Tag: Apr 12 2018 issue
Call for submissions
Dear Dan: I’m a 36-year-old straight woman. I was sexually and physically abused as a kid, and raped in my early 20s. I have...
Gun control
Here’s the good news: America, overall, is a much less violent place than it used to be. Our reported violent-crime rate is almost half...
A knife in the water and the snakes in the grass
In the history of cinema, there are few feature debuts as mysterious, haunting and assured as Roman Polanski’s Knife in the Water. Yes, that...
Letters: 4/12/18
A humble suggestion
On April 5, I, and I’m sure many of you, watched the Boulder City Council host a public comment meeting in regards...
Make way for Aladdin
With a pen and a blank page, an animator has the ability to create whatever his imagination can concoct — maybe a flying carpet...
Three ways City Council’s gun ban will make Boulder less safe
The common theme that ran through the testimony of the 30 people who spoke in favor of Boulder’s proposed assault rifle ban last week...
Writer’s Block has ‘IT’
It’s a Tuesday night at Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Café’s weekly open poetry reading.
“Writer’s Block,” a poet at the mic says.
“Outside the box,” a...
Stopping the clock
We asked Steve Morse — indisputably one of the planet’s most accomplished guitarists — if there were still parts of his own technique that...
Guess who’s serving the student loan industry?
Question: What do you get when you combine ignorance, imperiousness and incompetence? Answer: Betsy DeVos.
She’s Donald Trump’s multi-billionaire education secretary who hates public education...
Inspired by a tragic story, ‘Heart of Hungary’ features Edward Dusinberre...
Some stories just have to be told.
That is what composer Jeffrey Nytch thought when he heard about Sandor Feher, a violinist who died on...
Try this week: Burrata, sweet potato gnocchi and more
Burrata
Vero, 2525 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, eatvero.com
Andrea Frizzi grew up in Milan working in his family’s salumeria. His dad hoped he’d take over the family business,...
Tour de brew: Samples
There are over 6,300 breweries in America as of 2017, according to the Brewers Association. And though we would like to stop in and...
