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U.S. Armed Forces

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    CU-Boulder costs more than 79 percent of public colleges in U.S.

    This week, President Barack Obama talked to CU-Boulder students about college affordability. But how affordable is CU? According to a list of four-year public colleges compiled by the U.S. Department of Education, the university costs more than 79 percent of the institutions on the roster.

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Do Ask, Do Tell: Telluride Gay Ski Week reaches out to active military service members

    Reichen Lehmkuhl wants you to come to Telluride Gay Ski Week."This is the first Telluride Gay Ski since the defeat of the marginalizing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy for our LGBTQ U.S. military service members," says Reichen Lehmkuhl, celebrity host of this Telluride Gay Ski Week, in a news release ... More >>

  • News

    February 9, 2012

    Ron Paul is two tacos short of a combo plate

    Reichen Lehmkuhl wants you to come to Telluride Gay Ski Week."This is the first Telluride Gay Ski since the defeat of the marginalizing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy for our LGBTQ U.S. military service members," says Reichen Lehmkuhl, celebrity host of this Telluride Gay Ski Week, in a news release ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Oscar-nominated Poster Girl to screen tomorrow with director in attendance

    ​According to the Department of Defense, members of the American military committed suicide at the rate of one every 36 hours between 2005 and 2010. Ten years into the war in the Middle East, with troops officially set to exit Iraq in January, the problem of service members returning home de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2011

    Golden Corral in Aurora skips Military Appreciation Monday for remodeling

    ​Monday, November 14, was 2011 Military Appreciation Monday at hundreds of Golden Corral restaurants across the country, where free "thank you" dinners were served from 5 to 9 p.m to anyone who has ever served in the U.S. military -- no ID required. But there was no Military Appreciation Mond ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    Luiza Fritz, lesbian soldier, mulls legal action to rejoin military after Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal

    Luiza Fritz.​This week marked the official end of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the policy that allowed gays and lesbians to serve in the U.S. military so long as command didn't learn about their sexuality. Luiza Fritz, who was discharged in 2008 for being a lesbian, would like to continue her servi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Author Benjamin Runkle on his new book, Wanted Dead or Alive

    ​Author Benjamin Runkle will be at the Tattered Cover in Highlands Ranch tonight to talk about his new book, Wanted Dead or Alive: Manhunts from Geronimo to Bin Laden. In preparation for his appearance, we caught up with Runkle to talk about his book, the importance of manhunts and the effect ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 19, 2011

    Billy Elliot dances around its shortcomings with Broadway cliches

    ​Author Benjamin Runkle will be at the Tattered Cover in Highlands Ranch tonight to talk about his new book, Wanted Dead or Alive: Manhunts from Geronimo to Bin Laden. In preparation for his appearance, we caught up with Runkle to talk about his book, the importance of manhunts and the effect ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    March against "police terror" tonight in honor of Marvin Booker, Oleg Gidenko and other victims

    ​Against the backdrop of Independent Monitor Richard Rosenthal's conclusion that Officer Eric Sellers should have been fired, not suspended, for brutalizing volunteer firefighter Jared Lunn comes the latest protest against "police terror." According to an item on West Denver Copwatch featuring ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Terrence Lakin: A Shmuck is born -- make that "birthed"

    Terrence Lakin​Thousands and thousands of U.S. military personnel are spending the holidays far away from their families, many of them in hostile territory. They are there to serve and protect their homeland, the country where they were born. But one soldier -- now a former soldier -- will sp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    Strange Powers on Armageddon and what he's been up to since returning to the Mile High City

    ​ Known to early local hip-hop heads as Shag One and, more recently, as Strange Powers, Josh Powers doesn't fit into the mold of a typical hip-hop cat. He embraces his individuality and honors his own unique global view of music and ideology through his creative endeavors - from more traditio ... More >>

  • Film

    September 9, 2010

    The Tillman Story relentlessly exposes government arrogance

    ​ Known to early local hip-hop heads as Shag One and, more recently, as Strange Powers, Josh Powers doesn't fit into the mold of a typical hip-hop cat. He embraces his individuality and honors his own unique global view of music and ideology through his creative endeavors - from more traditio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    Tonight: Lala's throws itself a second birthday party

    ​Lala's Wine Bar Pizzeria just turned two, and is throwing a birthday party for itself from 4 to 7 p.m. today. Come for a wine tasting with light apps and cupcakes (and if you're smart, stick around and book yourself a table for dinner and stick around). The party is free, but Lala's will b ... More >>

  • Film

    August 5, 2010

    Soldiers in a barrel: Restrepo belongs to the soldiers in Afghanistan

    ​Lala's Wine Bar Pizzeria just turned two, and is throwing a birthday party for itself from 4 to 7 p.m. today. Come for a wine tasting with light apps and cupcakes (and if you're smart, stick around and book yourself a table for dinner and stick around). The party is free, but Lala's will b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    Warrior Games: Colorado Springs to host U.S. military's first-ever wounded soldiers Paralympics

    Multi-event competitor Sergeant Israel Del Toro suffered burns on 80 percent of his body after he was hit by an IED in 2005.​ The U.S. military's first-ever Warrior Games -- three days of Paralympic-style competition in nine sports -- will kick off in Colorado Springs with an opening ceremony ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    Five ways to fund film in the age of downloads

