Joie Akerson

City Fruit is powered -- literally and figuratively -- by Kendra Vaughn. Every weekday, the young entrepreneur gets up at 5 a.m. to pack a bicycle cart full of the freshest produce she can find. Then she prepares for a day of fighting downtown traffic, dressing for battle in layers...

On January 5, 3,000 excited students at the Junior Theater Festival were eagerly awaiting the arrival of a few actors and executive producers from the new NBC drama Smash. They weren't waiting to bombard the stars with autograph requests or to blind them with flashing cameras; nor were they waiting...

A few hours after lunch, students across America start to get cranky. Their blood sugar plunges, their eyes glaze over, and their stomachs start to rumble. They find a quick fix in the school's vending machines by gorging themselves on greasy potato chips and sugary sodas. Energy levels skyrocket before...

Even the menacing Sue Sylvester can't stop the rising art department of Fairview High School in Boulder. The 900 students in the department -- including all students in choirs, drama classes, bands and orchestras -- collaborated on an entree for Glee Give a Note, a contest sponsored by Fox, Ryan...

Park Hill residents know the strip on Kearney Street between 22nd and 23rd avenues well. In a largely residential area, this block contains a bakery, an upscale restaurant, a pizzeria and now Neighbors at Park Hill, a new venture with an eclectic mix of clientele that makes it difficult to...