Tag: Mar 30 2023 issue
Eyes on the prize
It was a run-of-the-mill Tuesday morning in Boulder for author and longtime University of Colorado professor Marcia Douglas — until it wasn’t. After ignoring...
‘Brand new Beethoven’
Every composer has hidden gems in their oeuvre. For Ludwig van Beethoven — whose full output is standard repertoire in most genres — such...
Now you know: March 30, 2023
Report shows lack of transparency in gig companies
If Coloradans pay $10 for an Uber ride, the driver could see $5 or less in their...
Sin tax scholarships
Cannabis is currently recreationally legal in 21 states, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Washington D.C. Across those states there are...
Get it fresh, get it local
Eleven farms, agricultural producers and non-profit organizations are receiving grants from Boulder County to catalyze regenerative practices, education, market infrastructure and more.
The County announced...
Astrology: March 30, 2023
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Sometimes, I give you suggestions that may, if you carry them out, jostle your routines and fluster your allies. But...
Letters: March 30, 2023
CAN YOU SAY ‘DIRTY HIPPIE’?
I have mixed feelings about BW’s cover story about advice from Boulder’s “meme queen,” particularly the response “Help, I’ve Fallen...
‘A stealth history of Colorado over a couple of beers’
There are a lot of lenses through which to look at Colorado’s history: the gold rush and mining, oil and gas, agriculture.
But none, Sam...
Seeding the future
An inconspicuous little house on the east edge of Boulder seems like an unlikely place for a local food revolution.
Inside are shelves lined with...
‘It’s just math’
A proposed 85-mile oil railway through Ashley National Forest, in the northeast corner of Utah, is on the cusp of final approval from federal agencies....
Seventeen-seventy snooze
Hot off last year’s revival production at the Roundabout Theatre Company in New York, the national tour of 1776 is set to wrap its...
We are family
If necessity is the mother of invention, then Inez de la Paz needs to invent a new life for herself and her little boy....