Tag: mar 03 2016 issue
Colorado’s role in California’s Porter Ranch disaster
It is eerie in Porter Ranch. It feels like an uber-rich Mayberry, if the Mayberry gas utility started leaking massive quantities of methane and...
Red, white and very blue
I don’t know who Michael Moore is making movies for at this point. That’s not an indictment or even a suggestion that Where to Invade...
José González: Breaking down barriers
It’s difficult to observe the current state of the world and not feel some level of frustration, disappointment and maybe even a little bit...
Astrology: March 3, 2016
ARIES
March 21-April 19:
Actress Blythe Baird writes about the problem that arises when her dog sees her eating a peanut butter and chocolate chip bagel....
Brakhage Center Symposium to honor George Kuchar
To borrow a line from French filmmaker and critic, Jean-Luc Godard, “Cinema is everywhere.” And from March 4-6, cinema is indeed everywhere in Boulder....
‘Knee Deep’ chronicles community after Boulder flood
When filmmaker Aly Nicklas watched the rising waters of the Boulder flood in 2013 wash away the homes of her friends, she needed to...
Batter up: savory pancakes inspire kitchen creativity
I had left Mom and the McGill University cafeteria behind circa 1973, and faced the prospect of feeding myself for the first time. Our...
Los Dos Bros taco truck fits the scene
Once relegated to geographic pockets, the taco stand has now become a fixture across the culinary map of America. The taco is the paradigm...
Eric Holder’s marijuana problem
Last week it emerged that Eric Holder, Obama’s first attorney general, thinks marijuana should be rescheduled from a Schedule 1 controlled substance — the...
Bill Aims to Strengthen Colorado’s Climate Plan
On Feb. 10, 2016, the Colorado House of Representatives narrowly passed a bill aimed at strengthening the state’s climate plan. Unveiled in September 2015,...
Upslope’s bacon grätzer is weirdly good
Is it possible to create an elegant bacon beer? Should we, as consumers, even want an elegant bacon beer? The answers to these questions...
Letters: 3/3/16
An open letter to Barb Halpin, staff deputy to the Boulder County Commissioners, and Public Information Officer
I wanted to reach out and clarify the...
