When photographer Tom Parsons began conceptualizing portraits to shoot of his friends and family, he decided to play with gravity: He placed large frames on the floor, mounted his camera twelve to fifteen feet above the frames and posed his subjects within them. “By having someone lay on the floor…

Every fall for dozens of years, the City of Boulder has planted 15,000 tulip bulbs that begin to peep their heads above the ground each spring, heralding the end of winter. And since 2002, downtown Boulder has hosted Tulip Time, a celebration of the blooms that culminates each year in…

I’m always on the lookout for wise women, whether I’m hoping to emulate them or just wishing a bit of their knowledge might rub off on me. So I was excited to find the day-long Wise Women of the South West symposium, which was inspired by the photography exhibit Return…

“Traditionally, teahouses in China have been kind of a center of community, a place where people gather and talk and share ideas,” says Greg Fellman, who runs the Seven Cups teahouse. So it follows that when Fellman met Asian-art historian Gina Hander at the Rocky Mountain Tea Festival last year,…

Two years ago, the Colorado Rockies came close to taking home Major League Baseball’s biggest prize, but they lost the World Series to the Boston Red Sox. Bad luck, guys. Last year the Rockies didn’t come nearly as close to eternal glory; instead, the Philadelphia Phillies won the Series for…

There is probably no more recognizable deity in the Hindu pantheon than the elephant-headed Ganesh, also known as Ganesha, Ganesa, Ganapati, Vinayaka and Pillaiyar. He fills many roles for Hindu practitioners: lord and remover of obstacles, god of beginnings, patron of arts and sciences, intellect and wisdom. Ganesh is given…

The Tony-nominated musical Quilters began its run 26 years ago when the Denver Center Theatre Company breathed life into the production. “Even though Quilters wasn’t the first production we did, it was one of the first world premieres, and certainly the first premiere to go on to critical success,” says…

The goal of Vox Feminista is to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable, to provoke thought in audience members, educating and inspiring the community to act for global justice. To do so, these womyn create multimedia performances that tackle a range of issues surrounding one overarching theme – and…

Imagine being born on the same day as the woman you’re destined to marry, in beds directly across from each other, in the same room, in a small village hidden away in the high desert. Imagine that your young sweetheart’s grandmother has given you the perfect celestial moment for your…

The idea behind the old green slogan “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” is pretty obvious. Reduce the amount of packaging and/or waste you consume. Reuse what you can, and recycle what you can’t reuse. Well, the Harris Park Art Cooperative is taking that idea one step further with its Reduce, Reuse, Upcycle…

Everyone’s favorite human-vampire love match is coming to DVD: Stephanie Meyers’s best-selling Twilight book series, which hit the big screen last year, will be released for home viewing tonight. And to turn the release into an event worthy of such characters as Bella and Edward, Borders stores across the country…

It’s been five years since the X-ecutioners released Revolutions, and six years since the DJ collective last toured North America on the Scratch tour. In other words, this old-school turntablist crew is long overdue for another town-to-town live showcase of talents. Formerly known as the X-Men (the members changed their…

I’ve always wanted a secretary, someone to whom I could dictate any and every thought that crosses my mind for documentation. And how cool would it be to dictate a letter to someone — especially someone important, like President Barack Obama? Well, you don’t need to hire a fast typist…

Buntport has done it again. The little theater company that could has come up with another unique programming concept to bring people in the door at 717 Lipan Street on the third Tuesday of each month. If you’re a fan of Pecha Kucha Night or Teacher’s Pet, then you’ll love…

Last year, the Colorado Folk Arts Council had a dream: to host a series of free multicultural performances in Aurora, which has the fastest-growing Hispanic population in the metro area, and to schedule them between Día de los Muertos and Cinco de Mayo, during the day, mid-week, so that schools…

We’re lucky to have a theater company like Curious around. Artistic director Chip Walton is also president of the National New Play Network, which sponsors the Continued Life Project, through which an emerging playwright develops a new work with at least three different creative teams and communities, giving the play…

All things zombie need not be flesh-eating, blood-crusted horrors of the night. Well, okay, maybe all zombies do need some awful accoutrements in order to appear authentic — but that doesn’t mean zombies can’t be sexy. Need some proof? Then head to Bender’s Tavern, 314 East 13th Avenue, for tonight’s…

Every quaint little mountain town needs a festival. Nederland has one — but the town doesn’t celebrate mining heritage, flowers, fruit, beer or mushrooms. Instead, as the Northern Hemisphere begins to tilt back toward the sun, as the days lengthen and spring stirs in the air, Nederland throws its annual…