Hey Denver folks – tomorrow is First Friday. Time for some shameless self-promotion (although others are being promoted, too). Denver FFs are typically about the Santa Fe district, and perhaps the growing RiNo […]
Introduction to a series As part of my doctoral work, I recently did some work that focused on Civil War literature. I use “literature” in a broad sense to cover fiction, nonfiction, and […]
But he is Richard Nixon. Stuart, longtime friend to S&R, is a veteran stage actor who portrays the former president in the Longmont (Colorado) Theatre Company‘s ambitious take on Frost/Nixon. I had […]
“Television is an invention whereby you can be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn’t have in your house.” Who said it? The answer is at the end of this […]
The wonderful little Estorick Collection, which was established to display modern Italian art, and normally does just that, has a wonderful show designed to present the poster art of Edward McKnight Kauffer. […]
The great medieval poet Geoffrey Chaucer created timeless characters in his Canterbury Tales; archetypal personalities such as the Wife of Bath and the Miller endure to this day. Through them Chaucer could […]
Congratulations to Denver’s own Mike Keefe for winning the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning. It’s a well-deserved accolade; Mike is one of the best in the business and has been for […]
The Craftsman, by Richard Sennett Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work, by Matthew B. Crawford Makers, by Cory Doctorow Years ago, when we lived in the middle […]
Our readers probably already realize that we here at S&R have a tremendous love for the arts – arts of all kinds, in fact. So we thought we’d dedicate this week to […]
About three weeks ago, Jim Moss over at The Seminal laid the 2008 electoral results map over maps of poverty and income inequality. The visual comparison was illuminating, and Jim’s post got […]
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