Tag: Mar 19 2015 issue
Alone among a billion
Somewhere amid the picking, processing and packing of tea leaves at a tea factory in India, Bill Giebler began to see a reflection of his own life: Grown to one purpose, and eventually turned to another...
Future food
The Front Range is poised to change how the world eats. That’s the message at the first ever “Advancing the Agriculture Economy Through Innovation” Summit at Colorado State University...
Dairy Center’s renovations will squeeze Boulder’s performance space options during construction
Performing arts companies in Boulder have few options for venues to book within city limits that meet the needs dictated by time, space and cost. Theater companies in town point to The Dairy Center for the Arts as the only real option for a professional production. ...
Rest easy, wine lovers
One glass of cabernet sauvignon was described as “powerful and heavy.” Another was described as “subtle and refined.” The only difference? The music that was playing while people drank the wine...
All in the balance
Ani DiFranco is a social activist, feminist, independent music pioneer and a consistently challenging folk-pop singer, songwriter and performer...
A story takes flight
On a late spring night, three little girls were readying themselves for bed when they noticed Mother Eagle perched on a tree in their backyard...
SAVAGE LOVE
Dear Dan: I’m a straight guy in my 30s dating a woman in her mid-20s. We’ve been together for a year, and I’m crazy about her. In love, even. She’s gorgeous, sweet, kind, loving, and very sexual. She’s perfect. In her late teens and early 20s, she had a wild sex life...
More than meets the eye
I don’t think too many people are going to come see this musical...” says a skeptical Little Sally at the end of Urinetown. Sure, the subject matter’s a little iffy, the moral is depressing and talk about an unappetizing title, but considering the full auditorium on ...
The cannabis debate drifts into the halls of Congress
Last week I wrote about a bill that was then being debated in the Utah state legislature. S.B. 259 would have amended a law passed last year that allowed Utah citizens to use certain strains of CBD-dominate cannabis to treat medical conditions but mandated no legal ...