After my education in the East, I came West to Boulder. In 1975 I was told that the catalog I came in on established seven years as the time needed to call myself a “native” of Boulder. I’ve lived here longer than anywhere else in this lifetime by about 50 years and about three […]

  Boulder was home to Chief Niwot, “Left Hand,” and bears many marks of his presence here including Left Hand Canyon and the town of Niwot. Many Native American tribes attach significant spiritual and cultural importance to the sunrise, viewing it as a symbol of renewal, hope, and the continuous cycle of life and nature. […]

“Why do I love Boulder? Because it’s so diverse. You have rich white people dressed as rich white people, poor white people dressed as rich white people, rich white people dressed as poor white people, and poor white people dressed like poor white people.” The crowd that surrounds Sam Malcolm on Pearl Street Mall laughs […]