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Youth Organizations

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    Shirin Ebadi comes to Denver as another Nobel Peace Prize winner pulls out of Chicago summit

    Mairead Corrigan Maguire, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work in Northern Ireland, has pulled out of the twelfth World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates that starts Monday in Chicago. "That's what happens when you don't hold your big Nobel events in Denver!," jokes Dawn Engle, a founde ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    The Girl Scouts are 100 today -- and cooler than you think

    As of this morning, the Girl Scouts of the USA, that bastion of female youth and empowerment, is now roughly twice as old as Hawaii. Founded on March 12, 1912 by original Girl Scout Juliette Gordon Low, the organization celebrates its 100th anniversary. In the Denver headquarters of the Girl Scouts ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Photos: Girl Scouts of Colorado launches statewide self-defense program

    "That happened at my stepmom's school, Columbine," says one Girl Scout, about eleven years old, at the front of the group. "They shot lots of people." Behind her, another Girl Scout asks where Columbine is. Another just asks, "Why?" Too young to have read about the event in the papers themselves, al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    Girl Scouts of Colorado prepares for the national organization's 100th anniversary

    The Broadway headquarters of Girl Scouts of Colorado is brimming with activity. It is cookie season, and while the offices are normally full of girls, they are also now stuffed with Thin Mints and Savannah Smiles. But for months, the entire national organization has been busy with preparations: On M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Guess where I'm eating?

    What kind of kid doesn't like a pineapple, ham and pepperoni pizza? Mine, apparently. But he was all too happy to stuff his little belly with Girl Scout cookies, which this Italian restaurant was selling last Thursday night as part of Dine Out for Girl Scouts. Can you guess where I'm eating? Spec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Tonight: More than seventy restaurants participating in Dine Out for Girl Scouts

    I got kicked out of the Girl Scouts...something about hanky panky, but there are plenty of other civilized girls that made it through the badges, the oaths...the cookie sales. And this year, the Girl Scouts are marking their 100-year anniversary, and you can celebrate -- and help to continue the tra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Marijuana product giveaway contest: Enjoy Jars

    Enjoy Jar.​A few weeks back, we reviewed the Enjoy Jar, a four-part herb container meant to keep your strains separated from one another. After the review, the folks at Enjoy sent us a few more for the office. Instead of hoarding them for ourselves, we figured that we'd offer them up to the de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Stop inviting me to ruin your camping trip

    Welcome to hell on earth.​From 1988 to 1992, I attended Girl Scout camp at Tomahawk Ranch in Baily. It was awesome. We made tie-dye T-shirts, ate burnt s'mores and hunted for Snipes (a fictionalized skunk-rat that was rumored to live in the woods and could only be captured in pillow cases by G ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    Girl Scouts won't be arrested for selling door to door in Boulder, 'cause sheriff needs Thin Mints

    Flickr​Earlier this week, local Girl Scouts of Colorado troop leaders received an e-mail warning that anyone who doesn't get approval in Boulder to sell cookies door to door or from a booth "will be arrested." If Boulderites see cops slapping cuffs on six-year-old Brownies, the Pearl Street M ... More >>

  • News

    November 18, 2010

    Foursquare mayors reveal their territorial ambitions

    Flickr​Earlier this week, local Girl Scouts of Colorado troop leaders received an e-mail warning that anyone who doesn't get approval in Boulder to sell cookies door to door or from a booth "will be arrested." If Boulderites see cops slapping cuffs on six-year-old Brownies, the Pearl Street M ... More >>

  • News

    October 7, 2010

    How can Mexico piss away such potential?

    Flickr​Earlier this week, local Girl Scouts of Colorado troop leaders received an e-mail warning that anyone who doesn't get approval in Boulder to sell cookies door to door or from a booth "will be arrested." If Boulderites see cops slapping cuffs on six-year-old Brownies, the Pearl Street M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Tonight: Morton's offers wine and Broncos at Savor the Grape

    ​Grapes, great athletes and good causes: That's the recipe for Savor the Grape for Charity at Morton's, 8480 East Belleview Avenue in Englewood. Starting at 7 p.m. tonight, the evening of fine wine, food and an auction benefits the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver, with special guests Cham ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 12, 2010

    GENTLEMEN, START YOUR ENGINES

    ​Grapes, great athletes and good causes: That's the recipe for Savor the Grape for Charity at Morton's, 8480 East Belleview Avenue in Englewood. Starting at 7 p.m. tonight, the evening of fine wine, food and an auction benefits the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver, with special guests Cham ... More >>

  • Music

    November 26, 2009

    CunninLynguists

    Saturday, November 28, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

  • Music

    October 22, 2009

    Youth Brigade

    Saturday, October 24, Marquis Theater, 1-866-468-7621.

  • Calendar

    February 21, 2008

    Party Arty

    Saturday, October 24, Marquis Theater, 1-866-468-7621.

  • Calendar

    October 12, 2006

    For a Good Time…

    The worst dates in Denver are revealed.

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