Entertainment
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John Ford is cinema. Born in Portland, Maine, in 1894 — just as motion picture cameras were first being put to good use —...
Found Sounds: November 2023
Need some gift inspo for that special music freak in your life? Lucky for you, we’re back with another monthly roundup of the bestselling...
Stranger strings
With a twangy lineup of mandolin, dobro, guitar and bass, Longmont’s High Lonesome looks a lot like your typical bluegrass quartet. But lead singer...
An era on screen
A crime drama about rival street gangs, a romance between two high schoolers, a history of shadow politics and a young man who feels...
Coyote masks
You can tell a lot about a person from the way they say the word “coyote.”
The conventional wisdom is that people west of the...
Modern magic
Fairy tales have gotten a bad rap for a while now. With a reputation for dated stereotypes and oversimplified moral teachings, these childhood folktales...
The Disney ouroboros
It all started in Kansas City with a young dreamer named Walt Disney. Alice’s Wonderland wasn’t his first creation, but it was significant. The...
‘Natural woman’
Colorado is known for its breathtaking natural beauty, but because of our hectic daily schedules, some of us might not always take the time...
‘Jump for Joy’
Singer-songwriter M.C. Taylor didn’t set out to make a “pandemic record” when he went into the studio to record his 2021 LP, Quietly Blowing...
Lab results
Sarah Adina Smith is the first to admit that a career as a filmmaker wasn’t the most obvious path for her life.
“It took me...
Sea change
The new nonfiction book Over the Seawall is about what writer Stephen Robert Miller terms “disastrous adaptation.” In a nutshell, that means the delusional...
History starts here
When Martin Scorsese sat down with friend and classmate Mardik Martin to pen Season of the Witch — later rechristened Mean Streets — he...
