Arts & Culture
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...
The joy of circus
Cirque du Soleil is a curious success story in the entertainment business, one that started in Quebec in the early ’80s and grew into an international success of epic proportions, propelling the once-maligned circus arts into the same prominent spotlight shared by ...
Boulder resident Robert Venosa, foremost master of visionary art, dies
Robert Venosa, one of...
Historical amnesia
Reiland Rabaka’s got a diagnosis for the American people: historical amnesia.
How else could so many people feel justified in taking to social media to...
Inappropriate laughter
The pilot of Tig Notaro’s semi-autobiographical Amazon Prime series One Mississippi wastes no time setting up the darkness that is — in all its...
It’s no invasion
Ed Sullivan isn’t around to introduce them, and you’re not gonna want to slug your partner every time you spot one. Yet for those who aren’t bugged by the sight of crawling creatures, a local exhibit showcasing an interesting and diverse culture will finally bring ...
What to do when there’s ‘nothing’ to do…
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EVENTS
Fifth Annual Virtual Colorado Pollinator Summit. 8 a.m.-4...
Comics
24-Hour comic day, Saturday October 4, Time Warp Comics, 3105 28th St., Boulder. 303- 443-4500...
Can the sad clown still tell a joke?
A couple of years ago, in the disorienting wake of a divorce, Andy Eppler found himself in his garden, pondering the transience of life.
His...
Everybody’s talking
How do you measure happiness? That’s the question Cara Cruickshank wants to explore with the latest installment of her long-running immersive art project dubbed...
All are welcome
The art of filmmaking can be tedious, admits director and producer Susan Polis Schutz. Projects can take years to complete, and after finishing her...
Enhancing the excitability of the whole machine
Friedrich Nietzsche considered art the “healing balm” for the human condition, the highest form of relief for existential dread, world-weariness and, if you will,...


















