INSIDE
CN&R
Vol. 44, Issue 12 • June 3, 2021
OPINION
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Second & Flume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Guest Comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 This Modern World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Streetalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
NEWSLINES
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Downstroke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Business issue: New work model emerges . . 16 Business issue: To our future health . . . . . . 24
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BUSINESS
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FEATURE
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Business issue: Can local nightlife return?
ARTS & CULTURE
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June Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Arts DEVO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Brezsny’s Astrology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
ON THE COVER: DESIGN BY TINA FLYNN
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YEARS IN BUSINESS
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