

  • News

    June 3, 2010

    Badlands: From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border

    ​Okay, music history might not be the best word for this. It's more like a piece of music's present. Starting today, you can begin placing bids on the xx's lighting gear in an auction that runs through October 2, shortly after which the band will finally take a break from its endless tour sche ... More >>

  • Music

    October 30, 2008

    Mexico's Jaguares bring their roar north of the border

    ​Okay, music history might not be the best word for this. It's more like a piece of music's present. Starting today, you can begin placing bids on the xx's lighting gear in an auction that runs through October 2, shortly after which the band will finally take a break from its endless tour sche ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2008

    Q&A with Saúl Hernández of Jaguares

    ​Okay, music history might not be the best word for this. It's more like a piece of music's present. Starting today, you can begin placing bids on the xx's lighting gear in an auction that runs through October 2, shortly after which the band will finally take a break from its endless tour sche ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 28, 2008

    Give Peace Jam a Chance

    Adolfo Perez Esquivel speaks out.

  • News

    January 19, 2006

    In the Hot Seat

    A misdirected e-mail is a revelation.

  • News

    April 7, 2005

    The Message

    Hard Corps

  • Music

    October 14, 2004

    Blood Brothers

    Crimes (V2)

  • Calendar

    September 18, 2003

    Pony Up

    American tall tale gallops across these pages

  • Music

    February 20, 2003

    Too Fast for Love

    With a white-hot major-label debut, the Donnas don't have time for Avril Lavigne -- or you.

  • News

    December 12, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of December 12, 2002

  • Calendar

    November 14, 2002

    Justice for All

    Questions about behavior in wartime provide the stew for the meaty Civil Liberties Theater Project.

  • Culture

    February 21, 2002

    Critical Incites

    Politics dominate shows at two local galleries, as well as in Denver's new courthouse.

  • Culture

    December 6, 2001

    Hunger Strike

    Can a non-9/11 benefit album make any noise?

  • News

    October 11, 2001

    Off Limits

    Old soldiers never die

  • News

    July 26, 2001

    Made in China

    The Olympics again place first in the Dash for Cash.

  • News

    May 25, 2000

    Radio for (Lots of) Change

    Expectations are high for Boulder's Working Assets radio -- maybe too high.

  • News

    December 9, 1999

    Boy Wonder

    Raoul Wuthrich caught the Jeffco Juvenile Justice System with its pants down.

  • Calendar

    March 4, 1999

    Night & Day

    March 4 - 10, 1999

  • News

    August 27, 1998

    Letters

    March 4 - 10, 1999

  • News

    July 9, 1998

    The Underclass

    Colorado's illegal immigrants find trouble even when they try to do things legally.

  • Music

    March 27, 1997

    Here Comes the Judge

    Judge Roughneck on the insult that turned it into a band.

  • News

    March 6, 1997

    Nightmare on the Net

    A web of intrigue surrounds the high-stakes legal brawl between FACTnet and the Church of Scientology.

  • Culture

    January 16, 1997

    Armageddoned and Dangerous

    A web of intrigue surrounds the high-stakes legal brawl between FACTnet and the Church of Scientology.

  • News

    October 10, 1996

    Due Unto Others

    Next month, Colorado voters will decide whether the state's $5 billion worth of tax-exempt properties are all charity cases.

  • Film

    May 18, 1994

    ALL WET

    Next month, Colorado voters will decide whether the state's $5 billion worth of tax-exempt properties are all charity cases.

  • Calendar

    March 16, 1994

    THRILLS

    Next month, Colorado voters will decide whether the state's $5 billion worth of tax-exempt properties are all charity cases.

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