Controversial new play comes from Columbine shooters’ perspectives
“The Erlkings,” which opens off-Broadway this month, is about the 1999 shootings at Columbine High School.
Colorado Matters at The Tattered: A Civil War soldier with a big secret
“Neverhome,” the new novel by Boulder author Laird Hunt, is about a woman who disguises herself as a man to fight in The Civil War.
Colorado Matters at the Tattered: Women at war
In her new book “Soldier Girls,” Denver author Helen Thorpe follows three female soldiers who are deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq.
Colorado’s poet laureate says farewell
David Mason wraps up his tenure with a new collection of poems called “Sea Salt.”
Colorado Matters at The Tattered: The plot to poison the world’s greatest wine
Denver author Maximillian Potter talks about his new true crime story, “Shadows in the Vineyard,” in front of a live audience.
Lessons about Alzheimer’s at work, after Broncos announce owner’s diagnosis
Longtime owner Pat Bowlen, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, is handing over control of the team, but a trust in his name retains ownership.
Top Denver bartender ‘has never worked a day in his life’
Sean Kenyon, owner of the Denver speakeasy Williams & Graham, has been named American Bartender of the Year. He says bartending has never felt like work.
Boulder poet draws on harrowing family stories in new collection
Michele Battiste writes about the Hungarian Uprising of 1956 through her family’s eyes.
Poet David J. Rothman on the pursuit of happiness
On Independence Day, Colorado Matters’ resident poet David J. Rothman wants you to contemplate the pursuit of happiness.
Colorado Matters at The Tattered: Antonya Nelson celebrates oddball families
Short story writer Antonya Nelson talks about the ex-husbands, ex-wives, and ex-step parents that populate her new collection “Funny Once.”
Peaceful at the End: Lessons on living with dying
Colorado Matters’ series of stories about preparing for the end of life.
Poetry about the misery of driving a cab from Denver’s Robert Cooperman
The Denver poet writes about his miserable days as a New York cabbie in the new collection “Just Drive.”
89-year-old Boulder rabbi says ‘don’t freak out about dying’
The influential Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi shares his thoughts about the “steep decline” at the end of life with Boulder author Sara Davidson in the new book “The December Project.”
Meet a 14-year-old rocket scientist
Johann Kailey-Steiner won a national award, met the president, and will give a TEDx talk all because of his research into more efficient rockets.
A quarter century after Exxon Valdez spill, Boulder researcher says impact continues
Liesel Ritchie is an expert on how disasters affect people. For years, she studied communities devastated by the Valdez tanker spill.
Loud and Clear: When Don Draper isn’t stylish
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