Arts & Culture
History belongs to everyone
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...
Making space
For nearly 30 years, Open Studios has been supporting Boulder County artists by fostering connection between creatives and the community. Nowhere is the nonprofit’s...
What to do when there’s ‘nothing’ to do…
EVENTS
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Longmont Symphony Orchestra presents: percussionist Cameron Leach. 7 p.m. Saturday,...
Just the beginning
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...
Between past and present
History lies close to the surface in Gold Hill. It’s tangible in the town’s rustic and sometimes dilapidated buildings, in the charred woods that...
Holding space
Boulder has the country’s third-highest concentration of professional artists per capita, according to a frequently touted National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) study released...
CWA: A magnifying glass on art
When Terrence McNally, the four-time Tony Award-winning playwright, was completing his undergraduate degree at Harvard University in the late ’60s, he spent a summer as program director for a camp of chronic schizophrenics. The camp took 25 patients from a Boston ...
Flamenco gaining ground in Boulder
The Spanish art form flamenco, known for its percussive footwork, sharp clapping, earthy dance movements and the rasgueos strumming technique, is taking root here in Boulder. There are a variety of classes that teach flamenco technique, the aesthetics of flamenco and...
In memoriam: Mary K. (Polly) Addison (1935-2021)
Polly Addison, local artist, CU Boulder alumna and namesake of one of the Dairy Art Center’s galleries, died on Jan. 11.
Addison was involved with...
A walk on the fringy side
When Al Stafford began his transition from female to male, he realized that a lot of the conversations and performances attempting to narrate the...
Boulder Chamber Orchestra returns to Mozart’s Requium with Boulder Chorale
Bahman Saless and the Boulder Chamber Orchestra are returning to old territory and making new discoveries.
Saless and the BCO will be performing the Mozart...
Implied Function
At first glance, it’s not quite clear what Jennifer Pettus’ artwork represents. Upon further inspection, it’s still not clear. But that’s the point.
Jennifer Pettus/”F...