Arts & Culture
Between laughing and crying
After the November presidential election, comedian Dana Gould was taken aback, not just by the results, but how sure he’d been that Trump wouldn’t...
Sweetly agitating, persistently upending
The first thing Joanna Rotkin learned in college was that she didn’t have a ballet body. For a young woman who had dedicated her...
A new path for healing
This month, Boulder’s MESA (Moving to End Sexual Assault) program is bringing back its podcast Sex: By Invitation Only, cohosted by Lindsey Breslin and...
Romanticizing the glitch
The Amazon rainforest was ablaze last year as artist Mark Amerika and curator Jessica Kooiman Parker began to conceptualize a new media exhibition for...
No time like the present
There’s no denying the 20th century was one of radical changes. The century was ushered in on horse-drawn carriages and exited in an SUV. Humans invented plastics, factories, nuclear bombs, rock music, the Internet, spandex and iPhones. It was a hundred years ...
Death at the Fringe
Every year since 2014, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival has hosted a series called Death on the Fringe, a festival within the festival that explores...
The art of change
Marc Bernardi’s work is all about metamorphosis — turning something as simple as a reed in a pond into an unrecognizable, abstract picture...
Making sense of Boulder fashion
Boulder tends to attract superlatives. It’s been named the foodiest town in America by Bon Appetit. It’s routinely among the fittest, the smartest, most likely to succeed, best smile, greatest ever. But nobody’s ever complimented the City of Brown Woolen Sweaters on ...
Lost and found
For the past several years, Loren Eiseley’s story “The Star Thrower,” aka “the starfish story,” has made its rounds across the internet. Published in...
Framing Frida
The name Frida Kahlo conjures different meanings for different people. For some she was an underappreciated artist, who lacked technical skill but had a strong vision. For others she was a feminist who broke gender roles and challenged traditional beauty. Moreover ...
Arts | Week of April 9, 2015
Barbara Bosworth: Quiet Wonder. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Sept. 20...
Through the lens
In the summer of 1871, America was celebrating its 95th birthday and the recent acquisition of more territories due to the Mexican-American War. Manifest...
