Plato

Is it Bush's War?

Q&A with sci-fi author Neal Stephenson

The Gulf Between

When these soldiers became writers, the pen becomes very mighty indeed.

Best place to take an afternoon nap and feel smart

Main library, University of Colorado at Boulder

Oklahoma!: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

(Angel)

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Adventureland

Brief reviews of current shows

P.O.S.

Saturday, February 14, Marquis Theater, 1-866-468-7621.

In life and death, tattoo artist Kauri Tiyme made her mark

Saturday, February 14, Marquis Theater, 1-866-468-7621.

Political artwork at Edge tilts to the left

Saturday, February 14, Marquis Theater, 1-866-468-7621.

Zoo

A horse is a horse, of course, of course -- but what is a man who has sex with one?

The Mother of Tears

Dario Argento caps off his horror trilogy with horrific parody.

Burger Time

Suspicions confirmed: Bud's makes the best burger in Colorado.

Sketches

Brief reviews of current shows

Bold Girls

Crossroads Theater hits the streets with this play about four Irish women.

Mad About You

Beyond Therapy shows how crazy love can, and should, be.

Eyedeology

Eyedea & Abilities tries to live up to its potential as it strives to push hip-hop forward.

Pleading the Fifth

The Fifth Utility discovers the importance of not being so earnest.

Comrade Kane

Tycoon: A New Russian takes a power trip.

Hell on Earth

In this early battle of the Vietnam War, they were Soldiers -- and then some.

Soul on Ice

Legendary sideman Moris Tepper fronts his own vision, with chilling results.

The Beats Go On

How a kid from Boulder became an eyewitness to the passing of an era.

Real and Imagined

Ceramics struggle for respect in the art world.

Baja Humbug

Depsite a few changes, the Punchbowl still makes a splash.

Welcome to the Real World

The further these students get from the classroom, the more they learn.

Bella Dinner

The further these students get from the classroom, the more they learn.

That Summer of '77

The further these students get from the classroom, the more they learn.

Star Hustlers

With the imminent release of The Phantom Menace, Fantastic Media prepares to blast off.

Beating His Chess

With the imminent release of The Phantom Menace, Fantastic Media prepares to blast off.

Cowboys and Quarterbacks

With the imminent release of The Phantom Menace, Fantastic Media prepares to blast off.

Femme Vital

With the imminent release of The Phantom Menace, Fantastic Media prepares to blast off.

GIMME THAT BOWL-TIME RELIGION

With the imminent release of The Phantom Menace, Fantastic Media prepares to blast off.

PLAYING HURT

STANLEY JORDAN RETURNS AFTER RELEARNING HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR.

May showers bring Belgian beer flowers

Spring is the saison for Belgian-style ales, in particular because the lighter, citrusy sweet flavors - which accompany many Belgian beer types -- go so well served cold after a warm, flower-fragranced day. A couple of Colorado breweries have just released their seasonal Belgians, while a couple m ... More >>

Nick Sugar was made for the lead in Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Spring is the saison for Belgian-style ales, in particular because the lighter, citrusy sweet flavors - which accompany many Belgian beer types -- go so well served cold after a warm, flower-fragranced day. A couple of Colorado breweries have just released their seasonal Belgians, while a couple m ... More >>

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Spring is the saison for Belgian-style ales, in particular because the lighter, citrusy sweet flavors - which accompany many Belgian beer types -- go so well served cold after a warm, flower-fragranced day. A couple of Colorado breweries have just released their seasonal Belgians, while a couple m ... More >>

Now Playing

Spring is the saison for Belgian-style ales, in particular because the lighter, citrusy sweet flavors - which accompany many Belgian beer types -- go so well served cold after a warm, flower-fragranced day. A couple of Colorado breweries have just released their seasonal Belgians, while a couple m ... More >>

Now Playing

Spring is the saison for Belgian-style ales, in particular because the lighter, citrusy sweet flavors - which accompany many Belgian beer types -- go so well served cold after a warm, flower-fragranced day. A couple of Colorado breweries have just released their seasonal Belgians, while a couple m ... More >>

Now Playing

Spring is the saison for Belgian-style ales, in particular because the lighter, citrusy sweet flavors - which accompany many Belgian beer types -- go so well served cold after a warm, flower-fragranced day. A couple of Colorado breweries have just released their seasonal Belgians, while a couple m ... More >>

What makes us laugh? Professor Peter McGraw thinks he's found the answer to one of humanity's greatest questions

Spring is the saison for Belgian-style ales, in particular because the lighter, citrusy sweet flavors - which accompany many Belgian beer types -- go so well served cold after a warm, flower-fragranced day. A couple of Colorado breweries have just released their seasonal Belgians, while a couple m ... More >>

Cafe Brazil brings back childhood memories -- minus the pork and beef

​Many Americans fondly remember food from their childhood -- a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on Wonder Bread for lunch, macaroni and cheese for dinner. But those aren't the comfort foods of my youth. Spending seven of my first nine years in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, gave me a very different c ... More >>

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Festivals, classes and family-style dinners

​Want to stir things up in 2011? There are plenty of cooking classes, parties, special dinners and festivals to help you keep (or kill) whatever resolutions you've made. Here's a taste of what's on Colorado's culinary calendar:

Local blog 12 Questions has the answers

Wait, how many?​People are into questions right now (they always have been -- just ask that Plato dude). It's the new black. Watson's recent run on Jeopardy brought them (what is) record ratings, and in case you haven't heard, he won. Watson, of course, is the IBM super-computer built solely t ... More >>

Marijuana patients get their humor tested by nutty professor Peter McGraw in Wired

Peter McGraw.​Last August, I detailed the strange story of Peter McGraw, a CU-Boulder professor dead set on explaining what makes things funny. Since then, the odd tale has continued: A piece I penned for Wired magazine describes McGraw's continued efforts to crack the humor code, a scholarly ... More >>

Hedwig's inch gets angry tonight at the Avenue Theater

​You may have heard Plato's theory about the origin of love -- the round creatures, male-male, female-female, androgynous, who originally populated the world and were riven in half by an angry Zeus, doomed to spend the rest of eternity searching helplessly for their mates and their own lost so ... More >>

Thanksgiving meals, beer dinners and more on this week's culinary calendar

​Have somewhere to spend Thanksgiving? Don't worry: Check out our Thursday page for a list of every feast we know about in the metro area. And that's not all; there are also cooking classes, beer dinners and more on this week's culinary calendar. See what's on the menu:

Trey Spruance of Secret Chiefs 3: "I started studying the musical systems of antiquity to try to understand what made them tick"

Olivia OyamaCatch Secret Chiefs 3 with Dengue Fever tonight at the Bluebird Theater.​Secret Chiefs 3 (due tonight at the Bluebird Theater) is the brainchild of Trey Spruance, whom you may know from Mr. Bungle. With Secret Chiefs 3, Spruance seemingly follows every musical idea he can think of ... More >>