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 Will Matuska - July 24,2024

Below our feet

Whether it’s skiing champagne powder in the mountains or floating down one of the state’s rivers, Coloradans interact with water in more ways than one. But out of view, there’s...

By Shay Castle - July 24,2024

26 new fracking wells planned near Erie

A new, 26-well pad is proposed near Erie, according to town officials. The oil and gas development will employ hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as fracking. The Draco Pad, a...

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 Jenn Ochs - July 23,2024

The wheels on the bus

I rely on public transit and ride share for my transportation. I prefer traveling in the summer and fall because of the weather: There aren’t heaters at bus stops. Shade...

By Will Brendza - July 23,2024

Passing the torch

In the four years since I inherited this column, eight states have legalized recreational cannabis, Colorado has decriminalized psilocybin, ibogaine and mescaline for therapeutic use, Mexico and Thailand legalized cannabis,...

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 Adam Perry - July 17,2024

Teaching moment

After helping launch Boulder’s New Vista High School more than three decades ago, longtime teachers Jaye and John Zola still think about an early student named Daniel. “Daniel had 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 Will Matuska - July 17,2024

Learning environment

The tentacles of serendipity are what reeled Molly Weber into the topic of climate change: her twin sister’s eighth-grade fascination with jellyfish. “She started learning about the ocean, because you...

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 Shay Castle - July 16,2024

The pot blind spot

T, a student at a Colorado medical school, can count on one hand the things she’s learned about cannabis and psychedelics from her professors. “We’ve had probably two hour-and-a-half lectures...

By Kaylee Harter - July 15,2024

Empty desks

When the pandemic hit in early 2020, classrooms sat vacant as students moved to virtual instruction. Four years later, schools have moved back to in-person instruction, but some classrooms have remained...

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