Arts & Culture
Outside the gallery walls
When you enter an art gallery, you agree to an experience. There will be some sort of exchange between art and viewer — more...
If you knew my story
There’s something about folk music — the twang of a banjo, the lonesome drawl of a singer’s voice — that captures a certain melodrama...
The hakawati
Across the Potomac, Helen Zughaib could see the Pentagon burning from her home in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 11, 2001. Soon enough, phone calls...
Voices of dissent
“We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.” —Edward R. Murrow
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Rebel with a cause
In Swahili, the word ujamaa means “familyhood.” Some translate it as “extended family” or “brotherhood,” but for Tanzanian natives like Robert Oyugi, it’s a...
The intimate is political
In the months leading up to the 2016 presidential election, Boulder-based artists Julie Maren and Joy Alice Eisenhauer were excited. The two had partnered...
The antidote to despair
In a storage unit in Boulder sits a sort of museum of remembrance, momentos of lives past, curated intentionally by CU Theatre and Dance...
The steep walls of the pyramid
Success, acclaim and wealth can be a dream come true for many artists. But when Jonathan Saiz’s artistic career began to take off, he...
‘A resting place for worried minds’
"I know it’s hard to believe, but these days I feel upset a lot of the time,” says artist Kathryn Jill Johnson with a...
Get uplifted
There’s a panel at this year’s ARISE Music Festival called The End of Loneliness, and in a way it sums up exactly what ARISE...
The hope in play
America was reborn after World War II. Industries that thrived producing goods during and for the war sought new means of production. Everyday Americans...
Brawling love
Is Romeo and Juliet a romance or a tragedy? It probably says a lot about the human condition that an overwhelming number of people...
