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Scene Stealers: Spring 2019

Scene Stealers . Cinco de Mayo in Longmont Cinco de Mayo is a favorite Mexican American holiday, celebrating the Mexican victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla. Not that anyone remembers that. It’s just a good community day. 2019 will be the 17th Annual Longmont Celebrates Cinco de Mayo at Roosevelt Park! Longmont Celebrates Cinco de Mayo is an event that celebrates culture and

The ORR v Abortion | Duly Noted

At the helm of the ORR is Scott Lloyd, a Trump administration appointee. Like most Trump appointees, Lloyd had zero experience applicable to this role.

SPOTLIGHT on Tivoli Club Brass Band

In music — as with most things — things are cyclical in nature. Witness the popularity of the brass band, an evolution of the New Orleans Second Line style that has caught fire over the last couple of years — so much so that Westword included a “brass band” category in their Best Of issue last year. One of the nominees was the Tivoli Club Brass Band, who drops their debut LP, Get Down To The Brass Tracks at a big release party on April 26, with comedian Adam Cayton-Holland and burlesque violinist troupe Gracie G’night and the Go-Go delights all on the bill.

That complaint is false!

They said he was guilty of murder. In Oct. of 2009, Adrian P. Thomas was tried and found guilty of second-degree murder of his 4-month old infant son who had died in September of 2008. A coerced, videotaped confession and an erroneous report of head trauma to the child — later it was determined the child died of sepsis due to a bacterial infection — was what was used to convict him. He was

Head for the Hills

It’s been 15 years since Adam Kinghorn (guitar/vocals), Joe Lessard (violin/octave violin/vocals) and Matt Loewen (upright bass/clarinet/vocals) first started playing together while students at CSU in Fort Collins as Head For The Hills — an Americana Grass band beset with equal parts rock, soul, blues and jazz influences. The group drops their latest and most ambitious EP, Say Your Mind, on March 22, featuring a lineup of friends and collaborators contributing, including vocalist Kim Dawson and a full horn section. Here, all three main members talk about the journey they’ve been on, maintaining a healthy relationship for so long and dealing with the effects of mild electrocution.

French’s 5

It’s not yet Summer, but blockbuster season is already heating up — here’s 5 movies we can’t wait to see this month:

Scene Stealers

Silent Sky at CenterStage Theater The Evergreen Players are back with another fascinating and powerful new play – Silent Sky. This play, based on a true story, is about Henrietta Leavitt, who worked at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s. Women at that time were not allowed to actually touch the telescopes or offer input. Instead, she joined a group of women “computers” who worked

Try Leading with Empathy

“I just realized why I was so happy you died in Blade Trinity!” “And you shoot basketball (like) the sawed off little man you are.” Those were the two tweets a man named Michael Beatty shot out on Jan. 24, aimed at comedian Patton Oswalt, in response to his tweet slamming President Trump. As Oswalt readied his own volley, he read the man’s Twitter feed and noticed that he

French’s Five: Impeachments

Most people may know about Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson, but here are 5 other impeachments you may not know about: 1873: U.S. District Court Judge Mark Delahay / Charge: Intoxication on the bench / Result: Resigned prior to trial 1986: U.S. District Court Judge Harry E. Claiborne / Charge: Income Tax Evasion / Result: Guilty, removed from

Scene Stealers

Chelsea Flagg at Boulder Bookstore From magical tales from the halls of Hogwarts to more dramatic stories like The Fault in Our Stars or classics like The Giver, there are so many great options in literature for young readers. However, the vast majority of those options are for young adults ages 12 to 18. You’ll also find myriad different books for those learning to read and developing their