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  Beats Antique transforms the Fillmore Auditorium into a surreal universe

  Oct 28, 2012comments

  Denver’s Fillmore Auditorium transformed into a completely new world Saturday night as the mesmerizing Beats Antique took the venue to new heights. Their proclaimed Animale Mechanique tour draws from a wild range of styles that transcended... read more »

   
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  A Night With Mondo Guerra in CU’s Old Main

  Sep 22, 2012comments

  As a lover of the television program “Project Runway,” I could not contain myself when I heard that Mondo Guerra was going to be coming to The University of Colorado Boulder. I arrived at Old Main an hour early to guarantee a seat.... read more »

   
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  Andrew Bird at Chautauqua

  Aug 16, 2012comments

  Andrew Bird took the stage at Chautauqua on Wednesday, with a modesty that could only come from a place of true dedication to his craft. With wicker baskets that somewhat resembled twirling strands of DNA hanging behind him, the slender violinist... read more »

   
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  Theater Buff: Fringe Festival 2012

  Apr 30, 2012comments

  Fringe Festival chalking outside the UMC. (CU Independent File/Robert R. Denton) This year’s Fringe Festival, the student-run annual event of plays, musicals, films and comedy, took audiences by surprise this year with edgy subject matter.... read more »

   
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  Classics of the week: “Apocalypse Now” and “Psycho”

  Nov 13, 2009comments

  The shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, last week and the execution of the D.C. sniper on Tuesday served as painful reminders of the atrocities man is capable of. Psychology, biology and other sciences all have their take on what drives people over... read more »

   
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  First Drive: 2010 Scion tC

  Nov 4, 2009comments

  Stepping into the 2010 Scion tC for the first time, I was admittedly skeptical. After all, the tC is a car targeted at a certain demographic, namely students and recent college grads. How cool can anything built by a bunch of old men in suits... read more »