Tag Archive for: Wide Reach

American Women’s Suffrage Movement

In America, support for women’s rights was building steam early in the 19th century, but many mark the beginning of the women’s suffrage movement with the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention. Prior to the convention, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton met in London at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention. They were told they could not […]

Reigning Supreme: The History of Helvetica

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ current cabaret comedy, Gutenberg! The Musical!, is a play about inventor Johannes Gutenberg within a play about two would-be theatre composers attempting to raise some cash to produce their show. Two actors play a whole cast of characters including the famed inventor who created the first moveable-type press, […]

Host a Throwback Party: Your Guide to Planning a 50s or 80s Fête

The 1950s and 1980s hold a special sort of nostalgia in the hearts of Americans. These are iconic decades with plenty of instantly recognizable music, food, style, and film. Both eras are featured in the movie-to-stage adaptation of Back to the Future: The Musical (which is in Denver at the Buell Theatre from January 22 […]

Medieval Technological Advancements

We have a lot to thank the printing press for: the spread of knowledge in the Renaissance; the force of political movements, including the U.S. Revolution, through the dissemination of political pamphlets; the spread of Protestantism; and Gutenberg! The Musical!, the musical comedy running at the Garner Galleria Theatre through May 4. Johannes Gutenberg’s 1455 […]

20 Questions for Your Grandparents

In the world premiere production of The Reservoir, a young adult reconnects with his four grandparents in a time of need, finding surprising allies at his side. Unless you have a close relationship with your grandparents, generational gaps can make carrying on a conversation feel awkward or forced. Either way, there’s a great possibility your […]

It’s About Time: Back to the Future‘s Connection to Boulder, Colorado

One of the key plot twists in Back to the Future involves the Hill Valley Court House clock tower. In the year 1955, time would have been measured in this clock tower by Earth’s position in relation to the sun, moon and the heavens. The time on every clock in the world was based on […]

Iconic Women Who Changed the Face of Comedy

It’s been 25 years since Jerry Lewis, appearing in Aspen at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, made headlines with his statement that women aren’t funny. “I, as a viewer, have trouble with it,” he said at the time. “I think of her as a producing machine that brings babies in the world.” Revenge is a […]

The Future on Film

Hoverboards, it must be said, have not lived up to their promise. They still touch the ground, for starters, and then there’s the minor matter of them exploding without warning. All in all, though, the Back to the Future franchise has had a pretty good track record when it comes to predicting the future of […]

Board Games for Holiday Family Game Night

Picture this: your family is gathered around the kitchen table, everyone dressed in cozy sweaters, sipping hot chocolate, and Mariah Carey is softly playing in the background. At the center of the table is a MONOPOLY board, silver tokens glinting on the tiles, and piles of colorful MONOPOLY money scattered around. Now…is your family smiling […]

Get to Know Colorado’s Film Festivals

Boulder, Colorado is one of three finalists hoping to host the Sundance Film Festival starting in 2027. Sundance is an independent festival that has launched the careers of several iconic filmmakers, like Quentin Tarantino, and premiered many Oscar-nominated films. If Boulder is selected as the new host city, support for creative industries in Colorado will […]