Arts & Culture
DJ Hero 2 is a sequel as good as the original
DJ Hero may not have been the sales phenomenon that Activision was hoping it would be last year, you know, like how Guitar Hero grew to be. But the publisher is sticking by the franchise with DJ Hero 2...
A local l’chaim
It’s hard to find a good corned beef sandwich in Boulder, especially now that the Jimmy and Drew’s deli has moved their Katz Deli-style restaurant to the heart of Denver...
Becoming a better ally
Monday, Nov. 17 marked 2017’s Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR), honoring the lives of transgender people lost this year. It’s a day to stand...
A fairy tale for Boulder County
Len Barron, a retired 80-year-old educator, has enjoyed a lifelong fascination with one Albert Einstein. He says he has gone into more than 200 schools since 1989 doing talks on the physicist and education, and for years that included a one-man show he’d perform, ...
Boulder Tattoo Project finishes up first phase
At Claw and Talon Tattoo in Boulder, Boulder County resident Joel sits in the waiting room, flanked by colorful posters as the pounding riffs of stoner-metal legends Kyuss fill the room...
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’s Afro-Brazilian dance scene comes to life
Dancing with beings seen and unseen, connecting with nature, culture, and activism are all a part of what you may find in one of the Brazilian dance offerings in Boulder. Ask anyone what the word Afro-Brazilian means and you will surely hear a concoction of ...
One story at a time
There is a difference between the Boulder County that we choose to see and the Boulder County that is. We choose to see the...
Surreal oddities
Goldilocks enters the three bears’ home with an excited curiosity; she sneaks around knowing she doesn’t quite fit in, but enjoys the exploration nonetheless...
Revisiting Modernism
Landscapes of shapes. Aspen groves minus trees. Angled bedrooms. In Modernism Revisited, Denver artists Tracy Felix, Sushe Felix and Susan Cooper fracture the familiar for a fresh view of the Colorado mountains, nature and life...
The Young Festivarians
By day four it had become our nightly routine. About 6 p.m. we'd have some dinner. Then we'd settle in to catch one of the last three acts of an indescribable day of music, sunshine, rain, hail, new friends and just about anything unpredictable enough to be part of ...
What’s in a video game?
As children, many of us spent hundreds of hours competing against the computer, and our parents’ patience, playing epic action-adventure video games...
