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  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Focus on the Family defends gay "cure" after past supporter rejects it

    Update:In an interview on view below, One Colorado executive director Brad Clark predicted that Dr. Robert Spitzer's repudiation of his own 2001 study, which suggested that gays could be "cured," wouldn't dissuade Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family from continuing to support so-called repara ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Colorado Common Cause's Elena Nunez: "We have such opportunities because we're in crisis"

    Elena Nunez.​Growing up and watching Crossfire in Tempe, Arizona, 33-year-old Elena Nunez learned to trust her local government approximately as far as she could throw it. In the late '80s, Arizona Governor Evan Mecham was impeached on grounds of misusing funds and obstruction of justice, and ... More >>

  • Film

    October 28, 2010

    Inside Job is a stupefying account of the 2008 global economic meltdown

    Elena Nunez.​Growing up and watching Crossfire in Tempe, Arizona, 33-year-old Elena Nunez learned to trust her local government approximately as far as she could throw it. In the late '80s, Arizona Governor Evan Mecham was impeached on grounds of misusing funds and obstruction of justice, and ... More >>

  • News

    October 14, 2010

    What is with the Mexican hangup on body parts?

    Elena Nunez.​Growing up and watching Crossfire in Tempe, Arizona, 33-year-old Elena Nunez learned to trust her local government approximately as far as she could throw it. In the late '80s, Arizona Governor Evan Mecham was impeached on grounds of misusing funds and obstruction of justice, and ... More >>

  • Culture

    September 9, 2010

    Moving Westerns: A Charles Deas exhibit brings the best of the West to the Denver Art Museum

    Elena Nunez.​Growing up and watching Crossfire in Tempe, Arizona, 33-year-old Elena Nunez learned to trust her local government approximately as far as she could throw it. In the late '80s, Arizona Governor Evan Mecham was impeached on grounds of misusing funds and obstruction of justice, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Patton Oswalt ripped off. Again! WTF?!

    Wherever he is right now, Nick Madson has got to be breathing a huge sigh of relief. Thanks to Brian Corman, who lifted part of his valedictorian speech at Columbia University last week directly from Patton Oswalt's "Physics for Poets" bit (38:38 above), when the random doucher category comes up o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    Channel 7 wins duPont-Columbia award, broadcast TV's Pulitzer, for plane crash investigation

    Tony Kovaleski's got a pretty fancy date next week.​Last March, we lauded 33 Minutes to 3-4 Right, an unusually ambitious half-hour long Channel 7 documentary about the December 2008 crash of Continental Flight 1404, and the thirty-minutes-plus it took for the first ambulance to arrive on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    An evening with Ed Harris (and Tom Bower?) at the Starz Denver Film Festival

    Photo courtesy of the Denver Film SocietyEd Harris with his co-stars for the evening, Starz Denver Film Festival co-founder Ron Henderson and Mayor John Hickenlooper.​The Starz Denver Film Festival is seldom able to lure the biggest name actors to make appearances even when using its annual Ma ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 15, 2009

    Shows at Havu and MCA Denver bring the abstract

    Photo courtesy of the Denver Film SocietyEd Harris with his co-stars for the evening, Starz Denver Film Festival co-founder Ron Henderson and Mayor John Hickenlooper.​The Starz Denver Film Festival is seldom able to lure the biggest name actors to make appearances even when using its annual Ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: And the rest is history

    Architect Ed White changed the way the world looks at Denver -- not just through his architectural designs, but through his friendship with Jack Kerouac. That friendship is documented in the form of Tim Gray, a White-like character in On The Road, as well as in the structure of the book itself. Ba ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 7, 2009

    Paul Gillis and Werner Drewes offer alternate points of view

    Architect Ed White changed the way the world looks at Denver -- not just through his architectural designs, but through his friendship with Jack Kerouac. That friendship is documented in the form of Tim Gray, a White-like character in On The Road, as well as in the structure of the book itself. Ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    Q&A with Gil Scott-Heron

    In advance of his two shows this weekend (Saturday, May 2nd at The Oriental and Sunday, May 3rd at The Fox Theatre), we were able to have a few words with jazz/proto-hip-hop legend Gil Scott-Heron about his influences and his work. Westword: Your music is known for being socially conscious. When an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2009

    Channel 4 to Twitter -- gallbladder surgery?

