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“The Nutcracker” is back, baby. It was a surreal, unprecedented moment when Colorado Ballet canceled its entire 2020-21 season, given the COVID shutdowns and complications. But when the refreshed production debuted during the 2021 holiday…

“What’s a cult? People not believing what’s mainstream, which is God is a man and you find him in a church that wants money?” That’s a quote from a member of an organization called Love Has Won in a new HBO docu-series, entitled “Love Has…

Fodor’s influential “No List” discouraged travelers from visiting the American West in 2023, citing the increasingly dry Colorado River and the millions of residents who depend on its water. But for 2024, the company’s travel experts have…

If you write about movies, this is the time of year when you write a lot about movies, and they’ll continue to snowball into theaters and onto streaming services through the end of the year. There will be time to breathe in January. Now,…

LOS ANGELES — Missed your favorite actors? After nearly four months of striking, they’re coming back. Wednesday’s deal between striking actors and studios and streaming services won’t immediately restore filming to its full swing. That will…

Thoa Nguyen didn’t get her hopes up when she first heard from a casting agent about participating in Food Network’s “Holiday Baking Championship.” The owner of Aurora’s popular Banh & Butter Bakery Cafe, at 9935 E. Colfax Ave., had…

Maybe it’s coming in with lowered expectations for the movie after reading the recent Variety piece shedding light on creative issues within the Hollywood powerhouse that is Disney-owned Marvel Studios. Perhaps it’s that it’s the rare…

Few things sound more relaxing than a toke of marijuana and a massage. Lucky for Denverites, they’ll be able to find both in one place next year when Pure Elevations Spa & Garden opens in the Baker neighborhood. The idea for a…

All eyes have been on Colorado this college football season — including the eyes behind these sunglasses — as Deion Sanders, better known as Coach Prime, has taken the University of Colorado Buffaloes team to a 3-2 record, so far, with the…

Weld County sheriff’s deputies will appear on episodes of the reality policing show “On Patrol: Live” as soon as Friday night after the Sheriff’s Office signed a yearlong contract. The previous incarnation of Reelz’ show “On Patrol: Live,”…