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May 18, 2012
Felisa Cardona, Ann Schrader, Margaret Jackson exiting Denver Post
In our interview with the Denver Post's Tina Griego, whose decision to accept a severance package originally intended to reduce the copy-editing staff by two-thirds could lead to the paper being metro-columnist free until 2013, we noted that several other writers would also be leaving. We've now ID' ... More >>
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May 3, 2012
Spenser Lives
In our interview with the Denver Post's Tina Griego, whose decision to accept a severance package originally intended to reduce the copy-editing staff by two-thirds could lead to the paper being metro-columnist free until 2013, we noted that several other writers would also be leaving. We've now ID' ... More >>
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May 2, 2012
Denver Post guilty of fuzzy math when touting circulation gains?
The morning after Denver Post execs detailed copy-editor layoffs at an employee meeting, the paper ballyhooed its rising circulation figures. But a local journalist crunched the numbers, and he thinks the news is worse than advertised due to "fuzzy math" that attempts to disguise a major decline in ... More >>
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April 26, 2012
Denver Post to lay off two-thirds of its copy editors?
Within the past several months, the Denver Post has made buyout deals with nineteen staffers, including Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Mike Keefe, and laid off popular columnists Mike Littwin and Penny Parker, among others. But the cuts aren't over. In an internal memo on view below, editor Greg ... More >>
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April 17, 2012
Craig F. Walker's Pulitzer Prize for Denver Post one more reason to root for newspapers
Yesterday, the Denver Post's Craig F. Walker won the feature photography Pulitzer Prize for the second time in three years -- a remarkable achievement, and quite possibly an unprecedented one. The award is not only an acknowledgment of Walker's moving shots of Scott Ostrow, an Iraq vet who returned ... More >>
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April 12, 2012
¡Hip, Hip Urrea!
Yesterday, the Denver Post's Craig F. Walker won the feature photography Pulitzer Prize for the second time in three years -- a remarkable achievement, and quite possibly an unprecedented one. The award is not only an acknowledgment of Walker's moving shots of Scott Ostrow, an Iraq vet who returned ... More >>
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April 2, 2012
Lisa Kennedy to split film and theater critic duties at Denver Post
Newspapers across the country have slashed staff to save money, with movie reviewer and theater critic positions among the most popular cuts. Given that reality, the Denver Post deserves credit for continuing to dedicate a staff writer to these subjects, even though one person -- Lisa Kennedy -- wil ... More >>
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March 29, 2012
Medical marijuana: One Love benefit for Jason Beinor raises funds, hackles
Tonight, Hayter's & Co., at 1920 Blake Street, will host One Love, a benefit for the legal fund of Jason Beinor, a medical marijuana patient whose firing is at the center of a case activists hope will reach the Colorado Supreme Court. The name of the bash frosts Timothy Tipton, who's hosted events u ... More >>
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March 6, 2012
Denver Center Theatre Company announces 2012-13 schedule
Denver Center Theatre Company Artistic Director Kent Thompson has chosen his 2012-13 lineup. It contains some safe choices, some doubtless designed to appeal to high schoolers, the requisite Christmas show (not A Christmas Carol this time, but White Christmas), two scripts selected from this year's ... More >>
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March 2, 2012
Chip Walton promises Curious's next season will be provoking...and entertaining
Curious Theatre Company just announced its fifteenth season, which includes five regional premieres as well as Yasmina Reza's Tony award-winning God of Carnage. Artistic director Chip Walton says he uses two criteria in making his selections: "I need to be moved intellectually and not just emotional ... More >>
News
March 1, 2012
And the insanity in Arizona continues...
