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Nibbles: Nibbling is 3-D
Your mouth is talking to you. It’s saying: “When do I get a vacation? You’ve got summer plans to revive your brain and the rest of your body. What about your palate, buddy?” I’m as guilty as the next eater…
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Review: Happy Hole-in-the-Wall
When my aunt and uncle came to visit me in Santa Fe while I was a college student there, my uncle had only one stipulation for where we should go for dinner: He wanted a real local’s spot, a hole-in-the-wall.
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Duly Noted: The Third Way
Cautiously optimistic. That is how we should be feeling about the FCC’s proposal last month to develop a new “third way” to regulate broadband Internet Service Providers—such as the ones offered by Comcast for its high-speed Internet customers.
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Spotlight: Eight Questions with John Common
In the annals of the singer-songwriter genre, Colorado has had plenty come and go. Most trickle down from a creek of folky John Denver run-off, clad in denim, acoustic guitar in tow. John Common is nothing of the sort—he’s an…
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Outdoors: Shock and Awe
Call me a disciple of the “Church of Lightning.” After receiving my baptism in a hair-raising mountain storm, I have new respect for these perilous electrical furies—the No. 1 life-threatening weather risk in Colorado. So with our peak lightning season…
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People in Your Hood: Philip Sneed
Sitting at his hulky wooden desk tucked away within a jam-packed house on the CU campus, Colorado Shakespeare Festival Executive Director Philip Sneed is talking fervently about his newest project—something he hopes will transform the canon of American theatrical offerings.
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Backyard Gothic
Catharine Pierce is fully dressed when she plants herself in an oversized chair that nearly swallows her. Her attire is odd on such a warm day: She’s in a pink shirt with matching sweatpants. Usually, on days like this, Pierce…
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Presenting our Top 10 Summer Beers
Summer is no time to mess around. There’s work to be done and where there’s work, there damn well better be beer; ice cold and in sufficient quantity to beat back the baking heat of the day. But when gulping…
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If You Can’t Take the Heat…Grill
In a world of kitchen stores full of uni-taskers, people restrict themselves when it comes to grilling. But here, we explore the grill as a brilliant multitasker that fills the role of oven and range while imparting a beautiful smoky…
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Music Lover’s Guide to Summer Festivals
Sure, there are many bigger, more acclaimed and more nationally known festivals than the ones that are hosted right here in the Centennial State. But Colorado is not lacking in its summer music festival cred. There are festivals that bring…
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