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Events: What to do when there’s nothing to do
■ ‘The Language of Landscape And Memory’
Opening Reception
6-9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont. Free
Head to the Firehouse Art Center to celebrate the opening of a new exhbition, The Language of Landscape and Memory, exploring how three artists depict human relationships and a sense of identity through the natural world. Join artists Ronald Kroutel, Meghan Wilbar, Catherine Robinson and Firehouse staff on Jan. 13 for the opening reception. The exhibition will run through Feb. 5.
■ Friday Hatha Yoga
6-7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, Eldorado Mountain Yoga Ashram, 2875 County Road 67, Boulder. Pay what you can.
Need a cool-down after a long week? Head to South Boulder for a 60-minute, donation-based hatha yoga class at Eldorado Mountain Yoga Ashram, located just outside Eldorado Canyon State Park. All classes are ticketed on a sliding scale, with all experience levels welcome.
COURTESY WILD BEAR NATURE CENTER
■ Winter Snowshoe Hike
10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, Wild Bear Nature Center, 20 Lakeview Drive, Nederland. $25
Strap on some snowshoes and join a Wild Bear Nature Center instructor for a morning on the trails around scenic Nederland. Participants will explore how wildlife adapts to winter conditions, learn the science behind snow and a whole lot more. Snowshoes will be provided by Wild Bear.
7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 13-14, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. $5-$25
Timeless classics come to life in the upcoming concert series from Boulder Symphony, featuring Dvořák’s “From the New World” Symphony No. 9, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s “The Song of Hiawatha” Overture, John Williams’ “Themes from Jurassic Park,” and a world premiere by John Clay Allen, “Oboe Concerto,” featuring Boulder Symphony’s own Ingrid Anderson.
■ The Greatest .5K Ever by Sanitas Brewing
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, Sanitas Brewing Co., 3550 Frontier Ave., Unit A, Boulder. Free
Sanitas Brewing Co. is combining fun with fi tness to help kick off your new year right. Once you complete the offi cial .5K run around the warehouse, you’ll be rewarded with a post-run beer. The event will also include a short yoga session, healthy snacks, kombucha, live music and a bar and taco cart.
■ Art & Activism with Lafayette’s Poet Laureate
3-4:45 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, Lafayette Public Library, 775 W. Baseline Road, Lafayette. Free
Lafayette’s Poet Laureate ZBassSpeaks, also known as “Z,” hosts a forum at the Lafayette Public Library to talk about art and activism. Z is a multi-lingual, twin-spirited Mayan writer and spoken word artist with more than 15 years of experience. As the Poet Laureate of Lafayette, Z serves as an advocate for poetry, literacy and literature in the community. This event is catered towards teens in grades 6-12.
■ Dr. King Jr. and the Radical Roots at the Heart of Justice
2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16, Gordon Gamm Theater, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Free
Motus Theater invites you to honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with an uplifting performance exploring MLK’s perspective on poverty, racism and justice. The lineup includes music by The ReMINDers, hip-hop poetry by Dr. Reiland from CU’s Center for African and African American Studies, and a monologue by Motus monologist Colette Payne.
■ Annual MLK March for Peace Event
10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16, Angevine Middle School, 1150 W. South Boulder Road, Lafayette. Free
Looking for more ways to celebrate the legacy of MLK? Join the City of Lafayette’s 18th annual Martin Luther King Jr. March for Peace event. A pre-march celebration takes place at Angevine Middle School at 10 a.m., followed by an 11:30 a.m. march starting at the school’s north parking lot.
COURTESY SAN JAUN EXPEDITIONS
ON VIEW: Running through Feb. 5 at the Canyon Gallery inside the downtown Boulder Public Library, the ongoing exhibition
To Have and to Hoard: The Collections of Joel Haertling
offers a glimpse into the wild and unwieldy gathering of objects that have become the life-guiding passion of Boulder’s garage sale king. The show features Haertling’s local fi nds throughout the decades, from bizarre tchotchkes to discarded family portraits and points in between.
■ SheJumps x Arc’teryx Backcountry Education
6:30-9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, Arc’teryx Boulder and ReBird Service Center, 1600 Pearl St., Suite 100, Boulder. $10
Join SheJumps, an organization helping women and girls become self-suffi cient in the outdoors, for a backcountry education presentation by local AMGA-trained splitboard guide Sarah MacGregor. In addition to learning about risk, terrain management and route-fi nding, the event will feature drinks and snacks.
Lived Experience.
Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave. Through Jan. 14. Free
Karen Breunig:
Woman in the Water. BMoCA at Frasier, 350 Ponca Place, Boulder. Through Jan. 15. $2
Kristopher Wright: Just As I Am.
BMoCA East Gallery, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder. Through Jan. 22. $2
Saints, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools: 300 Years of Flemish Masterworks.
Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Jan. 22. $21 (Colorado residents)
Vessel. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Bouder. Through Jan. 28. Free
Yvens Alex Saintil: Photographs.
