Arts & Culture

Making a thing while the world ends

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As the pandemic stormed in and unceremoniously upended in-person events last March, it also cast members of Writer’s Block across the country. With the university...

Reading music

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For almost a decade, starting in 2008, I wrote an annual feature for Boulder Weekly detailing 10 great new albums for readers to check...

Implied Function

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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...

Tommy, can you hear me?

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For some, childhood is filled with wonder and happy memories. For others it’s riddled with real-life nightmares and family secrets. For Tommy Walker, it’s...

Boulder Chamber Orchestra returns to Mozart’s Requium with Boulder Chorale

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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...

CWA: A magnifying glass on art

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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 ...

The art in everyday

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At first, you might not notice Jorge Pardo’s artwork in the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver’s latest exhibit Saber Acomodar: Art and Workshops of...

What to do when there’s ‘nothing’ to do…

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For inclusion in Boulder Weekly's round-up of events, please email Caitlin ([email protected]) with a description of the event that includes the date and time,...

Between past and present

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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...

Building bridges

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Melanie Yazzie is an artist. She’s a painter, printmaker, sculptor, jewelry designer and an art teacher. As the head of printmaking at the University...

Handel’s ‘Messiah,’ tailored for the Christmas season

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It’s been 276 years, and people are still talking about Handel’s Messiah. Of course, it’s one of the best-known and best-loved pieces ever written, but...

What to do when there’s ‘nothing’ to do…

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If your organization is planning an event of any kind, please email Caitlin at [email protected].  EVENTS ‘Unhoused’ Episode 4 — Recognizing realities. The increased visibility of street...