By Boulder Weekly Staff - Apr. 17, 2024

Events: April 18-25

Vegan Night 4 p.m. Thursday, April 18, Rayback Collective, 2775 Valmont Road, Boulder. Free The Rayback Collective’s usual lineup of food trucks is going green. Enjoy an array of plant-based and...

By Kaylee Harter - Apr. 17, 2024

BoCo, briefly: April 17, 2024

BoCo moves to shut down cement plan  Cemex has lost the right to operate its cement plant in Lyons, according to a notice of termination from Boulder County sent April...

By Kaylee Harter - Apr. 17, 2024

Gov’t watch: April 17, 2024

Boulder City Council  Council will have a public safety discussion with Xcel Energy at its April 18 meeting, following shutoffs April 6-10 that left 55,000 without power.  At its April...

By Will Matuska - Apr. 17, 2024

A new hope

One of the first times I remember feeling utter hopelessness was on a pile of black dirt. I was 8 years old, and my two brothers and I were tasked...

By John Lehndorff - Apr. 16, 2024

Pickler-in-chief

The pickling gene runs strong in Laraina James’ family — one that thrived as it migrated from New York to Louisiana to Colorado. Her great-grandmother taught her grandmother how to...

By Justin Criado - Apr. 10, 2024

Get real

Katie Pruitt wears her heart on her sleeve, and you can hear it beat in her music. Even after releasing two deeply personal records, the 30-year-old singer-songwriter from Atlanta is...

By Jezy J. Gray - Apr. 10, 2024

Kin folk

Travis Albright took a leap when he launched the Bluebird Music Festival six years ago, and it paid off. Since 2018, the founder of the local youth-focused nonprofit Future Arts...

By Kaylee Harter - Apr. 10, 2024

Gov’t watch: April 10, 2024

Boulder City Council  At the April 18 meeting, council will:  ICYMI: Council set its priorities for the next two years at its retreat April 3 and 4. Council’s 11 priorities...

By John Lehndorff - Apr. 10, 2024

A guide to mindful dining

Waylon Lewis may be the most famous vegan in a city famous for its natural foods. Through Elephant Journal, his independent Boulder-based media platform, Lewis connects with thousands of people...

By none - Apr. 9, 2024

Thinking small

Colorado’s Front Range is positioned as the only feasible north-south corridor between the coasts where Amtrak’s three major long-distance routes (Southwest Chief, California Zephyr and Empire Builder) can be directly...

By Cindy Torres - Apr. 8, 2024

Boulder needs your voice

As a Community Connector for the Civic Area Phase 2 project, I work in the space where the ideas of our community meet the practical steps we must take to...

By Kaylee Harter - Apr. 3, 2024

Gov’t watch: April 3, 2024

Boulder City Council  At the Thursday, April 11 virtual meeting, council will:  • Hold a public hearing and vote on whether to adopt the Civic Area Historic District, which would...

By Gabby Vermeire - Apr. 3, 2024

Dear Whole Foods Daddy: April 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 Boulder Weekly Staff - Apr. 3, 2024

Events: April 4-11

Peace Through Music 2024 7-10 p.m. Thursday, April 4, Unity of Boulder, 2855 Folsom St. $20 Longmont singer-songwriter Antonio Lopez performs with Janis Kelly, Lisa Bell, Pedro S. Silva II and...

By Kaylee Harter - Mar. 27, 2024

Gov’t watch: March 27, 2024

Boulder City Council  On April 3 and 4, council will hold its biannual retreat where they will set priorities for the next two years. For 2022-23, those included various housing...

By Kaylee Harter - Mar. 27, 2024

Older and wiser

Big, existential question marks have always punctuated Indigo De Souza’s music — and she’s starting to make peace with the fact that most of them don’t have answers.  “Just being alive...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - Mar. 27, 2024

Concerts: March 28-April 4

ON THE BILL: Front Range indie-rock trio Blankslate returns to Boulder with fellow locals Bleak Mystique and Telecine for a free show at Trident on March 29. The band performs...

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...

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