By Toni Tresca - July 24,2024

New growth

New is the name of the game for Local Theater Company (LTC). Since launching more than a decade ago, the mission of the Boulder-based nomadic theater troupe has focused on...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - July 24,2024

Concerts: July 25 through Aug. 1

The 52nd annual RockyGrass Festival returns to Planet Bluegrass in Lyons for another round of down-home jams on the banks of the North St. Vrain. Featuring locals like the Cody...

By L. Kent Wolgamott - July 24,2024

Like a rolling stone

When it comes to making music, Margo Price is a student of history who doesn’t play by the book. Take for example the Nashville Americana star’s 2016 album Midwest Farmer’s...

By Gregory Wakeman - July 24,2024

Y’all means all

When Luke Gilford was co-writing and directing his debut feature film National Anthem, he couldn’t help but think back to his youth in Colorado. Based on his photography book of...

By Michael J. Casey - July 24,2024

Hall of mirrors

It was the mirrors that caught my attention. I hadn’t seen Jeremy O. Harris’ groundbreaking Slave Play, but Charles McNulty’s review in the Los Angeles Times heralding the West Coast...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - July 17,2024

Concerts: July 18-24

Chicago darlings Ratboys bring their lived-in blend of power-pop and country-rock to Mission Ballroom in support of indie veterans The Decemberists. The rising quartet returns to the Front Range on...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - July 17,2024

Events: July 19-24

Bluegrass, BBQ & Beer 5-7:30 p.m. Friday, July 19, Boulder Social, 1600 38th St. Free Name a more iconic Colorado trio than beer, bluegrass and BBQ. If that sounds like...

By Michael J. Casey - July 17,2024

Satanic panic

The first thing you see is a house inside a boxy frame with rounded edges, like a 16 mm home movie. It’s winter, Jan. 14 to be precise, and a...

By Toni Tresca - July 17,2024

Indoor voice

Things look a little different at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival this year. Known for its enchanting outdoor performances, the annual celebration of the Bard has moved from the Mary Rippon...

By Shawn Harris - July 17,2024

Strings attached

For most musicians, turning music into your full-time gig is the goal. Almost 25 years after forming, the bluegrass band Steep Canyon Rangers have pulled it off. But mandolin player...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - July 9,2024

Concerts: July 11-17

ON THE BILL: Since assembling in the windy city in 1997, Eric D. Johnson’s outfit, Fruit Bats, has held it down as a versatile institution of indie rock, traversing sounds from the...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - July 9,2024

Events: July 11-17

Vinyl Night in the Tasting Room  4-9 p.m. Thursday, July 11, Left Hand Brewing, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont. Price varies Bring your own record to spin or grab from a...

By Shawn Harris - July 9,2024

Not playing favorites

When Portland indie-rock duo Quasi released their 2013 album Mole City, they thought it might be their last — but life has a way of asserting itself. To wit: the...

By Justin Criado - July 9,2024

Metal for misanthropes

Pallbearer brought doom metal back from the dead. The gloomy subgenre born from the low-and-slow riffs of Black Sabbath had become redundant and tired by the early 2000s, as dozens...

By Toni Tresca - July 8,2024

Remote control

“I no longer love blue skies,” a 13-year-old Pakistani boy named Zubair told U.S. lawmakers during a congressional briefing in 2013. “In fact, I now prefer gray skies. The drones...

By Shawn Harris - July 8,2024

Composure and exposure

From world takeover to full automation, fears around artificial intelligence could make the plot of a good science fiction novel. Saudi-born new media artist Nouf Aljowaysir is adding a fresh anxiety...

By Michael J. Casey - July 8,2024

Life’s but a walking shadow

Of all Shakespeare’s plays, few hold fascination with artists and audiences quite like The Tragedie of Macbeth. Romeo and Juliet has the romance and Hamlet has the speech, but Macbeth...

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