By Boulder Weekly Staff - June 5,2024

Summer Sonics 2024

Kick out the jams — summer is back, baby! When it comes to live music during the hot months, there are few better places to be than Colorado. Acts from...

By Justin Criado - June 5,2024

If you book it, they will come

Scott Bauer remembers the first time he ever laid eyes on the stunning view of Chautauqua Park. Like many who have reflected on the awe-inspiring sight nestled at the base...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - June 5,2024

Found Sounds: May 2024

May felt like it lasted about two seconds, but if you listen closely you can still hear it. As we officially kick off the summer, join us for a look...

By Toni Tresca - June 5,2024

‘Painting in motion’

Marie-Jose Payannet believes that some of life’s most important lessons are learned on the dance floor. As the artistic and executive director of Louisville’s Danse Etoile Ballet, Payannet has spent...

By Michael J. Casey - June 5,2024

The man who made the myths

When Orson Welles was asked what filmmakers he admired, he responded, “I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford and John Ford.” Born John Martin...

By Michael J. Casey - June 5,2024

Fasten your seatbelts

Nothing screams summer quite like a road trip. The pull of the open road, the freedom to choose this path or that, the small pockets of life one comes across...

By Jezy J. Gray - June 5,2024

Front Range strange 

Like most nonprofit workers, you’ll find Shay Wescott wearing many hats on a given day. Her main job is overseeing fundraising efforts for the Dairy Arts Center as the multidisciplinary...

By Toni Tresca - May 29,2024

‘Rocky Horror’ high

There are run-of-the-mill cult classics, and then there’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Since its release in 1975, the comedy-horror musical film has amassed a devoted following thanks in large...

By Alan Sculley - May 29,2024

High country

When Brooks & Dunn saddled up for what they billed as their “Last Rodeo” farewell tour in 2010, they really meant it as a final goodbye. But now the iconic...

By Michael J. Casey - May 29,2024

OK boomer

Few cinematic forms benefitted from the advent of digital technology like the documentary. And not just in cost and access to equipment but in the proliferation of digital archives directors...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - May 29,2024

Events: May 30-June 5

White Wine Tasting 4 p.m. Thursday, May 30, Dedalus, 1825 Pearl St., Suite B, Boulder. Free For many vino enthusiasts, summer means setting aside those rich reds for whimsical whites. That’s...

By Bart Schaneman - May 29,2024

Mind meld

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of Boulder’s storied Naropa University and the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, legendary poet Anne Waldman teamed up with a local...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - May 29,2024

Concerts: May 30-June 5

Bassist, vocalist and funk-prog virtuoso Thundercat is the main event on the first night of the inaugural Outside Festival at Denver’s Civic Center Park on June 1. Other acts include...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - May 23,2024

Concerts: May 23-30

English avant-pop act The Japanese House comes to Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre for a two-night run with Maggie Rogers, May 27-28. The project of singer-songwriter Amber Mary Bain takes...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - May 22,2024

Events: May 23-30

Journey Within6-7:30 p.m.,Terracotta, 2005 Pearl St., Boulder. $30 Looking for a little enlightenment? Join Urja for a guided workshop combining tarot, palmistry, Reiki and hypnotherapy to “help you ground, connect,...

By Alan Sculley and Jezy J. Gray - May 22,2024

Eye of the tiger

The 1990s may be most closely associated with the grime of grunge and the rise of radio hip-hop, but it was the sound of pre-Y2K country that got its hooks...

By Toni Tresca - May 22,2024

Pathfinders

When Boulder resident Laura England Weiss graduated from nursing school three decades ago, she didn’t know how close it would lead her to the heart of human suffering and healing. ...

By Michael J. Casey - May 22,2024

The Wasteland

The child comes from the land of abundance. There is greenery, fruit, water, animals — an entire civilization living and working together inside this Edenic enclave surrounded by hot desert....

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