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A Good Man Is Hard to Findnew

Mentoring programs complain about the lack of adult males, so one took a chance on ex-con Marc Plaskie.

Westword | Jared Jacang Maher | 01-17-2006 | Children & Families

Tags: children & families

Shaftednew

This riveting film brings the stories of four workers struggling to make ends meet to the big screen.

Westword | Melissa Levine | 01-09-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Roger Weisberg, Waging a Living

For the Recordnew

While 67,518 discs were released in 2005, these were the 10 that really mattered.

Westword | Dave Herrera | 01-09-2006 | Music

Tags: Bloc Party, Rogue Wave, yearinreview2005, get him eat him, Sufjan Stevens, the Mars Volta, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Dungen, paul weller, the fruit bats, z-trip

Notes From Undergroundnew

Two decades on, Denver's Little Fyodor is still strange, witty and putting out geeky art-punk.

Westword | Jason Heller | 01-09-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Little Fyodor

Airborne Againnew

After losing one of its founding members last fall, Planes Mistaken for Stars regroups and takes flight.

Westword | Tuyet Nguyen | 01-09-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Planes Mistaken for Stars

No Napsnew

After leaving Atlantic Record, the Nappy Roots aren't sleeping on their independence.

Westword | Michael Roberts | 01-09-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: The Nappy Roots

Mama's Housenew

The home-based restaurant that is a fixture of Denver's tight-knit Ghanaian community is closing as Mama T. moves to Cincinnati.

Westword | Jason Sheehan | 01-09-2006 | Food+Drink

Throw It All Downnew

University of Colorado student Michael Lanahan's life was a puzzle, and his death is a mystery wrapped in a song.

Westword | Alan Prendergast | 01-09-2006 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

Strange but Truenew

Recapping Colorado's year of dysfunctional family values -- and missing panties.

Westword | Laura Bond | 01-04-2006 | Commentary

Tags: yearinreview2005

Hall of Shamenew

From Michael Brown to Ward Churchill, 2005 marked the year that Colorado's scandals got national attention.

Westword | Patricia Calhoun | 01-04-2006 | Commentary

Tags: yearinreview2005, Ward Churchill, Michael Brown, Bob Dougherty, Gary Barnett, Silvia Johnson

"My candies won't make you fatter, only sweeter," reads a sign tucked into the corner of American Country Candies in Colorado, one of the only factories in the country that makes hand-crimped ribbon candy.

Westword | Sara Behunek | 12-28-2005 | Food+Drink

Tags: American Country Candies, ribbon candy

Dream Teamnew

One football player's dream began with 48 hours on the highway from Easton, Pennsylvania, for a long-shot chance to go pro at the tryouts for Colorado Crush.

Westword | Bill Gallo | 12-28-2005 | Sports

Tags: Colorado Crush, John Elway