Curious Theatre Company just announced its fifteenth season, which includes five regional premieres as well as Yasmina Reza's Tony award-winning God of Carnage. Artistic director Chip Walton says he uses two criteria in making his selections: "I need to be moved intellectually and not just emotional ... More >>
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February 20, 2012
Lessons from the Spicy Pickle and other Colorado-based chains
A former location of the Spicy Pickle.Ask Kevin Morrison why the Spicy Pickle chain went belly up, and the former executive of that company, who now owns Pinche Tacos, doesn't exactly mince words. "When you have people who aren't businesspeople or restaurant people trying to run a restaurant ... More >>
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February 16, 2012
Susan Greene: Funding investigative journalism today as challenging as doing it
In late 2010, Susan Greene resigned from the Denver Post after learning her column had been canceled. She later wrote a Huffington Post piece that compared working for the paper to Stockholm syndrome. And since then? She's spent much of her time putting together "The Gray Box," a moving project made ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
Welcome to Collywood!
In late 2010, Susan Greene resigned from the Denver Post after learning her column had been canceled. She later wrote a Huffington Post piece that compared working for the paper to Stockholm syndrome. And since then? She's spent much of her time putting together "The Gray Box," a moving project made ... More >>
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January 3, 2012
Theater openings are off to a fast start in January
If the flurry of excitement and variety we're being offered in January is any indication, this is going to be an amazing year for theater. The month opens on a light note: a 1930s Noel Coward play set in the big-haired 1980s. This isn't the kind of interpretation you expect for Coward, not even fo ... More >>
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December 22, 2011
kART Across America explores the meaning of American art with insight and humor
Courtesy of No Shame ProductionsChristine, Jeremy Make and Andy Raney return to Colorado at the end of their documentary.If you missed kART Across America at the Denver Starz Film Festival, the time you have left to see it on the big screen is limited. So if you can avoid your holiday plans f ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
Denver Post changes include new city editor Kevin Vaughan, new columnist Chuck Murphy
Kevin Vaughan.Clearly, change was in the offing for the Denver Post, which confirmed last week that nineteen staffers took buyouts. But the scope of shifts among those who remain is still surprising. Among the most notable: the naming of longtime reporter Kevin Vaughan as city editor and vet ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
Will ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen repeat Chipotle's feat?
Just a month ago Jonathan Gold -- Pulitzer Prize-winning critic at Westword's sister paper, LA Weekly -- heaped praise on Steve Ells, founder and CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill, the company that got its start at a burrito shop on East Evans Avenue and exploded into a giant international company. Gol ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
John Moore among 19 taking Denver Post buyouts, layoffs not expected
Update: At last, we've got the complete list of Denver Post employees who have or will be leaving the paper after accepting a buyout offer: nineteen staffers from various departments, including editors, reporters and photographers. Perhaps most surprising: John Moore, the paper's theater critic and ... More >>
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November 3, 2011
Reader: Naming the best Chipotle is an intriguing idea
Where it all began....What's your favorite Chipotle? The food at each one tastes different, founder Steve Ells revealed in his recent interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Jonathan Gold, because employees at Chipotle actually cook. "When our employees walk in in the morning, they see ... More >>
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November 1, 2011
Jonathan Gold weighs in on Chipotle founder Steve Ells
ChipotleJonathan Gold calls Steve Ells the most innovative man in food"The most innovative man in the world of food at the moment is Chipotle founder Steve Ells," writes Jonathan Gold, the Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic at Westword's sister paper, LA Weekly, in a profile of the CEO that r ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
The Long Road Home
ChipotleJonathan Gold calls Steve Ells the most innovative man in food"The most innovative man in the world of food at the moment is Chipotle founder Steve Ells," writes Jonathan Gold, the Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic at Westword's sister paper, LA Weekly, in a profile of the CEO that r ... More >>
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October 19, 2011
