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People work on top of a snow covered roof with mountains in the background.

Weather

A love letter to winter in Colorado’s small mountain towns

by Dean Krakel 4:01 AM MST on Feb 5, 20233:54 PM MST on Feb 9, 2023

Snow totals have surpassed the 300-inch mark in parts of the high country, and that’s just fine

Coloradans

The dancers’ manual: Passing down Colorado ballet, one class at a time

by Mark Jaffe 4:41 AM MST on Feb 3, 20239:22 AM MST on Feb 3, 2023

There may be no place, except perhaps the military, that is more highly regimented than ballet

Arts

Movshovitz: Remembering Bill Pence, co-founder of the Telluride Film Festival

by Howie Movshovitz 3:10 AM MST on Jan 10, 202312:56 PM MST on Jan 10, 2023

Pence, along with his fellow co-founders, created a world-class film festival that helped put Telluride on the map. He has died at age 82.

Health

Have a safe trip: Oregon trains magic mushroom facilitators

by The Associated Press 3:10 AM MST on Dec 26, 202210:11 AM MST on Dec 27, 2022

Oregon begins licensed, regulated use of psychedelic mushrooms in 2023. Colorado’s next, in 2024.

Culture

Casa Bonita will reopen in May

by Andrew Fraieli 8:57 AM MST on Dec 23, 20229:01 AM MST on Dec 23, 2022

Trey Parker and Matt Stone bought Casa Bonita in April 2021 for more than $3 million

Health

A lot of people ride e-scooters in Denver — and a new study shows a lot of them are getting seriously hurt

by William Allstetter 4:19 AM MST on Dec 13, 202212:54 PM MST on Dec 14, 2022

Touted as a last-mile solution to improve city public transit systems, at least 3 people a day show up at Denver Health’s emergency room with scooter-related injuries, new study shows

Culture

“Tell the truth”: Shedding new light on the Sand Creek Massacre with an exhibit 10 years in the making

by Kevin Simpson 4:30 AM MST on Nov 27, 20221:44 PM MST on Dec 1, 2022

After missteps that shut down an earlier exhibit, the museum painstakingly rebuilt trust. The new display rests on native voices.

Two actors perform on stage while the orchestra is seen below.

Arts

What it takes to keep one of Denver’s most expensive performing arts from extinction

by Mark Jaffe and photos by Kathryn Scott, Special to The Colorado Sun 4:15 AM MST on Nov 6, 202210:14 AM MST on Nov 6, 2022

Let’s delve into opera, the people who have made it possible in Denver and the preparations for one of the greatest works in the canon — Verdi’s “Rigoletto.”