Entertainment

Capturing the spirit, if not the notes

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As far as seminal groups of the ’60s and ’70s go, the Grateful Dead were a little bit different. They were less a band than a way of life — a living, breathing mass of humanity with smiles on their faces and flowers behind their ears, traveling around the country ...

Amid tragedy, ‘Dark Knight’ strong at box office

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One of the biggest weekends ever at the domestic box office came and went without celebration...

Arts | Week of Feb. 19, 2015

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Beyond Words: Contemporary Book Art. Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St., Golden, 303- 279-3922. Through March 22...

Racing the clock

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Yes, it’s beautiful out there. Probably the Boulder region’s best summer in recent memory: cool temperatures (until recently), lots of rain and no smoke...

Mavis Staples visits her folk-gospel past, with the help of Wilco’s...

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LOS ANGELES — It's early July, and Mavis Staples is sitting in the offices of Epitaph Records, a truth that is surprising to her. The 71-year-old gospel and soul legend from Chicago...

Twirling, twirling, twirling toward freedom!

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Would that I were a talented enough writer to pen this review of Les 7 doigts de la main’s Traces without referencing Cirque du Soleil. I have little doubt that most, if not all, reviews of Traces — or any of Les 7 doigts de la main’s other shows — call out Cirque, ...

A million pictures worth countless words

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As of Dec. 24, Boulder photographer Peggy Dyer had captured the images of 4,340 people, leaving 995,660 to go in her mission to photograph a million faces. For the last two years, Dyer has been steadily amassing what she hopes will be the “single most extensive ...

Steve Earle honors Townes Van Zandt through album

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Steve Earle is a singer/songwriter who holistically embodies...

Reading cinema

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They always say write the book that you want to read,” Brad Weismann says. “I was looking for a reference book that covered the...

Stone cold and striking hot

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There will always be stories that slip through the cracks. Whether a function of human capacity, or our proclivity for comfort over truth, the...

‘Legion’ starts well — then plunges

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The diner, as always, is a dive in the desert...

For its director and young star, ‘Precious’ is ready to pop

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Precious is hardly the feel-good movie of 2009, but the people...