Tag: jennifer mulson
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Pikes Pick: HBO documentary ‘The Vow’ digs into NXIVM cult
NXIVM wasn’t just any old self-improvement group. Oh, no. It’s been labeled a cult, and its leader, Keith Raniere, also was doing some very bad things to women. He’s in prison for the rest of his life after being convicted of various charges, including sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. HBO’s nine-part documentary, “The Vow,” digs…
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Who’s who at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo | Tale of 2 grizzlies
This is a tale of two grizzlies. Digger and Emmett are the 700-pound-plus inhabitants of the Rocky Mountain Wild exhibit at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Both had been labeled nuisance bears after one too many incidents involving humans and food in Montana. So the 16-year-olds, who aren’t related, have called Colorado Springs home since 2007. Their…
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Pikes Pick: ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ heartbreaking, moving film
Talk about heartbreaking. “If Beale Street Could Talk,” the 2018 film based on James Baldwin’s 1974 novel of the same name, is the love story of Tish and Fonny, a young Black couple who have known each other since they were tiny. After Tish gets pregnant, Fonny goes to jail for a crime he didn’t…
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Pikes Pick: Best-selling author Alison Roman has new YouTube cooking show
Cooking shows aren’t at the top of my to-watch list, save for “The Great British Baking Show” on Netflix, but I’m quite taken with Alison Roman’s new YouTube cooking show, “Home Movies with Alison Roman.” The best-selling cookbook author and former columnist for New York Times Cooking fired up the series three weeks ago and…
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New Colorado greeting card line celebrates aging
Make it to your 30th birthday and chances are good you’ll receive a card adorned with black balloons telling you it’s all downhill from there. Which couldn’t be further from the truth, says the Denver anti-ageism group Changing the Narrative. The campaign is particularly frustrated with the racks of greeting cards perpetuating the notion that…
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