Arts & Culture

History belongs to everyone

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When author Preston Lauterbach first met Ernest Withers, the famed Civil Rights-era photographer left Lauterbach in his studio alone while Withers took a meeting. “Before...

Applauding all abilities

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In Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, the song “The Farmer and The Cowman” claims the differences between the two shouldn’t prevent them from becoming friends....

Pussy Grabs Back

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This is not a typical burlesque show,” says Jenna Noah, aka Madame Merci, co-founder of Conscious Burlesque and creator of Pussy Grabs Back. “This...

Just the beginning

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It’s a busy night at VisionQuest Brewery’s StarWater Wednesday. Sitting at a back table, behind the typical crowd of hug-loving, smile-wearing, hairy eccentrics, are...

Romanticizing the glitch

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The Amazon rainforest was ablaze last year as artist Mark Amerika and curator Jessica Kooiman Parker began to conceptualize a new media exhibition for...

The sounds of science

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On a golden summer evening, the harmonized voices of children fill the Chautauqua meadows with a song about a flesh-eating bacterium: “Oh Giardia, I...

Layers of injustice

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By now you’ve likely heard that J.K. Rowling, author of the beloved Harry Potter series, is a TERF.  It’s a term Rowling considers a slur,...

Ally is a verb

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Rendered in prismatic colors, their skin defies race.  More than a dozen visages stare back at patrons of The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse at Norlin Commons...

The steep walls of the pyramid

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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...

Exploring boldly

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When Adam Vicarel first moved to Colorado with big dreams and an empty wallet, he thought he’d made a huge mistake. It was the...

The sacred attempt

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When Joshua Emerson’s mom died in the winter of 2019, he felt like a crucial part of himself had been severed. The Denver-based comedian,...

Just give a damn

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In 2012, the world shook with the news that Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old unarmed African American boy, was shot and killed. He wasn’t the...