Arts & Culture
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...
poetry
After reading the Boulder Weekly’s story on Scholastic National Student Poets Program and the subsequent essay issue of the paper, local poet Troy Suben approached the editorial staff with an idea: What about running poetry in the paper on a weekly basis? We’ve ...
Building power
If you live in Boulder County, you’ve probably heard the story of Zayd Atkinson and John Smyly. On March 1, 2019, Atkinson, a Naropa...
Echoing across the vista
After hauling backpacks weighing almost 100 pounds to 13,300 feet above sea level, waiting out a snowstorm and finally reaching the perfect spot on...
Imagination knows no age
At an age when surrealist painter Joan Miró might have considered retirement, or at least allowing age to excise the demands on his speed and productivity it seems to necessitate for most of us, he didn’t back off or slow down...
Dia de los Muertos: A celebration of life, death and culture
Right now in Mexico, thousands of people are preparing for Día de los Muertos and the great celebration to honor their loved ones who have passed on. Altars are being created, filled with photos, candles and items that held significance for deceased friends and ...
The virtue of cool
The art in PUSH.POP.KICK. isn’t what you normally find on the walls of Longmont’s Firehouse Art Center. Loaded with themes of violence, racism, drugs and sex, the skateboard-themed show hangs counterculture on white walls more familiar with the politically correct. ...
Last supper club
Sitting outside Caffè Sole in South Boulder recently, owner and manager Suter Du Bose remembered what the west side of Table Mesa Shopping Center...
Calling all armchair theater critics
In plays, unlike other art forms, the audience itself is a fundamental element of the performance...
We’re all in this together
The timing of the fourth annual Americas Latino Eco Festival (ALEF) could not be better. The United States is in the middle of a...
Arts | Week of May 7, 2015
Acrylic Paintings by M.G. Davis. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through May 30...