Arts & Culture
The in-between
Here’s how it was supposed to go: In one of the tall, street-facing windows of the David B. Smith Gallery, a 6-foot-tall neon sign...
Giving voice
There’s an earthiness in the air as several young people work on potting some 300 flowers in the lobby of the Boulder Museum of...
Hiding in plain sight
Walk into the main gallery of the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA) and you will be blinded by industrial spotlights mounted on large...
Performance soul in black and white
When Lisa Siciliano bought her neighbor’s camera on a whim in 2002, she had no idea that such a small decision would alter the course of her life...
Tapping into history
Eighty-eight-year-old Harriet Butcher vividly recalls Sammy Davis Jr. tap dancing on the stage of the Roxy Theater in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood. Butcher takes a deep breath and closes her eyes as she recalls swooning over the legendary performer...
Susanne Mitchell explores legacy of colonization at east window exhibit
When Susanne Mitchell first traveled to Malawi in 1995, she found people very eager to share their thoughts.
“People were yelling out their opinions because...
An artist reframed: Painter Chuck Forsman finally exhibits his photography
Late one night, while driving through Utah, artist Chuck Forsman saw a dead cow on the road and stopped to photograph it...
Shining a light on a musical ‘blind spot’ in Vienna
Vienna’s rich musical heritage of the Classic-Romantic periods is very familiar to audiences. But for a full century before Haydn or Mozart ever set...
A hundred pounds lighter
Everytime 27-year-old Reydesel Salvidrez-Rodriguez shares his story, he’s filled with a sense of relief.
“No more secrets, no more lies,” says Salvidrez-Rodriguez, an undocumented immigrant...
#InstaNovels
You may think of Instagram as a platform for images, but it may be the next place you turn to read a novel.
Don’t scoff,...
Gears of War 3 ends trilogy with great story, action
It’s been about three years since Gears of War 2...
Unseen realism
Artist Jenny Morgan has always had a talent for painting the human figure. In the early days of her career, Morgan painted hyper-realistic canvases...

















