Entertainment
Disassembled
4 wallsSurrounded and safe like a fly in a cupConfused and lost beyond wordsA hideous reminder of what we could be.Had we taken that...
The show must go on
Back for number 42, the
Denver Film Festival (DFF) returns Oct. 30 through Nov. 10, but under a dark
cloud. This will be the first DFF...
‘Bamboozling’ piece anchors Boulder Phil concert
Michael Butterman, conductor of the Boulder Philharmonic, was sitting in his driveway, thinking “What on earth is going on?”
“It was just an amazing mix,”...
The final stage
He was a whirlwind on stage. A larger-than-life mandolin dervish enticing huge audiences to join him on a wild ride, and a songwriter who...
Answering the call
The mosquitoes are smaller in New Mexico. There are also fewer of them and less humidity, all of which has drawn Brittany Howard away...
Me and my pal Adolf
Jojo (Roman Griffin
Davis) is a good little Nazi. Jojo’s only 10 years old, but his brown shirt is
spiffy, his red arm badge is on...
open book (start on page one, or anywhere?)
some days — if by days you mean libraries (i’m my own library) —i file myself under fiction;some days, anthologies
during regular library business hoursi read myselfas a...
Denver Film Festival: Brit Withey Tribute
On March 31, 2019, Colorado lost one of its great champions of cinema:
Brit Withey. Withey, who died in a one-car crash, was the artistic...
‘A space of awe and wonder’
J.S. Bach’s monumental Mass in B Minor is one of the great works in the European musical tradition.
Cynthia Katsarelis, conductor of the Pro Musical...
Buckle up
Flame Broiled, the newest offering from Local Theater Company, wastes no time.
“Buckle up, please,” a projection instructs. Images of American history come and go,...
The journey is the destination
In a locally published review last winter of their LP Instinct, the generally sympathetic reviewer predicted that this year — 2019 — was going...


















