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Humans have always had a complicated relationship with weather. Ancient cultures prayed and made offerings to gods in hopes of receiving conditions conducive to growing crops. Adverse weather, then, w…
Humans have always h…
Humans have always had a complicated relationship with weather. Ancient cultures prayed and made offerings to gods in hopes of receiving conditions conducive to growing crops. Adverse weather, then, was often interpreted as displeasure on behalf of those same beings—a punishment for failing to observe proper rituals. It doesn’t take a history scholar to understand this impulse. Weather, now as then, is both an enemy and ally. On one hand, it provides everything from the raw material for food—sunlight driving photosynthesis, wind the primary method of plants spreading their seeds—to …
Sometimes, writing about art and theater feels a lot like falling down the proverbial rabbit hole as I try to find the angle to write about wandering through a haunted-theater immersive experience, ge…
Sometimes, writing a…
Sometimes, writing about art and theater feels a lot like falling down the proverbial rabbit hole as I try to find the angle to write about wandering through a haunted-theater immersive experience, getting splashed in a Halloween horror show in the basement of a spaghetti emporium, sweating through a DIY D&D in a comic shop, savoring (har har!) Sweeney Todd’s enraged high notes, and trying to quiet my howling dog in a public house. I’ve found myself in some odd and awkward scenarios. To update the metaphor, writing this column is a lot like drunk-clicking through an endless algorithm o…
Jessie Hanson
January 8, 2020
Martin is a motivational speaker for the organization Save the Children, and also works with Art from Ashes. He writes and performs poetry for Art from Ashes, which specializes in empowering the youth…
Martin is a motivati…
Martin is a motivational speaker for the organization Save the Children, and also works with Art from Ashes. He writes and performs poetry for Art from Ashes, which specializes in empowering the youth. Martin says, "I wanted to give back, and I believe one of the best causes is for children because they're shaping the future." Martin doesn't quit there, he also is working on writing a book and an album! He paints and takes photos - and of course, snowboards. Martin visited Colorado in July of last year for two weeks, fell in love, and decided to move here in September from D.C. He feels extrem…
Kailey Licata
August 8, 2022
Kay is originally from Milan, Italy and moved to the Boulder in 2006. Before coming to Boulder, she lived in Pennsylvania, California, St. Louis and many other places. She was adopted, which was what…
Kay is originally fr…
Kay is originally from Milan, Italy and moved to the Boulder in 2006. Before coming to Boulder, she lived in Pennsylvania, California, St. Louis and many other places. She was adopted, which was what prompted her move to the U.S., but, "if I wasn't adopted I would want to come to America to experience the different cultures and people. It's a place people come to thrive and succeed and that would be why I would want to come here." She occasionally goes back to Italy because a lot of her family still resides there. She says Pearl Street is lit and believes that the people of Boulder and Color…
Kailey Licata
December 28, 2021
Cory is from Bowling Green, Ohio, but is staying in Boulder for the summer. He is partaking in leadership training for YMCA of the Rockies. "Boulder is much bigger than Bowling Green which was a littl…
Cory is from Bowling…
Cory is from Bowling Green, Ohio, but is staying in Boulder for the summer. He is partaking in leadership training for YMCA of the Rockies. "Boulder is much bigger than Bowling Green which was a little bit of a shock, but I definitely love the town," Cory said. He wants to go back to school and possibly study theology. He really enjoys history as well, especially religious history. He says, "The key to life is living and dying for something rather than living and dying for nothing." He wants to make a shoutout to his parents; Paul and Wendy.
Kailey Licata
August 27, 2021
Kirt is a Colorado native, and has lived all around the State, but finds himself coming back to Boulder for multiple reasons. Six years ago he suffered a terrible brain injury, causing him to lose eve…
Kirt is a Colorado n…
Kirt is a Colorado native, and has lived all around the State, but finds himself coming back to Boulder for multiple reasons. Six years ago he suffered a terrible brain injury, causing him to lose everything. He was living in a tent in Adams County for a while, then found a home with a lady in Lafayette for four and a half years. He started to seek out social security, and was able to get Social Security Disability Insurance in Boulder because of his brain injury. He also found that "people gave me all the help I needed in Boulder." He is currently living on the streets, but plans to go to c…
Kailey Licata
January 29, 2020
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