Pikes Pick: Mark down these free days at Denver’s museums
Timothy Hurst, the gazette
A reminder that Denver’s museums hold free days throughout the year. That includes Sunday for the art museum, with the next dates being April 9 and 28. April 28 is also a free day at the Museum of Nature and Science. — Seth Boster
Philip Sneed takes the high road out after Arvada Center’s 50th season ends
John Moore
john.moore@denvergazette.com
Updated 13 hours ago
2025 DENVER GAZETTE TRUE WEST AWARDS: DAY 7 After leading the company back from the existential crisis of the shutdown, retiring president and CEO is enjoying a record-breaking year. Philip Sneed sure knows how to make an exit. After insistently...
John Moore
Reporter
PIKES PICK: A giving tree for Native American children’s gifts
Linda Navarro
linda-navarro@denvergazette.com
Updated 6 days ago
Youngsters from Navajo and Lakota Sioux reservations have their holiday dreams on the tree at Hooked on Books, 12 E. Bijou St. Pull a tag to provide a toy or gift to be delivered by local One Nation Walking Together...
Linda Navarro
Reporter
Full ‘swing’: Daughter steps into mom’s iconic Mrs. Fezziwig role
John Moore
john.moore@denvergazette.com
Updated 23 hours ago
2025 DENVER GAZETTE TRUE WEST AWARDS: DAY 6 Talk about mirror images! Denver Center replacement actor Olivia Wilson steps into ‘A Christmas Carol’ role mom Leslie O’Carroll made iconic It was only the first act of the third preview performance...
John Moore
Reporter
Brick by brick: Denver museum exhibit features larger than life Lego sculptures
Tom Hellauer
tom.hellauer@denvergazette.com
Updated 2 days ago
To see the Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s newest big animals on display, visitors don’t need to roam their expansive Wildlife Halls. Rather, artist Sean Kenney has dozens of animal sculptures up for viewing — all made entirely of...
Tom Hellauer
Reporter
High flying, adored: Cleo Parker Robinson is dancing on air at 77
John Moore
john.moore@denvergazette.com
Updated 3 days ago
2025 DENVER GAZETTE TRUE WEST AWARDS: DAY 5 Denver dance trailblazer’s historic year included first solo dance performance in four decades Cleo Parker Robinson is a trailblazer – and the fire that fuels her was smoking hot throughout her historic 77th...
John Moore
Reporter
The next Nickelson? Your new white knight just might be a Black Cowboy
John Moore
john.moore@denvergazette.com
Updated 3 days ago
2025 DENVER GAZETTE TRUE WEST AWARDS: DAY 4 The founder of Emancipation Theatre ‘is a prophet,’ says Denver blues legend Erica Brown I asked “the” Erica Brown how she would introduce formidable independent Denver theater practitioner Jeff Campbell to a...
John Moore
Reporter
Splurging, exploring and enjoying: 48 hours in Steamboat Springs
Seth Boster
seth-boster@denvergazette.com
Updated 5 days ago
For the truest sense of Steamboat Springs, you might want to mark your calendar for early February. That’s the scheduled return of Winter Carnival, the weeklong celebration of ski jumping, parading, dancing, s’mores-eating and more. “It’s our Super Bowl,” an...
Seth Boster
Reporter
Mission possible: Phamaly alumni made national impact in ’25
John Moore
john.moore@denvergazette.com
Updated 4 days ago
2025 DENVER GAZETTE TRUE WEST AWARDS: DAY 3 From film to Broadway, Denver disability artists ‘are living proof that anything is possible’ When five students created Denver’s first disability theater company back in 1989, it was to create performance opportunities...
John Moore
Reporter
Mayo Clinic scientists create tool to predict Alzheimer’s risk years before symptoms begin
Mayo Clinic News Network
mayo-clinic-news-network@gazette.com
Updated 5 days ago
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new tool that can estimate a person’s risk of developing memory and thinking problems associated with Alzheimer’s disease years before symptoms appear. The research, published in The Lancet Neurology, builds on...
Mayo Clinic News Network
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Savvy Senior: How to locate an age-friendly doctor
Miller Jim Miller, Special to The Gazette
jim-miller@gazette.com
Updated 2 weeks ago
Dear Savvy Senior, My husband and I are relocating to a nearby state to be closer to our daughter and will need to find a new primary care physician when we arrive. We are both in our late 70s and...
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