Arts & Culture
Birds of a feather
For centuries, humans have been inspired by witnessing their fellow citizens attempt to fly. Despite a lack of wings, we have been awed and amazed when people propel themselves off the ground and into another dimension. A popular 19th-century folk song captures...
Cirque Dreams Holidaze is a real Christmas circus
In case you hadn’t noticed, we’re just about up to our roasty chestnuts in the holiday season...
Calling all armchair theater critics
In plays, unlike other art forms, the audience itself is a fundamental element of the performance...
Comics
24-Hour comic day, Saturday October 4, Time Warp Comics, 3105 28th St., Boulder. 303- 443-4500...
Arts
Game Changer — Various artists. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443- 2122. Through Sept. 14...
And now for something completely different
Unlike the 20-something I overheard on Pearl Street the other day exclaiming to her friends that she was “literally shitting bricks” as she awaited a call or text from some unnamed hottie she met at a recent party/rave/ bash/hoedown/Burning Man, I know the ...
Arts | Week of April 3, 2014
American West: Selections from the CU Art Museum’s Permanent Collection. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8300. Through May 10. Critical Focus — Artist Ian Fisher. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298- 7554. Through April 13. Epic — Artist ...
A&E at CWA
After this many years covering it, there’s not a lot of new things BW can say about the University of Colorado Boulder’s annual Conference on World Affairs in a global sense. Since it was founded in 1948, it’s kept on keeping on with its half-spontaneous intellectual...
arts
43rd Annual Jeffco Schools Foundation High School Art Exhibition. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through May 11...
Too good to be true
Suzanne Heintz is notorious for her family photos. She captures the everyday household chores, the family vacations and the holiday festivities. In the photos, Heintz is vibrant and lively, usually with a big smile. In contrast, her husband, Chauncey, seems a bit ...
Stormy inspiration
At one point in his life, David Mayhew gave up on art. An art teacher in high school pushed an impressionist style when he wanted to go for a realistic one. The conflict steered him toward design engineering and graphic drawing — the career track that led to him ...
The Human Scale
How planning for fewer cars, more bikes and more human interaction can save the urban world...

















