Tag: Sep 30 2021 issue
What to do when there’s ‘nothing’ to do. . .
EVENTS
Third Annual Fundraising Gala—A Barbecue Benefit For Boulder Pregnancy Resource Center. 5:30 p.m. Thursday, September 30, Wiens Corporate Hangar at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport,...
Who is Safer Boulder?
This article is presented in partnership with Boulder Beat
As tents proliferated in Boulder’s parks and public spaces, residents reacted to the trash, drug use,...
Learning when to be hands-off
When 73-year-old Karen Garner was arrested for shoplifting last year in Loveland, police officers threw her to the ground and handcuffed her, dislocating her...
Did a CU prof almost spark an American coup d’etat?
In August 2020, John Eastman published an op-ed in Newsweek suggesting that Kamala Harris might be unqualified to be vice president because her parents...
Letters & corrections 9/30/21
Corrections:
“Annexed by emergency vote,” published on 9/9/21, contained the following errors: Councilwoman Mirabai Nagle’s last name was misspelled; two councilmembers were recused and one...
Everest, equity, and inclusion
Despite nearly a decade of experience, Eddie Taylor still gets mistaken for a novice rock climber—and it’s got nothing to do with his skill.
“People...
The right kind of noise
There seems to be a cultural (maybe generational) shift happening; musicians are forsaking the rigidity and structure of a single genre in favor of...
Cook here now
Chile-cumin steam wafted up from the creamy broth, vegetables, and beef when I sat down to eat. My TV dinner—paired with toasted corn tortillas,...
Oktoberfest 2021
One of the beauties of beer is that it can be made year-round. Unlike wine and cider, beer isn't beholden to a harvest. But...
A matter of national defense?
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday, September 23 to approve the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2022, by a vote of...
‘Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films’ is an essential set
He was a filmmaker, an actor, a novelist, a playwright, and a revolutionary. He made one of the most profitable and overlooked independent films...
Making exercise pleasurable
Growing up in Northern Iowa, artistic, bisexual, and throttled by religious fundamentalism, Josiah Hesse had no interest in sports.
“I've had a very standoffish attitude...