    I want you... to make me a movie. Here's some money...​Downloading of movies, music and other digital media has the entertainment industry in an uproar. All of a sudden, they're afraid those multimillion dollar budgets aren't going to be recouped, and they have families to feed! Okay, they hav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Not-So Real American Heroes: The top ten fictional veterans

    ​In honor of tomorrow's Veterans Day, we'd like to honor not only those brave men and women that served our nation, but also those fictional souls that impressed upon us the spirit of valor, patriotism, sacrifice ... and entertainment value. The few, the proud, the wartime characters of Americ ... More >>

  • Music

    September 17, 2009

    Sunny Day Real Estate is back on the market

    ​In honor of tomorrow's Veterans Day, we'd like to honor not only those brave men and women that served our nation, but also those fictional souls that impressed upon us the spirit of valor, patriotism, sacrifice ... and entertainment value. The few, the proud, the wartime characters of Americ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Denver Public Library: Hooking you up with downloadable movies, audiobooks and eBooks

    Number 5 is alive, downloadable and free....​If you're stuck at home, poor and bored, the Denver Public Library has got you covered. Forget going into the library for your fix of books and movies -- that's so 20th century. Thanks to the digital revolution, these days there's no reason to leave ... More >>

  • Film

    July 30, 2009

    Tokyo Sonata

    Number 5 is alive, downloadable and free....​If you're stuck at home, poor and bored, the Denver Public Library has got you covered. Forget going into the library for your fix of books and movies -- that's so 20th century. Thanks to the digital revolution, these days there's no reason to leave ... More >>

  • News

    October 2, 2008

    Drop Boards Not Bombs

    Llewellyn Werner thinks skateparks could get Iraq's economy rolling

  • News

    June 26, 2008

    Duck and Cover

    The black helicopters are coming!

  • Film

    January 31, 2008

    American Heroes and Zeroes at Sundance ’08

    Morgan Spurlock makes us look bad, plus (separate!) films on baseball and steroids shine.

  • Culture

    January 17, 2008

    9 Parts of Desire

    Speaking up for the women of Iraq.

  • Film

    December 20, 2007

    Charlie Wilson's War

    All aboard the ’80s wayback machine for Mike Nichols’s good time Charlie.

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2007

    Delegating Denver #14 of 56: Guam

    All aboard the ’80s wayback machine for Mike Nichols’s good time Charlie.

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2007

    Channel 12's Aaron Harber Lands Interview With General David Petraeus

    All aboard the ’80s wayback machine for Mike Nichols’s good time Charlie.

  • Film

    August 23, 2007

    No End in Sight

    Breaking out of the pack of Iraq war docs, No End in Sight devastates.

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2007

    Botox Bandit, August 9

    Breaking out of the pack of Iraq war docs, No End in Sight devastates.

  • Film

    July 5, 2007

    Transformers

    There's nothing more than what reaches your eye in this crash-and-bang flick.

  • News

    April 26, 2007

    Retreat!

    Do you speak Cherry Creek? It's one-stop shopping for Macy's, Movado, MAC, Montblanc...and the Marines.

  • News

    April 19, 2007

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of 4/19/2007

  • Film

    September 28, 2006

    Jihad in Their Eyes

    An uncensored portrait of grieving Iraqis reveals a thirst for vengeance.

  • Film

    July 6, 2006

    To Hell and Back

    Michael Winterbottom puts a face -- and a hood -- on the suffering at Guantanamo.

  • Film

    April 27, 2006

    All Gave Some

    Sir! No Sir! recounts the GIs who refused to ride the killing machine.

  • Film

    March 9, 2006

    Let's Make a Deal

    A new documentary targets the military-industrial complex.

  • Film

    January 26, 2006

    CU International Film Series

    Muenzinger Auditorium on CU’s Boulder campus

  • Home Entertainment

    December 15, 2005

    Virtual Quagmire

    Muenzinger Auditorium on CU’s Boulder campus

  • Film

    July 28, 2005

    Bombs and Bikinis

    Stealth aims low and hits its mark.

  • News

    July 14, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of July 14, 2005

  • News

    April 7, 2005

    The Message

    Hard Corps

  • Film

    December 30, 2004

    Second Run

    Celebrating the overachieving, underhyped movies of 2004.

  • News

    December 2, 2004

    The Message

    Fighting the Chills

  • Calendar

    October 16, 2003

    Small but Powerful

    DAM houses a revealing Asian exhibit

  • News

    February 13, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of February 13, 2003

  • News

    August 8, 2002

    Crossing the Line

    Two Colorado activists face prison for protesting America's own "terrorist training camp."

  • Culture

    March 25, 1999

    Sticks and Stones

    Two Colorado activists face prison for protesting America's own "terrorist training camp."

  • Culture

    June 4, 1998

    Combat Fatigue

    Two Colorado activists face prison for protesting America's own "terrorist training camp."

  • Culture

    November 20, 1997

    McHale's Navy

    Two Colorado activists face prison for protesting America's own "terrorist training camp."

  • News

    May 10, 1995

    MUSCLE BITCH PARTY

    A DEFENSE DEPARTMENT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE WOMEN'S UPPER-BODY STRENGTH HAS CRITICS FIT TO BE TIED.

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