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Biggest Arts and Culture Stories of 2020 in Colorado

The pandemic hit Denver’s arts and culture scene hard, forcing many businesses, performance spaces, museums and galleries to close, at least temporarily, at the end of March. In the months since, artists and curators have rallied to keep culture alive, to comment on social injustice, and to inspire us all to appreciate essential workers and health-care providers. Along the way, the scene has shown its grit and ability to stay relevant through the toughest of times, though some longstanding cultural institutions have been wrangling with their own inner demons. Here are the ten biggest arts and culture stories in Denver in 2020: 

Austin Zuchinni-Fowler and Sarah Rown Used Art to Honor Medical Workers

In the spring of 2020, praising front-line health-care workers was all the rage. Many of these too-often-underpaid heroes were putting in daunting hours, quarantining from their children and loved ones and, in some cases, dying from the very pandemic they were trying to stop; praising them was the least we could do. People rigged up homemade masks so that doctors and nurses could get the real thing. Little Caesars flooded hospitals with pizzas, Krispy Kreme plied them with free doughnuts, and artists celebrated the medical community on magazine covers and city walls. The art was overwhelmingly positive, fueled by hope: Our country might be shutting down, but at least we were getting along.

Denver Homeless With COVID at Much Higher Risk of Hospitalization

The data comes from a report submitted by the City and County of Denver in response to a federal lawsuit it s facing over homeless encampment sweeps during the pandemic. People experiencing homelessness are two to four times more likely to have diabetes, cardiovascular disease and respiratory conditions. All of those can make it much more likely that COVID is going to impact them negatively, says Gregory Whitman, a public health physician who will be testifying in court on behalf of the plaintiffs suing Denver over homeless encampment sweeps. But while those living outdoors may be in a vulnerable position, shelters aren t necessarily safer during a pandemic. We’re continuing to see pretty consistently lower rates in the encampments, says Rowan. When we tested in the summer at the city’s request, we found that one encampment near Stout Street Health Center had no cases of COVID out of fifty. When we tested in encampments in front of the Capitol and around Morey Middle Scho

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and finally tonight, america strong. one passenger distraught when he luggage went missing. the critical medicine she needed was inside. and a southwest employee knew it and made good on a big promise. here is abc s steve osunsami. reporter: we ve all been there. you land safely but your bag doesn t. they said, oh, it d be coming on your later original flight and we ll call you when it arrives at 6:30. reporter: it happened to stacey hurt in pittsburgh. she arrived home, but her bag with important medicine she depends on in her fight with colon cancer was still stuck in nashville. i immediately got very distraught, very emotional because i knew i had chemo therapy the next morning. reporter: by the time her bags arrived in the wee hours of the morning, the delivery services had all gone home. and that s where this agent at southwest airlines went above and beyond. sarah rowan had promised that the bag would be delivered, so she first wrote a note she put

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