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No Suspects Named in Latest Park Hill Shooting: Gang Related?

A weekend shooting in Park Hill has received relatively little attention. One reason: The serious injury that took place didn't result in death. But the incident, which took place a little over a mile from an attempted gundown of a man as he put his baby in his car late last month...
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Amberay Snyder: Child Abuse Count for Leaving Boys With Drinking Dad

On Facebook, Kyle McClelland comes across as a loving father who dearly misses his two little boys. At last report, however, McClelland was ensconced in the Jefferson County jail on suspicion of child abuse after the toddlers were found wandering a south Jeffco street. The drama began yesterday, when the...
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In Broncos-Avalanche Rainy GIF War, Everyone’s a Winner

Today, training camp for the Denver Broncos is closed to the public because of flooding caused by yesterday's downpour in the lot where fans park. But at least the drenching produced plenty of laughs, thanks to the social media squad for the Broncos and the Colorado Avalanche. Given that it's...
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Reader: If Police Can Act Like Savages, Why Not the Rest of Us?

Our coverage of the protest against police staged in Denver on April 29 — a gathering that resulted in eleven arrests — generated widely varied responses. Some readers agreed with the Denver Police Department that officers had acted with restraint in the face of extreme provocation from demonstrators. Others felt...
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An A-Z Guide to Every Holiday Movie Screening in Denver

Here it is folks, a cinematic advent calendar of sorts for this holiday season. Our local repertory houses — the Sie FilmCenter and the Alamo Drafthouse, along with a handful of other movie houses — are about to go all H.A.M. for you and your Christmas spirit. So, we've gathered...
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Review: Welcome to the Promised Land of Milk & Honey

Michael Shiell created quite a stir when he picked the name for the restaurant that would mark his return to Denver after a three-year hiatus: It would be called Milk & Honey, after a biblical phrase synonymous with good times. It might have been more straightforward to call the place...
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Chelsea Wolfe’s Abyss Was Inspired by Nightmares

Chelsea Wolfe is about to kick off a series of shows with Denver's Wovenhand playing support. They'll start this Saturday, August 28 at the Bluebird Theatre. The pairing is perfect, as both projects are possessed of great musical darkness and intensity. “My record label and management company recently brought [Wovenhand]...
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The Ten Best Pop-Punk Songs of All Time

There’s no way to deny it at this point, pop-punk is back. Love it or hate it, those high school jams from the first half of the ‘00s have circled back around as part of the current “emo revival.” Get ready to jump, scream, and sing your teenage heart out,...
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Ten Old-School Monster-Movie Icons

In the late 1950s, Columbia Pictures packaged up 52 black-and-white monster movies made by Universal Studios and released them into television syndication. The package as a whole, consisting of both great and not-so-great movies, was called Shock Theater and it was followed by a second grouping called Son of Shock...
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Eight Great Getaways in Colorado on Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day weekend is almost here, and you never got to take that summer road trip. It's not too late! Here are eight reasons to head for the hills this weekend. 8) Telluride Film Festival Friday, September 4 through Monday, August 7 The Telluride Film Fest has long been an...
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Marijuana May Cause Decreased Sperm Counts, New Study Finds

While medical marijuana patients talk up the health benefits of MMJ, anti-pot activists insist that cannabis actually impairs brain function, among other things. For a laundry list of why marijuana is bad for you, see this Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment report from earlier this year. Turns out,...
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Dessert for Breakfast: The Seven Best Sweet Brunch Dishes in Denver

While some gravitate towards the hearty egg and other protein-rich brunch dishes, there’s an equal consortium that goes for the sweet treats: the pancake, waffle and crepe creations. Whether you’re a savory or sweet morning person, these decadent treats are too good to pass up. If your sweet tooth is...
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Five Great Books About Music – Some Obvious, Some Less So

Music is a tough subject for writers of fiction. Because unless an author has actually lived the life of a musician or someone in the music business, writing with anything approaching legitimacy is nearly impossible. Even people who know the subject inside and out face myriad problems, the first of...
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Soaking Up the Story of the 1965 Flood at History Colorado

Anyone who's slogged through this sodden spring in Colorado knows that our supposedly semi-arid climate can get downright wet sometimes. For longtime residents, the freak hail, mini-twisters and violent lightning storms of the past month or so might trigger a few memories of another soggy June fifty years ago that...
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Avanti Close-up: MiJo from Johnny DePierro and Michael Nevarez

Ramen is king noodle in Denver right now, but chefs Johnny DePierro and Michael Nevarez are out to dethrone the popular Japanese dish with udon — which they're serving several different ways at MiJo inside Avanti Food & Beverage. The two have been mastering their Asian chops at Frank Bonanno's...