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The Life and Death of Phil Anschutz’s Examiner.com

When Examiner.com debuted just over eight years ago, it was ballyhooed as a bold effort to harness the power of citizen journalism with the financial support of the ultimate deep-pocketed investor, Denver-based billionaire Phil Anschutz. The site's impending death should be much quieter. Michael Roth, a Los Angeles-based spokesman for Anschutz Entertainment...
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Tickets Now on Sale for First Colorado Anime Film Festival

The Colorado Anime Film Festival, a new collaboration between the Alamo Drafthouse and the Colorado Anime Festival, will run September 9 through September 11 at the Alamo. The first festival of its kind in Colorado will kick off with a to-be-determined big title; ten more films, special guests and a series...
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CO Springs Mayor Predicts Illegal Pot Grow Day of Reckoning, 100s of Busts

"Colorado Springs Mayor: Day of Reckoning Coming for City's Illegal Marijuana Growers," published by the Colorado Springs Gazette on May 28, represents the coming together of an anti-marijuana newspaper and an anti-marijuana politician — Mayor John Suthers. But that doesn't mean it's empty posturing. While Suthers's assertion that hundreds of illegal...
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Best Detroit-Style Pizza

Detroit has seen its share of troubles lately, but here’s a bit of good news for the Motor City: It spawned one kick-ass style of pie. And here’s even better news: You don’t have to hop on a plane to get it. At Blue Pan Pizza, Detroit transplant Jeff Smokevitch geeks out over details like […]
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Review: Seven Artists Alter Natural Perceptions at Walker Fine Art

The current show at Walker Fine Art, Altering Natural Perceptions, represents a newish approach for gallery director Bobbi Walker. Instead of installing a main exhibit up front with a selection of pieces by gallery artists in the back, as she has done for many years, Walker has lately been giving...
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Fighting Through the Bullshit at the Botanic Gardens With case/lang/veirs

Songwriter supergroup case/lang/veirs conspired with the Denver Botanic Gardens last night to produce some pretty bucolic moments. For example: Picture, during a performance of the group’s lovely tribute to the tragic life of Judee Sill, two little kids moving barefoot through some invented ballroom dancing steps before bursting into giggles...
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Erykah Badu Elevated and Electrified Valentine’s Day at the Ogden

In the words of Erykah Badu, the concept of a "double bind" is “two conflicting ideas...[which can result in] transcendence, an existence or experience beyond the normal or physical level." Though this phrase is usually applied to irreconcilable differences, in Badu's hands it becomes an opportunity for transcendence, words that...
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The Race for Denver District Attorney: Meet Beth McCann

Denver is about to get a new district attorney. With Mitch Morrissey, who was elected in 2004, stepping down due to term limits, voters in November will have a chance to choose between Beth McCann, who won the Democratic primary in June, and Helen Morgan, running as an independent. We...
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The Thirteen Best Film Events in Denver in October

It's the most wonderful time of the year! No, not Christmas. It's Halloween season! Otherwise known as the time of year when  young lovers look for movies to tremble through together and psychotic minds (all of us, really) crave a good scream...or just a simple onscreen bloody decapitation. Enjoy this...
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Vape Pen Explosion Gives Marcus Forzani Third-Degree Burns

Marcus Forzani, seventeen, was carrying a vape pen in his pocket when something unexpected happened. The vaporizer's battery exploded — an uncommon occurrence, but one that's not exactly unprecedented. As a result, Forzani suffered second- and third-degree burns to one leg. A GoFundMe page has been created to help raise...
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Trend Spotting: Using More and Wasting Less in the Kitchen

Some food trends don't make much sense in Denver's dining scene. Take octopus, for example: While tentacles are wiggling their way onto more and more menus, much of the octopus being plated comes from half way around the world, is difficult to catch without destroying delicate reef environments, and takes...
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DPD Crackdown on Homeless: Camping-Ban Enforcement Up 500 Percent

For months, Denver has been engaged in a sustained crackdown on homeless encampments. Since the sweeps began along Park Avenue West on March 8, homeless individuals have described being chased around the city by police officers, who cite Denver’s urban-camping-ban ordinance when prohibiting them from sleeping under cover anywhere in...
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Sand Creek Massacre Memorial Gains Ground at Colorado Capitol

"So far, we have had to give ground, give ground, give ground,” Herbert Welch told the Capitol Building Advisory Committee meeting in the basement of the Colorado Capitol, which stands on top of some of the ground that the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes used to call their own. Welch, who...
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Frasca Food and Wine Hosts Istituto di Olio Dinner Tonight

Frasca Food and Wine welcomes Steve Lewis, owner of Giuliana Imports and Giuliana Direct Olive Oil, for a special Istituto di Olio dinner at 6 p.m. this evening. Founded in 1996, Giuliana Direct Olive Oil was created to make it simple and affordable to buy fresh, real extra virgin olive...