Colorado Inside Out Time Machine mini-marathon tonight

Just in case you didn’t spend enough time in front of the television last night, Colorado Public Television is giving you two more hours of very good reasons to stay seated: a mini-marathon of the time-machine shows that the crew behind Colorado Inside Out, which normally focuses on current events,…

Tom Martino? Ken Salazar? Who is Colorado’s biggest turkey?

Who’s the biggest turkey of the year? With the election season barely over, it’s easy to focus on all the pundits who insisted Colorado’s swing-state vote would decide the election — when Barack Obama had already won his second term before our polling places closed. But there are many, many…

Why are Mexicans better at organizing their paperwork?

Dear Mexican: Lately I’ve noticed a few bands, como Voodoo Glow Skulls, have embraced ska music both at home and in Mexico. I was curious what the appeal is for Mexicans in ska music. Also, if you had to turn people to Mexican ska, what would be your top five…

Amendment 64 passage lights up marijuana convention in Denver

The green rush is on — 150 years after fortune-hunters rushed to the Rockies in search of gold. On Tuesday, Colorado voters passed Amendment 64, cementing this state’s reputation as the cannabis capitol of the country. That vote should certainly light up a convention scheduled months ago that starts today…

Colorado a swing state in 2012 — and a hate state in 1992

The national newscasts this morning are full of speculation about which way Colorado will swing tomorrow. But whether the color wheel lands on red or blue, Colorado won’t look as black as it did the morning after the 1992 election, when this state was labeled “The Hate State.”…

Will Mexicans laugh at the Spanish I learned in Spain?

Dear Mexican: After a year in Spain, I speak more-than-decent Spanish, and I want to get a job in the non-profit field, where I can put it to use and pursue social justice and all that. Thing is, my Spanish is pretty peninsular. I maintained my seseo, thank God, but…

Arts contributed $1.76 billion to metro Denver in 2011

Just in time for Denver Arts Week, which kicks off on November 2, the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts is unveiling the results of its most recent study, which shows that metro Denver arts and culture generated $1.76 billion in total economic activity in 2011 — a year that…