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Jake Adam York's Abide Up for Posthumous Award as Copper Nickel Rises Again

By Adam Steininger
May 4, 2015

When poet Jake Adam York died suddenly of a stroke in December 2012 at the age of forty, he left behind an unpublished book of poetry, Abide, and a literary journal, Copper Nickel, which he'd founded a decade earlier at the University of Colorado Denver. This year Abide was nominated for...
The Unusual Approach of Moon Magnet Studios

By Adam Steininger
Apr 28, 2015

For over two years, in a galaxy not that far away (the Baker district), Moon Magnet Studios has been recording and shaping a collective of musicians in a communal habitat, and it’s far out, man. When it comes to recording studios, there are nearly as many places to record as...
Bob Topp and his Hermitage Bookshop Keep Turning Pages — and Heads — in Cherry Creek

By Adam Steininger
Apr 24, 2015

Bob Topp figured he’d save up for graduate school after buying All Books for a dirt-cheap cost in the early '70s. Renaming the store The Hermitage Bookshop, he thought he'd sell it at a profit after a few years. But instead, he's now been running the place for more than...
Actress Annaleigh Ashford Found Herself in Lost in the Stars, on Stage This Weekend

By Adam Steininger
Apr 9, 2015

Annaleigh Ashford, a Wheat Ridge High School grad who's now a successful New York actress, will be back home this weekend to perform Annaleigh Ashford – Lost in the Stars at the Garner Galleria Theatre. Not yet thirty, Ashford has been in five big Broadway productions, including Wicked and Rent, collecting...
The ten best thrash-metal bands

By Adam Steininger
Mar 6, 2014

Thrash metal flayed disco band Kiss before bingeing on high-speed guitars, rapid double bass drum and foul lyrics. The emergence of thrash in the early '80s poked fun at a fan base of metal historians worshiping at the altar of eyeliner. These thrash bands did the world a favor and...

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