Arts & Culture
Esse quam videri
I’m from Western North Carolina, from a town in the foothills nestled up against the Appalachian (Appa-LATCH-un, the way I say it, but more...
To have and to hoard
Last week’s snow is stubbornly hanging around in patches along the gravel road leading to Joel Haertling’s five storage units off a major thoroughfare...
The American dream and the American nightmare
I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her...
Dioramas: the theater of science and discovery
It’s a busy Saturday afternoon at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science but there are no lines for any of the exhibits. Free...
Historical hippies
Turbulent is one of those words people use to simplify immensely complex situations into something easily understood...
The name on the wall
As a local artist, an alumna of the University of Colorado and a former board member in the budding days of the Dairy Arts...
Martina Hoffmann’s world as art
%uFFFDBoulder-based artist Martina Hoffmann says growing up in equatorial Africa as a blond-haired, blue-eyed child was “a beautiful experience.” The German-born painter remembers how indigenous children would surround her, touching her skin and hair with curiosity ...
Fable III is a classic hero story with a twist
The Fable series is a fun one. Created by Peter Molyneaux and the folks at his Lionhead Studios exclusively for the Xbox 360, the stories of the games are the classic hero-type. You start off as an impoverished character just trying to survive until you’re called ...
The second son of a preacher’s daughter
After losing his father and the family cabin from which he derived his stage name, Covenhoven’s Joel Van Horne still sees beauty in the world
Facing Rocky Flats
The first thing you’ll see when you walk in the door of the Boulder Public Library’s Canyon Gallery is a fluorescent-red, wall-sized image of...
On paper wings
Boulder’s Marisa Aragón Ware didn’t know what to expect when she was chosen as a contestant on the Discovery Channel’s Meet Your Makers earlier...
High-end trashion show
For the latest trends in fashion, some local students are looking no further than their own recycling bins.
Participants from middle and high school will...

















