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I Ate Bugs for Dinner—The Butterfly Pavilion’s Legacies: Invertebrates of Mexico

May 18, 2025 Like 0 redtornado

Recently, we were invited to the opening of the Butterfly Pavilion’s new exhibit, Legacies: Invertebrates of Mexico—a preview night for members, media, and local supporters with a passion for bugs and biodiversity. The evening kicked off with talks from expert…

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What Would You Do?

May 14, 2025 Like 0 Steve Nelson

The tension radiates from the head down. At the top, sits the most profoundly ignorant and grotesque president in American history. Does engaging with him, in any way, normalize the abnormal? There seem to be two distinct realms; the arguably…

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The Only Art Worth Stealing

May 8, 2025 1 0 Shawn Narcensio

How game designer Rasheed Abueideh took Playdead’s Limbo and elevated it into a call for action. The following article contains spoilers for the games Limbo and Liyla and the Shadow of War. Shakespeare didn’t name Romeo and Juliet. He didn’t…

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What Jesus Wouldn’t Do

May 7, 2025 Like 0 Steve Nelson

WWJD? This acronymic question adorns bumpers and bracelets across the nation. In the unlikely event that you are unaware, it stands for “What Would Jesus Do?” I suppose one response is, “God only knows.” I certainly don’t. If there was…

Oil and Gas

Colorado Asks PUC to Reject Xcel’s Just Transition Plan

May 6, 2025 Like 0 Robert Davis

Plan seeks to add new natural-gas-fired plants and pave a pathway for nuclear energy. Many Coloradans aren’t sold on the benefits. Xcel Energy’s plan to transition away from coal-fired power plants to more renewable energy met resistance from residents and…

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Chitty and the Children to the Rescue!

May 4, 2025 Like 0 Steve Nelson

Kennedy Schmennedy. Who needs the Kennedy Center when we have Erie’s Red Hawk Elementary School? Donald Trump has kidnapped Washington’s Kennedy Center entirely, naming himself Chairman and installing such artistic luminaries as Lee Greenwood and Laura Ingraham as Trustees. Performances…

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Our Schools May Destroy Our Country

May 4, 2025 Like 0 Steve Nelson

The most dangerous dimension of the right wing takeover of America is hiding in plain sight. While illegal deportations, tariff idiocy, Hegseth incompetence, egg prices, ad infinitum . . . dominate the headlines, the makeover of our education system is…

Letter from the Editor

To Be Clear: Yellow Scene Does Not Support Anti-Trans Hate Groups

May 1, 2025 Like 0 editor

We at Yellow Scene Magazine (YS) recently posted a press release from anti-trans hate group Gays Against Groomers stating their opposition to the Kelly Loving Act, which gives more protections to trans people. Sometimes, in the flurry of reporting on…

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City of Boulder Faces Yet Another Lawsuit

April 30, 2025 Like 0 Ray Manzari

Boulder NAACP, which announced its dissolution earlier this month, has been at odds with the City of Boulder and its new Chief of Police, Stephen Redfearn. In a recently filed civil lawsuit, former Boulder NAACP member Darren O’Connor alleges that…

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Housekeys Action Network Releases Survey Data of Hotel Shelters

April 30, 2025 Like 0 Guest Contributor

By: Eric Strumpf The Housekeys Action Network Denver (HAND) recently unveiled new survey data examining the state of hotel shelters in the Denver area. The report is part of ongoing efforts to examine the effectiveness of alternative sheltering models and…