Tag: oct 26 2017 issue
The unspoken space between
When writer/director Jason Hall’s brother returned home from the 1990s conflict in the Middle East, he did so with his “arms and legs and...
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please accept our condolences
On behalf of all of us here at Boulder Weekly, we’d like to extend our heartfelt sympathy to the family...
Lilting at windmills
Look, by now you either mildly enjoy watching Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon eat food you can’t afford in places you’ll never visit while...
CU’s roots: Tales of the founders
Back in the days when the University of Denver had a football team, DU students used to taunt University of Colorado students by calling...
In the thick of transition
People from around the world know the Curtis Institute of Music is highly selective. With just a 4.8 percent admission rate, Curtis only grants...
Big money is playing Boulder during elections
It’s May 2014 at an annual event called Boulder Startup Week. The topic is entrepreneurs and politics. Congressman Jared Polis (D) has a taunting...
Letters: 10/26/17
Slight of hand
Misdirection is a form of deception in which the attention of an audience is focused on one thing in order to distract...
The Rape of the Sabine Women, by Grace B. Matthias
It has become increasingly obvious that we all, in one way or another, are shaped by a culture of rape. Last week, thousands of...
Why Xcel’s system can’t work for Boulder
As we’ve been out talking with voters, we’ve been impressed by the quality of questions they are asking. Boulder is lucky to have such...
I wish I could vote in Boulder’s muni election
I’m not lucky enough to get to vote in the wonderful City of Boulder. But if I were, I know that I’d be voting...
Quest for queso
Chile con queso — we just call it “queso” — may be the perfect global comfort food. Everybody gets partial credit for the comforting...