Journalist Sonia Nazario and Su Teatro shed light on the horrors and the uplifting moments of migrant life
James Denton The play Enrique's Journey, adapted by Su Teatro artistic director Anthony Garcia from the book by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nazario, debuted last weekend in Denver, bringing to light the harrowing story of Central American immigrants who risk life and limb riding the top ... More >>
Culture
October 13, 2011
Now Playing
James Denton The play Enrique's Journey, adapted by Su Teatro artistic director Anthony Garcia from the book by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nazario, debuted last weekend in Denver, bringing to light the harrowing story of Central American immigrants who risk life and limb riding the top ... More >>
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October 13, 2011
Big Time
James Denton The play Enrique's Journey, adapted by Su Teatro artistic director Anthony Garcia from the book by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nazario, debuted last weekend in Denver, bringing to light the harrowing story of Central American immigrants who risk life and limb riding the top ... More >>
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October 11, 2011
Tree of Life, exploring the history of the universe, and more new-release picks for October 11, 2011
This week, we have a load of solid new releases, including a new book from Jeffrey Eugenides, whom the reading public hasn't heard from in almost ten years and whose book Middlesex now holds a permanent spot in nearly every used book store in the country. We also have the DVD release of Terra ... More >>
Culture
October 6, 2011
Now Playing
This week, we have a load of solid new releases, including a new book from Jeffrey Eugenides, whom the reading public hasn't heard from in almost ten years and whose book Middlesex now holds a permanent spot in nearly every used book store in the country. We also have the DVD release of Terra ... More >>
Culture
September 29, 2011
Now Playing
This week, we have a load of solid new releases, including a new book from Jeffrey Eugenides, whom the reading public hasn't heard from in almost ten years and whose book Middlesex now holds a permanent spot in nearly every used book store in the country. We also have the DVD release of Terra ... More >>
Culture
September 22, 2011
Now Playing
This week, we have a load of solid new releases, including a new book from Jeffrey Eugenides, whom the reading public hasn't heard from in almost ten years and whose book Middlesex now holds a permanent spot in nearly every used book store in the country. We also have the DVD release of Terra ... More >>
Culture
September 15, 2011
Curious Theatre's production of Clybourne Park is a stunner
This week, we have a load of solid new releases, including a new book from Jeffrey Eugenides, whom the reading public hasn't heard from in almost ten years and whose book Middlesex now holds a permanent spot in nearly every used book store in the country. We also have the DVD release of Terra ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
Movin' On Up
This week, we have a load of solid new releases, including a new book from Jeffrey Eugenides, whom the reading public hasn't heard from in almost ten years and whose book Middlesex now holds a permanent spot in nearly every used book store in the country. We also have the DVD release of Terra ... More >>
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August 8, 2011
Roxanne Pulitzer's Telluride house for sale: It can be yours for $19.9 million (PHOTOS)
Pulitzer in '85.Not to be outdone by fellow Playboy cover girl Barbi Benton in the marketing of extreme cribs, Roxanne Pulitzer and husband Tim Boberg recently offered the Wall Street Journal a tour of their 23,000-square-foot Telluride home -- which is up for sale for $19.9 million. That's ... More >>
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July 7, 2011
Stephanie Tanny, Denver native, on her speech at the Campus Progress National Conference
Campus ProgressAs we reported yesterday, Denver native Stephanie Tanny won a speaking spot at the Campus Progress National Conference in Washington, D.C. yesterday. The speech "went really well," says the 2010 Colorado State University graduate. "I messed up a little bit, but I don't think anyon ... More >>
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June 24, 2011
Gil Spencer, R.I.P.: Neil Westergaard remembers legendary Denver Post editor
Gil Spencer in a 1992 Denver Post photo.Gil Spencer, former editor of the Denver Post, who died early this morning at the age of 85, was a rarity: a veteran journalist who was beloved by one and all -- and especially by the people with whom he once worked. That's certainly true of Neil Weste ... More >>
Culture
April 28, 2011
Now Playing
Gil Spencer in a 1992 Denver Post photo.Gil Spencer, former editor of the Denver Post, who died early this morning at the age of 85, was a rarity: a veteran journalist who was beloved by one and all -- and especially by the people with whom he once worked. That's certainly true of Neil Weste ... More >>
News
April 28, 2011
Do Mexican women propose marriage instead of men?
