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Amanda Pampuro

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Denver, CO, United States

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Past:
  • Westword
  • The Billfold
  • CityLab

Past articles by Amanda:

Free Record Sealing Clinic Offers Second Chance for Colorado Offenders

There are 1.9 criminal records in Colorado, many eligible to be sealed. This free clinic could help. → Read More

Criminal Record Reform Could Help Coloradans Outlive Their Mistakes

New legislation has made it easier to seal records, but it's still a difficult process in the state. → Read More

Got Your Vaccination? Now Get in Line for a Passport!

We checked with ten U.S. Post Office locations — which process passport applications — around Denver, and all appointments were filled for the next four weeks. → Read More

Snowmakers Prove That Sometimes, You Can Fool Mother Nature in Colorado

It's been a snowy spring, but without snowmaking equipment, many Colorado ski resorts would not have been able to open before the new year. → Read More

From Colfax to LoHi, Church Plants Are Taking Root in Denver

The Mile High City has a reputation as being a tough place to start a church, but a new wave of pastors are trying to change that. → Read More

Third Time's a Charm: Knew Conscious Rebuilds Again

Kurt Redeker is reopening his Knew Conscious art gallery and after-hours club in the RiNo Art District, after years of struggle. → Read More

Nina Shope and Frida Kahlo Corporation Wrangle Over Dolls Sold on Etsy

A Denver artist challenges the corporate ownership of Frida Kahlo's image. → Read More

Things to Do Denver: Workshop With Adolfo Romero, Children's Museum Artist

Adolfo Romero brings Incan culture to the Children's Museum of Denver Marsico Campus. → Read More

Romero Theater Troupe Presents "Why Teachers Strike"

The community-driven Romero Theater Troupe performs Why Teachers Strike. → Read More

Dance to Be Free Brings Dance Workshops to Women's Prisons

After going through a Dance to Be Free workshop in prison, a former-inmate is teaching a dance class in Boulder. → Read More

Classic Billfold: Understanding Cinderella, Like Really Understanding It

Cinderella quickly learns there is no such thing as free lunch, not even from family. → Read More

CU Boulder Engineering Students Wrote Poetry About the Elements

CU Boulder students redesigned the periodic table with poems. → Read More

BMI Slaps Sand Creek Lounge With a Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Over Karaoke

BMI sued Aurora's Sand Creek Lounge over copyright infringement related to the dive bar's karaoke and DJ sets. → Read More

Thanksgiving Toolkit 2.0 from CU Boulder Talks Turkey About the Holiday's History

CU Boulder’s Center for Communication and Democratic Engagement released the Thanksgiving Toolkit 2.0 with resources for talking indigenous rights. → Read More

Colorado Artist Kevin Robb Speaks Through His Sculptures

After a massive stroke rendered him mostly unable to speak, sculptor Kevin Robb uses his art to communicate with the world. → Read More

Circus Collective Hosts 80th Birthday Bash for Pop Artist Don Callarman

On November 16, the group will hold Don Callarman's 80th Birthday Bash and Art Exhibit. → Read More

Abend's Holiday Miniatures Show Proves Good Things Come in Small Packages

The Holiday Miniature Show at Abend Gallery spotlights 200 tiny paintings. → Read More

Colorado Screenwriter Lindsay Sparks on Her Gothic Western "The Great Divide"

Lindsay Sparks wrote the gothic western, "The Great Divide," a full-length independent film set in Colorado that follows outlaw Tilly McCray from Golden down to Manitou Springs and old Colorado City. → Read More

Sharon Bond Brown Blasts Donald Trump in "Trumped II: Teasin' Treason"

Artist Sharon Bond Brown paints satirical portraits of the Trump administration, just in time for midterm elections. → Read More

Things to Do: Denver Art Song Project Announces Its New Season

The classical performance ensemble Denver Art Song Project announces its new season at a preview show at the People's Building in Aurora. → Read More