Books
The Tea Party does cartoons
Joe the Plumber may be a cliché of a human being, but since Obama made him the hero of Main Street during his 2008 presidential campaign, when he jots his endorsement down for anything, people pay attention...
A ‘haunted house comedy’ at Stories on Stage
According to Anthony Powell, artistic director for Stories on Stage, Stone Animals is a “haunted house comedy.”
The theater group will bring Miami-based author Kelly...
Author Christy Reece walked away from her day job to launch...
After 18 years of working the same job, most of us might...
Animal instinct
David Sedaris has an odd relationship with animals. By his own admission he has no use for them in close quarters, but is infatuated with the raw and often ugly lives of creatures in their native habitats...
Baseball in the summer
Although the team is currently struggling just to hover near .500, not much in Colorado says “summer” like the Rockies. With a great downtown ballpark in Denver, stellar starting pitching and exciting young hitters, the reigning NL Wild Card qualifiers ...
A story takes flight
On a late spring night, three little girls were readying themselves for bed when they noticed Mother Eagle perched on a tree in their backyard...
Words | Week of April 3, 2014
Friday, April 4 Cooperman, Hollander, and Hutchison . 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303. The Humor Code — Peter McGraw and Joel Warner with Ryan Warner. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store. 2526 East Colfax Ave...
Confronting the past
It’s difficult to imagine that Anthony Swofford, who once had sex with a girl in the same room as his dying brother and dined on greasy Waffle House food with a crack dealer and a couple of prostitutes, could become such a family man...
