Arts & Culture
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 ...
A people’s history
It’s no great secret: Colorado is not the first place that springs to most people’s minds when considering racial diversity. That’s especially true in...
Arts | Week of June 4, 2015
Alec Soth: Colorado Dispatch. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Nov. 29...
Sightlines: April 6, 2023
We love our local arts scene here in Boulder County — but with so much going on, it can be hard to keep up....
Arts | Week of August 6, 2015
Alec Soth: Colorado Dispatch. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Nov. 29...
Post-apocalyptic life is a blast in Fallout: New Vegas
Back in 2008, the folks at Bethesda Games released a classic game in Fallout 3. Stranded in the wasteland of a post-apocalyptic America, the player is on a journey to find his father while trying to survive among vigilantes and radiation-infected creatures trying to ...
Studio Project reminds visitors animal rights are ‘No Joke’
A multi-colored snake twists up the stairwell of the Firehouse Art Center, some sections of its body exposed revealing a spine and heart, its fangs...
Arts | Week of Dec. 4, 2014
ART/TEKNE: Metaphorming Nature: Connecting Human/ Nature’s Creative Potential — Todd Siler. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder. 303-492-8300. Through Dec. 20...
Arts | Week of July 31, 2014
Game Changer — Various artists. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through Sept. 14...
The American dream and the American nightmare
I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her...
Arts | Week of May 22, 2014
Arvada Fine Guild Annual Spring Membership Exhibition. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. 720-898-7200. Through June 1...
Snapshot of femininity
A detailed close-up reveals a freckled girl covered in blue glitter with a pimple peaking out above her left eye. Titled “Blue Poles,” this was the first painting I saw by artist Marilyn Minter...


















