"A heavy metal punk rock outlaw."

When the sun goes down, nocturnal Denverites emerge and turn up their style swagger. Take a look at this week's trendsetters and rule-breakers -- caught in their natural environs of East 13th Avenue.

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"Breaking the Glass Ceiling"

If you haven't already seen it, the exhibit Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection at the Denver Art Museum is so worth a look-see. That's because it's not just a collection of interesting antique and costume jewelry. Albright chose each brooch -- mostly collected over time at flea markets, gift shops and antique stores -- for its deeper meaning, and as Secretary of State, she wore the pins as a way to send a subtle message to whomever she met with in the global political arena.

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Because this planet's the only one we've got for the time being, you can never really celebrate Earth Day enough. But there's no rule that says you have to be all self-righteous and earnest or even new-agey about paying homage to Gaia. It's okay to have fun, too, and that's the reason for tonight's installment of Voodoo Comedy Playhouse's bimonthly French Quarter Follies burlesque show, which will be dedicated to Mother Earth and all her earthy faeries, sprites and wood creatures.

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Sam Tallent.

Denver's comedy community despaired when heckler-ready Squire Lounge comedy night open-mike host Greg Baumhauer decided to call it quits.

The comedy night was mean, it was ugly, it was the toughest crowd in town -- if you could even get them to listen to you in the first place. But for many fledgling comics, the Squire was home on Tuesday nights. And then, in the cold of winter, they were kicked back out into the streets.

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Little Big Man

It's a story too common in recent months: horses found emaciated on a Colorado ranch and seized by authorities in a last-ditch effort to save them. Half a dozen horses were discovered in a state of severe neglect on a ranch near Bailey in February. One of them, a colt named Little Big Man, was too weak to even lift his head -- but the story has a better ending, and even some guitar-strumming, toe-tapping horse opry music to go with it.

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The West Coast punks are pogoing into town this spring at MCA Denver, Gildar Gallery, the Colorado Photographic Arts Center and other locations, for a series of shows falling under the aegis of Search & Destroy. So-named for the San Francisco 'zine or the '70s), the ring of satellite shows came to rest Friday night, March 29, 2012 at MCA, where a reception with live music opened to the public at 8 p.m. Read more about Search and Destroy at MCA.

Below are a few scenes from the opening and here's the full slide show: Search and Destroy opening at MCA.

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Opera on Tap

The opera singers who regularly let their hair down at Opera on Tap, the up-close-and-personal monthly bar night at Bender's Tavern, will further reveal their inner selves during tonight's installment, the Musical Month of March. And though opera is inherently musical, this "musical" refers to what blossoms on Broadway rather than at the Met.

Beginning at 8 p.m., some of our local warblers -- singers who are perhaps more familiar with the Ellie than the Met -- will be belting tunes from Kurt Weill and Stephen Sondheim, along with favorites from shows like Ragtime and Little Shop of Horrors, in operatic tones. Wonder if they'll break any glasses?

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Mondo Guerra as his name was announced during the season finale of Project Runway All Stars last night.

It must have been tough for Denver designer Mondo Guerra to keep a secret for so long, but on Thursday night, the reality-show contestant could finally let it out: He was the winner of Project Runway All Stars.

In a watch party held at the Exdo Event Center, Guerra had gathered with a few hundred of his closest friends and supporters for the big event -- which seemed like a dead giveaway that the 33-year-old designer was going to beat out two other finalists. After all, who would rent a giant inflatable clown and an illuminated dance floor if he knew he was going to lose? So both spirits and hopes were high.

Guerra thanked his fans for their support, got a little emotional, naturally, and managed to get one final jab in at his design rival Austin Scarlett.

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Today doesn't just mark the start of that festive, lush, and green holiday: St. Patrick's Day. It also kicks off that upcoming festive, lush and green season: spring.

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Erin Streets, the main character in "Shit Girls in Denver Say." Watch the full video below.

The latest local version of the Shit Girls Say viral video trend is "Shit Girls in Denver Say," starring Erin Streets, a 25-year-old fashion designer and stylist who utters cliches and catch phrases for a good three minutes. It's funny. Watch the video below and read Street's reaction to its relative popularity (16,000 views and counting, since it was published Thursday).

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