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Review: Four Impressive Solos at MCA Denver

The spring offerings at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver cover a lot of ground, with four impressive solos on view right now. Occupying the spaces on the main floor is Arnie Svenson: The Neighbors, a body of color photos depicting the New York artist’s neighbors as seen through their...
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The Race for Denver District Attorney: Meet Helen Morgan

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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Jeffco Battles Over Proposed Car Dealerships Next to Dino Ridge

On Tuesday, January 17, Jeffco’s board of county commissioners will consider a proposed zoning change for a planned 140-acre development on four parcels straddling the four corners of the Alameda and C-470 interchange. The change would allow for a proposed hotel and gas station southeast of the interchange and, on the northwest quadrant, up to four car dealerships, which would surround the Dinosaur Ridge visitor center on three sides. Representatives of the developer, Three Dinos LLC, have described the request as “a minor change” in use for property that’s been zoned for commercial development for nearly a decade. But opponents of the plan say there’s nothing minor about the impacts the development would have on adjoining open-space land, on wildlife, on nearby hiking and biking trails, and on one of the last scenic vistas in the Rooney Valley, which has seen increasing encroachment by highways, the Solterra housing development, a motocross park, Bandimere Speedway and other projects.
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Photos: A Snow-Pork-Alypse at the Bacon and Beer Classic

A little spring storm didn't deter pork and porter pros on Saturday; the Bacon and Beer Classic hosted two sessions in the chilly main concourse of Sports Authority Field at Mile High with beers from nearly fifty Colorado breweries and pig-based eats from more than thirty restaurants, food trucks and...
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Best Evidence of Clyfford Still’s Eccentricity

Repeat/Recreate: Clyfford Still's "Replicas"As director of the Clyfford Still Museum, Dean Sobel relentlessly comes up with new ways to present the artist’s accomplishments — a most pressing assignment, considering that the CSM is exclusively given over to the exhibition of Still’s pieces. To keep visitors interested, Sobel can’t just present the same old chronology over and over again; […]
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Best Museum Exhibit

Marilyn Minter: Pretty/DirtyBy any measure, the paintings, photos, videos and wallpapers that made up Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty — which filled all three floors of MCA Denver — were over the top, a combined consequence of the artist’s accomplished technique, outrageous choice of subjects and effortlessly conveyed, spectacular visual impact. The exhibit, expertly curated by Bill Arning, director […]
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Best Reunion Show

Vault: MSU Denver Alumni ExhibitionThe largest art department in Colorado is at Metropolitan State University of Denver, and because of its focus, Metro — founded in 1965 as a state college — has played an inordinately large role in the city’s art world. In fact, so many artists have graduated from the institution that a jury was required to […]
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Best Salute to a National Park

Trine Bumiller: 100 Paintings for 100 YearsThe McNichols Building in Civic Center is undergoing renovation and won’t open again until this fall, but one of the last shows there before it closed was decidedly one of the best efforts of the year. Titled Trine Bumiller: 100 Paintings for 100 Years, the show celebrated the centennial of nearby Rocky Mountain National Park. […]
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Sake to Me: Three Japanese Restaurants for Food and Sake Pairings

You’ve mastered single-malt and bested craft beer; you’ve even solved the mysteries of mezcal and speak reasonable rum. But what of that clear — and clearly baffling — Japanese rice beverage called sake? Most of us vaguely remember blurry nights filled with dragon rolls and rounds of hot sake, sometimes...
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Five Restaurant Trends That Need to Die

We like what we like when it comes to dining out, but sometimes we're faced with a little too much of what someone else likes. Restaurant trends spread quickly based on what will bring in the cash, the customers and the thumbs-up reviews, but sometimes restaurateurs don't know when to...
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Meet Darryl Glenn, Second Amendment-Loving Pro-Life GOP Senate Nominee

"My name is Darryl Glenn, and I'm an unapologetic Christian-Constitutional-conservative-pro-life-Second-Amendment loving American." That's how Glenn, an El Paso County Commissioner, introduced himself at this year's Colorado Republican Convention — and as you'll see in a video on view below, the crowd went wild. This reaction carried over to yesterday's primary,...
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The Ten Best Geek Events in Denver in August

The end of summer is in sight, but there's still plenty of geek fun to be had before it's gone. August has a full slate of nerd-tinged fun, from movies to music and all points in between. Here are the month's ten best geek events, in chronological order.  10. Weird Al...
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New Oklahoma, Nebraska Strategy to Kill Colorado Pot Laws

Last month, as we reported, the United States Supreme Court decided not to hear a lawsuit filed by Oklahoma and Nebraska over Colorado's marijuana laws — specifically Amendment 64, which legalized limited recreational marijuana sales here after its passage in November 2012. The court's decision effectively snuffed out this avenue...