Author: John Moore The Denver Gazette
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The Colorado 150: A playlist
From Glenn Miller to Nathaniel Rateliff to Illenium, here’s a sample of the many sounds of the newly named Colorado 150 The Colorado 150 is The Denver Gazette’s endeavor to identify and celebrate the 150 cultural pathmakers who have shaped how the world sees (and hears?) Colorado over the past 150 years. Here for your…
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Top of the poll: It’s John Denver, Colorado’s Rocky Mountain Highlight
The Colorado 150, Part 6 of 6: When choosing the state’s most significant cultural pathmaker, the choice between Helen Bonfils and the beloved singer came down to a soccer match After six months of deliberation, it comes down to this: The woman who gave Denver its class. Or the man who gave Colorado its voice.…
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A chorus line of Colorado cultural pathmakers
The Colorado 150, Part 5 of 6: Meet everyone from Roseanne to Kent Haruf to Bob Dylan to Harry Tuft to the Colorado Springs actor whose hard, real life inspired one of the iconic roles in musical theater history Put simply: No Kelly Bishop, no Sheila in “A Chorus Line.” Imagine one of the most…
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Colorado’s punk-rock edge turns to Jello (Biafra)
The Colorado 150, Part 4 of 6: Meet everyone from Barry Fey to Amy Adams to Gus Van Sant to John Fielder as our countdown moves into the top 75 Pathmakers leading up to Colorado’s 150th birthday You might not expect the fierce face of hardcore American punk to have come from the placid hallways…
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Surf’s up, Colorado: Hey, hey, we’re the Astronauts!
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The Colorado 150, Part 3 of 6: Meet everyone from Woody Paige to Frank Welker to Bill Murray to India.Arie as our countdown moves into the top 100 leading up to Colorado’s 150th birthday “Who the hell ever heard of a surf band in Boulder, Colorado?” So says the late, legendary producer Al Schmitt on…
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Bret Saunders takes his place among the greats: ‘I can’t imagine not doing this’
Part 2 of 6: Our countdown of 150 Colorado Cultural pathmakers over 150 years continues with those ranked 101-125 The Gazette’s new Colorado 150 — a sesquicentennial list of cultural pathmakers who have shaped how the world sees Colorado — and how we see ourselves. This week’s 25 Colorado pathmakers: 101. Ed Dwight (b. 1933):…
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The countdown begins: Introducing ‘150 Years of Colorado Cultural Shakers’
Part 1 of 6: Meet our surprising first class of first-class artists as we build toward Colorado’s 150th birthday Philip K. Dick, Blinky the Clown and the String Cheese incident walk into a bar … As Colorado approaches its 150th birthday, we at The Gazette wanted to attempt something both impossible and irresistible: identifying 150…
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A father-son story for Netflix … and Fathers Day
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History-making Colorado actor Jeremiah Daniels, 14, stars in moving drama about a grieving boy with Down syndrome Jeremiah Daniels is a 14-year-old movie star with a megawatt smile that could light up a marquee. Of course he has a girlfriend. Have you met this kid? Comedy legend Melissa McCarthy has. (Not that she’s the girlfriend.)…
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The Oscars envelope often fails to deliver
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Just because it’s the Academy Awards doesn’t mean the judges always get it right As the world girds for “Sinners” to battle it out with “One Battle After Another” for Best Picture at the Academy Awards tonight, now seems like as good a time as any to reassert my claim that the two best films…
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A grieving Lumineer sings for his brother – and his health
A year ago, standing in the backyard of his immaculately manicured backyard in central Denver, Wesley Schultz engaged me in a lively exchange about the urgent need to destigmatize mental-health therapy in this country. The co-founder of the Grammy-nominated band The Lumineers and his wife were hosting a book launch for a friend who had…