The New East Window Gallery, 4550 Broadway Suite C, Boulder. Through Jan. 29. Free
The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic
Impulse. Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver. Through Feb. 5. $10
Erin Hyunhee Kang: A Home In
Between. BMoCA: Union Works Gallery, 1750 13th St., Boulder. Through Feb. 19. $2
Her Brush: Japanese Women Artists from the Fong-Johnstone
Collection. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through May 13. $12-$19
Chautauqua: 125 Years at the
Heart of Boulder. Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway. Through April 2. $10
Lasting Impressions. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder. Through June 2023. Free
Onward and Upward: Shark’s Ink.
CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder. Through July 2023. Free
■ Karen Lee Ashcraft: ‘Wronged and Dangerous’
6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St. $5
Wronged and Dangerous: Viral Masculinity and the Populist Pandemic unpacks the relationship between masculine panic and populism, extremism and supremacy crimes like mass shootings, reframing the phenomenon of “aggrieved manhood” as a public health problem. Author Karen Lee Ashcraft will sign her new book at the Boulder Book Store during this reading event.
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ON THE ROAD TOUR FEAT. ALPENGLOW, BRUHAA, KINGS OF PRUSSIA, MR. MOTA, THE SKINNY, SUBB SPACED
SAT. JAN 14
88.5 KGNU PRESENTS HOWLIN’ GOATZ + WENDY WOO
SARA JANE FARMER
WED. JAN 18
UNREAL EVENTS PRESENTS: KANDY LAND KANDYSHOP
DONNY J B2B STRM, PASH, GUSTED
FRI. JAN 20
88.5 KGNU & TERRAPIN CARE STATION PRESENT DRUNKEN HEARTS + BUFFALO COMMONS
SAT. JAN 21
105.5 THE COLORADO SOUND & ROOSTER PRESENT THE VELVETEERS
SHADY OAKS, THE NOVA KICKS
THU. JAN 26
ROOSTER, PARTY GURU PRODUCTIONS & TERRAPIN CARE STATION PRESENT MARVEL YEARS
PHYPHR, ELIPTEK
FRI. JAN 20 SAMANTHA FISH
ERIC JOHANSON
SAT. JAN 21
TERRAPIN CARE STATION PRESENTS THE BIG LEBOWSKI
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KUVO PRESENTS AL DI MEOLA
SAT. FEB 4
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FRI. FEB 17
REMAIN IN LIGHT JERRY HARRISON & ADRIAN BELEW
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SAT. FEB 18
97.3 KBCO PRESENTS MARTIN SEXTON
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We’re back from a holiday hiatus with your regular round-up of the bestselling new releases from
Paradise Found Records and
Music (1646 Pearl St.). Lots of reissues on the chart this week — including a couple from the French bloghouse-era electronic music duo Justice, suggesting Boulder is ready to dance into 2023 like it’s 2008.
1. Sierra Ferrell
Long Time Coming (re-issue)
2. Iggy Pop
Every Loser
3. Pharoah Sanders Karma (re-issue)
4. Justice
A Cross the Universe
5. Hans Zimmer Dune: Part 1
6. Ween
Paintin’ the Town Brown, Live: 1990-1998
7. Fela Kuti
Afrodisiac (re-issue)
8. Justice Planisphere
9. Yes Fragile (re-issue)
10. ZZ Top Eliminator (reissue)
Staff Pick: The Lawrence Arms
- Metropole (2014), selected by employee Mark Rosenstein.
COURTESY LETTUCE
ON THE BILL: Boston funk-fusion favorites Lettuce headline Day two of the Denver Comes Alive festival at Mission Ballroom on Jan. 13, alongside The Word (feat. John Medeski) and The Main Squeeze with Pulp Friction, Super Sonic Shorties and more. Yonder Mountain String Band headlines the night before. See listings below for details.
THURSDAY, JAN. 12
The Delta Sonics. 9 p.m. Velvet Elk Lounge, 2037 13th St., Boulder. Free
Linda Z. 5 p.m. BOCO Cider, 1501 Lee Hill Drive, Unit 14, Boulder. Free
FRIDAY, JAN. 13
Summer Camp: On The Road Tour (feat. Alpenglow, BRUHAA, Kings of Prussia, Mr. Mota, The Skinny, Subb
Spaced). 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder. $15
Tejon Street Corner Thieves with
Derek Dames Ohl. 9 p.m. Velvet Elk Lounge, 2037 13th St., Boulder. $15
Denver Comes Alive: Yonder Mountain String Band, Kitchen Dwellers,
Maggie Rose and more. 6:30 p.m. Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St., Denver. $25
SATURDAY, JAN. 14
Howlin’ Goatz and Wendy Woo with
Sara Jane Farmer. 7:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder. $18 DeadPhish Orchestra. 9 p.m. Velvet Elk Lounge, 2037 13th St., Boulder. $15
Denver Comes Alive: Lettuce, The Word, The Main Squeeze and more.
6:30 p.m. Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St., Denver. $25
Strangebyrds. BOCO Cider, 1501 Lee Hill Drive, Unit 14, Boulder. Free
SUNDAY, JAN. 15
DJ Matty Schelling. 9 p.m. Velvet Elk Lounge. 2037 13th St., Boulder. Free
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 18
Wylie. 9 p.m. Velvet Elk Lounge. 2037 13th St., Boulder. Free
Kandy Land: Kandyshop with Donny J b2b STRM, Pash, Gusted.
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