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Dogs like Bailey — a former Dog of the Week in The Denver Post’s Adventurist newsletter — will be in good company at the first Denver Dog Fair this weekend. (Provided by Barbara Ellis) Denver Dog Fair Saturday-Sunday. Woof! If the last few weeks have left you panting, why not surround yourself with unconditional love?

NEW YORK — Pamela Hayden, the longtime voice actor behind Milhouse Van Houten — Bart Simpson’s very uncool friend — is stepping away after 35 years of whining. Hayden, 70, who voiced Milhouse, Jimbo Jones, Rod Flanders, Janey and Malibu Stacy, will sign off from “The Simpsons” on Nov. 24 in a “Treehouse of Horror” episode. “It’s been an honor and a joy to have worked on such a funny, witty, and groundbreaking show,” Hayden said in a statement. “Pamela gave us tons of laughs with Milhouse, the hapless kid with the biggest nose in Springfield.

What, I wonder, would you want to know about the latest production by the city’s doggedly bold Curious Theatre Company? Would you want to hear that Dominique Morisseau’s “Confederates” — which juxtaposes the life of Sara, an enslaved woman (Tresha Farris) who begins passing purloined intel to the Union, with that of Sandra (Kenya Mahogany Fashaw), a tenured professor grappling with a bigoted incident on campus — is amusing?

Gun violence in Denver is going down. So far this year, the city has seen a 12% decrease in overall gun violence compared to the same point in 2023, including a 30% drop in the number of fatal shootings and a 28% drop in non-fatal shootings, Denver police Cmdr. Jake Herrera told City Council members Wednesday during a presentation to the Safety, Housing, Education and Homelessness Committee. The sweeping decline in shootings was countered by an increase in other gun violence — including robberies in which a suspect brandished a gun or incidents in which a suspect fired a gun but no one was hurt — that has stopped the city short, so far, of Mayor Mike Johnston’s goal to reduce gun violence by 20% in 2024. “If someone points a firearm at someone, but doesn’t use it, doesn’t shoot it, that’s still a violent gun crime,” Herrera said.

Are you ready to light up the night? Holiday-event programmers sure are, with dozens of offerings that mash festive décor, drinks, music, shopping and old-fashioned spectacle. The popularity of lighting displays along the Front Range continues to grow, producers said, with hours, capacity and dates expanding to accommodate visitors this year.