By Beki Pineda MRS. MANNERLY. Written by Jeffrey Hatcher; directed by Edith Weiss. Produced by The Arvada Center (6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada) through Feb. 21. Tickets available at 720-898-7200 or www.arvadacenter.org. Frequently during talkbacks with playwrights, they are asked, “Where do you get your ideas for plays?” In this case, Jeffrey Hatcher returned to a
By Beki Pineda Photo Credit: Town Hall Arts Center VIOLET. Music by Jeanine Tesori; lyrics and book by Brian Crawley; directed by Nick Sugar. Produced by Town Hall Arts Center (2450 West Main St., Littleton) through Feb. 7. Tickets available at 303-794-2787 or http://www.townhallartscenter.org. A sign on the wall of the set of VIOLET promises
Slackliners brainstorm ideas on how to propose a reasonable and respectful compromise with the Boulder County Council. If you’ve ever seen someone attempting what looks like tightrope walking between two trees a few feet from the ground in a park, you’ve seen the sport of slacklining. From trees and vertical poles to rock faces, the
Celebrating its 50th anniversary as the first sentinel building overlooking the Flatirons and CU, Golden West Manor has watched the city mushroom around it. The first of the Manor’s two towers, the iconic 11-story tower, was built in 1965—before Boulder’s 55-foot height restriction—to provide much-needed senior housing. In 1971, another 14-story tower was built, and
In September, Governor John Hickenlooper took a well-known fact—that cycling is good for people and good for the economy—and made it official by rolling out a four-year, $100-million plan to make Colorado the best state in the nation for riding a bike. Biking’s boost to Colorado’s coffers is no surprise. According to a 2000 Colorado
By Beki Pineda THE ADDAMS FAMILY. Music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa; book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice; directed by Scott Beyette. Produced by BDT Stage (5501 Arapahoe Ave.) through Feb. 27. Tickets available at 303-449-6000 or www.bdtstage.com. Why an ooky-kooky musical comedy for a Christmas show? I think the answer lies in the
Just as there’s a range of ideas about what “jazz” means, Boulder County has developed a range of ideas about what constitutes a jazz venue. By Charmaine Ortega Getz From elegant hotels to quirky bars, fine-dining establishments to coffeehouses, some variety of live jazz is playing somewhere in and around Boulder almost any day
Whether for food, entertainment or education, local ranches have been an integral part of Boulder County since our native grasslands first attracted homesteaders in the 1800s.
Performer and teacher likes making people see things differently By Mark Collins Joanna Rotkin has been dancing her whole life. She danced as a kid growing up in Boulder, in college, and when she moved to Jamestown a little more than a decade ago. All along the way, however, Rotkin thought she would one day
Colorado’s quintessential hut-to-hut trips were birthed from the Alps tradition of ski touring, but we’ve added snowshoes, snowmobiles, automobiles and mountain bikes
Pamela Tanner Boll has always focused her lens on the unknown rather than the famous, the underdogs rather than the powerful.
Larry Rogstad addresses the state’s two-strike policy By Julie Marshall Working for Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) for 34 years has given Larry Rogstad a unique perspective not just on the charismatic sage grouse or the magnificent mountain lion, but also on people and their critical role in the midst of ever-increasing resource conflicts. At
Too close for comfort? Boulder lies more than 400 miles from Yellowstone. Would we actually be affected by such an eruption? By Terri Cook The movie opens with a dark and wintry Colorado scene: a group of snowmobilers, bundled into fur-edged parkas, frantically racing through several feet of soft powder in the middle of a
By Beki Pineda THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED)(REVISED). Written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield; directed by Nanci Van Fleet. Produced by Longmont Theatre Company (513 Main St., Longmont) through Nov. 22. Tickets available at 303-772-5200 or www.longmonttheatre.org. Note that added last word “Revised” in the title of this show. Not only
By Beki Pineda HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE. Written by Paula Vogel; directed by Liza Williams. Co-produced by square product theatre and Goddess Here Productions (Diary Center for the Arts at 2590 Walnut St., Boulder) and Buntport Theater at 717 Lipan St., Denver) through Nov. 14. Tickets available at 303-444-7328 or thediary.org through Nov. 7,
By Beki Pineda Photo Credit: BDT Stage BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY. Written by Alan Janes; directed by Wayne Kennedy. Produced by BDT Stage (5500 Arapahoe Road) through Nov. 14. Tickets available at 303-449-6000 or www.bdtstage.com. If you lived in the late ’50s anywhere in America, you knew the music of Buddy Holly. In three
By Beki Pineda Photo Credit: Lone Tree Arts Center THE EXPLORERS CLUB. Written by Nell Benjamin; directed by Randal Myler. Produced by the Lone Tree Arts Center (10075 Commons St., Lone Tree) through Oct. 24. Tickets available at 720-509-1000 or www.lonetreeartscenter.org. While understanding the economic reasons for them, I hate two-week runs. Even if a
By Beki Pineda Photo Credit: BETC OUTSIDE MULLINGAR. Written by John Patrick Shanley; directed by Rebecca Remaly. Produced by Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company at the Dairy Center for the Arts (2590 Walnut St.) through Oct. 11. The final four performances (7:30pm Friday, 2pm and 7:30 pm Saturday, 4pm Sunday) are sold out, but a wait
Touch a cloud, tangle with a tornado, create a little chaos—NCAR’s science exhibits help kids learn about weather, climate and other earth-science topics. Free. (See listing below for Super Science Saturday). Open 8am-5pm weekdays at 1850 Table Mesa Drive. scied.ucar.edu/exhibits.
I saw my first Colorado calendar while growing up in California. Replete with fantastic images of mountains, rivers, animals, columbines, aspens and the bluest of skies, the calendar made me wonder, “Does such a gorgeous place really exist?” I discovered it does after moving here 36 years ago. Since then, I’ve hiked a lot of terrain
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