Comedy

A guide to DIY comedy tours with the Fine Gentleman's Club

By Byron Graham Tue., Feb. 26 2013 at 8:27 AM
Categories: Comedy, DIY, Performance, Travel

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Interstate comedy tours have typically been the métier of famous names capable of drawing big crowds and veterans of the club circuit. Many obstacles stand in the way of aspiring comedians eager to earn their living on the road, from bookers who are unwilling to take a chance on an unknown commodity from out of town to the financial constraints of travel. For most novice comedians, a "tour" of open mics and free showcases in other states amounts to little more than a road trip taken at their own expense, which is fun but fiscally unsustainable.

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- The Fine Gentleman's Club fights tragedy with Too Much Fun!
- Lucky '13: Comedian and Fine Gentleman Sam Tallent
- Too Much Funstival comedians on how Denver's scene has evolved

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Trinidad film fest gets down and indie this week

By Alan Prendergast Tue., Sep. 11 2012 at 12:10 PM
Categories: Travel

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A scene from Pig, one of this year's entries.
Film festival season in Colorado kicks off every September with the oh-so-glamorous parade of celebs and their pet projects through Telluride, followed by a chain of lesser festivals aspiring to such glory across the state. But if you crave truly independent cinema; if you long for the days when film festivals were about mavericks screening distinctly non-Hollywood fare, rather than stars declaring themselves "indy" and scoring distribution deals; or even if you long for a world without Ben Affleck -- then Trindiefest might just be for you.

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- Threesomes at the Toronto Film Festival: Critic Karina Longworth weighs in
- Best Film Festival: Mid-Winter Punk Film Festival

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Catherine Cyran, Joe Estevez, Kirk Loudon, Mark Stolaroff, Trindiefest
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Books

Croatia, here we come: Jennifer Wilson signs Running Away to Home tonight in Boulder

By Susan Froyd Mon., May 14 2012 at 6:49 AM
Categories: Books, Travel

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You've heard of running away from home. But author Jennifer Wilson, after losing her savings to the stock-market crash, gathered up her family in Des Moines and ran away to home, or at least that's the way she characterizes it in her memoir/travelogue Running Away to Home.

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Arts and Culture

kART Across America explores the meaning of American art with insight and humor

By Kelsey Whipple Thu., Dec. 22 2011 at 1:28 PM
Categories: Arts and Culture, Colorado Film, Travel

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Christine, Jeremy Make and Andy Raney return to Colorado at the end of their documentary.
If you missed kART Across America at the Denver Starz Film Festival, the time you have left to see it on the big screen is limited. So if you can avoid your holiday plans for one more day, see it tonight. The film, directed by Denver natives and thoughtful funny men Andy Raner and Jeremy Make, concentrates the concept of personal art -- and the quest behind it -- into an 83-minute odyssey predicated on a disastrous, ridiculous and surprisingly successful gimmick: a golf kart named Christine, in which they spent 100 days traveling the United States in in 2008.

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kART Across America: What happens when two men travel the country in a golf kart named Christine

By Kelsey Whipple Thu., Dec. 22 2011 at 9:09 AM
Categories: Art, Colorado Film, Travel

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Courtesy of No Shame Productions
Jeremy Make and Andy Raney stand with Christine, the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang of vintage golf karts.
Call it a quarter-life crisis: Andy Raney does. Because before watching the documentary that resulted, it's slightly difficult to imagine why two adult males -- Raney and co-creator Jeremy Make -- would travel the United States in a used and dilapidated golf kart named Christine for a hundred days, moving at a brisk and booming 35 miles per hour. Christine's sputters could -- and maybe should -- have been a sign, since the kart broke down in the first five miles. Somehow, they weren't.

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Andy Raney, documentary, George Bombardier, golf kart, Jeremy Make, kART Across America, Mayan TheatreChristine, Stephen King
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Skiing

Colorado ski areas dominate Ski Magazine's 2011-2012 resort rankings

By Colin Bane Tue., Oct. 18 2011 at 1:59 PM
Categories: Skiing, Today in Stoke, Travel

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Vail makes #2 in Ski Magazine's annual Western U.S. Resort Rankings.
Eleven of the twenty resorts profiled in Ski Magazine's reader's choice list of the top twenty ski resorts in the Western Unied States this year are from Colorado, including six of the top ten. And while Utah's Deer Valley takes the top spot in a snub that just might force us to embark on an investigative field trip to Utah, we can't argue with Vail as the #2 choice or writer Deborah Williams' gushing about the bowls and Blue Sky Basin.

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Aspen Highlands, Aspen Mountain, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, Crested Butte, Ski Magazine, Snowmass, Steamboat, Telluride, Vail, Winter Park
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Travel

Summer's Ending: 8 Great Weekend Roadtrips You Need to Take Now

By Bess Vanrenen Tue., Aug. 2 2011 at 3:00 PM
Categories: Travel

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​It's the first week of August, so it's likely that many of you are experiencing Endofsummeritis. You may think there's nothing you can do but watch the slow creep to winter, and before you know it, you will be shoveling your car out of six feet of snow while icicle tears form on your cheeks. But there are several good weekends left in the summer, and Denver is luckily situated between dozens of unique cultural and geographic landscapes. Here are eight great road trips that, in about six hours, will take you somewhere that feels a world away from the Mile High City.

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Mount Rushmore, Road Trip, Santa Fe, Summer, Yellowstone
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Summer festivals: Seven outdoor events in Colorado to check out (or avoid)

By Bess Vanrenen Fri., Apr. 22 2011 at 4:36 PM
Categories: Travel

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Memorial Day weekend is just around the corner, which kicks off the summer festival season. From sweaty outdoor concerts to snooty art crawls, here are the good, bad and ugly of the Metro-area's most popular festivals.



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Climbing

Today in Stoke: Epic tales of (mis)adventure from a Patagonian peak tonight at Neptune

By Colin Bane Thu., Apr. 14 2011 at 7:32 AM
Categories: Climbing, Today in Stoke, Travel

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Colorado-based climbers "HardCor" Cory Fleagle, Jim Turner and Thom Engelbach got in over their heads last month on an expedition to the Southern Patagonian Ice Field between Argentina and Chile, throwing "caution to the winds" on Monte FitzRoy, but still managed to live to bring home the slideshow.

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Travel

Staycation: Colorado's best dog-friendly hotels for you and your mutt

By Bess Vanrenen Fri., Mar. 18 2011 at 10:45 AM
Categories: Travel

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Admit it, you have become one of those crazy dog people. Every time you go on vacation, the sight of your little buddy's puppy-dog eyes gets you in the gut, ruining your Colorado getaway before you even leave. Why not exchange good old-fashioned guilt for a healthy dose of shame and bring your pooch with you the next time you head up to the high-country? Here are seven of Colorado's best dog-friendly hotels, from the rustic to ultra-fancy:


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Colorado, Denver, Glenwood Springs, Hotel Columbia, Hotel Monaco, Telluride, The Ruby of Crested Butte
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