Boulder Weekly

09/06/2024

Stephen Redfearn selected as Boulder’s next chief of police: This and other local news at a glance: https://boulderweekly.com/news/boco-briefly/two-of-three-picks-for-boulders-next-police-chief-have-drawn-citizen-complaints/

09/05/2024

Three large private-equity-owned child care groups — KinderCare, Bright Horizons and Learning Care Group — operate in Colorado, according to Boteach. Together, they own approximately 70 daycare or education facilities.

Industry watchdogs worry that further private equity investment will exacerbate an already untenable situation:

Child care advocates sound the alarm about increasing investment, sudden closures and lower quality. Boulder Weekly

08/29/2024

"The first thing that goes are your toes. But the numbing doesn’t end there. Next up are the fingers and, if you sit in this 45-degree chrome tub long enough, the whole body succumbs. The only refuge from this prickly assault on your nerves is the opposite sensation: heat within the nearby 200-degree sauna.

Queue the Ethio-jazz, add sweat-soaked strangers and sprinkle in a few ferns and you’ve got Portal, the pop-up thermaculture club located off Sanitas Brewing’s back patio in Boulder."

Read more at LINK IN BIO:

'You want to put a what in my where?': Portal brings thermaculture to Boulder with pop-up spot near Sanitas Brewing. Boulder Weekly

08/26/2024

If a combination of raunchy drama and pop-culture nostalgia sounds appealing, then 'Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical' is the perfect show for you. Shifted Lens Theatre Company’s production is an irreverent, outrageous satire skewering the rich urban youth culture of the pre-Y2K era.

If you’re in the mood for an angsty romp through the ’90s with a healthy dose of dark humor, Cruel Intentions is well worth the trip.

08/26/2024

Naropa University will sell its main campus after calling the 2130 Arapahoe property home for four decades, the university announced in an email Aug. 15, just five years after selling its 30th Street Paramita campus and months after announcing it would sell its associated preschool.

This, and more local news at a glance:

Naropa University will sell its main campus after calling the 2130 Arapahoe property home for four decades.

08/23/2024

Boulder Weekly called Molly Rankin, founding singer-songwriter of Alvvays, ahead of the band’s upcoming Aug. 24 performance with New Zealand power-pop outfit The Beths at Denver’s Mission Ballroom to talk about her band’s 10th anniversary, their masterful third LP and penchant for taking big creative swings.

https://boulderweekly.com/entertainment/music/alvvays-molly-rankin-interview/

08/22/2024

TICKET GIVEAWAY TUESDAY: Sponsored by The Boulder Weekly and Roots Music Project Win a pair of tickets to go see Ezra Bell and special guest Poorfree on Thursday, August 29th at Roots Music Project. Comment on this post and share it to enter to win. Winners will be notified this Monday, August 26th

08/22/2024

In case you somehow haven’t heard, the Sundance Film Festival might be coming to Boulder in 2027.

Then again, the festival’s next act might bind itself to the strong arts communities of Atlanta, Georgia; Cincinnati, Ohio; Louisville, Kentucky; or Santa Fe, New Mexico. Or maybe it’ll stay put in Park City, Utah, and expand 30 miles northwest into Salt Lake City. Sundance is considering all six as “potential host cities for the festival,” per a July 19 press release.

Unpacking the city's bid for the most storied film festival in America.

08/19/2024

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08/19/2024

John Hinman has become one of Colorado’s most notable piemakers. His Denver-based Hinman Pie bakery hand-crafts thousands weekly. They are available at local grocers including Lucky’s Market, at the Saturday Boulder and Longmont Farmers Markets.

Two pie guys share the secrets of baking the perfect Colorado peach pastry:

Two pie guys — Johns Lehndorff and Hinman — share the secrets of baking the perfect Colorado peach pastry. Boulder Weekly.

