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Regional books: “Continental Divide Trail,” “Bear Ears” and more

“The Continental Divide Trail:  Exploring America’s Ridgeline Trail,” by Barney Scout Mann  (Rizzoli) What makes America great is not its constitution nor its entrepreneurial spirit, writes Pulitzer Prize-winning author Nicholas Kristof in his introduction to “The Continental Divide Trail. ”  & & ldquo;Another element of American exceptionalism is that the attractiveness and sweep of our […]

History Colorado’s future gets some clarity thanks to new additions, challenging 2018

Following a tribal dancing and drum performance, Steve Turner canvassed the History Colorado Center on Dec. 8 conversing with all members of three Ute tribes, about 300 of whom revealed to welcome “Written on the Land: Ute Voices, Ute History. ” “The display program is really coming into life,” stated Turner, executive director of History Colorado. […]

Movie review: “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” is a stunning animated achievement that lives up to the hype

— Four Stars Miles Morales makes the most of his Hollywood minute. “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” the multidimensional mind-trip from Sony Pictures Animation, feels much like the seventh Spider-Man film to hit the big screen (we’re not counting “Venom”-RRB- and much more like a one-of-a-kind, wall-crawling experience. It warrants top rank among Spider-Man’s greatest achievements, […]

Metro Denver native lands gig as briefcase model on new “Deal or No Deal”

By Pomona High School to your tv, get ready to see subway Denver’s Jessica Lee because the “Sweet 16” briefcase model when “Deal or No Deal” yields Wednesday night. Lee’s journey to the screen went via Cotton Creek Elementary and Huron Middle School before she graduated from Pomona. After working while attempting to make it […]

Colorado radio listeners vote to keep “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” on air

A Colorado radio station polled its listeners, asking whether a holiday tune that is favorite infamous for its lyrics that are predatory only must go. The solution is no. “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” lives on at Colorado’s Christmas radio station KOSI 101.1 despite initially being yanked off the air. The song, according to a duet […]

Ski for free on Sundays at a historic Colorado ski resort

Nothing beats the freedom of snowboarding and skiing and ski at no cost. For the year Howelsen Hill in Steamboat Springs will provide free skiing on Sundays this year. (Sunday skiing is free on Howelsen’s nine cross country paths.)  Prior to last season, completely absolutely free skiing has been provided one Sunday a month. Howelsen Hill […]

Adam Lerner, visionary director of MCA Denver, stepping down in 2019

Adam Lerner, the acclaimed director of this Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, will step down in June following a decade-long tenure where he built an global reputation for a risk-taking, influential and fiscally savvy leader at a fast paced creative hub. “My present contract expires in June and the museum is at a very healthy […]

These Colorado businesses are offering Black Friday deals, and there’s not a TV or video game console in the bunch

Around Colorado, millions of companies will be offering deals and special promotions beginning this Friday within their Black Friday-Cyber Monday weekend that serves as the unofficial kickoff of the holiday buying season. Maybe not all of them hail from the standard corners of this retail sector. Hotels, spas, recreational marijuana stores, are getting in on […]