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 Jezy J. Gray - July 2,2024

Bloodsuckers welcome

After the grim spectacle of last week’s presidential debate, we could all use an escape. If the real world isn’t weird enough for you, the film freaks at the Dairy...

By Toni Tresca - June 26,2024

Sparking change

Boulder prides itself on its arts scene, but the city has long suffered from a lack of low-cost performance space. Enter The Spark, a performing arts venue founded by locals...

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

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 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 Boulder Weekly Staff - May 8,2024

Events: May 9-16

Veggie Garden Basics 6 p.m. Thursday, May 9, Brunner Farmhouse, 640 Main St., Broomfield. Free Are you ready to get the most out of your summer veggies? Get hands-on practice during...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - May 2,2024

Events: May 2-9

Boulder Ballet Spring Gala 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. $170 Don your finest evening wear and join the Dairy Arts Center and Boulder Ballet...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - April 24,2024

Best of Boulder 2024: Entertainment + Culture

Local celebrity Deion Sanders No shade to past winner Jared Polis, but Boulder finally has a bona fide celebrity to claim this spot. Coach Prime might not have (yet) scored...

By Toni Tresca - April 24,2024

Next stage

As the curtain rises on a new season for the Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company (BETC), producing artistic director Jessica Robblee finds herself caught up in the whirlwind that comes with...

By Toni Tresca - April 10,2024

Rhythms of resilience

When the spotlight hits the stage at the Dairy Arts Center’s Grace Gamm Theatre this April, it’ll reveal more than just a set. It will illuminate the harrowing and heartfelt...

By Jezy J. Gray - February 28,2024

Now you see me

“I hate the governor in Texas,” says 8-year-old Reece.  The second-grader is sitting alongside their mom for an interview with photographer Jesse Freidin, who has been traveling the country since...

By Toni Tresca - February 21,2024

Delicate dance

No cows ever roamed the building, but the Dairy Arts Center was once indeed a real dairy. Long before it was the multidisciplinary arts hub Boulder residents know today, the...

By John Lehndorff - January 10,2024

Bluegrass and all that jazz

Music fans are forgiven if they thought there were multiple virtuosos over two generations named John Jorgenson. After all, it’s a fairly common Nordic name. There was the electric guitar-wielding...

By Toni Tresca - January 10,2024

Dreaming out loud

At the Dairy Arts Center, the stage is set not just for a performance but for a movement. Bringing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s message of justice and equality into...

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