Post Entertainment: Libyans have missed out on a lot of modern experiences ...or have they?

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Today's Entertainment and Lifestyle Headlines

Ostrow: Libyans have missed out on a lot of modern experiences ...or have they?
"We have missed so much." — Libyan anti-Khadafy demonstrator to CNNDuring the 42 years of the repressive dictator's rule, the people of Libya missed many advances of world civilization.  

• Ostrow: CBS4 drops 4 p.m. newscast
• Fan of wine Al Fink is set to uncork costumed persona Corky Buchon at Nevada festival
• Davidson: Prequel to Beautiful Be Yourself Jet Set Fashion Show kicks off in Denver
• Lessons from 100: Fern Persons has lived and loved every stage
• Denver's hottest restaurant? It's the food trucks of Civic Center Eats, where business is up 40 percent

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Today's Celebrity Buzz

People: Humphries family "looked appalled" at Kardashian nuptials
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January Jones' defender

Doris Day's new album?!

 

• People: Jason Statham buys Ben Stiller's L.A. mansion

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Today's Food and Dining

Denver's hottest restaurant? It's the food trucks of Civic Center Eats, where business is up 40 percent
Not many eating establishments — in Denver or anywhere else — can say they've posted a 40 percent increase in gross daily sales this year. It's an enviable statistic, the kind that recession-bruised restaurants see less and less frequently these days.

 

• Top off the summer season with 10 big bites of something different

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Gossip - Bill Husted

Parker: Former Broncos quarterback John Elway back in car business
The legendary John Elway name will once again appear on the side of a metro-area car dealership starting Monday, when the Hall-of-Famer and his business partners take over ownership of Burt Chevrolet, 5200 S. Broadway, Englewood.  

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Moms - Parenting

Event round-up: Colorado State Fair, Chile Harvest Arts Festival & More!
Through Sept. 5. It's hot, sunny and the scent of funnel cakes and sawdust is on the breeze: It must be Colorado State Fair season. Opening today, the fair is a harvest of Colorado's good stuff, from livestock to live entertainment. There's no one way to sum up the Colorado State Fair—the variety of events  

• Urban Agriculture: Serving a Diverse Community in Need
• Jefferson County among 6 Colorado school districts with financial red flags

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Reverb

I Might Be Wrong: Go Phish

Oftentimes with this column, I have come under fire for being too negative or for lambasting for the sake of lambasting. Despite praising singular efforts, a whole host of albums (twice) or recommending certain shows, a common refrain has become, "Does this guy even like music?" Of course I do. And if that isn't clear enough, here's a specific one for you: I love Phish. Being a music writer and listening to Phish have always been strange and, at times, uncomfortable, argumentative... Read more

 

• Don't Push Play: "Till the World Ends," earthquakes or not, we're dancing
• Live review: Death Cab For Cutie, Frightened Rabbit @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
• Can't Hardly Wait: Getting emotional over Ben Gibbard; celebrating his underappreciated "Fast Move"
• These go to 11: The Go Go's, Sleater-Kinney and other girl groups that bring the rock

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Today's Style

Fan of wine Al Fink is set to uncork costumed persona Corky Buchon at Nevada festival
For years, Al Fink saved corks from the wine he drank with his wife and friends, tossing the corks in a big jar, transferring the contents to a plastic bag when the jar filled and saving the bag in his garage.  

• Davidson: Prequel to Beautiful Be Yourself Jet Set Fashion Show kicks off in Denver
• Denver Post Fashion Calendar, 8/25/11
• Style File: Counting on Penney's
• Style File: Feet first
• Style File: Ann (Taylor) gets a makeover

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Television - Joanne Ostrow

Ostrow: Libyans have missed out on a lot of modern experiences ...or have they?
"We have missed so much." — Libyan anti-Khadafy demonstrator to CNNDuring the 42 years of the repressive dictator's rule, the people of Libya missed many advances of world civilization.  

• Ostrow: CBS4 drops 4 p.m. newscast

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Theater - John Moore

Complete rundown of auditions
Last updated Aug. 24, 2011.  

• Knives come out at the Boulder Fringe

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Society - Joanne Davidson

Davidson: Prequel to Beautiful Be Yourself Jet Set Fashion Show kicks off in Denver
Brunello Cucinelli, an Italian fashion creator as philanthropic as he is gifted in the art of clothing design, will show his fall/winter collection at the third annual Be Beautiful Be Yourself Jet Set Fashion Show in October.