Entertainment
The Disney ouroboros
It all started in Kansas City with a young dreamer named Walt Disney. Alice’s Wonderland wasn’t his first creation, but it was significant. The...
Faces of nature
During a snowy day, if you look outside the window, all you may see is a smattering of white flakes coating the landscape. But...
What to do when there’s ‘nothing’ to do…
BOOKS— Angela K. Evans
On On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous — Ocean VuongThe title of Ocean Vuong’s debut novel gives away the young writer’s ability...
Box it up
With the holiday shopping season in full fidelity, finding the perfect gift for that special music obsessive in your life can be a stiff...
The limits of empathy
The man looks unassuming. He’s Teodoro Ulber (Nathán Pinzón), a middle-aged English professor, short and squat with proper manners and nice clothes. He’s timid...
Revenge with a twist that falls short in ‘Citizen’
Law Abiding Citizen is the latest in the bad-lawyer genre, with Jamie Foxx as careerfocused attorney Nick Rice, who accepts a plea bargain from the killer of affable inventor Clyde Shelton’s (Gerard Butler) family to ensure his excellent trial outcome record...
Labour of love
People live on the island of Manhattan their entire lives and never visit the Statue of Liberty. There are lifelong Arizonans who’ve never stood...
These pictures of you
Hank has given up. Marooned on a deserted island in the Pacific, he has run out of food, water and reasons to live. All...
Lost and found
For the past several years, Loren Eiseley’s story “The Star Thrower,” aka “the starfish story,” has made its rounds across the internet. Published in...
From ‘the old country,’ with love
The sounds filling Denver’s Mercury Café at the end of each month may come from Colorado musicians, but the traditions behind them traveled a...
Not entirely politically correct
The art Todd Herman curates at east window is his way of addressing the injustices of the world.
“There's still racism, sexism—there’s a lot we've...
The way to dusty death
Style is half the picture. Story is the other half. William Shakespeare’s 17th-century play, The Tragedie of Macbeth, might be one of the greatest stories...

















