Entertainment
Capturing the spirit, if not the notes
As far as seminal groups of the ’60s and ’70s go, the Grateful Dead were a little bit different. They were less a band than a way of life — a living, breathing mass of humanity with smiles on their faces and flowers behind their ears, traveling around the country ...
Amid tragedy, ‘Dark Knight’ strong at box office
One of the biggest weekends ever at the domestic box office came and went without celebration...
Arts | Week of Feb. 19, 2015
Beyond Words: Contemporary Book Art. Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St., Golden, 303- 279-3922. Through March 22...
Racing the clock
Yes, it’s beautiful out there. Probably the Boulder region’s best summer in recent memory: cool temperatures (until recently), lots of rain and no smoke...
Mavis Staples visits her folk-gospel past, with the help of Wilco’s...
LOS ANGELES — It's early July, and Mavis Staples is sitting in the offices of Epitaph Records, a truth that is surprising to her. The 71-year-old gospel and soul legend from Chicago...
Twirling, twirling, twirling toward freedom!
Would that I were a talented enough writer to pen this review of Les 7 doigts de la main’s Traces without referencing Cirque du Soleil. I have little doubt that most, if not all, reviews of Traces — or any of Les 7 doigts de la main’s other shows — call out Cirque, ...
A million pictures worth countless words
As of Dec. 24, Boulder photographer Peggy Dyer had captured the images of 4,340 people, leaving 995,660 to go in her mission to photograph a million faces. For the last two years, Dyer has been steadily amassing what she hopes will be the “single most extensive ...
Steve Earle honors Townes Van Zandt through album
Steve Earle is a singer/songwriter who holistically embodies...
Reading cinema
They always say write the book that you want to read,” Brad Weismann says. “I was looking for a reference book that covered the...
Stone cold and striking hot
There will always be stories that slip through the cracks. Whether a function of human capacity, or our proclivity for comfort over truth, the...
For its director and young star, ‘Precious’ is ready to pop
Precious is hardly the feel-good movie of 2009, but the people...
