    Chop, chop. Who isn't jumping on the Twitter bandwagon? Last week, we told you about the Boulder Police Department's new Twitter feed. Now, Channel 4 is boasting about Dr. Dave Hnida, the station's medical expert, Twittering the gallbladder surgery of a seven-year-old girl. This gimmick, which can ... More >>

  • News

    December 4, 2008

    The Landmark Preservation Commission makes some history

    Chop, chop. Who isn't jumping on the Twitter bandwagon? Last week, we told you about the Boulder Police Department's new Twitter feed. Now, Channel 4 is boasting about Dr. Dave Hnida, the station's medical expert, Twittering the gallbladder surgery of a seven-year-old girl. This gimmick, which can ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    Another coup for 5280 magazine

    Chop, chop. Who isn't jumping on the Twitter bandwagon? Last week, we told you about the Boulder Police Department's new Twitter feed. Now, Channel 4 is boasting about Dr. Dave Hnida, the station's medical expert, Twittering the gallbladder surgery of a seven-year-old girl. This gimmick, which can ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 10, 2008

    The Journalism Fates of the Boulder Brauchlis

    Chop, chop. Who isn't jumping on the Twitter bandwagon? Last week, we told you about the Boulder Police Department's new Twitter feed. Now, Channel 4 is boasting about Dr. Dave Hnida, the station's medical expert, Twittering the gallbladder surgery of a seven-year-old girl. This gimmick, which can ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 29, 2008

    Prior Restraint

    Florence Knolldefines modern at the Kirkland Museum.

  • Music

    March 20, 2008

    Vampire Weekend Takes on Its Buzz

    Hot on the heels of SXSW, the nation’s hottest buzz band returns to Denver.

  • Music

    December 6, 2007

    Vampire Weekend

    Most bands would kill for the buzz surrounding this NYC quartet.

  • News

    October 18, 2007

    The Mexican Dismembers History

    Everything you wanted to know about Pancho Villa’s skull but were afraid to ask.

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2007

    David McSwane Remains Editor of CSU Paper

    Everything you wanted to know about Pancho Villa’s skull but were afraid to ask.

  • Calendar

    July 26, 2007

    Going, Going, Gonzo

    Everything you wanted to know about Pancho Villa’s skull but were afraid to ask.

  • News

    July 12, 2007

    Our Daily Bread

    Newspapers keep cutting staff, but Jake Jab’s American Furniture Warehouse is standing by them. Why?

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2007

    Back to School

    Newspapers keep cutting staff, but Jake Jab’s American Furniture Warehouse is standing by them. Why?

  • Music

    June 1, 2006

    Walking Tall

    The Walkmen's A Hundred Miles Off is actually right on point.

  • News

    August 4, 2005

    Off Limits

    I Am Curious, Yellow

  • Music

    July 7, 2005

    Robbie Fulks

    Friday, July 8, Bender's Tavern, 303-861-7070.

  • Film

    February 24, 2005

    Death Warmed Over Again

    A family's crisis feels a bit too familiar in Imaginary Heroes.

  • Culture

    February 17, 2005

    Black History Speaks

    Shadow Theatre's Paul Robeson restores an American giant.

  • Culture

    December 16, 2004

    Rare Sightings

    Jeff Starr and Margaret Neumann riff off their idiosyncrasies.

  • Culture

    November 25, 2004

    Savage Beauty

    The DAM's Tiwanaku is an impressive, groundbreaking exhibit.

  • Film

    May 6, 2004

    City Unlimited

    If you're young and female, New York Minute is your movie.

  • Calendar

    April 17, 2003

    Spiking Poetry

    Landmark readings honor Kenneth Koch

  • Culture

    March 6, 2003

    Artbeat

    Brief sketches of what's happening in the Denver art scene.

  • Culture

    February 20, 2003

    End of an Era

    Big changes are afoot at Foothills Art Center.

  • Film

    May 2, 2002

    Dream Weaver

    Spider-Man slings pop mythology for the masses.

  • News

    May 31, 2001

    Off Limits

    And the beat goes on

  • Music

    October 5, 2000

    Hit Pick

    Pete and Joan Wernick

  • News

    December 9, 1999

    The Man Who Wasn't There

    Bill Johnson doesn't let the truth get in the way of a good story.

  • News

    November 18, 1999

    Man Without a City

    Ken Hamblin says he's a stranger in his hometown.

  • Film

    October 28, 1999

    A Crying Shame

    First-time director Kimberly Peirce distinguishes herself and her real-life subject with Boys Don't Cry.

  • Music

    April 29, 1999

    Edutainment

    Defari teaches hip-hop and history with equal skill.

  • Music

    August 20, 1998

    Blondy on Blondy

    Africa's Alpha Blondy speaks reggae's language.

  • Culture

    February 6, 1997

    Rare Editions

    Africa's Alpha Blondy speaks reggae's language.

  • Culture

    November 28, 1996

    Roots

    Africa's Alpha Blondy speaks reggae's language.

  • Film

    November 21, 1996

    Face Facts

    Streisand's funhouse Mirror warps her strengths into rare weaknesses.

  • Culture

    August 22, 1996

    Cool It

    Streisand's funhouse Mirror warps her strengths into rare weaknesses.

  • Music

    March 21, 1996

    Rhymes of Passion

    The Fugees are determined to make rap, not war.

  • Music

    January 31, 1996

    THE MAGNIFICENT FIVE

    PETE WERNICK'S LIVE FIVE PLAYS BLUEGRASS A NEW WAY.

  • Film

    July 26, 1995

    REVOLUTION SQUARED

    PETE WERNICK'S LIVE FIVE PLAYS BLUEGRASS A NEW WAY.

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