Tag: may 18 2023 issue
For the love of bacon
Eliza Cross grew up on bacon in Boulder.
“My earliest memory of bacon was my dad cooking it when I was a little girl,” she...
‘Drastic action’
Boulder’s Police Oversight Panel (POP) last week enacted a partial work stoppage, even as they were warned by city attorneys that doing so could...
Windows to the cosmos
Since humanity began twiddling thumbs and contemplating ideas, we’ve questioned where we come from — how it all began.
With leadership from a CU Boulder...
Astrology: May 18, 2023
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries dramatist Samuel Beckett, winner of the prestigious Nobel Prize for Literature, wrote 22 plays. The shortest was Breath. It...
Begin again
Laughter is the first sound cutting through the tape hiss on Quitters, the sophomore offering from L.A.-based singer-songwriter and guitarist Christian Lee Hutson. It...
Old bones can be a small town’s movie stars
The prehistoric past can perk up the present. When woolly mammoth bones were found in my hometown in Wisconsin years ago, they became the...
The house always wins
Colorado’s 74th General Assembly was one the most contentious sessions in recent history. In the midst of debates on local zoning policies and tax...
Lightning crashes
Lifelong musician and lyricist Jake Downey sat down next to Lauren Tyler at a party two years ago, guitar in hand, working through a...
Letters: May 18, 2023
IMPROVE OUR TRANSPORTATION
I am a junior in high school and live in Boulder County. I, as well as many people I know, want to...
From ‘the old country,’ with love
The sounds filling Denver’s Mercury Café at the end of each month may come from Colorado musicians, but the traditions behind them traveled a...
Now you know: May 18, 2023
Boulder County receives funding for homeless solutions
Six organizations in the area are receiving $6.5 million dedicated to homeless services.
“It’s a significant investment in homeless...
