When your 74-year old father-in-law calls to say he wants to spend some time with your kids this summer, you’re thinking the beach. Or maybe a visit back East. Possibly, Disneyland. What you’re not thinking is that he wants to shoulder a backpack and hike...
We’d been looking for a way to get on a rafting trip for a while. A raft, with its ample space for food and gear, seemed like the perfect way to get into the wilderness with kids. Enough space to carry everything we’d need. And...
Tickets here for “Detroit” at Denver’s Curious Theatre Company. Through June 19. [caption id="attachment_50784" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Karen Slack, Brian Landis Falkins, Amanda Berg Wilson, Josh Hartwell, courtesy Curious Theatre Company[/caption] Buckle down or party on? Resist the urge or grab another Pabst? Cheetos or caviar? Stay in your hole? Or...
“Spring has sprung, The Grass has riz, I wonder where the birdies is? The little bird is on the wing, But that’s absurd! Because the wing is on the bird!” (Ode to Spring) “For the birds…” "According to Robert Claiborne in Loose Cannons and Red Herrings, the expression refers to city streets...
Our recent weekend in Denver proved that getting high in the Mile High City does not necessarily twin with cannabis and vaporizers. At the end of the cultural banquet that defined our romantic getaway, we did indeed inhale – the pure oxygen of gratitude. Home base was...
Tickets here for “In the Red and Brown Water” at Denver’s Curious Theatre Company The first play in a trilogy, “In the Red and Brown Water,” serves up that special Curious Theatre recipe of bold, unusual storytelling and a memorable theatrical style, in this case a...
"Charles Ives Takes Me Home,” Denver’s Curious Theatre. Tickets here. The program for “Charles Ives Takes Me Home” tells us that the setting is “Here and There” and the Time is “Now and Then.” We are heading for a trip to universal messages, we figure, big-picture stuff....
Editor’s note: When news of my friend Katrine’s win hit my inbox, it struck me that her upbeat story proves Christmas can be more than buy, fry, cry, and wonder why. So if your “ho ho ho” has turned into “ho ho no,” read on...
Not all green-leaning folks fit under one large umbrella. Turns out there are shades of green, real differences among those who love Mother Nature and want to save the planet. In this article which appeared in Grist, David Roberts parses the term “environmentalist," explains the differences among...
