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Portrait of Jeny
For this fifteen-year-old, it's been a long road to home.
By Luke Turf
Published: January 24, 2008
My parents were drug addicts. I wasn't sure what drug, though; after all, I was only eight. My Dad was always in and out of jail. My Mom and Dad always argued, over anything....
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This Girl's Life
By Nick Pinkerton
Published: January 24, 2008
Persepolis is a small landmark in feature animation. Not because of technical innovation—though it has a handcrafted charm forgotten in the era of CGI-'toon...
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The Playwright Stuff
An Aspen theater fest prepares scribes for the Big Apple.
By Michael Roberts
Published: January 24, 2008
The second edition of the Theater Masters' National MFA Playwright's Festival, which begins tonight in Aspen, builds on the success of its predecessor. "Last year was the pilot...
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The Band Show
Denver bands make love, not war, at Stand By Your Band II.
By Cory Casciato
Published: January 24, 2008
One of my favorite music-geek thought experiments has always been building fantasy supergroups. What would a David Bowie-fronted version of New Order sound like? How cool would...
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Donkey Business
By Michael Roberts
Published: January 24, 2008
Representatives of the 2008 Democratic National Convention are looking for a great piece of ass: a donkey that will serve as the August event's symbol. So they turned to the...
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Big, Bad Words
Who's Afraid of Poetry? Not Jake Adam York.
By Susan Froyd
Published: January 24, 2008
Jake Adam York is a poet and a lover of poetry. But he's wise enough to realize that most people just aren't comfortable with verse, perhaps because they don't know how to make...
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So Chong
Tommy and Shelby Chong stop at Denver Improv.
By Amber Taufen
Published: January 24, 2008
"I'll be seventy years old on May 24," says Tommy Chong. "I can still get it up. That's all I want you to know." Thanks for sharing, Tommy. The soon-to-be septuagenarian --...
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Sporting Chance
By Mark Schiff
Published: January 24, 2008
Few recreational activities are as polarizing as hunting: Either you're the type of person who enjoys tracking and killing animals for sport, or you're not. If you are the...
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Dancing in the Dark
War/Dance examines the best and worst of human nature.
By Jessica Centers
Published: January 24, 2008
It's rare to see a film that so eloquently captures the worst and best of humanity, but War/Dance does it beautifully. Set in war-torn northern Uganda, the documentary follows...
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Seeing Pink
A new club caters to burlesque beauties and creative cocktails.
By Amber Taufen
Published: January 24, 2008
If you absolutely cannot stand burlesque beauties of both genders teasing and tantalizing you while you sip on a delicious, unique cocktail made with the freshest ingredients...
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CORE Matters
Mark Penner-Howell and Anne Thulson return to their roots.
By Susan Froyd
Published: January 24, 2008
Two new shows opening today at CORE New Art Space couldn't be more different: One artist's works are small and full of all the space and mystery of Giorgio de Chirico's...
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deadbubbles
By Eryc Eyl
Published: January 24, 2008
With unhinged twanginess, unabashed spaciness and unapologetic snottiness, deadbubbles plays raunchy, raucous rock and roll that exists out of time. The Broomfield-based...
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Tracks in the Snow
Head to Leadville for a week of LeadSled.
By Susan Froyd
Published: January 24, 2008
Little known fact: The winter terrain around Leadville is a sled-head's paradise, crisscrossed with snowmobile trails — both marked and unmarked — featuring...
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Ready to Rumbaugh
A yoga master returns to Pueblo for a weekend of inspiration.
By Amber Taufen
Published: January 24, 2008
If you're looking to shake up your workout routine, then Fountain of Health Yoga Studio, 653 South Union Avenue in Pueblo, has a real treat for you: Yoga master Desirée...
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Bug in the Works
The moths in MOTH come to life with a touch.
By Susan Froyd
Published: January 24, 2008
Jen Lewin wants you to touch the art. Without your input, after all, her work would fail. A nationally known artist with her hands in a plethora of cutting-edge disciplines,...
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Home Sweet Home
Colorado ACORN has a plan to fight foreclosure.
By Jessica Centers
Published: January 24, 2008
Colorado ACORN has a new weapon in its fight to end the foreclosure crisis. It's still lobbying for tighter regulation of sub-prime lending and using direct action to get big...
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Moguls Gone Wild!
Watch Denver's finest take on a mechanical bull.
By Patricia Calhoun
Published: January 24, 2008
There might be less painful ways to spend your fiftieth birthday, but Walter Isenberg, president and CEO of Sage Hospitality Resources, is willing to buck up — and get...
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Climbing High
By Amber Taufen
Published: January 24, 2008
Spray is filmmaker Brian Solano's fourth project about rock climbing, but don't expect a typical adrenaline-driven climbing flick this time around. "It's a movie about climbing...
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A Hoppin' Time
By Erin Vanderberg
Published: January 24, 2008
I am a home brewer because it satisfies so many of my sensibilities. I enjoy the creativity of crafting flavors, and I'm fascinated by the science of fermentation. But above...
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Talking Shoppe
Tran and Josh Wills are on an arts-and-crafts mission.
By Sean Cronin
Published: January 24, 2008
In its December issue, Men's Health magazine named Denver the "Most Dangerously Drunk City" in America. It makes sense: Denverites can count on one shaking hand the social...
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