Entertainment
A beloved staple of the holiday season in a new medium
It’s a Wonderful Life, a new opera by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer, started its performance life with a workshop at CU...
Fantastic Fungi
For Paul Stamets, it begins and ends with mushrooms. From death, they create life. From fractures, they create connections. And from sickness, they create...
Fox discusses deal with Conan O’Brien
LOS ANGELES — Fox Broadcasting is inching closer to bringing Conan O'Brien back to late night...
Homeviewing: Refugee-pers Creepers
The most satisfying response to a horror movie scare is not a jump, a shriek or a recoil. It is a verbal “Nope!” It...
Hip-hop Rok
Denver rapper Mane Rok, real name Sam Baron, has been cutting his teeth in the Colorado hip-hop scene for more than a decade. Whether it was competing in rhyme battles, organizing shows and events or releasing albums with his group, ManeLine, Mane has proudly ...
Easy, breezy fun
I’m trying not to use the word ‘magical’,” Liz Marsh warned me as we sat down to discuss the upcoming season of the Boulder Outdoor Cinema (BOC), which opens on Saturday, July 12...
Lionsgate signs Tyler Perry to a new three-year deal
LOS ANGELES — Lionsgate has renewed its movie and home entertainment agreement with its most prolific supplier, filmmaker and actor Tyler Perry...
Hulu Announces New Shows From Seth Meyers, Richard Linklater, More
At a presentation to ad buyers Thursday, Hulu touted its growth...
What to do when there’s ‘nothing’ to…
If your organization is planning an event of any kind, please email Caitlin at crockett boulderweekly com.
EVENTS
Password Comedy Show. 8 p.m. Thursday,...
Putting down another piece in the Jorma Kaukonen puzzle
If you think of Jorma Kaukonen’s career as a jigsaw puzzle, the whole thing sort of makes sense. It began as a pile of disjointed pieces containing just a hint or color of things to come. Each day, each year, each decade the puzzle becomes more complete. Every new ...
Statewide Emergency declared at the Fox Theatre
It’s pitch black on the stage. The lights are off and the sound is growing. Matt Paradis’ silhouette stands boldly as the sound grows. This was the face of Statewide Emergency Saturday night at the Fox Theatre.The band is the latest local explosion to hit the ...
Teen dream, parental nightmare
Project X is the movie equivalent of that good-looking, well-off teenage boy your gut tells you to keep away from your teenage daughter. Something sets off the warning bells — that he has lost his mind to his hormones, that he objectifies women in the worst way, ...
