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The Good Soldier
When the Army tried to take down Andrew Pogany, it messed with the wrong coward.
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Target Practice: Racism and Police Shootings Are No Game
Are Denver cops trigger-happy for minorities? A video game might hold the answer.
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Fisher Clark Urban Delicatessen
Man does not live by bread alone – but you could come close here.
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Hope for the Colorado Rockies Springs Eternal
A What's So Funny special report from spring training in Tucson.
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French 250
Ooh, la la! This restaurant has me all haute and bothered!
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Hope for the Colorado Rockies Springs Eternal (6)
A What's So Funny special report from spring training in Tucson.
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Target Practice: Racism and Police Shootings Are No Game (5)
Are Denver cops trigger-happy for minorities? A video game might hold the answer.
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Con Artist Gives Funny Cause for Pregnant Pause (9)
Would you pay $20 to get a scam artist off your front porch?
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Sunshine Megatron to Move From T-Shirt Hell (3)
Should millionaire T-shirt mogul Sunshine Megatron make Denver his new neighborhood? You be the judge.
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Deconstructing the DNA of a Denver Post Pulitzer Finalist (3)
Critics raise questions regarding an impressive Post series shortly after it's named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
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Lights Out
Discover what darkness can do for the environment.
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Urban Oasis
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Hip-Hop History
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Cartoon Network
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In It to Win It
Play Blingo, win money and fashion.
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Happy Birthday John Fante
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There Will be Grub
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Last Nigh...BDRMPPL, State Bird, The Tanukis, Mad Happy
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The Rap-Up: Apostle, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Mos Def, Beyonce
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Look of the Day - John
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Fur Sure
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Pundit Watch: Tucker Carlson
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Lighting Up
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Recent Articles By Joel Warner
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Snowboard Style
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The Good Soldier
When the Army tried to take down Andrew Pogany, it messed with the wrong coward.
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Sunshine Megatron to Move From T-Shirt Hell
Should millionaire T-shirt mogul Sunshine Megatron make Denver his new neighborhood? You be the judge.
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Cinephilia
Neighborhood Flix's Classic Arthouse Series takes film back to the streets.
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Baristas Abuzz With Caffeinated Competition
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National Features
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Miami New Times
The Murder of Master Do
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Pitching "Woo-Woo"
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Spank the Honkey
The victim of a racial slur exacts a special kind of retribution.
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Broward-Palm Beach New Times
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Gee Whiz
The quilts of Gee's Bend blanket the Denver Art Museum.
By Joel Warner
Published: April 3, 2008
Gee's Bend is an isolated Alabaman African-American community known for debilitating poverty, lingering scars of Jim Crow South -- and some of the most celebrated artistic creations in recent history. When an exhibit of the residents' homemade quilts -- featuring bold colors, stunning designs and self-taught techniques -- began touring major art museums in 2002, critics hailed them as "some of the most miraculous work of art America has produced." Now the quilts have finally arrived here, at the Denver Art Museum's exhibit, Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt, which opens today at the museum, 100 West 14th Avenue Parkway, and runs through July 6.
"The current exhibition explores several complementary themes -- the types of patterns and materials used to make the quilts, the preferences of different quiltmakers in these matters, and the familial and community interrelationships among the quilters and aspects of their works," says Alice Zrebiec, the museum's textile art consulting curator. "The sequencing of the quilts in the installation leads the viewer visually through these crisscrossing story lines, and the voice of the artist is heard clearly through numerous quotes and a mesmerizing video." What's more, some of the quiltmakers themselves will be in town to talk about their work on June 7 and 8. Catch it before it hits the road -- or you'll be sew sorry. For more information and tickets, call 720-865-5000 or visit www.denverartmuseum.org.
April 13-July 6, 2008
