By Toni Tresca - January 24,2024

Final curtain

A chapter in Boulder’s cultural history ended Jan. 14 at 12:09 a.m., when the last notes of Fiddler on the Roof reverberated through the BDT Stage hallway. After nearly half...

By Adam Perry - January 24,2024

Absolutely fabulous

North Carolina native Doug Gaddy opened Absolute Vinyl Records & Stereo in a tiny, spartan space in then-quiet North Boulder in 2009 with the help of his wife, Annie. The...

By Jezy J. Gray - January 22,2024

Little thing called love

When singer-songwriter Buck Meek signed up for a workshop led by longtime friend and fellow music artist Luke Temple, he found himself faced with a daunting assignment: Build a song...

By Michael J. Casey - January 16,2024

Bestselling book, midlevel movie

It’s not about race; it’s about caste — the system of injustice and subjugation that persists, generation from generation, resistant to the individuals who work to defy and shatter it....

By Toni Tresca - January 16,2024

From page to stage

As Coloradoans bundle up against the bitter cold, a different kind of freeze is taking place at the Miners Alley Performing Arts Center in Golden. It’s the kind that sends...

By Alan Sculley - January 16,2024

Dynamic dichotomy

Ella Williams, who makes music under the name Squirrel Flower, has always had a dichotomy to her music. Many of her songs could be described as indie folk, with lots...

By Bart Schaneman - January 16,2024

Where the wild things are

Boulder parents looking for the perfect place to take their kids outside don’t have to go farther than the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) on the southwest edge of...

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 Bart Schaneman - January 10,2024

The magic that wasn’t

Marrying into a family of fervent Disney fans might typically mean you end up riding Space Mountain more than you ever thought you would. But for local author Greg Glasgow,...

By Michael J. Casey - January 10,2024

Scrappy little somebody

If you’re an independent filmmaker, getting into the Sundance Film Festival is high on your wishlist. “It’s such a big festival, and it’s such an industry festival,” Kelly Sears says....

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...

By Jezy J. Gray - January 3,2024

Turning up ’24

It’s never too early to start planning your concert calendar for the year. That’s why Boulder Weekly is looking ahead to bring you a roundup of the best shows coming...

By Michael J. Casey - January 3,2024

Straight, no chaser

Some people bite the hand that feeds them. American Fiction’s Thelonious “Monk” Ellison wants to chew it whole and spit it back out. Before we get there, first this: American...

By Gabby Vermeire - January 3,2024

Dear Whole Foods Daddy: Jan. 3, 2024

We all have questions and need advice, but sometimes the pseudo therapy in the Instagram stories of astrology girls doesn’t cut it. Or maybe the gate-keeping culture of adventure bros...

By Toni Tresca - January 2,2024

Staging the new year

Boulder County’s 2023 theater season was a mosaic of spectacular highs and poignant lows. The 66th Colorado Shakespeare Festival‘s King Lear, featuring the brilliant Ellen McLaughlin, and the world premiere...

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