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• Sex

  May 23, 2008

• The Men of Sex and the City

  May 27, 2008

• That '60s Show

  Oliver Beene goes against fake millionaires and phony idols

  March 6, 2003

• Scratching the Surface

  Chris Fortier

  July 29, 2004

• Ten treasures: A short guide to the underpinnings of Denver ArtsWeek

  Art by Carlos Fresquez. I’m a Denver native who snuck away for seven years to live in San Francisco until circumstances called me back. A lot of people thought I was plain out of my mind to come back here, where the culture just doesn’t engulf the city like that famous San Franciscan fog. But I found myself explaining again and again that you have to hit Denver’s cultural communities like you hit a vein of gold ore: They exist, richly, in wildly creative pockets -- but you have to fin

  November 21, 2008

• A Sporting Chance

  December 14, 2000

• Hoops, Here It Is

  March 14, 2002

• Piggish for Pigskin

  January 9, 2003

• Denver named the fifth-manliest U.S. city by the guys who make cheese-filled pretzels

  This man hails from either Denver, Nashville, or the Hunk-O-Mania Striptease group. Denver's abundance of sports teams, love of tools, and shunning of minivans and window treatments rank it among the country's five manliest cities, according to a study released this week by the makers of cheese-filled pretzels. Combos, the delicious snack maker, and Bert Sterling, the professional bullshit city ranker, recently teamed up to decide which U.S. cities were worthy of hosting a log-rolling competi

  March 6, 2009

• Our March Madness predictions: The women's first round went well -- but what happened to Tennessee?

  Legendary Tennessee coach Pat Summitt. Although most fans who fill out brackets during NCAA basketball tournament season only focus on the men's teams, the contest through the Archdiocese of Denver that my daughter Lora and I have participated in during recent years gives the women equal billing. That's a good thing from the perspective of fairness -- and, as a bonus, Lora and I have generally had a better record guessing the outcome of the women's competition than the men's. And the same thing

  March 23, 2009

• Our March Madness predictions: A sad start to the women's second round

  Italee Lucas' 21 points weren't enough for the Tar Heels. "Our March Madness Predictions: A Prelude to Humiliation...," published March 18, shared brackets assembled by me and my daughter, Lora, for both the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournaments -- and in an update posted yesterday, I noted that our women's picks had proven more accurate than the men's in the first round. Unfortunately, this hasn't proven to be a trend. Last night was catastrophic: We wound up just 4-4, incorrectly gues

  March 24, 2009

• Our March Madness predictions: The catastrophe worsens in the women's second round

  Duke's Abby Waner, who's from Highlands Ranch, probably didn't enjoy the game against Michigan State. Oh. My. God. The headline on the first blog about the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournament picks made by my daughter Lora and me -- "Our March Madness Predictions: A Prelude to Humiliation..." -- could hardly have been more prescient. Our 5-3 record last night in the second half of round two for the women was a modest improvement over the previous day's pathetic 4-4 mark, but Michigan S

  March 25, 2009

• Our March Madness predictions: Savaged by (Baylor) Bears

  Louisville's late burst plowed under Kelli Griffin's Baylor squad. The women's NCAA basketball bracket put together by my daughter Lora and me isn't quite as calamitous as our men's picks, but close. The big blow: Baylor, which we designated to reach the finals, went dry late in the second half of its contest with Louisville, eventually tumbling by a whopping seventeen points. Four of our Elite Eight are still standing upright, including Connecticut, which will only be knocked out if all of its

  March 30, 2009

• Our March Madness predictions: 0-2 in the women's tourney last night

  Going slow and steady didn't help Marissa Coleman's Maryland Terps. The women's NCAA basketball tournament bracket my daughter Lora and I shared in "Our March Madness Predictions: A Prelude to Humiliation..." have taken a pounding, and last night's pair of Elite Eight games didn't help -- not that they could have. Stanford beat Iowa State, but we had the Cardinal losing to Duke, which fell long ago. And while we correctly guessed that Maryland wouldn't make it past this point, we thought they'd

  March 31, 2009

• Our March Madness predictions: Have the Connecticut women even broken a sweat yet?

