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100 Colorado Creatives: Sahar Pazirandeh

#76: Sahar Pazirandeh Sahar Pazirandeh left Iran with her family in the late '80s, when she was nine years old, in the wake of changes that followed the ancient nation's Islamic revolution. She'd spent her early years in the grip of Iran's new fundamentalist face; her own mother, a former IBM execu ... More >>

Berlin screenings reveal two possible cases of grading on the curve

Abbas Kiarostami's films are still singular and provocative

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The symbolism in Argo's wisecracking script is impossible to miss

Firewater's frontman on actually leaving the country like others threatened when Dubya won

Disgusted with the re-election of George W. Bush in 2005, Firewater ringleader Tod A left New York -- where he'd lived for the previous two decades and where he'd fronted Cop Shoot Cop -- and headed out of the country on a three-year journey that took him to the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent ... More >>

Marjane Satrapi on culture, family and her new film

Top ten recent politicians to excuse stupid comments with "I misspoke"

Earlier, we reported about Representative Mike Coffman's excuse for a comment he made suggesting that Barack Obama may not have been born in the U.S.: "I misspoke." By making this claim, Coffman is in good company: It's become a favorite of politicians who say something dumb or inaccurate but want t ... More >>

Former Primasonic frontman starts new Post 303 channel, Clampdown Radio, and a new band

See Also: • Q&A with Sin and Kurt of Primasonic • Former Indie 101.5 music director and Lipgloss co-founder looking to break into Internet radio Sindo Lamas, the former frontman of Primasonic has been involved in radio off and on since the '80s. He recently launched Clampdown Radio, which grew ... More >>

Shirin Ebadi comes to Denver as another Nobel Peace Prize winner pulls out of Chicago summit

Mairead Corrigan Maguire, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work in Northern Ireland, has pulled out of the twelfth World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates that starts Monday in Chicago. "That's what happens when you don't hold your big Nobel events in Denver!," jokes Dawn Engle, a founde ... More >>

MOP's Ashlin Malouf-Spinden pulls political perspective from Bahá'í roots

Editor's note: This is the latest profile in Kelsey Whipple's ongoing series highlighting local political activists. In the house where she grew up, Ashlin Malouf-Spinden's family spent a great deal of time discussing democracy. But because they feared retribution, those conversations never left t ... More >>

Starz Denver Film Festival 2011 must-see pick for Wednesday, November 9: Good Bye

Video below.​Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest -- including many flicks that movie lovers might otherwise miss amid the flood of silver-screen goodies. Here, he shares his choice for tonight: Good ... More >>

Pristine Bar & Grill set to open in June

Pristine Hookah Lounge becomes Pristine Bar & Grill.​Pristine Hookah Lounge opened near Evans Avenue and South Sheridan Boulevard last year, and it's about to get a concept overhaul: Owner Iran Faamausili has shut down the smoking operation and will reopen it as Pristine Bar & Grill, a Hawaiia ... More >>

Bill Murray fanatics have one last day to prove their knowledge -- and it's not Groundhog Day

Bill Murray.​Denver blog posts fresh off the griddle. Geeks Who Drinks' last all-Bill Murray quiz takes place at 7 p.m. tonight at the D-Note. Zombieland: Best. Cameo. Ever. BigMedia.org's Jason Salzman quizzes Craig Silverman about why he didn't challenge Denish D'Souza's claim that Barack ... More >>

Starz Denver Film Festival: Artistic director Brit Withey's must-see pick for Thursday, Nov. 11

Brit Withey.​Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest -- flicks that movie lovers might otherwise miss amid the flood of silver-screen goodies. Below, he describes his choice for Thursday, November 11: Do ... More >>

U.S. gov gets tough on cigarette labels, but not really

Halloween, fun!​When it comes to advertising that is geared to deter someone from something, the most effective -- and most often chosen -- tactic is to use images that scare the shit out of any would-be buyers or doers. This is often seen in political ads and AIDS awareness ads, and now it is ... More >>

Starz Denver Film Festival: Artistic director Brit Withey's must-see picks for November 5-7

Brit Withey.​Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest -- flicks that movie lovers might otherwise miss amid the flood of silver-screen goodies. Below, he describes his choices for November 5-7: The Crossi ... More >>

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Five things you shouldn't be able to buy online, but can

​When we heard recently that Walmart has begun selling coffins online, our first reaction was stupefied disbelief. Really, Walmart? Coffins? Online? Aren't there some things that just shouldn't be sold online? Well, of course there are. But that doesn't mean they aren't sold online anyway. We ... More >>

Social media -- getting the word out quickly and sometimes accurately!

"I'm not dead. I feel great, actually." As noted in a blog earlier today, new media, and social media in particular, played a huge part in disseminating the news of Michael Jackson's death yesterday. Chances are most of us heard about it directly or indirectly through Twitter, Facebook or MySpace. ... More >>

Meet in the Middle

American and Iranian artists explore each other’s cultures.

The Big Three-Oh

Spark Gallery celebrates a milestone anniversary.

Meet Hypernova, exploding stars from the Iranian underground

Q&A With Laurie Anderson

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Capsule reviews of current shows

Friday Rap-Up: Lupe Fiasco, Nate Dogg, C-Murder, Method Man

Grand Design

Homayoun Ershadi, from architect to actor.

Noir, Blanc et Rouge

Starz FilmCenter offers two children's movies with strong messages.

August Rush Closes the Denver Film Festival on a Hackneyed Note

Love Story

You'll fall for Gold Lake, airy dresses and quirky beach reads.

Best Movie Theater -- Programming

Starz FilmCenter

Best Slip of the Tongue by a Colorado Politician

Pete Coors

The Beatdown

Elevators, Frappuccinos, and things that go bump in the night.

Flick Pick

Crimson Gold

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Flick Pick

September 11

A Peek Behind Iran's Veil

Poetic Under the Skin reveals a portrait of modern Tehran.

Darryl Worley

Have You Forgotten?(Dreamworks)

Vote Here

An election enables Secret Ballot to explore social relations in modern Iran.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of March 14, 2002

Suffer the Children

A Time for Drunken Horses eloquently depicts the plight of the Kurds.

Small Pleasures

An Iranian film believes the children are the future -- again.

All That Heaven Allows

Losers No More

Kickin' It

Mouthing Off

Popped Culture