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January is Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month -- but can anyone really do it?

By Jenny An
Dec 28, 2011

"First time?" the guy behind the Loveland rental stand asked as he installed the gadget that would hook my boots on to the board. I don't think he ended the question with "dude," but with his slouched over 'tude, I wanted to hear "dude" or "gnarly" or something else incredibly...
SNAP Judgment: State officials hope to get food to the needy faster

By Jenny An
Dec 7, 2011

When Sarah (not her real name) was laid off from her job as a medical assistant in April 2010, she wanted to "wing it," she remembers. But the job situation didn't turn around as soon as she'd hoped, and within two months, the single mother of four was applying for...
No more owls! Why are Denver DIYers so scared to celebrate the fact that Denver is in the West?

By Jenny An
Dec 6, 2011

I had the perfect Christmas present plan for the out-of-towners in my life: kitschy Western-inspired accessories and home goods. I walked around town, looking for them. Talulah Jones sold necklaces with horseshoes and wood carved into antlers for wall decor, but that was it. Fancy Tiger's Holiday Handmade Fair featured...
Want to touch George Clooney and have your book turned into a movie? Work at Westword!

By Jenny An
Dec 6, 2011

Before writing The Descendants, and before indie-film-world-big-deal-director Alexander Payne turned her novel into a George Clooney movie, Kaui Hart Hemmings worked at Westword, selling classified ads. In 1999, right out of Colorado College, the Hawaii native got her first job with us. "Had no idea what the hell to do...
Five facts about Clyfford Still from Curious Theater's production on the artist

By Jenny An
Dec 6, 2011

As part of the event hoopla surrounding the opening of the Clyfford Still Museum, Curious Theatre will be putting on a play about Still's life. "[The Clyfford Still Museum] wanted to make a neighborhood artistic connection," says Curious education director Dee Covington. Over a year and a half in the...

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