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Theater Reviews: A Night of Grand Guignol/The Centerpiece

By Beki Pineda A NIGHT OF GRAND GUIGNOL. Two one-act plays written by Tami Canaday and Ellen K. Graham; directed by Hart DeRose. Produced by Pandemic Collective (The Bakery Arts Warehouse, 2132 Market St., Denver) through Aug. 27th. Tickets available at www.pandemiccollective.org. At the turn of the century, a stylistic form of theater was created

Theater Review: Cymbeline

CYMBELINE. Written by William Shakespeare; directed by Jim Helsinger. Produced by Colorado Shakespeare Festival (University Theatre, CU campus) through Aug. 5, 2016. Tickets are available at 303-492-8008 or www.coloradoshakes.com. My first CYMBELINE! I love when I can check another of the Shakespeare catalogue off my bucket list. Given the current production, it’s hard to understand

Theater Review: Equivocation

By Beki Pineda EQUIVOCATION. Written by Bill Cain; directed by Wendy Franz. Produced by Colorado Shakespeare Festival (University Theatre, CU campus) through Aug. 6. Tickets available at 303-492-8008 or www.coloradoshakes.org. First of all, I want to state UNEQUIVOCALLY that this is a wonderful play, full of insights into human nature, theatrically presented by a talented

Augustina’s Winery: A First for Nederland

Boulder’s first winery moves to Nederland Gussie Walter has garnered two firsts for Augustina’s Winery. When she opened it in Boulder 19 years ago, it was Boulder’s first winery. Now located in Nederland, Augustina’s is the first winery in that town too. “I was eyeballing Nederland for a while because I live nearby and Boulder

Millennial moms star in Wild Child documentary

Three Boulder moms’ kids-in-tow adventures span backpacking, kayaking, rock climbing, backcountry skiing and more. The documentary is part of The Born Wild Project.

Theater Review: White Guy on the Bus

WHITE GUY ON THE BUS. Written by Bruce Graham; directed by Chip Walton. Produced by Curious Theatre Company (1080 Acoma St., Denver) through June 24. Tickets available at 303-623-0524 or curioustheatre.org. On a recent NPR broadcast, Howie Movshovitz reviewed a movie now showing called THE LOBSTER. In his comments, he observed that audiences have gotten

Summer Music Roundup 2016

Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon. Going to the candidates’ debate. Laugh about it, shout about it When you’ve got to choose Every way you look at it you lose. —“Mrs. Robinson,” lyrics by Paul Simon By Dave Kirby Election-year summers are commonly associated with a pitiless parade of political TV ads, brain-bending

Top 10 Music Events of the Summer

In summertime, there’s no better place to be than Boulder County when it comes to live music. Story and Photos by Philip Emma Many people live here because of the area’s unmatched music scene. With some of the world’s best music venues and a plethora of wise hard-core music fans, bands of every genre always

Summer Bucket List: Fun Things To Do in Boulder and beyond

Brock Media had fun coming up with its bucket list of things we plan to do, most of them right here in Boulder County. Go to the Rocky Mountain Tea Festival. Swim in the Eldorado Springs pool. Once a friend and I left one car there (with a picnic lunch) and then hiked the Mesa

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Mountain Mindfulness: Jazz Guitarist Laurie Dameron

Jazz guitarist Laurie Dameron channels her passion for music and the Boulder community into a way to remind us what’s really important — preserving ‘Spaceship Earth.’ By Sophie Goodman For Coloradans, the Rockies are an integral part of our everyday—they work their way into our very blood. Laurie Dameron, musician and 30-year Boulder resident, marries

Theater Review: Footloose, the Musical

FOOTLOOSE, THE MUSICAL. Adapted for the stage by Dean Pitchford and Walter Robbie; book and lyrics by Dean Pitchford; music by Tom Snow; directed and choreographed by Matthew Peters. Produced by BDT Stage (5500 Arapahoe Road, Boulder) through Sept. 3. Tickets available at 303-449-4000 or www.BDTstage.com What’s the first thing you think of when you

Theater Review: Legally Blonde

LEGALLY BLONDE. Book by Heather Hach; music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin; directed and choreographed by Nick Sugar. Produced by Town Hall Arts Center (2450 West Main St., Littleton) through June 19. Tickets available through 303-794-2787 ext. 5 or www.townhallartscenter.org. Two or three years ago, a bright young singer played Guinevere in

Theater Review: Biloxi Blues

BILOXI BLUES. Written by Neil Simon; directed by Kate Gleason. Produced by Miners Alley Playhouse (1224 Washington St., Golden) through June 26. Tickets available at 303-935-3044 or www.minersalley.com. Miners Alley produced Neil Simon’s BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS last season, and the current show is the second in the Simon trilogy. I truly hope this means that

Theater Review: Elemeno Pea

ELEMENO PEA. Written by Molly Smith Metzler; directed by Samantha Vakiener. Produced by Misfits Theater CompanyMisfits Theater Compan (Performed at the VooDoo Comedy Playhouse, 1260 22nd St., Denver) through June 5. Tickets available at the door or at www.misfitstheater.com. This new company proves to its audience that all you need to create a winning theater performance

Boulder’s Disappearing Glaciers

The Arapaho Glacier remains an important water source for Boulder By Terri Cook On July 14, 1900, Boulder pharmacist Eben G. Fine was in the mountains west of town, visiting the owner of a mine in the vicinity of Silver Lake, the lowest and largest in a string of glistening alpine lakes tucked into the

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Boulder-based coalition heals Indian boarding-school trauma

Let the Healing Begin By Kay Turnbaugh The story of America’s Indian boarding schools remains a little-known chapter in our history. Beginning in the 1800s and continuing into the 1950s, the federal government forced Native American children from their homes and sent them to often faraway military-style residential schools, a policy that had profound effects

Theater Review: The Blue Room

THE BLUE ROOM. Written by David Hare; directed by Charles Wingerter. Produced by Lost and Found Productions (Performed at the Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver) through May 22. Tickets available at 303-477-5977 or www.lostandfoundproductions.net. THE BLUE ROOM is David Hare’s 1998 modernized take on REIGEN, a play written by Arthur Schnitzler one hundred years

Theater Review: Time of My Life

By Beki Pineda TIME OF MY LIFE. Written by Alan Ayckbourn; directed by Ian Gerber. Produced by Theater Company of Lafayette (Mary Miller Theater, 300 East Simpson St., Lafayette) through June 4. Tickets available at 800-838-3006 or www.tclstage.org. Alan Ayckbourne likes to play fast and loose with time in this production. The evening opens and

Theater Review: Sunset Boulevard

By Beki Pineda SUNSET BOULEVARD. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; book and Lyrics by Christopher Hampton; directed by Craig Bond and Evgueni Mlodik. Produced by Vintage Theatre (1468 Dayton St., Aurora) through May 29. Tickets available at 303-856-7830 or www.vintagetheatre.org. Long before I had ever seen any version of this show, I had fallen deeply

Theater Review: November

By Beki Pineda NOVEMBER. Written by David Mamet; directed by John Ashton. Produced by the Avenue Theater (417 East 17th Ave., Denver) through May 21. Tickets available at 303-321-5925 or www.avenuetheater.com. Earlier this season we went “All the Way with LBJ.” Now we get a slightly different angle on a Presidential re-election campaign. Charles Smith

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