By Carter Ferryman - Mar. 22, 2024

Mixed plate

University Hill has been, and always will be, definitively odd — and proud of it. Once a vibrant hub for counterculture, some would argue that the Hill has lost its...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - Mar. 20, 2024

Concerts: March 21-28

ON THE BILL: Singer-songwriter Katherine “KP” Paul brings her celebrated Black Belt Eagle Scout project from the ancestral homelands of her Swinomish Indian Tribal Community in Washington to Denver’s Globe...

By Kaylee Harter - Mar. 20, 2024

World beyond

Two parakeets, named Moonbeam and Pierre, chirp next to a bookshelf filled with books on witchcraft, astrology and meditation at Longmont’s Magic Fairy Candles. A shop cat named Wizard ambles...

By Kaylee Harter - Mar. 20, 2024

It’s a Bodega

Sizzling artificial squid-flavored Lays from China. Garlic baguette-flavored Sun Chips from Korea. Matcha KitKats from Japan. Boulderites don’t have to travel across the globe to sample these familiar snacks in...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - Mar. 20, 2024

Events: March 22-27

Fluid Art Class & Fundraiser 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday, March 22 and Saturday, March 23, Hawaii Fluid Art, 1631 Pearl St., Boulder. $50 Want to get creative while supporting your unhoused...

By John Lehndorff - Mar. 20, 2024

Winner, winner, local dinner

When it came to dining, Boulder used to be flyover territory. Now this small Colorado city is a bona fide American culinary destination and home to many bucket list restaurants....

By Boulder Weekly Staff - Mar. 13, 2024

Events: March 14-21

Improv Workshop6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14, Healing Solutions, 6363 West 120th Ave., Unit 310, Broomfield. $20 Improv isn’t just for the theatrically-inclined. Healing Solutions will help you learn the basics...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - Mar. 13, 2024

Wake & Flake

This week’s cover stories started with a question — two, actually: Why are Boulder’s roads so bad after a snowstorm? And what do kids do on snow days? The answers...

By Kaylee Harter - Mar. 13, 2024

Why do Boulder’s roads suck when it snows? 

Heather Harding, the business manager for Mountain Sun, has commuted from Longmont to Boulder for the last 14 years. She says the state of roads between the two towns after...

By Shay Castle - Mar. 13, 2024

Melting away

Kids, bundled tight in winter coats, gloves, scarves and hats, racing sleds down a gentle slope. Hot cocoa held in numb fingers, sipped by lips on reddened faces.  These common...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - Mar. 13, 2024

Gov’t watch: March 13, 2024

Boulder City Council On March 21, council will:  • Say yay or neigh to the sale of a failed ranger patrol horse for $11,000. The 17-year-old Friesian sporthorse named Yukon...

By Will Matuska - Mar. 13, 2024

BoCo, briefly: March 13, 2024

Revamping downtown Longmont Several construction projects coming up or already underway are designed to reshape downtown Longmont. • New bus and bike lanes and sidewalks will be added to Coffman...

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 John Lehndorff - Mar. 12, 2024

Boulder, food influencer

Across the United States at this very moment, people are tasting Boulder food.  Suburbanites are enjoying natural herb tea, nut butter and chai with that all-important “Boulder” imprimatur prominently displayed...

By Kaylee Harter - Mar. 6, 2024

BoCo, briefly: March 6, 2024

Study: Soil not toxic after Marshall Fire Toxic metals in Marshall Fire burn areas didn’t reach dangerous levels, according to a CU Boulder study published in Environmental Science & Technology. ...

By John Lehndorff - Mar. 5, 2024

On top of spaghetti

Spaghetti sauce has been a serious thing in Boulder County since the first Italians settled here, many of them around Louisville. That’s where one of the first Italian eateries, the...

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...

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