Entertainment & Culture BEST

from Best of Boulder 2023

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Live Theater Group Bdt Stage

5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000

Silver: Colorado Shakespeare Festival

Bronze: Butterfly Effect Theater Company (BETC)

It’s the end of an era for Boulder’s BDT Stage, which is closing its doors at the end of this season, and what better way to go out than by snagging the top spot for Best Live Theater Group? This dinner-theater institution has been a local fixture since 1977 — we’ll be sad to see it go, and so will our readers. We suggest saying goodbye by grabbing tickets to its final production of The Sound of Music, April 29 through Aug. 19.

Local Celebrity Jared Polis

Silver: Gregory Alan Isakov

Bronze: Zip Code Man

It may seem a little funny to call the governor a “celebrity,” but with his trademark running shoes, polo shirt and blazer, Gov. Jared Polis fits the bill. When the Boulder native was elected to his current position in 2018, he became the first openly gay man to hold the office. And after his landslide reelection last year, we think Boulder Weekly readers will be proud to claim this hometown kid for many Best of Boulder issues to come.

LOCAL MUSICIAN/ GROUP STRING CHEESE INCIDENT

Silver: Gregory Alan Isakov

Bronze: Hazel Miller

It’s no secret that we love to jam here in Boulder County, and few bands do it quite like String Cheese Incident The legendary jam-fusion act may be from Telluride and Crested Butte, but there’s something distinctly Boulder about their irresistible blend of bluegrass, rock, funk and more that has enthralled audiences in Colorado and around the world since 1993.

Movie Theater Boulder Theater

2032 14th St., 303-786-7030

Silver: AMC Flatiron Crossing

Bronze: Century Boulder

You know Boulder’s iconic downtown venue as one of the best local spots to see live music, but our readers want you to know that it’s also a great place to catch a flick. And after this year’s “serious upgrade” to its sound system — including K3 loudspeakers and a P1 processor from L-Acoustics, along with an Avid S6L audio mixer — it’s also one of the loudest.