Recycling: Where To Send Those Old Gadgets

Recycling: Where To Send Those Old Gadgets

We love our gadgets, especially the latest and greatest. When it comes time to retire old electronics, trash is not an option. Not legally or conscionably. Many cell phone providers and charities will take used, working devices for a trade-in or tax-deductible donation. Old thumb drives, headphones will need to be dropped off. Responsible e-recycling keeps toxic substances like lead, cadmium and...

Scene: Rocky Horror Picture Show at Bug Theatre

Equinox Theatre Company is known for cult classic, film-to-musical adaptations on stage. With huge hits like Evil Dead: The Musical, Carrie The Musical and Reefer Madness. Finally, Equinox brings that sweet transvestite from transsexual Transylvania to the stage at The Bug Theatre. Made famous by the 1975 hit film, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the film and musical have both defined what it...

Scene: Browsers For Sale

Last month, Congress torpedoed internet privacy regulations instituted by the FCC under Obama appointee Tom Wheeler, touching off a firestorm of hand-wringing and general social media freaking out that has become so commonplace in the Trump era. In a nutshell, this move allows ISPs to self-regulate what and how they choose to collect and sell in terms of your internet browsing activity to...

Cuisine: Ramping Up Spring Flavors

The innocent looking little vegetable is one that’s very easy to miss. You’ll only find it for a few short weeks in early spring, and more likely at a farmer’s markets than your average grocer. It’s the ramp, a pungent-yet-balanced mix of onion and garlic, revered among foodies nationwide. “Ramps are a kind of exciting ingredient,” said Chris Royster, chef de cuisine at Boulder’s...

Farm to Yum

If you’ve never been to a farm dinner, you’re missing out on an event that highlights the warmer months with a bounty of fresh food. A long table with folding chairs set slightly uneven on grass: that’s the kind of atmosphere restaurants just can’t replicate. The farm setting and communal dining drive home the connection to our food and each other. Boulder County is home to several...

Boulderites Get a Taste of Sustainable Oysters

"The Chesapeake Bay was polluted, over-fished, kind of run down and the ecosystem was falling apart," recalled Sheila Lucero, executive chef for Jax Fish House. "But I’ve seen firsthand in the Chesapeake how oysters are bringing the bay back. Oysters are one of the keystone species where we’ve seen them bring habitat back to life in areas that didn’t have anything going on." The complicated...

Ramping Up Spring Flavors

The innocent looking little vegetable is one that’s very easy to miss. You’ll only find it for a few short weeks in early spring, and more likely at a farmer’s markets than your average grocer. It’s the ramp, a pungent-yet-balanced mix of onion and garlic, revered among foodies nationwide. "Ramps are a kind of exciting ingredient," said Chris Royster, chef de cuisine at Boulder’s...

Month in Review: Condensing the News of 104th North

RTD now provides real-time updates for its trip planning Next Ride program: rtd-denver.com/app/nextride. Lafayette has appealed a Boulder judge’s ruling which denied their claim for a “buffer” property along Nine Mile Road. Businesses can help make Boulder County more bike friendly and attract two-wheeled clientele by offering parking. BoCo businesses can get up to five free bike racks, and...

Month In Review: April 2017

RTD now provides real-time updates for its trip planning Next Ride program: rtd-denver.com/app/nextride. Lafayette has appealed a Boulder judge’s ruling which denied their claim for a “buffer” property along Nine Mile Road. Businesses can help make Boulder County more bike friendly and attract two-wheeled clientele by offering parking. BoCo businesses can get up to five free bike racks, and...

Notables: Space Expanded His Worldview

He has logged 746 hours in space and 9,669 flying hours. He’s commanded three shuttle missions and won countless awards for his service and work with NASA and space exploration. He has an airport named after him. Vance Brand’s career has literally taken him around the world and back again, but his roots have always been here in Colorado. Originally from Longmont, Brand attended the...

