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Is This Muslim Republican Mr. Right or the Big Cheese?
Ali Hasan is young, rich and brash, and plans to follow in his parents' political footsteps – cowboy boots and all.
By Naomi Zeveloff
Published: January 17, 2008
On a sunny afternoon last fall, Muhammad Ali Hasan walked into a diner in Meeker, a farming town in Colorado's northwestern corner. It was the thick of hunting season, and the...
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Puerto Rico
By Erin Vanderberg
Published: January 17, 2008
Tonight's e-town installment features two acts who are in the heyday of their careers: Shawn Mullins and Puerto Plata. Mullins, a solo artist, started playing the drums when...
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Parental Warning
Circus Incognitus is a kid's show with a twist.
By Mark Dragotta
Published: January 17, 2008
True story: The first two seasons of Sesame Street: Old School were released on DVD with a parental warning. Apparently the Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch and Big Bird's...
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Deep Route
Return to Route 66 chronicles an American icon.
By Amber Taufen
Published: January 17, 2008
You can't really call yourself an American until you've traveled a stretch of U.S. Route 66 (also known as the Will Rogers Highway, the Main Street of America and the Mother...
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King of Spray
Delton Demarest turns spray paint into fine art.
By Cory Casciato
Published: January 17, 2008
Whether he's painting a world leader such as Gandhi or a fantastic character such as General Grievous, Delton Demarest's iconoclastic work is always eye-catching,...
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Surrealist Stash
Vilem Kriz's photographs return to Camera Obscura Gallery.
By Amber Taufen
Published: January 17, 2008
The surrealist movement spawned a host of recognized artists, but you might not have heard of Vilem Kriz. The Czech photographer had a host of roadblocks thrown in the path of...
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Aria Ready?
By Susan Froyd
Published: January 17, 2008
It's generally agreed that the Who's Pete Townshend birthed the rock opera: If you've seen the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, you've seen that band perform "A Quick One,...
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Nothing to Kill or Die For
The Killing of John Lennon examines a murderer.
By Sean Cronin
Published: January 17, 2008
As a child, I once got as far as mouthing the syllables "Mark David Cha—" before my aunt Mary told me that no one was ever to mention that name. The egomaniacal lunatic...
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Revelations
By J. Hoberman
Published: January 17, 2008
Richard Kelly shoots the moon with his rich, strange, and very funny sci-fi social satire, Southland Tales. The political phantasmagoria unfolds in an alternately pre- and...
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Dear Diary
This new show is for Girls Only.
By Susan Froyd
Published: January 17, 2008
The following is addressed to girls only: Remember your first diary, the one with the key kept stashed in the underwear drawer, where all your tender, pre-pubescent secrets...
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Badi Music
A multitasking virtuoso stops at the Newman Center.
By Susan Froyd
Published: January 17, 2008
Badi Assad is a real 21st-century animal: A multi-tasker within a multi-tasker, she nimbly rips through difficult guitar runs while humming and tongue-clicking rhythms...
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Garden of Healing
Cash Scanlon Phillips is gone, but his memory lives on.
By Michelle Baldwin
Published: January 17, 2008
What do you do after you lose a child? If you're like Page and Tess Phillips, you make an attempt to ease the pain of other parents suffering through the illness of a child....
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Hooray for Hollywood Nights
By Amber Taufen
Published: January 17, 2008
Shortly after Matty Brenner moved to Denver from Los Angeles, something unfortunate happened: At a motorcycle race, one of the racers lost control of his cycle coming out of a...
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Rail Simple
The Ruby Hill Rail Yard returns for another year.
By Jessica Centers
Published: January 17, 2008
Bob Holme had a fantasy in mind when he came up with the idea for the Ruby Hill Rail Yard. He pictured some kid tearing up the Winter X Games ten years from now who wouldn't...
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Albright on the Western Front
The former Secretary of State returns to her old hometown.
By Michael Roberts
Published: January 17, 2008
Judging by the title of her latest book, Memo to the President Elect, Madeleine Albright, who's in town for an appearance tonight, is under no illusions that George W. Bush...
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Wartgow and All
DPS's former superintendent has some ideas about improving schools.
By Michael Roberts
Published: January 17, 2008
Jerry Wartgow, who served as the superintendent for Denver Public Schools from 2001 to 2005, considers himself an optimist when it comes to public education. He's certainly not...
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Cold Run
Jump aboard the Winter Distance Series.
By Susan Froyd
Published: January 17, 2008
Well, here's a race that tells it like it is: The Frosty's Frozen 5 is just what it says it is, and a bit more. Featuring both five- and ten-mile courses, the second leg of the...
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Thrift Store Art
Two new exhibits spice up the Lab.
By Mark Dragotta
Published: January 17, 2008
Phil Bender has raided your grandmother's attic. Bender's Last Place exhibit at the Laboratory of Arts and Ideas highlights the barely recyclable stuff of culture, including...
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Walking Large
By Cory Casciato
Published: January 17, 2008
Prepare yourself for the return of the dinosaurs, the most awesome creatures ever to have walked the Earth. Thanks to the tireless efforts of some of the world's best...
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Ask A Mexican
Steer Clear!
Are Mexicans the worst drunk drivers? Not by a long shot.
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: January 17, 2008
Dear Mexican: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that Mexican-Americans have the highest proportion of DUIs and alcohol-related traffic fatalities of...
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