Arts & Culture
Extracting stories from the industries of the American West
In the ruins of the sugar mill on Madison Avenue in Loveland, one of the buildings has a message painted on the roof: “IT...
The third act
The art world is no stranger to sleeper success stories — late bloomers. Paul Cézanne’s soft, colorful landscapes didn’t garner attention until the painter...
The gray area
For thousands of years, humans have passed stories down to younger generations with the hope they’ll continue the practice. As a member of the...
Arts | Week of May 7, 2015
Acrylic Paintings by M.G. Davis. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through May 30...
Finding the fun in painting
Other than his perpetually paint-stained clothes, Binghamton, N.Y., native Sam Jablon cut a deceptively ordinary figure during his four years (2005-09) at Naropa University, where he graduated with an interdisciplinary degree in writing, meditation and visual art. A ...
Dita Von Teese is a juicy, ripe peach
It’s been almost 30 years since Dita Von Teese first strut out on stage. In that time, Von Teese has performed all over the...
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...
Unseen residue
In a way, art can stop time; it captures fleeting moments, lets us go back and see them happen again. But multi-media artist Marco...
Arts | Week of Jun 18, 2015
3 — Anne Shutan, Cha Cha and Kevan Kransoff. Longmont Center for The Arts Muse Gallery, 356 Main St., Longmont, 303-678-7869. Through June 27...
Fright Night
Fact: Halloween is the greatest holiday ever. There are costume parties, free license to be a weirdo and all the candy you can shake a wizard staff at...
Arts | Week of June 19, 2014
The Art of Data. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through July 6...
Giving voice
There’s an earthiness in the air as several young people work on potting some 300 flowers in the lobby of the Boulder Museum of...


















