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Feats of Strength by Men in Kilts (and Other Attractions) at the Long’s Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival

All photos ©2025 Kat Valdez unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. by Kat Valdez Men in kilts were the main draw. But there’s so much more to the Longs Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival in Estes Park. With enthusiasm (and a yawn or two), Lore, Macy, Delilah, and I met in Loveland at 7 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 6 and drove up Big Thompson Canyon. Macy was … Continue reading Feats of Strength by Men in Kilts (and Other Attractions) at the Long’s Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival

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Promotional flier for SWEET & LUCKY: ECHO featuring a graphic of an open cardboard box and family photos in the background.
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A walk down memory lane proves enchanting in world premiere of SWEET & LUCKY: ECHO

In SWEET & LUCKY: ECHO, you’ll follow performers through a warehouse of memories, where vignettes of a couple’s life materialize out of thin air — like pages of a scrapbook springing to vivid life.

In the space between love and loss, remembering and forgetting, we’ll uncover their most tender moments. Falling in love. Building a home. Weathering storms.

Together, we’ll remember. Continue reading A walk down memory lane proves enchanting in world premiere of SWEET & LUCKY: ECHO

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Coldplay on June 10, 2025 in Denver at Empower Field at Mile High.
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The Speed of Love*: Coldplay on June 10 at Empower Field at Mile High

The band promoted inclusion, belonging, and community at their sole 2025 Denver concert date.

The first time I listened to Coldplay’s new album “Moon Music,” I was driving from Fort Collins to Denver International Airport, in the early morning hours before sunrise.

It was peaceful. Magical. An epic journey.

It was exactly how you want to experience this album on the first listen: in the dark before the world wakes up.

…A couple months later, I realized another truth: the other “best” way to experience this album? At Empower Field at Mile High, with 76,124 other cheering Coldplay fans. Continue reading The Speed of Love*: Coldplay on June 10 at Empower Field at Mile High

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VANDERPUMP RULES: Drama, Drama, Drama!

I haven’t watched reality TV since the early-2000s, when Survivor, The Amazing Race, Big Brother and others were new and at the height of their popularity. (Paradise Hotel was a short-lived favorite.)

So when two friends ─ let’s call them Alice and Betty ─ invited me to indulge in their secret, guilty pleasure, Vanderpump Rules, I jumped at the chance to see what’s changed in “unscripted” entertainment, to use the industry term, over the past two decades. Continue reading VANDERPUMP RULES: Drama, Drama, Drama!

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