Space Expanded His Worldview

He has logged 746 hours in space and 9,669 flying hours. He’s commanded three shuttle missions and won countless awards for his service and work with NASA and space exploration. He has an airport named after him. Vance Brand’s career has literally taken him around the world and back again, but his roots have always been here in Colorado. Originally from Longmont, Brand attended the...

Coal Field History: The Long Strike

The towns and cities of Colorado’s coal fields were forever changed on April 1, 1910. That day was the beginning of the Long Strike. No one could have imagined the scope of the strike, as weeks turned to months and finally to years. It was a period of immense hardship and unprecedented bloodshed in Colorado’s coal-mining history. Coal miners were only paid for digging coal. Laying down track...

Outdoors: Oh Boy, It’s Climbing Season

I don’t climb. I’m not a climber. I would describe myself as a lot of things: a young professional, a skier, a Beyoncé fan, a beer drinker, a bookworm, a bike lover. “Climber” is just not on the list. I don’t care that I’m not a climber, but it’s this time of year that I find myself at barbecues, shaking my head in general bewilderment as people passionately “talk rock”. “I...

Boulder’s Changing Infrastructure

IF YOU LIVE OR WORK IN BOULDER, you probably don’t think twice about your daily driving woes. But gridlocked roadways and pricey parking aren’t meaningless frustrations. They indicate that our population and living costs are soaring — and that we’re divided on what to do next. So where do we go from here? It all starts with the Transportation Master Plan. When the plan was first drafted...

Coal Field History: The Long Strike

The towns and cities of Colorado’s coal fields were forever changed on April 1, 1910. That day was the beginning of the Long Strike. No one could have imagined the scope of the strike, as weeks turned to months and finally to years. It was a period of immense hardship and unprecedented bloodshed in Colorado’s coal-mining history. Coal miners were only paid for digging coal. Laying down...

Oh Boy, It’s Climbing Season

  I don’t climb. I’m not a climber. I would describe myself as a lot of things: a young professional, a skier, a Beyoncé fan, a beer drinker, a bookworm, a bike lover. “Climber” is just not on the list. I don’t care that I’m not a climber, but it’s this time of year that I find myself at barbeques, shaking my head in general bewilderment as people passionately “talk...

Boulder’s Changing Infrastructure

If you live or work in Boulder, you probably don’t think twice about your daily driving woes. But gridlocked roadways and pricey parking aren’t meaningless frustrations. They indicate that our population and living costs are soaring — and that we’re divided on what to do next. So where do we go from here? It all starts with the Transportation Master Plan. When the plan was first...

Farm to Yum

If you’ve never been to a farm dinner, you’re missing out on an event that highlights the warmer months with a bounty of fresh food. A long table with folding chairs set slightly uneven on grass: that’s the kind of atmosphere restaurants just can’t replicate. The farm setting and communal dining drive home the connection to our food and each other. Boulder County is home to several farms...

Industrial Hemp May Finally Have its Moment in the Sun

Though the implementation of industrial hemp growth may not be of interest to recreational fans of the plant, a report released by the Congressional Research Service earlier this year outlined roughly 25,000 uses for the crop, in industries ranging from textiles to aviation and many in between. In late 2016, the Colorado Department of Agriculture announced a new certified seed program...

Home and Hood: A Refresher on Reclaimed Goods

No matter where you live along the Front Range, there’s likely a secondhand building materials seller near you. Not only are prices lower, but the stores are often tied to charities. Ranging in size from shops to warehouses, these sustainability-oriented nonprofits carry donated merchandise ranging from the most utilitarian — lighting fixtures, appliances, cinder blocks, flashing, plywood...

Home and Hood: Get More From Your Garden

Cultivating a home garden can be tricky. On the surface, growing plants in your yard sounds simple: mark off a plot, dig, seed, cover, water, watch and wait. Voila. But Colorado is no Garden of Eden. Its roller coaster temperatures and diverse range in elevations make for an environment where one-size-fits-all gardening is all but impossible. If you want to navigate Colorado’s unusual growing...