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Grandoozy music festival could create doozy of a traffic jam, but Denver police say they’re prepared

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Grandoozy pedestrians, beware! As you head in and outside of this Denver music festival’s gates this weekend, then you’ll be navigating busy roads. Watch out for automobiles, bicycles, trains and other pedestrians. And the neighbors who reside close to the festival website — Overland Park Golf Course — ask you to respect their property by
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School shootings as street art: A controversial sign riles RiNo

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If you walk through the RiNo area Tuesday, you re bound to find a bevy of funky street art with the launch of the Crush Walls urban art festival. But it’s one contentious article of street art in particular, unaffiliated with the festival, that has sparked conversation around the area. Over the weekend, what appeared
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Four tips for becoming Denver’s next big reality-TV star as “American Idol” auditions return to the city

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“American Idol” has been killed and revived, kicked about on the TV program, and adopted as a pop-culture institution over recent years. But something has ever been true concerning the singing competition that is influential: People love auditioning for it. While the series has endured in ratings in the past few years, enthusiasts still turn
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The deals that you can score when the Denver Broncos score during the 2018 season

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Even the roar of the audience might be a little louder this season, since when the Denver Broncos win (or merely complete specific plays)they also score bargains on meals and beverages for their fans. Depending on game stats, enthusiasts can handle reductions on coffee, burgers, cakes, doughnuts, pizza and more. Even better, some deals are
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“Crazy Rich Asians” banks another crazy rich box office weekend

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LOS ANGELES — “Crazy Rich Asians” isn ’ t slowing in its third weekend in theaters even at the box office, also is helping to send a strong summer moviegoing season away. Studios on Sunday state the romantic comedy has topped the national charts . Warner Bros. estimates the film added an extra $22.2 million
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Regional books: “The Bonanza King,” “Phoebe Apperson Hearst” and more

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“The Bonanza King” from Gregory Crouch (Scribner). Like our very own Leadville, Virginia City, Nev., is a bucolic town, a remnant of the past that lives on biblical glory.  But Virginia City has been the center of their world for its mining industry that is precious-metals.  It turned out to be a town that brought gold- sharpers,
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Meow Wolf, Elitch’s team up for “other-worldly” new ride

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Hold on to your hats, Denver Meow Wolf Lovers. The Santa Fe, N.M.-based artwork collective is boosting its presence in the Mile High City by collaborating with Elitch Gardens to a ride set to take off next spring. Dubbed “Kaleidoscape,” the appeal is slated for an April 2019 launch ahead of the coming of Meow
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Book review: Denver comic Adam Cayton-Holland digs deep, finds healing in “Tragedy Plus Time”

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Adam Cayton-Holland has often seemed like one of those people who has all. The 38-year-old former and live-in Westword scribe, who returns for Season 3 of his own truTV sitcom “Those Who Can’t” this fall, comes from a well-educated, well-off family in Denver’s Park Hill neighborhood. Following years of proving his ability and work ethic
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Shows at Planet Bluegrass in Lyons aren’t concerts, they’re family reunions

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LYONS — After on-and-off clouds and drizzles all day, the afternoon sun blasted from nowhereilluminating the entire 20-acre festival grounds to the bank of the North Saint Vrain River. The cliff throughout the river glowed red, the moisture made sun and the air cool warmed some 4,000 confronts as people put away rain coats and
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With the first sightings of the white stuff on Snowmass Mountain, it’s clear: Winter is coming

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Enough with this weather, already. It’s no time to move on to the warmer months so Coloradans can start hitting on the slopes. Thankfully, our forecasts have been heard by the mountain lions. Aspen Snowmass tweeted a photo of its mountain scattered with flakes of snow Thursday morning. There’s still a very long way to
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