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It’s political chaos theory
The idea that one seemingly isolated event could trigger such an avalanche of change is something we’ve seen ad nauseam throughout history. The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. Adolf Hitler’s rejection of admittance to the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.…
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Crested Butte Film Fest Goes Digital, Sept. 25 – Oct. 4: This is a WIN!
With the virtual pass, you have the ability to watch movies *in advance* from the comfort of your own home, to beam an International Film Festival of the highest note right onto your big screen, with popcorn to pop in…
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Scene Stealers – August 2020
Frequent Flyers at the Westland Development While opportunities for live performance may be scarce these days, many organizations are finding ways to perform outside, where social distancing is easier and the air is safer. Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance…
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SPOTLIGHT on the SOS and RESTART Acts
The devastation COVID-19 has wrought was nearly unimaginable a scant 8 months ago. Today, we face the greatest GDP plunge in history, unprecedented unemployment, and the heartbreaking loss of more than 160,000 American lives (and counting).
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AMERICA: Love it or…
“If you don’t like it, leave!” That’s a pretty common refrain Cult 45 likes to fall back to when faced with criticism of the High Priest of their American Freedumb Movement, or any of the litany of social and political…
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Scene Stealers
Arlo Guthrie at Boulder Theater Arguably the most “prodigal” son in all of music, Arlo Guthrie’s unending torch-bearing of the genre his father Woody pretty much launched back in 1940 (Dustbowl Ballads, Victor Records) burns as brightly as ever,…
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Spotlight on Colin Bricker
Casting a weary eye over the music scene in Colorado doesn’t stir up much optimism. Sunken into a COVID-19 crater unlike any collapse ever seen, the music industry remains mired in the quicksand of a 1-2 punch between the advent…
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The American-ness of American Jews
I’ve seen variations on this theme dating back to his candidacy in 2016. It’s always posed by a gentile — even right-wing Likunik Jews know why the rest of us dislike him. And the reasons are myriad.
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