Culture

Boulder Magazine editor Mary Jarrett inducted into Les Disciples d’Escoffier

Boulder Magazine was honored this spring when editor Mary Jarrett was inducted into Les Disciples d’Escoffier.

Prohibition Treats infuse ice cream with alcohol

Brian Fashaw founded the company just over two-and-a-half years ago, and demand for his grownups-only flavors has skyrocketed.

The Great Pumpkin Seeds

Smith takes pride in roasting his organically grown seeds in Colorado and sourcing them from a domestic farmer.

Feeding Niwot’s New Intelligentsia By Haley Gray On the first and third Tuesday of every month, self-identifying nerds gather at the Niwot watering hole Powder Keg Brewing to indulge in an evening of sharing and discussing new knowledge. Each semimonthly event—they’re called Tuesday Nerd Talks or TNT—features a different expert who offers a lecture and

Rayback Food Truck Park: Keep On Truckin’

Rayback Collective, Boulder’s much-anticipated food truck park, opened with a bang July 15.

Dana Romanoff’s projects are at heart of pressing contemporary issues

In today’s vast and chaotic digital-information world, the work of award-winning photographer, journalist and filmmaker Dana Romanoff is especially welcome.

Boulder’s LGBT history: from ‘the Hate State’ to the Supreme Court

Boulder’s LGBT history has many lessons to teach, including that backlash often follows progress. By Carol Taylor and Glenda Russell By now, the fact that Boulder County issued same-sex marriage licenses in 1975 is well known in the national media. Clela Rorex, the Boulder County Clerk at that time, was interviewed on NPR last year.

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

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