Entertainment
Becoming American
What does “becoming American” mean to you? Is it a process? A state of mind? An act of participation? When one becomes American, what’s...
Cinema without borders
CU-Boulder’s International Film Series isn’t just Boulder’s first art-house series; it also features one of the best programs out there. From international sensations to...
The walls move outwards
When Lior Gross emailed Eyal Rivlin to ask about joining one of Rivlin’s Hebrew classes at the University of Colorado Boulder last spring, Rivlin...
Takács Quartet will play “Three Bs” plus one
The Takács String Quartet is offering music by “Three Bs” for their spring concert series in Boulder — in fact, “Three Bs” plus one.
These...
Condemned to be free
In his memoir, Nothing to be Afraid Of, novelist Julian Barnes immediately confides: “I don’t believe in God, but I miss him.”
Throughout this meditation...
Mary, Mary, what you going to name that pretty little baby?
The infamous Beale Street belongs to the city of Memphis, Tennessee, but every city has a Beale Street. So claimed writer James Baldwin, born...
Tips for thrifty living
Sparrow is a self-taught visual artist, pianist and chef — and has a master’s degree in creative writing. He lives in a doublewide trailer...
An embarrassment of riches
Every year is a great year for the movies, but when was the best? Was it 1939, the year Hollywood gave us The Wizard...
Wilder by the day
One lesson Alexander Beggins says he and his musical partner in Wild Child, Kelsey Wilson, learned early in their careers was not to get...
For my mother
It’s been almost two years since my mother got divorced.
Unlike some middle-age separations, hers was a complete and sudden shock — no falling...
Inside out
The other day, a good friend shared another woman’s tweet that read: “I don’t know who needs to hear this right now, but if...