08/16/2024

ICYMI: Best of Boulder East County 2024 ballots opened yesterday! Support your favorite local joints:

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08/16/2024

On a balmy summer afternoon, Boulder’s University Hill buzzes with the youthful energy of a college town. Students spill out of local establishments, their chatter echoing through the streets while music thumps from nearby houses. Amid this lively scene, tucked away on Pennsylvania Avenue, the Nick Ryan Gallery is an oasis of calm.

'Recollections' invites visitors to step back from the chaos and into the quiet contemplation of memory and nostalgia. Opening today, this late-summer group show features four artists — Jessica Rohrer, Andrew Watel, Brenda Stumpf and Daniel Granitto — who incorporate personal and collective reflection into their representational works:

'Recollections,' a new group exhibition at the Nick Ryan Gallery in Boulder, gets nostalgic on University Hill.

08/16/2024

This past Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did not approve M**A-assisted therapy to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) even after clinical trials demonstrated efficacy in 71% of participants:

FDA rejects first application for M**A-assisted therapy despite curing 71% of patients with PTSD. Boulder Weekly

08/15/2024

Judge: Boulder can’t make public pay for body cam footage — city loses lawsuit over video of fatal 2023 shooting:

Boulder County judge rules that governments can't charge fees for body cam footage in the case of officer complaints. Boulder Weekly

08/15/2024

Considering the depth and breadth of his previous output, it makes sense that Alejandro Rose-Garcia, better known as Shakey Graves, plans to touch on all phases of his career during his upcoming set in support of Tyler Childers at CU Boulder’s Folsom Field on Aug. 17. He’ll play solo during the show — recalling the one-man-band approach of his early tours, using a jiggered suitcase as a drum — and, of course, with a band he says is the best unit he’s had:

Shakey Graves will touch on all phases of his career during his upcoming set with Tyler Childers at CU Boulder’s Folsom Field on Aug. 17.

08/15/2024

In the 1970s, a group of long-haired hippie kids escaped the sprawl and smog of Los Angeles to climb rocks in the wilderness. They called themselves the Stonemasters.

Boulder local Rick Accomazzo recounts his experiences with the scrappy collective — alongside unpublished writings and documentation of his climbing partner, who died on a dangerous free solo climb at 25 — in his new book, 'Tobin, the Stonemasters and Me: Remembering Tobin Sorenson, the Best Climber in the World.'

'Tobin, the Stonemasters and Me' by local author Rick Accomazzo explores the life and legacy of 'the greatest climber in the world.'

08/15/2024

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08/08/2024

Users of the social media platform started posting videos they shot in supermarkets around the world, mainly gawking at the odd potato chip flavors and marveling at the prices, packaging and food items they could not imagine anyone consuming.

Watching the videos made it obvious these young travelers were visiting supermarkets the same way they enjoyed Meow Wolf and other immersive experiences. The noodle aisle is just another cool destination in the multiverse.

Where can this be done in Colorado?:

You don’t have to travel to participate in the latest Tik Tok trend —but your taste buds do. Boulder Weekly

08/08/2024

Paisley Peach’s last 'Pretty in Punk' show at Junkyard Social on Saturday August 10th promises to be a fitting farewell with an eclectic mix of 13 acts, including the return of her drag persona, Dick Liqueur. Now she is preparing for her final bow, one last chance to connect with her audience and celebrate the vibrant community that welcomed her all those years ago:

Paisley Peach prepares for her last bow — and the end of an era for Boulder's burlesque scene — with Pretty in Punk: The Final Show.

08/08/2024

Now in its fifth year, the Mimesis Documentary Festival is the most intellectually stimulating and artistically invigorating film festival on the Front Range. If you’ve never been, don’t let the word “documentary” trip you up. These are not your typical talking-head docs that reflect on the glories of yesteryear but rather poetic explorations of where the form can go:

Now in its fifth year, the Mimesis Documentary Festival runs Aug. 14-18 at CU Boulder and the Dairy Arts Center.

