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Paradox of Sports

May 24, 2019 Like 0 De La Vaca

Sports. We love ‘em. All of ‘em. From casual weekend outings to professional levels, we know how to work up a sweat, score some points, dive deep, and swell with pride as we ascend that peak. But not all sports…

Letter to the Editor

Increasing the Racial Achievement Gap in BVSD: District Cancels IB Program at Majority Hispanic Alicia Sanchez International Elementary School

May 10, 2019 Like 0 De La Vaca

Our focus is the advanced courses bill. At the same time that this law has just been signed at the state level, coupled with additional funding laws to support implementation, Boulder Valley School District has decided to cut the International…

Online News

Unnecessary Heroes, Martyrs to America’s Gun Fetish | #DeLaVacasDesk

May 8, 2019 Like 0 De La Vaca

These lost lives, Americans of all ages lost just this past few weeks, burnt up and crumpled and offered up like grotesque cannabalistic - emphasis on ballistic - incense to America's gods of domestic warfare: the NRA, Congress, 2Aers, and…

Online News

The Dandy Warhols 25th Anniversary Tour comes to Denver May 14th | Talking with Zia McCabe

May 7, 2019 Like 0 De La Vaca

Anything worse and Colorado wouldn’t be headed to the Gothic Theater on May 14th for the Denver stop of the Dandy Warhols 25th Anniversary Tour: The Dandy Warhols Live; "a massive concussion of rock and rol". Fu*k yeah. Anyway, it…

Health

Burning Can Festival ready to bring the heat | June 1, 2019

May 3, 2019 Like 0 De La Vaca

Burning can Festival 2019 will take place at Bohn Park in Lyons, Colorado, on June 1st. The overnight festival features camping (duh), outdoor sports including a beer relay and field games, plenty of fresh mountain air since we're camped out…

Scene Stealers

The Return of Boulder Taco Fest | July 27, 2019

May 3, 2019 Like 0 De La Vaca

Boulder Taco Fest is almost here, y'all. On July 27, 2019, from 12 to 8 p.m. at Foothills Community Park in Boulder, Colorado, Colorado taco lovers will will gather for Boulder Taco Fest 2019.

Art Scene

Accidental racism & Mid-Century design | Denver Art Museum’s ‘Serious Play’ Exhibit opens May 5th

May 2, 2019 Like 0 De La Vaca

The Denver Art Museum's newest exhibit, Serious Play: Design in Midcentury America "presents the concept of playfulness in postwar American design as a catalyst for creativity and innovation. This exhibition will explore how employing playfulness allowed designers to bring fresh ideas…

Health

Screening of DOSED – May 1st | Decriminalize Denver

April 30, 2019 Like 0 De La Vaca

It's controversial, we know, but all the data we have points to one effective method of reducing the harmful impacts of drugs - both on the person and the society. That one method is decriminalization. DOSED movie screens May 1…

Notables

DiverCity Series | Circuses and Clowns: on being a container

April 25, 2019 Like 0 De La Vaca

Meet Michelle. That’s all she said when I asked her who she was. "Michelle". It seems weird until you realize her life, her work, her efforts...none of them are really about her. They’re about others. Michelle Denae is about others.

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