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Drew Litton: Time for the Avs to let the dog out — again
16+ hour, 53+ min ago (243+ words) Drew Litton is Denver's own award-winning, nationally syndicated sports cartoonist. Best known for his 25+ years as the creator of the popular Rocky Mountain News, "Win, Lose & Drew" sports cartoon, he currently draws for KUSA 9NEWS, ColoradoSun.com, Andrews McMeel syndication, and…...
"What'd I Miss?": Taxes, corruption and the rich
18+ hour, 58+ min ago (240+ words) I (she/her) was born in Hawaii, and moved extensively before landing in Golden for high school in the late 80s. I moved to Denver for college, attending first Metro, then The Art Institute of Colorado. I worked in a bunch…...
What’s Happening: A stand-up comedy smorgasbord in Aspen
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (190+ words) Looking for something to do this weekend in Colorado? Check out a big-time comedy festival in Aspen or a smaller-scale one in Denver, learn square dancing in Longmont or three brand new exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art. There…...
How Colorado Ballet's chance on a 23-year-old dancer led to him becoming a preeminent choreographer
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (1482+ words) It was a risk. Yearning for a production of its own, the Colorado Ballet hired a 23-year-old dancer with just one choreographed ballet under his belt to create a full-length ballet for the company. There was little money, so sets…...
Jim Morrissey: When winter goes missing
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (198+ words) Whether he's drawing a donkey, an elephant or just a perplexed politician with a bad hair day, Jim Morrissey is proud to be an equal opportunity offender. As an award-winning political cartoonist for The Colorado Sun since 2018, Jim's cartooning journey…...
Drew Litton: Letting go can be hard
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (243+ words) Drew Litton is Denver's own award-winning, nationally syndicated sports cartoonist. Best known for his 25+ years as the creator of the popular Rocky Mountain News, "Win, Lose & Drew" sports cartoon, he currently draws for KUSA 9NEWS, ColoradoSun.com, Andrews McMeel syndication, and…...
Here are the dates and theaters for Boulder’s first Sundance Film Festival
1+ week, 3+ day ago (402+ words) The Associated Press is an independent, not-for-profit news cooperative, serving member newspapers and broadcasters in the U.S., and other customers around the world.The Colorado Sun is proud to be one of them. AP journalists in more than 100 countries tell the…...
The sale of Fort Collins’ Old Firehouse Books reveals how intangibles influence the book business
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1859+ words) From her perch behind the counter at Old Firehouse Books, Teresa Steele recently noticed a young couple wander into the store from the tea shop next door and move among the shelves chatting about the titles they'd read, or wanted…...
A film festival focused on the environment takes place in Golden this weekend. Here's what to expect.
2+ week, 14+ hour ago (815+ words) On an unseasonably warm Monday in February, with high winds and temperatures in the 60s prompting red-flag fire warnings across the foothills, rows of heads filled a computer screen, mostly gray haired and bespectacled." They were participants in Zoom at Noon,…...
Essay: I'm a Caribbean journalist. This was my experience visiting America amid harsh scrutiny of non-nationals.
2+ week, 4+ day ago (186+ words) For more than a decade, I've been coming to the U.S. almost every year, and for most of that time, it felt like slipping into a second home. Family visits, being in transit and sometimes unwinding made America familiar, welcoming and…...