Entertainment
Myopic biopic
Biopics are lies. Oh, don’t get me wrong, all storytelling is fundamentally fibbing. But it seems somehow more disingenuous to airbrush actual human histories, to select which warts to ignore and which redemptive moments to exaggerate. Documentaries exist for a ...
The end of domination?
Art has come full circle for author Tod Davies, at least a portion of it has. This month, the fourth book in her History...
Filling the gap between Medeski, Martin and Wood
Bassist Chris Wood was taking some midday chill time in Athens, Ga., when we caught up to him last weekend, cooling his heels before his gig that night with The Wood Brothers band, his six-year project with his brother, guitarist and singer Oliver. The Wood Brothers ...
Better under the bridge
Dreamworks seems bored with the ogre who laid the golden egg. Shrek Forever After, the fourth film in the lucrative franchise and the first in 3-D, barely tampers with the Shrek formula (oneliners, flatulence jokes, pop tunes), and not enough to breathe life into ...
The International Film Series Celebrates 75 Years
Celebrating its 75th anniversary this season, the International Film Series (IFS) is ready to shake things up with changes to its regularly scheduled programming.
Casting...
Hypnotist/comedian Flip Orley wants you to look into his eyes
Here’s a thought experiment. Take a deep breath and hold it. Imagine that the people around you are friends from the trailer park in Alabama that, yes, you live in. You are all here in New York City, that’s where you are right now, to go on a TV talk show to tell the...
Bird of a different feather
Listening to Andrew Bird’s music, one is struck by its tender grace...
Longmont hopes to become creative culture destination
Downtown Longmont was no hotspot when Joanne Kirves, executive director of the Longmont Council for the Arts, began working in the community in 1999. However, it wasn’t for a lack of creative energy...
Theater | Week of July 23, 2015
Aladdin. Jester’s Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980. Through July 25...
Glassblower: Marissa Manderfield
Insta: @marsglassworks
How long have you blown glass?
Since 2013.
What—or who—drew you to the art form?
I was lucky as a teenager to work at...