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Looking to party in the Tasmanian capital? You're in luck. One of Hobart's best-known landmarks and drinking establishments is being renovated-completing a metamorphosis from 19th century brothel to 20th century blue-collar pub to 21st century techno palace...
...rumpled polemicist - are unlikely bedfellows anyway. But politics has always created alliances of convenience; for now the three share a goal. And they have more in common than is evident at first glance; Moore plays the outsider, unkempt and loud, but he does share two things with Edwards: blue-collar roots and an unapologetically populist stance. Moore's radical sarcasm differs from Edwards' sunny, Clintonian bonhomie, but both are effective. Moore's bold, baldly manipulative film was already the biggest-grossing documentary ever in the U.S. when it began rolling out across Europe last week. It's too soon...
...result is a blue-collar outpost with uncommonly lofty aesthetic values and more than 30 galleries (including the Pro Hart Gallery, housing one of the largest private art collections in the country). Pretty impressive for a population of just 25,000. "It is definitely unusual to find a high cultural respect for the arts in a mining town," says Jacqui Helmsley, manager of Broken Hill City Gallery, "and in a place where people will still look at you if you have a funny haircut...
...Hill has always lured the occasional painter. But authorities are giving formal encouragement these days through the establishment of international artist exchanges, artist-in-residence programs and annual scholarships. Hobby artists from around Australia are also flocking to the town for workshops in outback landscapes. The result is a blue-collar outpost with uncommonly lofty aesthetic values and more than 30 galleries (including the Pro Hart Gallery, housing one of the largest private art collections in the country). Pretty impressive for a population of just 25,000. "It is definitely unusual to find a high cultural respect for the arts...
...Coors, 57, won't get the Senate job by birthright. The rarefied world in which he moves--he does his elk hunting in Russia, not the Rockies--won't endear him to Colorado's rural, blue-collar constituency. And though he is a conservative Christian, beer ads that feature him with the barely clad Coors Light Twins could cost him credibility on the family-values front. Also, his bid sets up a costly, divisive Republican primary race against former Congressman Bob Schaffer. Still, state G.O.P. chairman Ted Haley isn't fretting. "It can only help us build momentum," he says...