Tag: Jan 21 2016 issue
Engineering the climate
Last month at a conference in Paris, 195 countries adopted a landmark agreement on how to respond to the Earth’s changing climate. The agreement...
Through a sparkling glass
Children’s movies are fascinating triumphs of simplicity and clarity. Often these movies render complex issues so succinctly that they become masterworks full of sophisticated...
Eulogy of self
Composers who write their own musical eulogies do not usually create jolly pieces.
Dmitri Shostakovich, who suffered various forms of personal and artistic oppression throughout...
Kicking up the dust
During the two years that went into making her current album, Midnight, Grace Potter realized a game-changing truth about herself.
“I figured out that I’m...
Two-wheeled revolution
In America, a woman on a bike is not a novel sight. But in Afghanistan, a woman on a bike starts a conversation. The...
All our yesterdays: ‘45 Years’ haunted by the past
Marriage: two people come together, make a proclamation of lifelong devotion and fidelity and try their damnedest to carry it out. For some, it...
Astrology: Jan. 21, 2016
ARIES
March 21-April 19:
The next four weeks could potentially be a Golden Age of Friendship ... a State of Grace for Your Web of Connections...
Colorado to consider renaming Columbus Day
Rep. Joe Salazar will introduce a bill in the state General Assembly this session that would change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day in...
How Boulder became the birthplace of National Pie Day
On Saturday, the people of the United States will enjoy a day devoted to the dessert that defines our country, National Pie Day. Few...
Polling for pot
Polling tells us that a majority of Americans now favor legalizing marijuana and regulating it like alcohol. But how much support is really out...
Red Frog Coffee finds its groove
Charm is the currency by which I quantify the value of a coffee shop. Red Frog Coffee in Longmont has vast reserves of it...
