Entertainment
Can’t help falling in love
It’s the early 1960s, and Priscilla Ann Beaulieu is just 14 years old. She doesn’t have any friends or hobbies, just the day-in, day-out...
Dare you to move
Twenty years ago, an up-and-coming SoCal alt-rock outfit called Switchfoot took a gut punch. The band had just turned in The Beautiful Letdown, which...
Sour note
In the glitzy world of jukebox musicals, the rhythm of legendary lives often finds harmony on stage. But in the touring production of Tina:...
Laugh until it hurts
When it comes to the culture of stand-up comedy, many people in the trans community are sadly more accustomed to being the butt of...
Original sin
Every April, tiny flowers spread like confetti across the blackjack hills of Oklahoma. This is Osage Territory — land carved out and granted to...
Bach to Boulder
The slogan “Across Time Across Cultures” has been a theme of the Boulder Bach Festival for much of Zachary Carrettin’s 10-year run as music...
A little off the top
By now, you might think you know Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. But with the dead rising from all sides, Unitiive...
This is going to hurt
Local poet Jade Lascelles doesn’t shrink from what she describes as “the collapsed moment, the moment of a brutality.” She approaches it, tries to...
All together now
If something feels familiar about the latest from Chicago indie darlings Ratboys, that’s partly by design. Since its release in August, The Window —...
Variations on a theme
Death, taxes and Butterman. The Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra has experienced many changes over the last few years, but music director Michael Butterman is a...
‘I want the world to know’
There is something therapeutic about reliving our awkward, turbulent adolescence, especially when those cringe-worthy moments are exposed to an audience. This is the underlying...
Best of the fest
It’s the most common question you get as a film critic: “What’s good?” Variants include: “What do you like?” “What excites you?” “What should...