08/06/2024

For our new monthly column, Boulder Weekly checked in with co-curator and “Queen of the Weird” Shay Wescott for a preview of what’s on deck for Friday Night Weird at the Dairy Arts Center this month:

For our new monthly column, Boulder Weekly checked in with “Queen of the Weird” Shay Wescott for a preview of what’s on deck this month.

08/05/2024

“Since launching her music project The Japanese House anonymously in 2015, English singer-songwriter Amber Bain has stepped into the spotlight with her aching blend of guitar-driven dream pop.” - Boulder Weekly

TOMORROW ❗ LOW TICKETS REMAIN to see The Japanese House at the Boulder Theater! Enjoy the project live very soon as well as an opening performance from indie folk artist Skullcrusher.

Read Boulder Weekly’s “Smiley Face summer :)” article & interview with Amber Bain as you look forward to the show tomorrow night! ~ https://loom.ly/3fEe0XU

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08/02/2024

If Restaurant Reservations 101 was a freshman class at CU Boulder, our collective final grade as diners would be a C at best. That means many of us get an A: We know how to properly make and cancel a reservation.

Sadly, some of us get an F. We are the no-shows and the folks who cancel five minutes before we’re supposed to be seated. We’re the inconsiderate ones who show up with six diners for a four-top reservation, or make multiple reservations at local restaurants and fail to cancel the ones we don’t need. Unsurprisingly, this sucks for the restaurant:

Local restaurateurs have reservations about the way you save a table for dinner. Reservation. Boulder Weekly.

08/01/2024

Boulder Weekly caught up with Amber Bain (The Japanese House) on a Zoom call ahead of her Aug. 6 performance at Boulder Theater with ethereal New York indie-folk outfit Skullcrusher to talk about this new chapter, her lush sophomore LP and the songs she loves when life is good:

Since launching her music project The Japanese House in 2015, English singer-songwriter Amber Bain has been no stranger to big feelings.

08/01/2024

With a sesquicentennial celebration set for Aug. 1-4, the town of Nederland is celebrating that sense of community — looking back on its past and setting its sights on what it wants to be in the future.

Boulder Weekly spoke with locals, historians and more, getting insight on 150 years of the tough little town:

Of course, the area’s history begins before Nederland was Nederland. Boulder Weekly. Feature story. Kaylee Harter.

07/30/2024

TICKET GIVEAWAY TUESDAY: Sponsored by The Boulder Weekly and Roots Music Project Win a pair of tickets to go see The Good Kind on Friday, August 9th at Roots Music Project. COMMENT TO ENTER. TELL US WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT THE GOOD KIND! Winners will be notified this Monday, August 5th Winners will be notified this Monday, August 5th

07/29/2024

"Shade or shelter is a necessity in any season. If the bus stop doesn’t have a shelter, then it automatically makes my ‘worst’ list. Speaking of… I present to you my nominees for best and worst bus stops in Boulder, based on years of using public transportation with a wheelchair..."

I rely on public transit and ride share for my transportation. I prefer traveling in the summer and fall because of the weather: There aren’t heaters at bus stops. Shade or shelter is a necessity in any season. If the bus stop doesn’t have a shelter, then it automatically makes my ‘worst’ li...

07/26/2024

Whether it’s skiing champagne powder in the mountains or floating down one of the state’s rivers, Coloradans interact with water in more ways than one.

But out of view, there’s another part of the picture.

How Boulder County fits into Colorado’s growing groundwater use:

Whether it’s skiing champagne powder in the mountains or floating down one of the state’s rivers, Coloradans interact with water in more ways than one. But out of view, there’s another part of the picture.  Nineteen of the state’s 64 counties “rely heavily” on groundwater, according to ...

07/25/2024

Skip the ice cream: Cool your summer with bingsu, semifreddo and kulfi:

Skip the ice cream: Cool your summer with bingsu, semifreddo and kulfi from these Boulder County eateries. Boulder Weekly