Arts & Culture
Holy sheet
After having visited Bloodshed / The 13th Floor, and Zombieland / Asylum, my Halloween Haunted House Tour had immediately gone from happy-go-lucky, and "phew, my pants are still on," to "I will never be able to sleep with the lights off again, and my goodness how is ...
Rock Band 3 continues to rock on
Rock Band 2 came out way back in 2008, and we’ve had Rock Band Beatles and Rock Band Green Day to hold us over until Rock Band 3. While the band-specific music games are great if you’re a fan of the band (and who isn’t a fan of The Beatles?), most players want a ...
Longmont hopes to become creative culture destination
Downtown Longmont was no hotspot when Joanne Kirves, executive director of the Longmont Council for the Arts, began working in the community in 1999. However, it wasn’t for a lack of creative energy...
Nemisi
We made a commitment to the community to have a series of discussions about public art,” Matt Chasansky, manager for the City of Boulder’s Office of Arts and Cultural Services, told the audience in the Canyon Theater on Sept. 29. “So we’re here to make good on that...
Homegrown comedy
Denver-born T.J. Miller got his break in 2007 when he was cast in Cloverfield as Hud, the goofy camera-holding friend who catalogs New York City’s monster-fueled destruction. Since then, he’s done pretty well for himself. He has 49 television and film acting ...
In the presence of flames
FIRE is a vast and vivid symbol in the storyline of human history. The Stone Age discovery of fire ignited our innovative spirit, lit our journey as a technological species and fueled our more destructive tendencies. Fire is transformation itself — linking ...
In 10th year of Studio Tour, 66 artists open studios to...
Art lovers frequent museums or galleries or art shows in order to view the works of the artists they love. Rarely do they get to meet the creator of a certain piece, let alone see them work...
Call of Duty: Black Ops rivals any Hollywood blockbuster
When the drama between Activision and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward began to unfold this summer, hardcore fans worried about the future of the Call of Duty franchise. Despite the fact that developer Treyarch has been creating Call of Duty games...
Home is where the art is
Selling art out of your house has certain virtues. Art in a gallery can look distant and cool, far too impressive for living room walls. But bring paintings home and they seem to change shape, take on greater intimacy, join the family and get comfortable on the ...
A perfect piece for Robert Olson’s final MahlerFest
Robert Olson’s final concerts with the Colorado MahlerFest will be memorable occasions — for Boulder audiences, for the festival’s world-wide fans and for Olson himself...
Step lively for dance
Scanning the room, your eyes become locked with a potential partner in a visual embrace that seems to extinguish the outside world. Once intertwined, forceful and deliberate movements make up an exotic language that has no words...
Community collaboration
If anyone can appreciate an unexpected collaboration, it’s singer-songwriter Lisa Bell. Her most recent album, The Italian Project, began when the Boulder native reconnected with a high school friend she hadn’t seen in more than 25 years. The friends reunited through...

















