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    A new curiosity shop in Colorado Springs shows the beauty of dead butterflies | Arts & Entertainment

    The sight of dead things usually doesn’t bring a love song to mind. Walking into this new downtown Colorado Springs shop, there’s a black Christmas tree covered with skeleton ornaments in the corner. Framed and unmoving insects hang on the walls alongside paintings inspired by horror movies. It’s the owners, two bearded guys sometimes dapperly dressed up in flowery button down shirts, vests and ties, who make you want to play a Kacey Musgraves tune called “Butterflies.” ABOVE: A framed orb-weaver spider art piece by Andrew Cronk at Cronk Art & Curiosities. “Every kid has a bug phase,” Cronk says. “I never left the bug phase.” Chancey Bush, The Gazette…

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