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To fully immerse myself in the cowboy lifestyle, I let Chef Gator’s flavors take over my life for a weekend to learn how to eat like a Dutton.

History is full of narratives and even those narratives have a history. As a high school history teacher, I went into my Neville-Pribram Mid-Career Educator fellowship with a motivation to help my students better understand where popular history narratives come from so they can better predict where they are going. Look to the past to predict the future? Easy peasy, right?

Rich Bergeman has a history of switching technology, some of which is highlighted in the 28 often stunning black and white photographs currently showing at White Lotus Gallery. The Vanishing West, on display until June 12, represents the photographer’s interest in different methods of taking and printing images, and an ongoing interest in things gone by. He first came upon the theme of abandoned places more than 30 years ago when taking pictures of windows and doors from inside abandoned buildings. It’s a favorite subject among photographers, he says. Being in a dark place with the light...