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February 26, 2021
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Live music returns to Dënäkär Zho in Dawson (Uffish Thoughts) Live music has been making its COVID-19-friendly way back into the ballroom at Dënäkär Zho (the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture Building) this winter, with a batch of concerts during January, February and March.
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There are many paths to the Crow Road (Bookends) This book has what must be the most evocative and ironic opening sentence I have read in some time. Ready?
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Martin Pet Of The Week
February 19, 2021
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Sailing ships take to the air on a perilous quest (Bookends) Back in 1977, when there wasn’t a lot of Tolkien-style fantasy to be had,
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Hubble Pet Of The Week
February 12, 2021
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When Nero Wolfe came out of his retirement (Bookends) Rex Stout produced 33 novels and 39 novellas in the Nero Wolfe series between 1934 and 1975, ending not long before he died with A Family Affair.
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Fielding The Pitches Hostess Naomi Mark, along with Melania Sheldon, not seen, streaming remotely from Teslin, is seen Tuesday evening at the Available Light Film Festival studio for the ALFF Pitch Event.
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Tigress Pet Of Week
February 5, 2021
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The adventure of the precious magazine (Bookends) There are so many Sherlock Holmes pastiches out there that the Conan Doyle estate can’t keep up.
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Hubble Pet Of The Week
January 29, 2021
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Two cases involving masters of deception (Bookends) The first thing to be said about the fifth Cormoran Strike/Robin Ellacott book is that a number of reviewers seem to have approached it with an eye to detecting some elements of Rowling’s musings about trans people in the text.
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Chanel Pet Of The Week
January 22, 2021
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Still On-Stage The annual Go Nuts show,
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Coming to grips with the denizens of the otherworld (Bookends) The best known of Charles de Lint’s work is set in and around a fictional town called Newford.
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Theia Pet Of The Week
January 15, 2021
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Castle reinterpreted for the written word (Bookends) Castle, described as a crime-comedy-drama (or dramedy) series, ran from the spring of 2009 to the spring of 2016.
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Manouane Pet Of The Week
January 8, 2021
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Kitty Pet Of The Week
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Tracking the many deceptions of Aunt Lydia (Bookends) If you’ve been feeling that you might need to read, or reread, Atwood’s classic 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, before venturing into its 2019 sequel, you can set your mind at ease.
December 30, 2020
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Where we are now and how we got here (Bookends) While many history books would be crammed full of dates and the details of specific events, Harari’s text contains what might be thought of as a 60,000-foot view of its subject.
December 24, 2020
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Ravens signal a death in mid-winter (Bookends) This is another of those cases where I decided to read the books after seeing the television version of the story.
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Bungee Pet Of The Week