Arts & Culture

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...

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...

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...

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...

We’re all in this together

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The timing of the fourth annual Americas Latino Eco Festival (ALEF) could not be better. The United States is in the middle of a...

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 ...

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...

A walk on the fringy side

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When Al Stafford began his transition from female to male, he realized that a lot of the conversations and performances attempting to narrate the...

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,...

Art show goes B.L.A.M. in your face

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Art is often made in isolation, but the community around its maker can inspire and influence the final result. Sometimes, an art scene is more than the sum of its parts...

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...

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...