Entertainment

Sinful and sorrowful

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The Irishman begins in darkness. A small box of light at the center of the frame opens like an iris, and we see nurses and doctors....

MTV celebrates its 30th birthday but stays forever young

LOS ANGELES — MTV, which used to stand for Music...

A journey from darkness to joy

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Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony has become the ultimate summit for many in the musical world: conductors, orchestras, singers and audiences. The symphony, and especially the last...

The gold standard

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Creative programming, extensive community engagement and thoughtful collaborations have paid off for the Boulder Philharmonic. The big reward comes this week. Their next concert, Saturday,...

Variations on a theme

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Death, taxes and Butterman. The Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra has experienced many changes over the last few years, but music director Michael Butterman is a...

Bus Stop: Princeton, Topeka and points beyond

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Einstein stated it most elegantly with his explications of the theretofore ineffable mysteries of the space-time continuum, “Everything is relative.” Despite the human yearning for black-and-white absolutes, anyone who’s ever been in love knows with certainty that ...

Rock Band 3 continues to rock on

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Rock Band 2 came out way back in 2008, and we’ve had Rock Band Beatles and Rock Band Green Day to hold us over until Rock Band 3. While the band-specific music games are great if you’re a fan of the band (and who isn’t a fan of The Beatles?), most players want a ...

‘American Idol’s’ offstage rivals

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LOS ANGELES — Something about TV singing shows tends to bring out the worst in human nature: put-downs, feuds and back-stabbing...

The original English major

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Somewhere in the course of our phone conversation, I ask Robert Earl Keen how he planned to use his degree in English literature after...

The long goodbye

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Dick Johnson isn’t dead. Not yet, at least. But he will be. We all will, sooner or later. And it’s sooner for Dick if...