By Kelly Dean Hansen - Mar. 13, 2024

The guy at the gates

Ray Chen doesn’t define success by artistic accomplishments alone, although they are many.  The violinist — born in Taiwan and raised in Australia — won the 2008 International Yehudi Menuhin...

By Christopher Piercy - Mar. 13, 2024

Past lives

The only constant is change. Just ask California singer-songwriter Chelsea Wolfe, whose seventh studio album She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She marks an inflection point in a...

By Michael J. Casey - Mar. 12, 2024

Blood simple

It started as love but it ended with a body in the desert. Sometimes, that’s how these things go. But one look at the small New Mexico town where Loves...

By Toni Tresca - Mar. 12, 2024

Staging the future

Ever wanted to be in the room where the seeds of theatrical masterpieces are sown? Local Theater Company’s (LTC) 13th installment of Local Lab, hosted at the Dairy Arts Center’s...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - Mar. 6, 2024

Events: March 7-14

BoCo Flamenco Festival7 p.m. Thursday, March 7, Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St. $25-$45 Step into the striking world of Latvian-born American abstract painter Mark Rothko during this “mesmerizing flamenco dance...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - Mar. 6, 2024

Concerts: March 7-14

ON THE BILL: Canadian indie-rock royalty Dan Bejar brings his critically lauded Destroyer project to the Front Range for a special solo performance at the Marquis Theater on March 9....

By Jeremy Duke - Mar. 6, 2024

‘Strong and growing’

Since forming in 2022, Oklahoma City’s Free 4 All has been busy. The five-piece hardcore band delivered three releases last year, playing dozens of local and regional shows and developing...

By Lauren Hill - Mar. 6, 2024

Me, myself and you

There is an unspoken hierarchy in most art galleries: The viewer is subordinate to the artist, who commands the space. However, upon entering the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art’s (BMoCA)...

By Toni Tresca - Mar. 6, 2024

Curtain calls

For our latest foray into the local theater scene, we travel to Arvada, Denver, Lafayette and Johnstown to review a quartet of productions ranging from classic musicals to world-premiere plays....

By Bart Schaneman - Mar. 6, 2024

Stranger things

One of the central questions in contemporary literature and art is: “Who can speak for whom?” Can a straight Black man write from the perspective of a queer white woman?...

By Gregory Wakeman - Mar. 6, 2024

Space is the place

When renowned documentarian and filmmaker Gabriela Cowperthwaite was initially approached about directing the sci-thriller I.S.S., she didn’t know anything about the International Space Station. But that’s exactly what attracted her...

By Michael J. Casey - Mar. 6, 2024

Stillness is a move

She makes the bed. She peels and boils the potatoes. She prepares the coffee and drinks milk. She cleans the small apartment she shares with her son. She takes a...

By Jezy J. Gray - Feb. 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 Boulder Weekly Staff - Feb. 28, 2024

Concerts: Feb. 29-March 7

ON THE BILL: Los Angeles singer-songwriter Clementine Creevy brings her grunge-tinged Cherry Glazerr project to the Front Range for a March 6 gig at Bluebird Theater with Kentucky sophisti-pop trio...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - Feb. 28, 2024

A&E events: Feb. 29-March 7

ON STAGE: Directed by Steve Wilson, with choreography by Shawna Hallinan and music direction by Richard Shore, the ongoing production of Crazy for You at Candlelight Dinner Playhouse in Johnstown...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - Feb. 28, 2024

Events: Feb. 29-March 7

Listen Back: Proclaiming Colorado’s Black History 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 29, Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway. $15 Join Dr. Reiland Rabaka, founder of CU’s Center for African and African American Studies,...

By Michael J. Casey - Feb. 28, 2024

Spice world

You know he’s the one because he’s a movie star with piercing eyes, floppy hair, goth vulnerability and untapped strength all in one. He’s Prince Hal making good. His name...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - Feb. 28, 2024

Found Sounds: February 2024

Sound hounds, rejoice! We’re back with your monthly roundup of the bestselling new releases at Paradise Found Records & Music (1646 Pearl St.) Below you’ll find the definitive ranking of...

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