Entertainment
Behind the curtain
When a good theatrical production does its job, the audience is moved on a cellular level by the essence of human creativity. Actors embody...
Longmont shortlist
While its neighboring county-seat sibling often gets the lion’s share of the glory, there’s lots to love about the Longmont music scene. From blues-tinged...
Nobody puts Baby in the corner
Pica (Toby Smith) is an Oakland college student taking Polaroids in a photography class devoted to 35 mm. “I came here to learn how...
‘Go back the way you came’
On the night before her band’s hotly anticipated reunion show last summer at Planet Bluegrass in Lyons, Elephant Revival co-founder Bonnie Paine dreamed about...
You must remember this
As you read this, members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild of America (SAG) are currently pounding the...
‘Disabled joy, front and center’
Maggie Whittum thought she would never act again after a severe brain stem stroke at age 33. The life-changing medical event was brought on...
This is us
What is the story of us? That’s a question many movies try to answer, sometimes with the “us” meaning you and me, sometimes with...
‘Inflection point’
Change was in the air during the Colorado Theatre Guild’s annual award ceremony last month. The 17th Annual Henry Awards, presented by the organization...
Range life
Peter Heller is nothing if not consistent. In interviews going back more than a decade to the publication of his first best-selling novel, The...
‘Your ears are gonna hurt’
If our quiet corner of the Front Range has seemed louder in recent years, that’s partly by design. Fueled by its beating black heart in...
‘The blood of the universe’
Once critics think they’ve got a band figured out, it can be a tough spell to break. Just ask Mt. Joy, the LA-based quintet...
Punching out
It was a labor dispute that first sparked the idea for the award-winning new play from Denver-based writer Matt Wexler. While he was attending...