Gil Spencer in a 1992 Denver Post photo.Gil Spencer, former editor of the Denver Post, who died early this morning at the age of 85, was a rarity: a veteran journalist who was beloved by one and all -- and especially by the people with whom he once worked. That's certainly true of Neil Weste ... More >>
Culture
April 21, 2011
Superior Donuts groups wonderful acting vets in an inferior production
Gil Spencer in a 1992 Denver Post photo.Gil Spencer, former editor of the Denver Post, who died early this morning at the age of 85, was a rarity: a veteran journalist who was beloved by one and all -- and especially by the people with whom he once worked. That's certainly true of Neil Weste ... More >>
Culture
April 21, 2011
Now Playing
Gil Spencer in a 1992 Denver Post photo.Gil Spencer, former editor of the Denver Post, who died early this morning at the age of 85, was a rarity: a veteran journalist who was beloved by one and all -- and especially by the people with whom he once worked. That's certainly true of Neil Weste ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
Mike Keefe wins Pulitzer Prize -- and Denver Post deserves prize for keeping him on staff
Mike Keefe.Yesterday, the Denver Post's Mike Keefe won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning -- an honor that will cheer those of us who've enjoyed his work for years. But the Post deserves a tip of the cap, too, simply for keeping Keefe on the payroll. Because these days, folks with K ... More >>
Culture
April 14, 2011
Now Playing
Mike Keefe.Yesterday, the Denver Post's Mike Keefe won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning -- an honor that will cheer those of us who've enjoyed his work for years. But the Post deserves a tip of the cap, too, simply for keeping Keefe on the payroll. Because these days, folks with K ... More >>
Culture
April 7, 2011
Lynn Nottage illuminates the plight of Congolese women in Ruined
Mike Keefe.Yesterday, the Denver Post's Mike Keefe won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning -- an honor that will cheer those of us who've enjoyed his work for years. But the Post deserves a tip of the cap, too, simply for keeping Keefe on the payroll. Because these days, folks with K ... More >>
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March 17, 2011
The Spoils of War
Mike Keefe.Yesterday, the Denver Post's Mike Keefe won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning -- an honor that will cheer those of us who've enjoyed his work for years. But the Post deserves a tip of the cap, too, simply for keeping Keefe on the payroll. Because these days, folks with K ... More >>
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March 17, 2011
Max MacKissock, the Squeaky Bean and the culinary cutting edge
Lori MidsonWhen I reviewed the Squeaky Bean nine months ago, I was amused and delighted by what Max MacKissock was dreaming up in his tiny kitchen, playing with classic American dishes and making them into something new and unexpected. A reimagined shepherd's pie, light enough for a summer ev ... More >>
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January 27, 2011
Susan Greene compares working at Denver Post to Stockholm syndrome in HuffPo debut
Susan Greene.Update below: Susan Greene resigned from the Denver Post late last year after being told her column would be canceled -- and while she was clearly saddened by the circumstances of her departure, she had only positive things to say about colleagues and didn't criticize the paper a ... More >>
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January 3, 2011
Brian Yorkey explains how his Pulitzer-winning Next to Normal evolved
Do these birthday candles seem vaguely ominous to you?Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey's musical Next to Normal won the Pulitzer for its authors -- the book and lyrics are by Yorkey, the music by Kitt. Yet it began simply as an exercise for a musical theater workshop, one of those "show us everythin ... More >>
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December 30, 2010
Mood Swings
Do these birthday candles seem vaguely ominous to you?Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey's musical Next to Normal won the Pulitzer for its authors -- the book and lyrics are by Yorkey, the music by Kitt. Yet it began simply as an exercise for a musical theater workshop, one of those "show us everythin ... More >>
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December 1, 2010
Susan Greene resigns from Denver Post after being told her column would be canceled
Susan Greene."Trashing the Truth," a 2007 series by Miles Moffeit and Susan Greene about DNA evidence, remains the finest piece of journalism by the Denver Post over the past decade -- a controversial but deserved Pulitzer Prize finalist. Three years later, however, neither writer works for t ... More >>
Culture
August 26, 2010
Fringe benefits: Boulder Fringe Festival offers intriguing productions
Susan Greene."Trashing the Truth," a 2007 series by Miles Moffeit and Susan Greene about DNA evidence, remains the finest piece of journalism by the Denver Post over the past decade -- a controversial but deserved Pulitzer Prize finalist. Three years later, however, neither writer works for t ... More >>
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