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Descend Into a Decadent Happy Hour at Milk & Honey

As Winston Churchill probably said, "Plan ahead, dingus." I like to do my research on the happy hours I hit up, but I was drawn to Milk & Honey Bar-Kitchen despite my lack of happy hour recon or recent scuttlebutt from friends. The subterranean Larimer Square eatery certainly has never...
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Book Review: 33 1/3 Resurrects Workingman’s Dead

Dead & Company are returning to Colorado this summer with a special performance at Folsom Field in Boulder, but any time is ripe for fans of the Grateful Dead to eat up the band's music and history. To answer that call is Buzz Poole's examination of the Grateful Dead’s Workingman’s Dead. ...
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Rossonian’s Tiny Desk Contest Entry Almost Won

NPR's Tiny Desk Contest just finished its second year, and once again a Colorado band did not win. However, there were over a hundred entries from our talented state, and out of those, a single video caught the attention of Bob Boilen and compay: Rossonian's "Love In A Wasteland."  "I...
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Aaron Belanger Finds Out How Serious Sexting Can Be After Turning 18

One of the most controversial Colorado stories of 2015 involved a sexting scandal at Canon City High School in which more than 100 students were implicated. At first, authorities hinted that those involved might be prosecuted — but in the end, no criminal charges were pressed. In contrast, Aaron Belanger is...
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Inside New Marijuana Laws Coming to Colorado

Earlier this month, we told you about a provision hidden within the so-called Sunset bill that, in practical terms, would let marijuana tourists purchase four times as much cannabis during a single purchase than is currently allowable under Colorado law. That legislation, known as House Bill 16-1261, has now passed both houses...
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Bear Creek K-8 Latest School Targeted With Sexting Investigation

Last year, as we've reported, a sexting scandal at Canon City High School was deemed so serious that a football game was cancelled out of fear that there wouldn't have been enough uninvolved players to field a full squad — and the school's administration floated threats of felony allegations against...
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Eight Sex-Crime Reports to Denver Police That Started on Tinder

The Denver District Attorney's Office has formally charged Brett Sisman with sexually assaulting a woman he met using the dating app Tinder. The incident allegedly caused so many injuries to the victim that they were documented by as many as one-hundred photos. This is the second time in just over...
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Rare Photos Found in Leadville Illustrate the Lives of Miners

It’s not every day that significant new art finds are made. And it’s even rarer for these discoveries to be recognized, shared with the community, and integrated effectively into a larger historical and cultural context. But such is the case at Leadville’s National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum, where...
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Pot Potency-Limiting Amendment 139 Is Dead

Amendment 139, a proposal that's seeking a spot on the November ballot, is getting attention primarily for a section that would limit the potency of marijuana products to 16 percent THC — a reduction for a huge number of currently available items. But that's not all the measure would do...
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X-Men: Apocalypse Makes the Comic-Book Movie Great Again

There’s a scene during the first half of Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Apocalypse that is so emotionally resonant, so well-put-together and so quiet that you might briefly forget you’re watching a superhero film. It involves a raid by some Polish officers in the remote forest where Erik Lehnsherr, aka Magneto (Michael...
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Will Republicans Kill Gay Conversion Therapy Ban Bill Again?

The photo above pictures Leelah Alcorn, a transgender teen who posted a suicide note on Tumblr in December 2014 shortly before stepping in front of a semi-truck that killed her. Alcorn's last words include references to how her parents forced her to take part in so-called conversion therapy, which is...
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Stream These Great 2015 Movies or Die Lonely and Out of the Loop

As cinematic year 2015 reaches its end, the FOMO specter threatens to haunt us all. If you pored over the results of our film poll and felt aghast at how many apparently great movies you’ve yet to see, here at last is a chance to catch up without braving traffic. —Michael...
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Review: Missy Moore Worth Seeing in Edge Theater’s Getting Out

Marsha Norman’s Getting Out, first produced in 1979, portrays the grim dilemma of a woman just released from prison. Arlene has been driven to her bare-bones Louisville, Kentucky, apartment by a prison guard, Benny, who actually retired from his job for the chance to be with her — though his...