THURS, 7/31 This weekend in Boulder, a unique kind of theater will hit the stage: The Peanut Butter Players’ new musical farce Bratrace is not exactly children’s theater, but it’s truly family theater, the term used by writer/director Jo Anne Lamun to describe the intergenerational entertainment experiment, a kid-sized satire…

SUN, 7/27 Now is the time for some testifying on the merits of hip-hop life by brother KRS-One. The performer (born Lawrence Parker but known professionally as Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone), is in town to headline the July 26 Elemental Flavas show at Universal Lending Pavilion. But that…

SAT, 7/26 Bringing frog racing to Empire required a real leap of faith. After all, the tiny mountain town is far from any lily ponds. Still, two decades ago, a farsighted mayor decided that a Frog Rodeo would be just the thing to put Empire on the map, and he…

SUN, 7/13 It’s fitting that the Mizel Center for Arts and Culture’s first Lazarus Family Summer Concert would feature a group called Mikveh: The all-woman klezmer supergroup is named after the ritual bath that is a monthly tradition for many Jewish women. (The practice also happens to be the subject…

SAT, 7/12 Animals can have it pretty rough. Anyone who’s seen pictures of forest critters fleeing wildfires — or has had to evacuate livestock or pets — knows that disasters don’t just impact two-legged types. And it’s not only major catastrophes that can wear down the furry and feathered residents…

FRI, 7/4 Ron Cavill, an investment advisor from Genesee, wants to make some noise on the Fourth of July. So he’ll hop on his purple 1500cc Kawasaki Vulcan Nomad and join hundreds of friends and fellow motorheads as they roll into the second annual Liberty Ride n’ Rod. Participants, who…

FRI, 6/27 Robbie Morales’s crucial transformation took place when he was thirteen, astride a banana-seat bicycle. The Long Island teen popped a wheelie, and the move — front tire airborne, merely decorative — quickly became his passion. Soon baseball faded in favor of a new sport, BMX bicycle competition. The…

FRI, 6/20 Comic Greg Proops has a simple image of himself: “I’m like Mt. Rushmore. People know I’m there, but they don’t visit me much anymore.” Say what? If this shocking — though obscure — admission is true, it’s probably because the Los Angeles-based stand-up comic and improviser spends much…

SAT, 6/14 Bob Bennish thinks the first annual Rocky Mountain Recumbent Rally will be relaxing. After all, participants — riding recumbent bicycles on which the riders are almost lying down — have to exert less effort than cyclists on upright models. “It’s more efficient and easier,” says organizer Bennish, himself…

SAT, 6/14 Ever wished you could have been one of Mr. Roarke’s guests on Fantasy Island? Well, now’s your chance — sort of. The Church nightclub, at 1160 Lincoln Street, dishes up Carnival at 9 p.m. tonight, serving up a hearty helping of 1970s- seasoned cheese that includes gyrating go-go…

SAT, 6/7 Where did you go to read when the summer turned hot, you had nowhere to go, your friends were all away on road trips to Yellowstone or spending their afternoons at some swanky pool, and your back bike tire caught a thorn in a vacant lot and went…

SAT, 6/7 Calling all citizens: The Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods People’s Fair is back in full force. Let’s check the numbers: Two hundred fifty thousand fair-goers are expected to peruse 350 juried arts-and-crafts exhibitors while eating 3,000 turkey legs from 38 food vendors, using 130 porta-potties and listening to 75…