Arts & Culture
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....
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...
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...
Love and Haiti
If mass media is your only window into the Republic of Haiti, mention of the island nation likely conjures a small constellation of sufferings....
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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,...
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,...
‘Invisible Lines’
On Feb. 27, the day this edition hits newsstands, Rosa Sabido will have been in sanctuary at Mancos United Methodist Church for 1,000 days.
That’s...
