Arts & Culture
High aspirations
If it doesn’t meet my standards, tear them up,” Ansel Adams tells his chief assistant Mary Alinder...
Is the Internet making us dumber?
A favorite folk tale that captivates children around the country is the legend of John Henry, the tale of the man who bests a steam-powered hammer in a drilling race, only to die with hammer in hand after victory. It’s a tale of Olympian strength and determination, ...
CMF ends on a high note
When you plan a summer festival, you want to end on a high note. And this year, Jean-Marie Zeitouni and the Colorado Music Festival...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
Mafia II: Great story, but limited gameplay
The original Mafia game, Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, was a story that took place in the 1930s, when the bootlegging of alcohol ruled the streets. In Mafia II, we move up to the 1940s in the midst of World War II and the mob still looking for ways to make money ...
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 ...
Fright Night
Fact: Halloween is the greatest holiday ever. There are costume parties, free license to be a weirdo and all the candy you can shake a wizard staff at...