  Connecticut's Maya Moore. The updates that have followed in the wake of the March 18 blog "Our March Madness Predictions: A Prelude to Humiliation...," which shared choices in the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournament made by my daughter Lora and me, have been grim at times. Last night, though, the news was better when it came to the pair of women's Elite Eight contests, if resolutely unsurprising. Connecticut took it easy on Arizona State, only winning by nineteen points, while Oklahoma

  April 1, 2009

• Now Playing

  Capsule reviews of current shows

  September 4, 2008

• Now Playing

  Capsule reviews of current shows

  August 28, 2008

• Now Playing

  Capsule reviews of current shows

  August 21, 2008

• Buntport Theater Company skewers other swashbucklers with Musketeer

  August 14, 2008

• Sermon on the Mount

  Adam Cayton-Holland goes totally ’Rado.

  July 10, 2008

• Sex and the City: The Movie

  Despite the labels and levity, the big-screen SATC is a poor man's knockoff.

  May 29, 2008

• Pride and Prejudice

  A production that's plain Jane.

  December 6, 2007

• The Exterminating Angels

  Rap-beating French director Jean-Claude Brisseau gets off.

  May 3, 2007

• The Music Men

  Halfway through Sundance, and still whistling a happy tune.

  February 1, 2007

• Whip Smart

  The new Castlevania lives up to its legacy.

  January 11, 2007

• Mad About You

  Beyond Therapy shows how crazy love can, and should, be.

  July 6, 2006

• What Ever Happened to Lady Jane?

  Fonda's humiliation is only one reason this Monster is such a dog.

  May 12, 2005

• Soar Points

  Tongue of a Bird is weighed down by symbolism.

  April 15, 2004

• Off Limits

  Peek-a-boo

  April 8, 2004

• Spun Gold

  November 6, 2003

• Stage Fright

  Marriage gets its close-up in My Wife Is an Actress.

  July 25, 2002

• Yeah, That's the Ticket!

  Sure, you can tell it to the judge -- but first, try the referee.

  July 25, 2002

• Flour Power

  The queen of torts takes a cooking class full circle.

  February 15, 2001

• Flight From Life

  Tongue of a Bird helps us decide which memories to keep and which to let go.

  November 9, 2000

• Almost Famous

  Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell isn't Carrie Bradshaw. Like, really.

  September 21, 2000

• Left for Dead

  When the Aurora cops finished investigating the crime scene, they’d missed one crucial piece of evidence: Alan Conner’s body.

  March 9, 2000

• Horse Sense

  June 18, 1998

• Is There Life After Mike?

  December 11, 1997

• Stage Rites

  September 18, 1997

• The Rogue of Five Points

  Painting the town with Count Bacon

  October 24, 1996

• The National Billionaires Association

  July 25, 1996

• Jane Err

  April 18, 1996

• OFF LIMITS

  June 14, 1995

• A SITE FOR SORE EYESFLYING BLIND THE ART AT DIA IS MOSTLY DOA.

  March 8, 1995

• NELL AND VOID

  December 28, 1994

• IT'S SURREAL THING

  November 23, 1994

• A SAFETY NET FOR SENIORS

  April 27, 1994

• Denver's urban gardeners are digging their backyard farms

  April 30, 2009

• Urbavore's Dilemma: Final harvest

  Photo by Brian Kraft Photography​Urbavore's Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers' commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from backyard chickens to front-lawn gardens, from greenhouses to co-ops and food-sharing. Check out the full series here. I've spent all summer exploring Denver's urban homesteading scene, from ad-hoc veggie gardens sprouting up in vacant lots to a luxur

  September 1, 2009

• Paranoid Production

  September 10, 2009