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One Million Bones starts with you and your kids, today at RedLine

This one's officially for the kids, but it's really about the whole world, and the suffering of people in other nations. As part of its ongoing Monthly Creative Literacy program in collaboration with the Denver Public Library, RedLine will host the second of two One Million Bones art events in Denv ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 in Denver this weekend (7 free!), December 7-9

Money troubles? Forget your cares while enjoying some of the bargain entertainment in Denver this weekend. Friday thrugh Sunday are full of interesting events -- everything from watching classic Saturday morning cartoons and local comedy to gazing at dinosaur bones -- and we've found seven great eve ... More >>

Chris Brokaw on the time he played a show with GG Allin in drag and under an assumed name

Chris Brokaw has had a career in underground music that sounds like it can't possibly be true: He went to Oberlin College in the '80s, where he met Sooyoung Park, Liz Phair, John McEntire and Stephen Immerwahr. After graduation he played drums briefly with GG Allin, and from there he more or less he ... More >>

Weld County campaign to educate immigrants about preventing, reporting crime

Weld County is launching a campaign to educate immigrants about the importance of reporting crimes to the police. "We want everyone to report crime, every time," Ken Buck, the Weld County district attorney, said today at a press conference in Greeley. That includes undocumented immigrants and refu ... More >>

Photos: Grand opening of East 13th Avenue and Xenia Street park and gardens

Around a beautiful garden, playground equipment and a turf soccer field -- and under the shade provided by a large cottonwood tree -- members of the diverse East Colfax community joined together in a grand opening celebration for a new city park on East 13th Avenue and Xenia Street this past weekend ... More >>

PeaceJam co-founder recalls connection with now-traveling Aung San Suu Kyi

Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma is currently in Thailand, her first international trip in 24 years. Suu Kyi spent much of the past two decades under a house arrest enforced by the ruling military junta, which has since been replaced. Now freed, Suu Kyi has been elected to Parliament. The ... More >>

They Call It Myanmar, in Denver tomorrow, lifts the curtain on the people of Burma

Colorado is home to more than two thousand refugees from Burma, an isolated country in southeast Asia. Among them is Drucie Bathin, the head of the Colorado Rangers Organization, which works on the model of refugees helping refugees, and the subject of our cover story, "A World Away." And what is it ... More >>

Emily Griffith program to teach job skills to refugees to graduate 1,000th student today

www.egos-school.com​ Five years ago, teachers at the Emily Griffith Technical College Language Learning Center, which offers free English classes to refugees, recognized a problem: Even when refugees landed jobs, they had trouble holding onto them. "We noticed that they were lacking in America ... More >>

Refugees in Colorado: How many are here, and where do they come from?

In 2010, Colorado welcomed 2,367 refugees from around the world. That's more than in 2009, when 2,157 refugees were resettled here, but fewer than in 1980, when 4,200 refugees made Colorado their new home. So where do these refugees come from -- and why? As explained in the cover story "A World Awa ... More >>

Burma: A primer on recent political changes in the country also known as Myanmar

The government of Burma (also known as Myanmar) is undergoing a transformation of sorts. As explained in this week's cover story, "A World Away," Burma has been a dangerous place for decades due to civil wars and the oppressive policies of the former ruling military junta. In the past year, a new no ... More >>

Local refugees from Burma would be lost without Drucie Bathin

Video: Teenage refugees from Burma perform a traditional dance for the New Year

This week's cover story, "A World Away," tells the story of Drucie Bathin, a 46-year-old refugee from Burma who has made it her life's work to help other, newer refugees. She has a soft spot for the teenagers. To help them connect to their heritage, and stay out of trouble, she plays chauffeur and c ... More >>

Five restaurant concepts I'd love to see in Denver

Nopalito​I did some traveling this summer, and I used each trip as an opportunity to eat my way through a city. Frequently, I'd note, with smug superiority, that we do certain things just as well -- or better -- in Denver. But there were also moments when I was gullet-deep in some delicious mo ... More >>

New park, community garden to grow -- with neighbors' input -- in vacant lot in East Colfax

​ It started with a vacant lot. But where others saw a scrubby, rectangular piece of land strewn with rocks and broken glass, the refugees living in the adjacent apartments saw a soccer field and a gathering place and spot to grow vegetables. On Monday, the city Parks and Recreation Department ... More >>

Super Mario is back: Our new release picks for December 7, 2010

​New releases are an excellent option for holiday gifts, because unless you're out shopping for someone who buys, rather literally, everything the day of release, you can almost be guaranteed that it's something they don't already have. We've got a good wide-ranging selection of stuff this wee ... More >>

Sixteen years after his death, not-so-famous novelist John Williams is finding his audience

Mile High Music Festival: Ozomatli on activism and working under the Bush administration

​ This is distinctly American music. Working with a lineup that's fluctuated between six and ten and has included members of Jurassic 5, Ozomatli has for some fifteen years been blending Latin rhythms and hip-hop influences for a sound that's as big as it is varied and multicultural. The U.S. ... More >>

Not a Pretty Picture

Five reasons to take in the Boulder International Film Festival

Nothing classes up a film festival like Chevy Chase. For details on this week's Boulder International Film Festival, go to bouldertheater.com, and check westword.com/slideshow next week for photos from the event. Our Boulder International Film Festival top five: 1. Be less poor. If you're like ev ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, October 17 edition

Last Night... Flobots and RJD2 @ DU's May Day Music Fest

Going Local

African Delight

Culture abounds at the fifth annual African Extravaganza.

Soldier On

Twenty years later, our one-man military machine’s still going Rambo.

Last Night ... The Cult, Action Action @ Fillmore Auditorium

Porn in the USA

I could write a book about the smut I’ve seen at the library.

Ling & Louie’s Asian Bar and Grill

Randy Schoch delivers Chinese treats with an American twist.

US Thai

This little storefront curries favor with fans of Thai food.

The Year the Superstar DJ Died

Dinosaurs rule the dance floors no more.

Speak Your Peace

Some very Nobel intentions pay off.

A Nobel Calling

In just two months, change starts here. In Denver. No joke.

Moore Substance

Youth and success are relative to Thurston Moore.

Let Us Prey

Alan Clements uses Spiritually Incorrect to skewer modern hype.

Bombs and Bikinis

Stealth aims low and hits its mark.

Talking Shop

Gifts for Yuletide reach high tide

Wiley the Wily Artist

William T. Wiley’s art spans six quicksilver decades.

Mission of Burma and Challenger

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This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

You Must Remember This

Holy smokes! Only those with burning ambition will survive the 2002 Year in Review quiz.

Off Limits

Orange you glad to see me?

Off Limits

Fire up your brainpan

Strange Ways

Unusual mediums are showcased at the Bayeux Gallery and the Foothills Art Center.

A Little of Everything

A plethora of shows highlight the diversity of the Colorado aesthetic.

Peace Pipeline

How a couple of "average, flawed people" are jammin' till the jam is through.

Letters

Travels With Sweeney

THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL

BURMA KNAVE

THEY'RE NUMBER 1

THEY'VE SURRENDERED THEIR OLD HOME, BUT MEMBERS OF VFW POST #1 STILL HAVE PLENTY OF FIGHT LEFT IN THEM.

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