Arts & Culture
Collective mentality
When a child comes home from sixth grade and renounces school to be a painter, most fathers would usually turn the kid around and...
The forgotten ones
Don Coen’s family had a farm just outside of Lamar, Colorado, southeast of Colorado Springs, about half an hour’s drive from the border of...
Dancefloor revival
Spend enough time talking to people in Boulder’s arts and culture scene and you’ll hear a familiar complaint about a lack of accessible space....
‘We’re still here’
Melissa Fathman remembers a moment two years ago, on Indigenous Peoples Day, watching Sarah Ortegon, an enrolled Eastern Shoshone also of Northern Arapaho descent,...
Staying human with Michael Franti
It’s Election Day, Nov. 6, 2018, and it feels serendipitous to get the chance to talk with Michael Franti about his new documentary, Stay...
Outside the frame
Growing up in the ’60s, when Melanie Walker and her sister would come home complaining about a problem at school, their father would joke,...
Logistx at the Block
The pandemic hasn’t stopped Block 1750 from finding a way to connect with the community. And from helping the community connect with their own...
Keeping the tradition going
When your family has successfully organized and run a multi-day arts and culture festival each of the past 33 years, odds are you’re not...
A place where everybody’s welcome
Learning homesteading skills has become a part of Kristopher Wright’s artistic practice.
“It really lights my brain up from a creativity standpoint to be building...
Yes, and…
In improv — that’s improvisational theatre, but who says that? — there are no two stronger words used in tandem than “yes, and... .”
What...
A safe space to fashion identity
Elaine Waterman was teaching a youth fashion design class a few years ago when she took note of a trans student enjoying the work...
Yet to be decided
On the morning of Tuesday, June 13, the offices at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA) were nearly empty. According to Ron McMahan,...
