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100 Colorado Creatives: The Ladies Fancywork Society

#100: The Ladies Fancywork Society The Ladies Fancywork Society -- a somewhat anonymous collective of crafty women -- has been delighting Denver for a half-dozen years, working covertly in the dark of night to create yarnbombed installations that sprout out of nowhere in the strangest of places. The ... More >>

Andy Guerrero on hugging the First Lady and having his fauxhawk blessed by the Dalai Lama

Last Thursday, Andy Guerrero had the kind of moment most Obama supporters will only ever experience in dreams: He met First Lady Michelle Obama in the radiant, well-toned flesh. He was, in fact, hugged and caressed by her. Guerrero was among the 3,100 people who waited more than four hours to see Ob ... More >>

Meet David Wineland, Boulder-based co-winner of the Nobel Prize for physics

The National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder needs some lessons in publicity. NIST's own David Wineland has just been named co-winner of the Nobel Prize for physics -- an incredibly prestigious honor for Wineland and the facility. Yet at this writing, there's no reference to the awa ... More >>

Esperanza Spalding at the Ogden, 9/26/12

ESPERANZA SPALDING @ OGDEN THEATRE | 9/26/12 Last night's Esperanza Spalding performance was unlike most that the Ogden Theatre sees -- or has seen, for that matter. The presence of chairs (chairs!) in front of the stage was testimony to this. The Ogden is a rock club, first and foremost. If there' ... More >>

Mayan Renaissance tracks 4,000 years of Central American history tonight on TV

It's safe to say that the year 2012 is a big one in Mayan culture -- but few people really know the extent of its importance, argues PeaceJam Executive Director Dawn Engle. Not up to speed? No worries: Tonight you can catch Mayan Renaissance -- a Peacejam-produced movie that puts 4,000 years of Maya ... More >>

PeaceJam founders on the time they helped Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys get an audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the '90s

While we've been mourning the untimely passing of Adam Yauch (aka MCA) of the Beastie Boys last week and reminiscing about the act's shows in Denver, we've learned that the musician/activist had pretty interesting ties to our city beyond playing here nearly a dozen times over the past two decades. B ... 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 >>

Are you ready for 2012? Watch The True Mayan Prophecy tonight

​Good news! The world is not going to end next December 21, no matter what people insist the Mayan calendar predicts. Dawn Engle and Ivan Suvanjieff, the founders of PeaceJam, exploded that myth in 2012: The True Mayan Prophecy, the award-winning film they released last year that will air toni ... More >>

The 2012 apocalypse scenario is all wrong, say filmmakers

Crips burned down the Holly in Bloods territory, but can peace emerge from the ashes in northeast Park Hill?

P.S. 1 didn't make the grade, but can anything replace Denver's longest-running charter school?

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Wake-Up Call: Pull some strings for Peacejam

​It's been a tough year for Peacejam, the homegrown nonprofit that over the past fifteen years has reached out to hundreds of thousands of kids around the globe, showing them that in the toughest circumstances, it's still possible to push for peace -- and then proving it by bringing ten Nobel ... More >>

Q&A with Metalocalypse and Dethklok Creator Brendon Small

Q&A with Metalocalypse and Dethklok Creator Brendon Small

Running with McCain: Who It Won’t Be

Give Peace Jam a Chance

Adolfo Perez Esquivel speaks out.

The Ice Man

When Al Gore and other global-warming experts want to come in out of the cold, they turn to Boulder's Konrad Steffen.

The Transformers

They created Denver's gang life. A generation later, can they break free?

Letters to the Editor

From the week of September 28, 2006

Queen City of the Plains

Nathanial Trotter has a plan to crown Oprah.

The Beatdown

A long day's journey into the Wild Divine.

The Gangs All Here

What's in a name?

Om, Om on the Range

In 1492, Columbus started a controversy that isn't through.

We Be Jammin'

PeaceJam scores two theatrical releases -- and kudos from Michael Moore.

Why Spy?

The DPD has a binge-and-purge problem.

And the Emmy Goes to...

Many important musicians won't be on stage in Boulder with Emmylou Harris -- but they'll be with her.

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Punch and Duty

Thrills for the week

Another Spielberg Monster

Giving Until It Hurts

Great musical moments in Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon history.