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Guns in Colorado public schools? GOP politicians want concealed handguns in class

Since the tragic Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting, lawmakers across the country have been debating what policy solutions could help reduce the risk of a devastating massacre in the future. In Colorado, some Democratic legislators have proposed tighter restrictions on access to guns. But a few h ... More >>

Artist Jill Powers explores insects, climate change at show opening tonight

Like pine beetles, Boulder artist Jill Powers does some of her best work in bark. Her mixed media fiber sculptures and installations draw on exotic natural materials, from seed pods to a tough inner bark called Kozo that happens to be "sustainably grown" -- and that's good news, since Powers's new e ... More >>

Tuba Tuba Do

Gun ban in college buildings?: Boulder rep plans legislation despite court ruling

It just doesn't make sense for lawmakers to allow guns on college campuses, where the risks of suicide or shootings tied to mental health illness can be high. At least that's an argument of Boulder Representative Claire Levy, who is crafting legislation that would add campus buildings to the list of ... More >>

Reader: Movie theater is no place to wear a "Joker" mask

Hint: If you're going to a movie in Boulder, do not wear a "Joker" mask in the theater. Officials with the Boulder Police Department reported Sunday night that they had arrested a seventeen-year-old male (he's a part-time University of Colorado student, whose name is not being released because he's ... More >>

The Head and the Heart perform for free tomorrow in Boulder for Obama/Biden event

Okay, so while the election is reducing some little girls to tears, we're nowhere near sick of all the attack ads and gladhanding leading up to the big day next week. Kidding. That's sarcasm, in case you missed it. We're as sick of all that crap as you are, Ms. Abigael Evans of Fort Collins. But eve ... More >>

Mass Media

Walmart meeting cancelled after councilmembers oppose tax-increment deal

For a while, it looked like Walmart had Denver in the bag. But now, developers are going back to the drawing board...or at least the calender. After Denver City Council reps Mary Beth Susman and Jeanne Robb announced they opposed tax-increment financing for the project, the Colorado Boulevard Health ... More >>

Alamo Drafthouse partners with International Film Series

George Lucas made Star Wars. Steven Spielberg made E.T. It took both of them working together to make Raiders of the Lost Ark. Expect a similar level of awesome when two great powers in the local film scene -- the new-to-Colorado Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (which will open its first Colorado location i ... More >>

James Holmes defense accuses prosecutors of reckless disregard for the truth

The 18th Judicial District has made public another document in the James Holmes/Aurora theater shooting case -- a so-called register of actions for the past week. And it contains some intriguing revelations. Among them: word of a motion in which Holmes's attorneys accuse prosecutors of reckless disr ... More >>

James Holmes reportedly sent notebook with massacre plans to CU psychiatrist before attack

Update below: Each day seems to bring another shocking report in the Aurora theater shootings investigation. Today's? Fox News maintains that suspected murderer James Holmes sent a notebook filled with plans and details of his assault to a University of Colorado psychiatrist -- but it wasn't discove ... More >>

Pollution: Nitrogen levels on the rise in Rocky Mountain National Park

Rocky Mountain National Park officials have recognized for years that Front Range pollution -- from auto exhausts, power plants, emissions from oil wells and refineries, feedlots and more -- pose a threat to the health and welfare of their high-country streams, fish and plants. Now a new study from ... More >>

Tyler Nemkov has left Mateo

When Tyler Nemkov joined Cafe Society as a twenty-year-old intern from Johnson & Wales three years ago, he knew he wanted to pursue both a journalism and a culinary career. He opted to keep working in kitchens while he earned his degree at the University of Colorado -- right before it closed its jo ... More >>

4/20 at CU Boulder memes: Will Wyclef Jean hot box the Coors Events Center?

How to gauge the student take on CU Boulder's plan to shrink the campus' annual 4/20 event via a Wyclef Jean concert and a more active police response? We turned to the University of Colorado memes Facebook page, where the responses have been swift -- and funny. Check out samples below, supplemented ... More >>

Reader: CU Boulder will probably try to outlaw Nerf guns until Supreme Court rules otherwise

In a post yesterday, we noted that the University of Colorado banned Nerf guns as well as the real kind. Now that the Colorado Supreme Court has deemed the latter rule unconstitutional, will foam find a home on campus, too? One of our readers has some ideas about that, and more.

