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Who was Ben Stapleton?

October 1, 2017 / Melinda Pearson / Central Park, Community Issues, Denver News, History, Politics / 2 Comments

Activists have recently inundated community meetings urging the removal of the name Stapleton from the neighborhood due to Mayor Benjamin F. Stapleton’s Klan ties during the 1920s.

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Letters to the Editor

October 1, 2017 / Central Park, Community Issues, History, Letter to the Editor, People / No Comments

Three readers sent letters about the Stapleton name change.

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What’s in a Name?

September 1, 2017 / Melinda Pearson / Central Park, Community Issues, Denver News, History, National Issues, State Issues / 3 Comments

SUN Name Change 2 from Steve Larson on Vimeo.

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“KKKpleton” is the name Denver activist Aaron Johnson prefers to use when he talks about the neighborhood others call Stapleton.

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Historic Montclair Home: Richthofen Castle

August 1, 2017 / Melinda Pearson / Arts/Culture, Community Issues, History, People / 18 Comments

Many of us catch glimpses of it from the street, but few have had the chance to enter its gates.

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July 30, Surviving Skokie

July 1, 2017 / Announcements, Arts/Culture, History, People / No Comments

Surviving Skokie is an intensely personal story of Holocaust survivor, Jack Adler, and his son, Eli Adler.

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Nature’s Amazing Machines at DMNS

July 1, 2017 / Laurie Dunklee / Arts/Culture, Families, History, Kids, Science, Technology / No Comments

Nature's Amazing Machines from Steve Larson on Vimeo.

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Have you wondered why a duck’s feet don’t freeze in icy water?

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History Colorado – What’s Old Is New Again

May 1, 2017 / Melinda Pearson / Arts/Culture, Community Organization, Denver News, Events, History, Local Events, Schools/Education / No Comments
History Colorado - What’s Old Is New Again

The March opening of Backstory: Western American Art in Context at History Colorado Center stamps the imprimatur of a new era on the institution, but one that returns the museum to its heritage, rooted in local and material culture.

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Just the Facts: The Hardest Stuff in Colorado

March 1, 2017 / History, Just the Facts, Parks/Open Space, Science / No Comments

Under the grubby soils of northern Colorado lies the nation’s biggest diamond deposit.

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Jim Ward: The Man Who Made Manual Busing A Success

February 1, 2017 / Anne Hebert / History, People, Schools/Education / 23 Comments

In 1974, acting under the direction of the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge William Doyle issued an order that the Denver Public Schools (DPS) be desegregated.

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Dance and Culture for All—from Professionals to School Children

December 1, 2016 / Courtney Drake-McDonough / Arts/Culture, Community Organization, Events, History, People / 1 Comment

Cleo Parker Robinson is known both for her talent as a dancer and her tenacity in creating a cultural arts institution that serves more than 60,000 people each year.

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