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The Plaindealer presents: “For the Record” & A Conversation About Local Journalism

November 14 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Doors at 5:30, show at 6:00 Seated show || Entry is free but donations at the door are welcome to support the Plaindealer’s Report for America program || Donations online will support the Sherbino Theater Join us for the films followed by a question & answer session and some light snacks. For the Record: In a small Texas Panhandle town, which over the decades has lived through oil booms and busts, devastating wildfires, and a diminishing population, a few things have remained constant – cowboys, high school football, conservative voters, and the family-owned weekly The Canadian Record. Despite its liberal editorials in the second-most conservative county in the country, The Record is loved and relied on by the community. But now, editor and publisher Laurie Brown is inching toward 70, and a recent oil bust coupled with advertisers’ preference for social media is making it hard to keep the paper alive. For The Record is a mostly verite documentary that follows one year in the life of the small-town newspaper The Canadian (Texas) Record, in what might be its last year. We’ll also feature a short segment of a new, Colorado-produced journalism documentary, “Truth Be Told,” a portion of which was filmed in Ouray County this summer and featured the Plaindealer. A Q&A with treats will follow. Sponsored by The Ridgway Chautauqua

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Friday, November 14 from 6:00pm-8:00pm