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Hate your bank?
Banks have been in the news a lot since the Wall Street meltdown of...
The Anderson file: Poetry on a mission
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the celebrated poet and publisher of Beat Generation writers, argued in an essay in the San Francisco Chronicle in 1999 that poetry...
What to do when there’s ‘nothing’ to do…
EVENTS
Lyons Garden Club Mountain Blooms Garden Tour. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, June 18, Sandstone Park, 350 Broadway St., Lyons. Suggested $5-$20 per person donation,...
Zero-waste checklist
• Reusable shopping bags — Eco-Cycle recommends the ChicoBag because it is made from 99 percent recycled materials and because plastic shopping bags are bad for the environment when they are manufactured and disposed of improperly...
What to do when there’s nothing to do…
EVENTS
‘I Know Andrew Schneidkraut Personally’: A Comedy Fundraiser. 7:30-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Tickets: $25, thedairy.org
Andrew Schneidkraut,...
Summer´s hot issues
Maybe you didn’t think that fracking and GMOs would be the hot-button issues this local election season, but we do. We think that the decisions our local government makes on these two issues are some of the more critical at hand — perhaps even more relevant to our ...
Local living
You´ve gone local with your food. You’ve gone local with your shopping. You know about the farmers’ markets and the benefits of supporting local businesses. And you know about recycling your plastics and your bottles. But what about the house you live in? Homes are ...
Fiber problems
What if you could improve the infrastructure on the electric grid to make it smarter? In 2008, Xcel Energy embarked on an ambitious pilot program designed to do just that in Boulder. Called SmartGridCity, the program was intended to add digital tracking capabilities ...
What’s blooming at the market?
With the spring season making its way to Boulder County, it’s that...
Recipes on the range
As spring arrives, most foodies’ thoughts turn to the local produce making its way to area farmers’ markets. To help usher in the fresh produce season, Boulderganic asked three county farms to share a favorite recipe that makes the most of their bounty. OLLIN FARMS...
Ganging up on fitness
In Boulder, people like to move. And, while many studies suggest that group fitness and group sports might be the way to go, finding an outlet for group exercise can sometimes be a challenge — especially in a community as transient and busy as Boulder...
