Entertainment
Planet Bluegrass: Crisis to opportunity
Music lovers and musicians have enjoyed Planet Bluegrass’ scenic environment for years; however, the gorgeous vista created by the river and the cliff turned nasty during the flood...
Boulder band The Wood Brothers tap into the ‘The Muse’ on...
Among its many discrete charms, The Wood Brothers’ new CD The Muse features a crafty little number, buried well down the program, which gracefully frames the Boulder-native siblings’ quizzically symbiotic approach to songwriting. Titled “Keep Me Around,” a poignant ...
The Infamous Stringdusters raise flood relief money for and with The...
To name them by genre, The Infamous Stringdusters are a bluegrass five-piece. But Stringdusters manager Michael Allenby prefers other descriptors. Tongue in cheek, he sometimes calls them a high-country band. But at their core, Allenby says, the Infamous ...
Boulder Tattoo Project finishes up first phase
At Claw and Talon Tattoo in Boulder, Boulder County resident Joel sits in the waiting room, flanked by colorful posters as the pounding riffs of stoner-metal legends Kyuss fill the room...
You say you want a revolution?
The “99 percent vs. the 1 percent” analogy at work in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has all the subtlety of a funeral selfie. But it is precisely this lack of sophistication in message that may make this the most zeitgeist-capturing, intellectually resonant sci-fi ...
Salmon steaks, over easy
There was a great moment captured on a YouTube video a few weeks ago as Leftover Salmon was tearing into one of their new tunes, a grassy Andy Thorn-penned bit called “High Country,” at the Loveless Café in Nashville. Salmon was on the third leg of a fall tour that ...
Electronic musician Pretty Lights: Mapping the sun
Right now, electronic music is more than a trend. It’s a tidal wave. Stars like Tiesto, Skrillex and David Guetta are filling arenas, and according to multiple media reports, cashing checks totaling tens of millions each year...
Bold thinking at the BolderLife Festival
Often we are so bombarded with media and messaging that it can become easy to distance ourselves from the harsh realities of the world. At precisely the time our civilization should be taking a hard look into what makes us a communal society, we are retreating en ...
She went and made it after all
If you can’t help but sing the title of this review (in your head, at least) to the melody of the opening theme to The Mary Tyler Moore Show, you probably know who Molly Ivins was. If you’re asking yourself what The Mary Tyler Moore Show is, you’re likely too young ...
Symphonic odysseys for Pro Musica Colorado
It’s going to be an epic season for the Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra...
Celebrating LGBT culture
In March 1975, Boulder County Clerk & Recorder Clela Rorex granted the first same-sex marriage license in the United States...
