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Are You Ready to Get Lit? A Dozen Things to Do in Denver This Week

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Teague Bohlen

Teague Bohlen is a writer, novelist and professor at the University of Colorado Denver. His first novel, The Pull of the Earth, won the Colorado Book Award for Literary Fiction in 2007; his textbook The Snarktastic Guide to College Success came out in 2014, and a flash fiction collection, Flatland, in 2019. His new novel, Escaping Denver, is available now.

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Coincidence or Conspiracy? Job Opportunities Abound at Denver International Airport

By Teague BohlenAugust 11, 2025

There’s another hiring fair on August 12. And no, tornado chaser and thunderstorm wrangler aren’t on the roster.

15 Fun Facts About Red Rocks That May Surprise You

By Emily Ferguson and OthersAugust 11, 2025

From rock-and-roll bans to UFOs, here are some bizarre facts to share while you’re waiting in line for a vodka lemonade.

The Fifth Brings Coffee Back to 26th and Welton

By Teague BohlenAugust 11, 2025

The goal is to create a community gathering place, one that honors the history of Five Points.

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Prison Pen and Paint: High Walls Will Break Down Barriers at RedLine

By Teague BohlenAugust 8, 2025

“From the beginning, we didn’t want it to be just an art show, but a series of events and programs giving deeper insight into the ring of issues around the space of incarceration.”

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Breaking Free: Colorado’s Prison Arts Programs Help Inmates Unlock Their Creativity

By Teague BohlenAugust 7, 2025

A split between the Department of Corrections and the University of Denver sent some programs into solitary, but now they’re breaking free.

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How a Westword Assignment Turned Into a New Book

By Teague BohlenJuly 30, 2025

Escaping Denver isn’t easy. But writing Escaping Denver? Now, that’s a story…

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Book It: Ten Best New Summer Reads by Colorado Authors

By Teague BohlenJuly 29, 2025

It’s summertime, and the reading is easy.

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See You Later, Mestizo-Curtis Park Murals

By Teague BohlenJuly 28, 2025

“Eyes on the Park” has been decommissioned; a new piece by Emanuel Martinez is coming…but when?

Legendary L.A. Bands X and Los Lobos Play the Paramount

By Teague BohlenJuly 16, 2025

Exene Cervenka and Steve Berlin talk about hitting Denver together to celebrate “99 Years of Rock ‘n Roll.”

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These Are the Greatest Concerts in Red Rocks History

By Teague BohlenJuly 15, 2025

From a rock ban started by Aretha Franklin to a riot at Jethro Tull and Phish fans driving Morrison crazy, these are the most memorable shows.

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Ninety Years in the Nude: Mountain Air Ranch Celebrates Anniversary

By Teague BohlenJuly 10, 2025

People at Mountain Air Ranch are celebrating almost a century of Colorado’s only nudist resort in their birthday suits.

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Dungeons and Dragons and Drag…Oh My!: Denver Drag Queens Debut D&D Podcast

By Teague BohlenJuly 8, 2025

Denver Drag queens bring their ‘big wigs’ and twenty-siders to game for the Queens of the Roundtable podcast and web series.

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The Coolest Things We Saw at FAN EXPO on the Fourth of July

By Teague BohlenJuly 5, 2025

Denver’s four-day geek-stravaganza is well underway.

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Things Are Looking Up in Colorado: Is It Aliens? UFOs? Balloon Boy?

By Teague BohlenJuly 2, 2025

Happy World UFO Day. You’re in the right place to celebrate, since this is one of the top ten states for spotting one.

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Ten Things to See at FAN EXPO Denver

By Teague BohlenJuly 1, 2025

The can’t-miss highlights of Colorado’s own pop-culture con.

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The Story Isn’t Over: The Bookies Sells, Will Live to See Another Day

By Teague BohlenJuly 1, 2025

The saga of The Bookies happily enters its third chapter.

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Have You Missed Del Taco? It’s Making a Colorado Comeback!

By Teague BohlenJune 30, 2025

With Del Taco’s triumphant return to Colorado, it’s a burritoful day in our neighborhoods.

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Effin’ Birds Migrates to Denver for Events

By Teague BohlenJune 28, 2025

Creator Aaron Reynolds hits Mutiny Comics before Fan Expo.

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Denver Writer Jill Carsten Spotlights the Soul of Our State in New Podcast

By Teague BohlenJune 25, 2025

Denver writer Jill Carstens searches for Colorado’s soul in a new podcast that just launched.

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The History of Juneteenth in Denver

By Teague BohlenJune 19, 2025

Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, but Five Points was celebrating it seventy years before that.

Drive-By Truckers Wants No Racist Assholes

By Teague BohlenJune 17, 2025

Drive-By Truckers’ Patterson Hood believes the personal is political, and the political is personal.

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How Not to Build a (Colorado) Commune: Denver Author Writes From Experience

By Teague BohlenJune 16, 2025

Denver writer Jeff Richards’ new memoir recounts Colorado in the Summer of Love and the years that followed.

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