Mark Jaffe
Mark Jaffe has been a reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Bloomberg News and The Denver Post. He was also previously a Paris correspondent for Businessweek.
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Eleven-year-old continues family’s “Nutcracker” legacy while dad stage manages, mom herds dancers
Christmas evokes many images -- decorating trees, presents, caroling -- but to Prokhnitskis, it is just one thing: "The Nutcracker."

Norwegian cruise shuttles tourists, fish and chickens through waterfall-lined strait
A Norwegian Hurtigruten cruise takes passengers through the Raftsundet Strait, passing by waterfalls, towering crags and the Northern Lights.

Norwegian cruise shuttles tourists, fish and chickens through waterfall-lined strait
A Norwegian Hurtigruten cruise takes passengers through the Raftsundet Strait, passing by waterfalls, towering crags and the Northern Lights.

Making square dance less square: Do-Sa-Do in Denver pivots to attract new members
In an effort to keep it fresh, sound systems have replaced fiddlers and banjos, and square-dance callers are using blues, jazz and pop. It is as likely these days to...

Making square dance less square: Do-Sa-Do in Denver pivots to attract new members
In an effort to keep it fresh, sound systems have replaced fiddlers and banjos, and square-dance callers are using blues, jazz and pop. It is as likely these days to...

Dance: In Wonderbound’s latest, Greek gods play matchmaker during The Depression
In "Aphrodite's Switchboard," Aphrodite and Hermes descend from Mount Olympus to bring a little love into a drab, work-a-day-when-you-can-get-it world.

With “Romeo and Juliet,” principal dancer’s Colorado Ballet career concludes with a flourish
After 22 years with the Colorado Ballet, principal dancer Sharon Wehner asked for a big production for her au revoir. She got one.

Jaffe: With the price of renewables falling, is 100-percent green energy affordable?
The 100-percent fever for renewable energy has hit Colorado. But how realistic is the goal?

Wonderbound’s “Snow” is not your children’s “Nutcracker” — and that’s just great
While sugar plum fairies pirouette all over the place elsewhere, the contemporary ballet company Wonderbound will explore magic, betrayal, love and death set to the folk-rooted music of Jesse Manley.

Jaffe: Local control battles in Colorado cut both ways
Across Colorado, communities have wrestled with the local impacts of oil and gas development. Repeatedly, the cry has come for more local control. What local control means, however, depends on...