Entertainment
Eric Johnson: Now and then
Depending on who you ask and what day you ask it, having that One Monster Hit is either a blessing or a boat anchor...
Adventures in cinema
Back for a 15th year, the Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF), Feb. 28–March 3, has expanded its usual scope. With over 50 features and...
No joke
If you’re a millennial of a certain age and persuasion, the unhinged anti-comedy of Tim Heidecker has likely shaped your cerebral cortex into knots...
An Odyssey of one’s own
Think about the homecoming that is taking place right now — slowly — across the globe. We are all, in some way, returning. To...
The eternal appeal of The Great Stone Face
Still wonderful, isn’t it? And no dialogue. We didn’t need dialogue. We had faces. There just aren’t any faces like that anymore. —Norma Desmond,...
Scenes from a life
In the earliest days of my residence in the People’s Republic, I lived next door to a guy who designed and crafted molds for...
Asian-Americans garner greater attention in hip-hop
Far East Movement reaching the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Hot...
‘Every leaf, every ray of light’
“Someday we’ll fall down and weep, and we’ll understand it all. All things.” —Mr. O’Brien, The Tree of Life
For two weeks every May, the...
Sanctuary and exile
From working as a guard in Sing Sing prison to inspecting meat in a Nebraska beef plant, Ted Conover has taken on some difficult...
King’s Singers return to Boulder with music familiar and new
Pat Donnachie can hardly wait to get back onstage. With an audience. In Boulder.
As a member of the King’s Singers, Dunachie was accustomed to...
Dancefloor revival
Spend enough time talking to people in Boulder’s arts and culture scene and you’ll hear a familiar complaint about a lack of accessible space....
Charles Bukowski uncovered
Absence of the Hero, Vol. 2, the latest book of uncollected Charles Bukowski writings, begins with “The Reason Behind Reason,” a poignant tale of a professional baseball player who has somewhat of a psychotic break while playing the outfield. In the middle of a game...

















