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Extro credit for being introverted?
The Social Network, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg is portrayed as a brilliant yet socially awkward student intent on finding a billion-dollar idea. Much of the focus of the film is on the interaction and subsequent legal proceedings between the geeky computer ...
To protect open space from fracking, join us for an Earth...
In early 2012 I participated in my first act of nonviolent direct action when the Boulder Earth Guardians and I shut down a Commissioners’...
The brighter side of wildfires
Just five days before the High Park Fire hit his home last summer, Mark Palke had signed official papers to buy the land he and his partners had been farming, renting and building alternative homes on for two years...
Seeing Stan with one’s own eyes
It all started with a walk. I had arrived in Boulder the night before for my film studies job interview, and my first official engagement, I was told, would be “breakfast with Brakhage.” I can’t say I slept too well. While I knew all about the legend — the shaggy-...
Student Guide 2010: Things to do without ever leaving campus
What was that? You’re bored? Bored? Considering how much there is to do without even leaving campus, we’re not even sure how that’s possible. Maybe you just don’t realize all that CU has to offer. Allow us to learn ya a thing or two. The UMC...
Fracking and GMOs headline this summer´s Boulderganic After Hours event
Boulder Weekly is celebrating the release of our summer edition of Boulderganic at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 28. This summer’s event is sponsored by Eco-Cycle and is being held at Rembrandt Yard, 1301 Spruce St. (just east of the Boulderado Hotel) and we want you ...
Getting involved at CU
Finding a smaller community within the larger one Exploring a new world is always daunting. And, in a way, attending a large school like the University of Colorado Boulder is similar to navigating a new world — one with uncharted territories and a whole host of ...
Getting the most out of local flavor
The French concept of terroir is generally taken to mean a...
The plentiful bounty of fall
The evenings are getting cooler, the aspens are beginning to dapple the mountains in vibrant yellow and equally yellow buses carry students to a new school year — fall is here...
Best of Boulder 2022 — Retail
LIQUOR STORE
HAZEL’S BEVERAGE WORLD
1955 28th St., Boulder, 303-447-1955
Silver: Boulder Wine Merchant
Bronze: North Boulder Liquor
Whether you’re drinking casually at home, hosting a holiday party, getting...
The endless possibilities of autumn
It can be hard to watch summer fade — those long days of sunshine seem to signal endless possibilities, awakening the child in each of us. But when we let go of summer, we realize there’s something equally exciting in the chilly autumn air. As the leaves burst in ...
Turf war
Editor's note: An earlier version of this story included an account of lethal prairie dog mitigation allegedly used by Boulder County that has since...