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Juggalos Band Together at Primos
Meet the Insane fans who united Denver's hatchet-wielding, Faygo-loving family.
By Jessica Centers
Published: May 15, 2008
Two nineteen-year-old girls hold up their T-shirts to show off the matching tattoos on their lower backs. The tats are the logo for Primos, the kerosene-and-tire shop where...
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What a Yes
Square product theatre presents a Wendy MacLeod classic.
By Amber Taufen
Published: May 15, 2008
The House of Yes "started with a particular house, a house I saw in an elegant suburb of Washington, D.C. There was just something about this chic, moneyed house that made me...
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Fitness Fests
Paddles and bikes go wild in Buena Vista.
By Amber Taufen
Published: May 15, 2008
Celebrate fitness with the elements of earth and water this weekend in Buena Vista. Two separate events — Paddlefest and Bike Fest — will give participants the...
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Inky Giants
Learn all about the giant squid in Parker.
By Jonathan Shikes
Published: May 15, 2008
Giant squid lurk in the deepest depths of the oceans, doing battle with whales and mystifying scientists who have yet to observe one in its natural habitat. As big as a bus,...
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Wall Ball
The School of Rock kids take on Pink Floyd's epic.
By Michael Roberts
Published: May 15, 2008
Despite the presence of "Another Brick in the Wall," a hit that featured a children's chorus, The Wall, Pink Floyd's 1979 opus, isn't exactly kid stuff. Chris Soucy, general...
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Simply Resistible
Countdown to Zero tells a frightening tale.
By Cory Casciato
Published: May 15, 2008
In desperate times, people invariably start calling for desperate measures — and, just as invariably, corrupt politicians are always ready to echo and amplify those calls...
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Friars Club
A benefit for the Capuchin Franciscan friars gets trivial.
By Michael Roberts
Published: May 15, 2008
The Capuchin Franciscan friars — the subjects of this evening's Trivia Night fundraiser — are, in many ways, a blast from the past. As event spokeswoman Rose Lane...
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Pink and Brown
The Molly Brown House Museum goes political.
By Amber Taufen
Published: May 15, 2008
"If I go into this fight, I am going to win. There will be no mincing matters, no pink-tea policies. It will be a regular man's kind of campaign, stump speaking, spread-eagle...
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Go West
Oscar Wilde's visit to Colorado inspired artist Ed Adler.
By Susan Froyd
Published: May 15, 2008
Fresh City Life's Audrey Sprenger, the nomadic Kerouac scholar who's somehow found herself staying in one place long enough to share the programming saddle of the Denver Public...
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Under the Spell
By Susan Froyd
Published: May 15, 2008
I was raised a spelling geek, consumed from a very young age with word derivations, spelling-bee protocol and other tricks of the trade. It came in handy in the eighth grade,...
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Room to Grow
RiNo is blooming this spring.
By Patricia Calhoun
Published: May 15, 2008
The arts have firmly taken root in River North, the town's old warehouse district along the Platte, and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, you can see just how deep they go when you...
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In Like A Lion
By Aubrey Shoe
Published: May 15, 2008
After endlessly teasing us with nice weather that never really stuck around, it looks like the gods have finally decided to go ahead with spring — and what better way to...
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Shop Smart Art
Find wholesale prices at the Wearable Art Sale.
By Amber Taufen
Published: May 15, 2008
As a wholesale jewelry merchant, Is Art doesn't generally open its doors to the public. But that changes today with the Wearable Art Sale — aptly named, because the...
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Veiled Reference
A new Dairy Center exhibit explores Visible and Invisible Spaces.
By Susan Froyd
Published: May 15, 2008
A desire to "enlighten the gringos to the idea that Muslim women are not shrouded creatures" led Boulder author Jennifer Heath to write a book called The Scimitar and the...
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Three Days of Spray
A graffiti celebration educates the masses.
By Jared Jacang Maher
Published: May 15, 2008
Apart from issues such as illegal immigration and eminent domain, there's nothing that gets middle-class property owners as blindly furious as graffiti. Kim Owens, of the...
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Mega Party at the Mall
Colorado Mills hosts band battles, BMX and more.
By Joel Warner
Published: May 15, 2008
Remember when big marketing promotions consisted solely of special Lion King Happy Meal toys and "collector" Spider-Man Slurpee cups from 7-Eleven? Those days are long over, as...
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TopR
By Eryc Eyl
Published: May 15, 2008
In the world of rap and hip-hop, aliases are de rigueur. When asked, however, most rappers will reveal their given names. Jay-Z is really Shawn Carter. Slick Rick’s mama...
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The Jury is Out
A new series makes jury duty slightly more bearable.
By Mark Dragotta
Published: May 15, 2008
There's nothing good about jury duty — that fact is as universal as bad mother-in-laws and annoying teenagers. You wait in line with that stupid summons, file into the...
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CPC Gangbangs
By Tom Murphy
Published: May 15, 2008
Like Guitar Wolf before it, Montreal's CPC Gangbangs takes a primal punk-rock formula and distorts it far beyond its original shape. The result is a jagged, noisy, harried...
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Denver's Finest
By Mark Dragotta
Published: May 15, 2008
This year's Democratic National Convention is going to tip our sunny, microbrew-buzzed cowtown right into the national spotlight. Just think: CNN and Fox News filming on the...
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