By Rob Brezsny - Jul. 18, 2024

Free Will Astrology: July 18, 2024

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Have you ever been given a Starbucks gift card but then neglected to use it? Many people fail to cash in such freebies. Believe it or...

By Dan Savage - Jul. 18, 2024

Savage Love: The gay-straight alliance

We’re a straight couple in our forties. We have some very dear friends who are younger and queer, and we sometimes find ourselves giving them life and relationship advice. We...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - Jul. 17, 2024

The Education Issue

Welcome to Boulder Weekly‘s 2024 Education Issue! It’s a big topic to cover, and we are by no means the experts (See the pros at Chalkbeat for that.) We still brought you news...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - Jul. 17, 2024

Events: July 19-24

Bluegrass, BBQ & Beer 5-7:30 p.m. Friday, July 19, Boulder Social, 1600 38th St. Free Name a more iconic Colorado trio than beer, bluegrass and BBQ. If that sounds like...

By Michael J. Casey - Jul. 17, 2024

Satanic panic

The first thing you see is a house inside a boxy frame with rounded edges, like a 16 mm home movie. It’s winter, Jan. 14 to be precise, and a...

By Adam Perry - Jul. 17, 2024

Teaching moment

After helping launch Boulder’s New Vista High School more than three decades ago, longtime teachers Jaye and John Zola still think about an early student named Daniel. “Daniel had a...

By John Lehndorff - Jul. 17, 2024

Do you speak tapas?

For a diehard foodie, learning how to make croissants sounds like fun. It’s acquiring a skill that will repay the effort in flavor for decades to come. For many home...

By Toni Tresca - Jul. 17, 2024

Indoor voice

Things look a little different at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival this year. Known for its enchanting outdoor performances, the annual celebration of the Bard has moved from the Mary Rippon...

By Will Matuska - Jul. 17, 2024

Learning environment

The tentacles of serendipity are what reeled Molly Weber into the topic of climate change: her twin sister’s eighth-grade fascination with jellyfish. “She started learning about the ocean, because you...

By Zoe Jennings - Jul. 17, 2024

Strings attached

For most musicians, turning music into your full-time gig is the goal. Almost 25 years after forming, the bluegrass band Steep Canyon Rangers have pulled it off. But mandolin player...

By Shawn Harris - Jul. 16, 2024

4 free perks for Colorado 4th graders

Being a fourth grader in Colorado has a few educational perks. From a national parks pass to a membership at the History Colorado museum, these incentives tie closely to Colorado...

By Shay Castle - Jul. 16, 2024

The pot blind spot

T, a student at a Colorado medical school, can count on one hand the things she’s learned about cannabis and psychedelics from her professors. “We’ve had probably two hour-and-a-half lectures...

By Kevin C. Johnson - Jul. 16, 2024

8 questions to ask your child’s teacher

Back-to-school night is a yearly tradition where parents learn the culture and feel of the classroom, expectations and daily schedule for their child’s learning day. This night also allows parents...

By none - Jul. 15, 2024

Opportunity costs

In Boulder County, the promise of public education as the great equalizer is challenged by the stark realities of school funding, economic disparity and educational inequities. Financial barriers often prevent...

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