Arts & Culture
At a glance
If you ask visual arts curator Drew Austin what unites the disparate and dazzling works on display this fall at Dairy Arts Center in...
Inspiration and location
The fascinating acrylic-onwood paintings of Caitlin Buck, a Boulder native who graduated from Naropa University in 2012, will see their three-month appearance on the walls of the Laughing Goat Coffeehouse end this month. Buck, 28, lately focuses on realistically ...
Although familiar, Halo: Reach doesn’t disappoint
The original Halo game, Halo: Combat Evolved, hit stores shelves back in 2001 to much praise and critical delight. Developed by game studio Bungie and distributed by Microsoft, the game was a bona fide hit and put the newly released Microsoft Xbox on the map. Fast-...
Are you game?
A basketball in the middle of the floor is a standing invitation — pick me up and give me a toss, it says...
Art in all forms
For many, ballet might seem inaccessible, even intimidating. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Denver’s Ballet Nouveau Colorado, entering its 10th season, aims to appeal to a wide audience in various ways, says the group’s artistic director, Garrett Ammon...
The greatest scientists are artists
Humans like taking the scenic route when we can. It means we have a little time to appreciate the world around us, to sit...
poetry
After reading the Boulder Weekly’s story on Scholastic National Student Poets Program and the subsequent essay issue of the paper, local poet Troy Suben approached the editorial staff with an idea: What about running poetry in the paper on a weekly basis? We’ve ...
Unearthing a forgotten history
Adriana Corral’s art explores the human condition and our fundamental rights. Her research-based process has taken her from her home in Texas to present-day...
The familiar frontier
Post-Civil War America was a country in pieces. After years of fighting, the North and the South had to come together as one again....
Artist Chris Huang gets inspiration from nature
Some years ago while living in Tucson, artist Chris Huang became close friends with a woodworker. When the woodworker was finished with certain projects,...
A&E at CWA
World affairs to be conferenced includes no shortage of arts topicsAfter this many years covering it, there’s not a lot of new things BW can say about the University of Colorado Boulder’s annual Conference on World Affairs in a global sense. Since it was founded in ...
