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100 Colorado Creatives: Manuel Ramos

#10: Manuel Ramos Manuel Ramos looms large in Denver's Chicano arts and political communities: A veteran legal-aid lawyer for more than forty years, Ramos found voice as a writer when he wasn't fighting for justice, though even that vocation is imbued with an innate understanding of the struggles of the...
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Conceptual abstraction runs through shows at Robischon and Vertigo

In the last decades of the twentieth century, conceptualism was on the upswing in the wake of pop art and minimalism, both of which have big conceptual components. The cutting-edge work of the '80s and '90s was heavy with narrative, and artists often chose representational approaches to tell their stories...
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Clark Richert. In the few years it's been in business, Gildar Gallery has mostly showcased young and up-and-coming artists, but with Dimension and Symmetry: Clark Richert, the intimate space on Broadway has moved to Denver's big time, as Richert is among the best-known artists in the state. The show comes...
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The U.S. should allow more Mexicans in legally

Dear Mexican: My father and mother were able to come to the United States because once the "yellow scare" was over, no one seemed to mind that Chinese were coming here by the boatload. Since my parents were given visas and green cards pretty easily, my father was able to...
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The ten best shows in Denver this weekend

Hooo buddy. There are shows this weekend in Denver. Who needs Austin when you've got the legendary New Orleans Suspects, the even more legendary De La Soul and a bunch of dudes with laptops, right here in your hometown? Not us. We'll be here, seeing what Chris Adolf is up...
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Clark Richert. In the few years it's been in business, Gildar Gallery has mostly showcased young and up-and-coming artists, but with Dimension and Symmetry: Clark Richert, the intimate space on Broadway has moved to Denver's big time, as Richert is among the best-known artists in the state. The show comes...
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There’s More to Streaming Than Netflix

As of this writing, the Netflix Instant catalogue boasts more than 10,000 titles available for online streaming -- a number that, as per the official Netflix rhetoric, seems colossal. But the landscape of this digital paradise may not be quite so idyllic. As classic-film enthusiast Jaime Christley reminds us, "If...
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Getting saucy at Illegal Pizza on Federal Boulevard

In A Federal Case, I'll be eating my way up Federal Boulevard -- south to north -- within Denver city limits. I'll be skipping the national chains and per-scoop Chinese joints, but otherwise I'll report from every vinyl booth, walk-up window and bar stool where food is served. Here's the...
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Deck the pols: Photographer Evan Semón does double duty with holiday cards

Deck the pols! For the first time that anyone can remember, the same local photographer has created holiday cards for both Denver's mayor and Colorado's governor. Evan Semón, who's done work for everyone from Visit Denver to assorted nonprofits to happy newlyweds (see his work at evansemon.com), got the assignments...
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Alain Resnais Imagined the Whole Memory of the World

Alain Resnais's last completed film, Life of Riley (2014), presents a group of aging friends who plan, hope, wish, dream and scheme after they learn that one of their own is dying. The doomed man, George Riley, never shown on screen, is enlisted to join an amateur theater production in...
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Denver pot-smoking tickets 19 times higher in 2013 than in 2012

Amendment 64 legalized the possession and use of limited amounts of pot for adults 21 and over, but it didn't legalize public consumption of cannabis on streets, sidewalks, parks or any other public place, for that matter. But apparently that message didn't quite reach Denver and Boulder residents, as public...
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Colorado Gives Day raises more than $20 million for 1,442 nonprofits

Update: In our post yesterday about the fourth annual Colorado Gives Day, we wondered whether Coloradans would be more generous than last year, when the 24-hour online fundraising bonanza raised more than $15 million. We now know that the answer is yes. According to the Community First Foundation, which founded...