Entertainment
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...
Who needs a swan song?
Golden Era Hollywood screenwriter Frank S. Nugent once described story as a disturbance of the status quo: “Something happens to upset it; the disturbance...
Search and rescue
It was the release day of her new album, and Hannah Frances couldn’t stop crying. After a turbulent year of traveling and recording, the...
Boulder Chamber Orchestra presents music grown from friendship
David A. Jaffe’s new Violin Concerto grew out of a friendship between the composer and a Colorado violinist.
Karen Bentley Pollick, who lives in Evergreen,...
Orpheus Bluejay
My shadow has no calories,
so I peel it off the front porch
and pour it in my coffee cup.
You say it can’t be...
The unexplainable phenomenon
Moving from behind his computer, Goodgold starts to dance to synthesized music. There’s a pause — and he waits for a live keyboard cue...
Behind the curtain
When a good theatrical production does its job, the audience is moved on a cellular level by the essence of human creativity. Actors embody...
A matter of persistence
The legacy of Orson Welles looms large in the history of cinema. So large, even Welles himself fell into its blackness.
“The word genius was...
‘Sausage Party’ goes further than you think
The first 70-or-so minutes of Sausage Party is obscenely insightful, a hilariously raunchy contemplation of how spiritual beliefs can be ignorance-inducing and socially blinding....
Sightlines: Feb. 9, 2023
We love our local arts scene here in Boulder County — but with so much going on, it can be hard to keep up....
Aubrey Plaza hilarious in a wasted effort
Before anything else: How great is Aubrey Plaza, right? From her droll, intentionally weird character on NBC’s Parks and Recreation to her killer late-night TV interviews (just watch the last one with Conan O’Brien if you doubt), Plaza is deliciously and completely ...