Arts & Culture
For my mother
It’s been almost two years since my mother got divorced.
Unlike some middle-age separations, hers was a complete and sudden shock — no falling...
The benevolent creator
A Dasha Shishkin drawing is by no means straightforward. A picture can show multiple scenes, dozens of characters — some big, some small, some with...
A campus for the arts
Seeking refuge from the June heat, student artists flocked to the air-conditioned Boulder Pottery Lab for its Saturday open hours. Inside the old Boulder...
Sweetly agitating, persistently upending
The first thing Joanna Rotkin learned in college was that she didn’t have a ballet body. For a young woman who had dedicated her...
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...
Sightlines: Feb. 9, 2023
We love our local arts scene here in Boulder County — but with so much going on, it can be hard to keep up....
Extracting stories from the industries of the American West
In the ruins of the sugar mill on Madison Avenue in Loveland, one of the buildings has a message painted on the roof: “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...
Lifting the veil
Art has always been a central focus for Gunbarrel resident Michael Hamers. His passion from childhood translated into studying fine art in college. But...
Sightlines: Feb. 16, 2023
We love our local arts scene here in Boulder County — but with so much going on, it can be hard to keep up....
The unexplainable phenomenon
Moving from behind his computer, Goodgold starts to dance to synthesized music. There’s a pause — and he waits for a live keyboard cue...
Frozen Dead Guy Days is back
Fancy an old-fashioned coffin race? Or icy turkey bowling perhaps? Then Frozen Dead Guy Days might just be the festival for you. Starting March 7 and running through March 9, Nederland celebrates the 25th year of Bredo Morstoel on ice...

















