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Ken Burns

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Author Benjamin Hale on Braveheart, chimp sex and Kafka

    ​We generally don't think much about who is narrating our stories, but in the case of Benjamin Hale's new novel, The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore, we have to. Mostly because the narrator is an ape. Hale, who grew up in and around Boulder but who currently lives in New York, will be in town to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Titus Andronicus at Bluebird Theater - 09.15.10

    Jonathan Easley​ TITUS ANDRONICUS with Free Energy 09.15.10 | Bluebird Theater, Denver Free Energy opened for Titus Andronicus at the Bluebird last night, and while I was skeptical of the band's hype upon entering the venue, I'm fully on board now. The Philly quintet has received breathless ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Patrick Stickles of Titus Andronicus talks bagpipes, Bright Eyes and the Boss

    ​ Titus Andronicus is frightfully serious about punk rock. The group of well-read, New Jersey-bred twenty-somethings recently released The Monitor, a concept album about the Civil War that contains spoken-word, era-appropriate interludes, male-female call-and-response, and three track punk su ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 19, 2010

    Take Me Out to the Ballgame

    ​ Titus Andronicus is frightfully serious about punk rock. The group of well-read, New Jersey-bred twenty-somethings recently released The Monitor, a concept album about the Civil War that contains spoken-word, era-appropriate interludes, male-female call-and-response, and three track punk su ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    Bicycling in Denver: A look at more than a century of bike craziness

    ​These days, Denver seems to be pumping those pedals like never before, thanks to initiatives like the city's new B-cycle bike-sharing program. But it turns out the city has always been bike crazy, with more bikes per capita than any other city in the country around the turn of the 20th centur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    The Wire's David Simon has a new HBO series that uses fiction to honor New Orleans' surreal, heart-breaking fact

    ​Editor's Note: Treme writer/producer David Mills died of a brain aneurysm Tuesday in New Orleans. He'd written extensively about theTreme process and his burgeoning love for New Orleans music on his blog, undercoverblackman.blogspot.com. His Times-Picayune obit is here. By Larry Blumenfeld ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 12, 2009

    All That Jazz

    ​Editor's Note: Treme writer/producer David Mills died of a brain aneurysm Tuesday in New Orleans. He'd written extensively about theTreme process and his burgeoning love for New Orleans music on his blog, undercoverblackman.blogspot.com. His Times-Picayune obit is here. By Larry Blumenfeld ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 3, 2009

    Nature Calls

    ​Editor's Note: Treme writer/producer David Mills died of a brain aneurysm Tuesday in New Orleans. He'd written extensively about theTreme process and his burgeoning love for New Orleans music on his blog, undercoverblackman.blogspot.com. His Times-Picayune obit is here. By Larry Blumenfeld ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 21, 2009

    Film on the Mountain

    Telluride’s Mountainfilm weds social justice and entertainment in the high country.

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2009

    The Sage Building, formerly the Fontius building, gets its name in lights

    After decades of disregard, it's been a busy couple of years for the downtown structure formerly known as the Fontius building. First in the summer of 2007, local developer Evan Makovsky bought the infamously decrepit building at the corner of 16th and Welton streets as part of his ambitious plan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2008

    Saggy-Boob Electric Penis: a video montage

    In case you haven't had enough of Westword-christened Saggy Boob Electric Penis, the molten-red glistening pile of suggestive public-art bulbousness that now graces one end of the Highland pedestrian bridge, click below to see a delightful video collage "BunchaHicks," one of our blog commenters, dir ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2007

    The Best TV of 2007

    In case you haven't had enough of Westword-christened Saggy Boob Electric Penis, the molten-red glistening pile of suggestive public-art bulbousness that now graces one end of the Highland pedestrian bridge, click below to see a delightful video collage "BunchaHicks," one of our blog commenters, dir ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 23, 2007

    Sneak Peek

    In case you haven't had enough of Westword-christened Saggy Boob Electric Penis, the molten-red glistening pile of suggestive public-art bulbousness that now graces one end of the Highland pedestrian bridge, click below to see a delightful video collage "BunchaHicks," one of our blog commenters, dir ... More >>

  • Music

    August 2, 2007

    Creative Music Works Keeps Breaking Ground

    What's it take to keep jazz interesting for nearly twenty years?

  • Film

    June 22, 2006

    Letter-Box Edition

    Wordplay explores the cult of the crossword puzzle.

  • Film

    March 9, 2006

    C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America

    Starz FilmCenter in the Tivoli Student Union

  • Home Entertainment

    October 27, 2005

    Cameron Crowing

    Starz FilmCenter in the Tivoli Student Union

  • Calendar

    January 6, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Starz FilmCenter in the Tivoli Student Union

  • Music

    December 30, 2004

    Smells Like Indie Spirit

    Music that made the world safe for the word "alternative" again.

  • Film

    February 12, 2004

    Flick Pick

    Denver Jazz on Film Festival

  • Music

    January 17, 2002

    Taking Flight

    Legendary drummer Roy Haynes sings Bird's praises while creating his own legend.

  • Music

    October 25, 2001

    Ryan Adams, Jay Farrar

    Gold (Lost Highw), Sebastopol (Artemis)

  • Music

    August 30, 2001

    Bumpa Crop

    From Moroccan-flavored psycho-trance to furious superfunk, Critters Buggin cross space and time zones with their music.

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of July 5, 2001

  • Music

    May 24, 2001

    Ripple Effect

    Ken Burns's Jazz remains controversial. But its effect on album sales is difficult to dispute.

  • Calendar

    February 15, 2001

    Beyond Burns

    A look at screen gems from the Denver Jazz on Film Festival.

  • Music

    February 8, 2001

    Charles Mingus

    The Very Best of Charles Mingus(Rhino/Atlantic)

  • Music

    December 28, 2000

    On the Records

    Backbeat contributors reflect on the releases that helped them survive the year 2000.

  • Film

    October 29, 1998

    Stake Tartare

    Backbeat contributors reflect on the releases that helped them survive the year 2000.

  • Culture

    October 1, 1998

    Everyone Knows It's Windy

    Backbeat contributors reflect on the releases that helped them survive the year 2000.

  • Calendar

    December 11, 1997

    Thrills for the week

    Backbeat contributors reflect on the releases that helped them survive the year 2000.

  • Calendar

    September 12, 1996

    Thrills for the week

    Backbeat contributors reflect on the releases that helped them survive the year 2000.

  • Calendar

    September 20, 1995

    THRILLS

    Backbeat contributors reflect on the releases that helped them survive the year 2000.

  • Calendar

    March 29, 1995

    THRILLS

    Backbeat contributors reflect on the releases that helped them survive the year 2000.

  • News

    January 4, 1995

    DEAD BALL ERA

    Backbeat contributors reflect on the releases that helped them survive the year 2000.

  • News

    December 28, 1994

    YEAR STRIKES OUT

    Backbeat contributors reflect on the releases that helped them survive the year 2000.

  • Film

    October 5, 1994

    FOUL BALL

    Backbeat contributors reflect on the releases that helped them survive the year 2000.

  • News

    September 7, 1994

    THE GAMES BEHIND THE GAME

    Backbeat contributors reflect on the releases that helped them survive the year 2000.

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