Weekend's best live bets: Icelantic's Winter on the Rocks and more

Are you ready? This is a weekend to remember. Tonight for the first time ever, the famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre will add to its renown by hosting the first ever wintertime concert with Icelantic's Winter on the Rocks with Atmosphere, Common, Grieves and Budo and Get Cryphy. And that's just the tip o ... More >>

You'll Eat It Up!

All You Need Is Love

Mile High Horror Film Festival will be full of the fright stuff

What's the scariest thing about Colorado? The haunted mountain resorts? The cemeteries-turned-city parks? The escort-loving, meth-using pastors? All of those may soon be trumped by the second annual Mile High Horror Film Festival, which takes over the Tivoli Starz Film Center October 7 through Octob ... More >>

Slow Decay

Coming soon: Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow at the International Film Series

Manufactured civilizations rise and fall in "Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow."​ The International Film Series grew a little this year. To inaugurate new secondary digs in the University of Colorado's state-of-the-art Visual Arts Center, director Pablo Kjolseth chose to fill the VAC's auditori ... More >>

Birds Are The Words

The five best scenes from Repo Man, an Alex Cox cult classic

Only an asshole gets killed for a car (the Repo Code). The International Film Series at the University of Colorado in Boulder will show a series of films by director Alex Cox over the next few weeks; Cox teaches screenwriting and film production at the school. And while all of his movies, like Sid ... More >>

Racist clip of Asians talking about CU & Utah joining Pac-12 pulled by Fox Sports (VIDEO)

Video below.​Today's Boulder Daily Camera features an article in which University of Colorado ethnic studies professor Darryl Maeda calls a Fox Sports report about CU and Utah joining the Pac-12 conference "demeaning" to Asians. But the newspaper didn't really need to seek out an expert to mak ... More >>

Reader: Steve Ells goes for soul over cheese

​Steve Ells, founder of the homegrown Chipotle chain, will have a starring role as the University of Colorado commencement speaker on Friday -- just five days after he wrapped up his gig on America's Next Great Restaurant. In the last episode of that series, Ells and his fellow judges chose S ... More >>

Bedbugs, vanishing bees and organic food on the menu for National Pesticide Forum in Aurora

A job for pesticides?​ Our recent feature, "Bug Bedlam," dissected Denver's struggle against the tiny, bloodsucking pests. And how do most people get rid of pests? With pesticides. But there are some who argue that's the wrong approach -- and dangerous. This weekend, they'll gather in Aurora f ... More >>

Indian Spring

CU's Leigh Holman pays tribute to American opera with Susannah

​Leigh Holman has faith in the future of American opera. The director of opera at the University of Colorado has made the native art form a priority at the school, hosting American composers for workshops and offering American musical drama during summer seasons. The school's upcoming production o ... More >>

Denver Broncos cheerleaders get ready for auditions, Pro Bowl: A photo gallery

Big pics below.​New Denver Broncos coach John Fox and his staff aren't the only ones getting ready for next season. So, too, are the Broncos cheerleaders. The squad recently posted information about its upcoming April 3 auditions on its Facebook page, along with a slew of new photos that give ... More >>

Worth the Wait

’CAKES FOR A CAUSE

Breckenridge Film Festival

Boulder: As memories of JonBenét Ramsey fade, the town is happy at last

​The panhandler outside looked happy. The hostess inside looked happy. The server looked happy. And we were happy, to take a break from our marathon drive across Colorado to look at colleges and sit down in a booth in a Boulder restaurant with a nice view of the Pearl Street Mall and all the h ... More >>

New host for Radio 1190's Local Shakedown set to debut next month

​Kegan Warner has some big shoes to fill. Next month, he'll be taking over the reins as host of Radio 1190's long running Local Shakedown program, the weekly hour-long show devoted strictly to the best independent music coming out of Colorado. Warner replaces the outgoing and ever popular Katherin ... More >>

Native Truths

The Escapist, University of Colorado International Film Series

Wake-Up Call: The joys of journalism

​I'm at Northwestern for a writing conference that the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies hosts at the Medill J-school, which is also home to the Academy for Alternative Journalism, a summer program for budding journalists that AAN sponsors. Jared Jacang Maher, a Westword staff writer, i ... More >>

Film on the Fringe

The Fast Forward program screens and screens again.

Lavish is easy on the eyes

Corntastic

Pressing Matters

The printing press gets its due at the Historic Print Shop Open House.

On the Road

Forget the Oscars

Think Green

Boulder hosts an environmental art program.

Run Lola Run

University of Colorado’s International Film Series

Drunk of the Week

Dr. Feelgood's