Mark
O’Connor is a rebel. At a time when hardly a band in existence can define its
music without two or three hyphens — electro-trip-neo-soul, psychedelic alt-folk-country,
or any other ma
It’s hard to follow a really good act — just ask poor Brian Griese, who had to follow John Elway as Denver Broncos quarterback. But often it’s just as hard to follow unsuccessful acts, a task Boulder restaurateurs the Emich triplets will undertake as they open Shine Restaurant and Gathering Place.
For many, ballet might seem inaccessible, even intimidating. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Denver’s Ballet Nouveau Colorado, entering its 10th season, aims to appeal to a wide audience in various ways, says the group’s artistic director, Garrett Ammon.
“Some of the themes they’ve done in the past, they just totally go for it on the costumes,” he says. “They did a Japanese kabuki theme and got the costumes from Japan. They did a matador theme and got suits from Spain, they did a Day of the Dead Mexican theme including face paint.
Zombies are on the rise. And I’m not just saying that for the pun.
AMC’s drama The Walking Dead is breaking records in its second season. Zombie video games sell like hotcakes. The novel World War Z will soon star Brad Pitt in theaters. And dozens of books cover zombies from every angle — fiction, faux non-fiction, survival, history, cultural relevance. Zombies are alive and unwell.
When
people say “Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it,” it’s meant
to be a bad thing. Note the word “doomed.” But for those involved in the
upcoming
In the early-morning hours of Oct. 14, the Occupy Denver protest area was dismantled by police, and more than 20 protesters were arrested as hundreds looked on in a packed Lincoln Park.
That wasn’t quite the scene the day before at the University of Colorado Boulder, as a 2:30 rally planned on Norlin Quad attracted about 10 participants and a few more onlookers.
As Absolute Vinyl opens its doors to live music tonight, owner Doug Gaddy says he hopes the venue fills a gap in Boulder’s music scene.
“There’s a lack of decent places for bands to play,” Gaddy says. “There’s all these start-up bands and there’s no place for them to play.”
Turbulent is one of those words people use to simplify immensely complex situations into something easily understood.
That’s the case for 1968, an undoubtedly turbulent year in America’s history.