Is Card Catalog ready for a close-up and to start getting the wider recognition its members have earned? By Dave Kirby “When I was younger, my mom used to take me to the library a lot,” remembered Card Catalog singer and songwriter Jenn Tatro. “I used to kind of run around, mess with the books
A Fish in Water By Tanya Ishikawa “Thank you, river, for the water!” exclaimed 3-year-old Margot, as water flowed from the faucet while she washed her hands. “Hey mom, save some water for the fish,” the toddler warned mother Jessie Olson when it was her turn to wash. Olson was delighted. As executive director at
BART carries rescue and disaster response equipment used by Code 3 Associates, a Longmont-based nonprofit that responds to animal emergencies across the country.
It can be to perform a good exam and accurately assess a cat’s health in most veterinary clinics where the cats are stressed by the other animals present.
A menagerie on Niwot’s historic main drag, Little Bird is half gallery, half boutique and 100 percent harmonious.
e-bike of COLORADO is helping Boulder County residents reconsider their relationship with play, exercise and the outdoors.
The Problem with Plastic By Tom Brock Plastic is cool. It can bend but be unbreakable. It can be almost weightless, yet tougher than tungsten. You can cover a sandwich, spaceship, house or football field with it—and make it any color you want to dazzle the eye. The one thing you can’t do is get
Taking a Trip to Pluto and Beyond Wrenn Combs grew up in a household where astronauts and NASA were regular topics of conversation at the dinner table. Her father, Dr. Joseph Combs, was the director of Aerospace Medical Labs for Project Gemini. In this role he developed a heart-monitoring system that was used to measure
Making Magic on the Mall BY KATE JONUSKA | PHOTOS BY LUKAS CROSBY By definition, a chimera is magical. In folklore, it’s a single creature composed of the incongruous parts of different animals. In modern science, the term refers to a being with more than one set of DNA, and owner Edwin Zoe sees both
A new study conducted by CU Boulder researchers recently found that beneficial bacteria in your gut, aka gut microbiome, when used as an immunization, can have long-lasting anti-inflammatory effects on the brain.
As part of his mission with the Colorado Haiti Project (CHP), Lafayette resident Wynn Walent works with dozens of doctors, teachers and other volunteers who travel with him a few times a year to Haiti
Talking Space By Amanda Miller Poised on Flagstaff Mountain’s rock rim at Sunrise Amphitheater in Boulder—where she got engaged—Rachel Cheetham reflects on her 20s. She overlooks her alma mater below and the Louisville tech park beyond, where she launched her career. As former chief of staff for Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) space industry operations in
Making the Most of Makerspaces By Kerry Parry If your creative spirit is whispering in your ear to make something, whether it be from ceramics, textiles, wood, metal, glass or thin air, chances are there is a makerspace that can help you. Makerspaces (also called hackerspaces) are popping up all over Colorado. They are, by
High demand for care and a commitment to his maternal heritage drives this optometrist toward a lofty goal for the island country By Amanda Miller The first year optometrist Dr. Richard Cross and a team of three staffed a free eye clinic in Jamaica, they saw 100 patients a day, while 100 more had to
Beyond Bluegrass By Kerry Parry Fans of Bridget Law, a founding member of Elephant Revival, were bummed to see her departure from the band last year. That doesn’t mean they won’t play together, as evidenced by her recent Colorado performance with group members in October. Law plans to join them, as well as other bands
Common Threads’ Trash the Runway workshop challenges middle and high school students to design and create haute couture from trash.
In early 2018, attorney and City of Longmont Mayor Brian Bagley reached out to tribal leadership.
Get Strong Local running star Kara Goucher didn’t become a two-time Olympian through physical training and discipline alone. The mother and champion reveals her mental training secrets in her new book “Strong.” Part inspiring storytelling and part technique teaching, “Strong” is based on Goucher’s own personal “confidence journal,” in which she recorded one positive aspect
A group of talented CU physicists invented the first transparent, heat-resistant aerogel that is also earth-friendly using beer wort.
Today, you can have a doula to support you and your family before, during and shortly after death.
