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Betsy's Barn's line dance night hits the dial tonight, and the whole High Country stays booked clear through Labor Day. Friday's a triple, Huzzah Books' bazaar in the morning, Sam Bush at AMB in the evening, then Hot Dayz Cool Nights back at the barn. Saturday's the Gold Out against Maine, then Rage Banger Rave takes the barn into Sunday morning. Sunday is packed with local shows including the New River Blues Festival and Monday closes it out with a cookout at Huzzah Books in a way that only they can serving free Uzbek plov.
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◆ Book of the Week · with Huzzah Books
On Exercising All-Round Dictatorship Over the Bourgeoisie
Chang Chun-chiao
A theoretical work from the Cultural Revolution era examining the concept of dictatorship of the proletariat and its application to class struggle in China. This text reflects the political ideology of the mid-1970s People's Republic.
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🌖 Waning Gibbous · 71% lit
A bright moon tonight, so the Milky Way and the faintest stars wash out.
Sky's truly dark after 9:20 PM.
◆ NASA's photo today: The Eclipse and the Stork →
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