Arts & Culture

Blame it on kismet, chance or “the rain,” but something funky worked in 2013’s favor. For no discernible reason, the year offered up wildly brilliant unexpected gems (Upstream Color, Spring Breakers) and triumphant blockbusters with brains (The Hunger Games: Catching...

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...

A Place in the Sun. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through April 24...

Buy— Sharon Feder. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through Nov. 16...

Affordable Art Show. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651- 2787. Through Dec. 28...

Acrylic Paintings by M.G. Davis. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303- 497-1174. Through May 30...

Open Studios Fall Artist Tour, 12–6 p.m. Oct. 4-5, 11-12, Various Locations...

Acrylic Paintings by M.G. Davis. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through May 30...

Barbara Bosworth: Quiet Wonder. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Sept. 20...

Game Changer — Various artists. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through Sept. 14...

After reading the Boulder Weekly’s story on Scholastic National Student Poets Program and the subsequent essay issue of the paper, local poet Troy Suben approached the editorial staff with an idea: What about running poetry in the paper on a weekly basis? We’ve ...

Boulder Weekly's Jules Kueffer was at the Snow Ball Festival this weekend. Check out the slideshow below.