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On Sunday, March 12th, the Boulder Office of Arts and Culture and the Boulder Writer's Warehouse, the latter headed up by area poet/celestial witch goddess ellie swennson, collaborated in the dedication of a piece of public art. I had spent the early part of that day at Frozen Dead Guy Days in Nederland for the …
Continue reading “When You Wish Upon a Star: A Constellatory” by Eric Raanan Fischman
The following article appears in the first edition of Turn Out, a new zine of poetic journalism edited by Ellie Swensson of Boulder Writers Warehouse. The bi-monthly (every other month) publication is funded by the City of Boulder Office of Arts + Culture, and aims to give exposure to local creative projects and events. This edition also includes …
Continue reading “Why Does Art Matter?” by Jonathan Montgomery
“Do you want to come to The Women’s March?” “I’m a guy.” Feminism is not about excluding men. Let’s just get that out of the way. It’s not about exclusion, period. I went to the Women’s March with a man. And with an observer’s eye. At a Boulder Writers Warehouse (BWW) meeting earlier in the …
Continue reading The Women’s March, Feminism, and Empathy by June Lucarotti
One day Shana and I were walking down the Boulder Creek path, and we were drawn to an eddy along its bank. It was autumn, and fallen leaves were everywhere, and they were swirling around in the water. They each had their own separate destiny. Some moved round and round the whirlpool. Some got stuck …
Welcome to The Boulder Poetry Tribe's 2016 Electionstravaganza! During this presidential campaign you have seen commercials, polls, opinion articles, cable news panels, yard signs, debates, endorsements, tweets, madmen screaming incoherently on the street and more on who's the best candidate to govern our nation. But how much have you heard from the important perspective of all - your …
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Here's my interview with tireless make-happener of the Boulder Poetry Scene Ellie Swensson about her many current projects, most importantly The Boulder Writers Warehouse, which will be holding a fundraiser celebration on Friday July 8th at the Boulder Creative Collective. Here's when we discussed what... 0:25 - the vision behind Boulder Writers Warehouse 9:55 - The Boulder Creative Collective …
Sunday, January 31st, 2016 was a big day for Beyond Academia Free School folks and for the Nederland Poetry scene. After the biggest monthly class ever held at Love Shovel Ranch (led by Forrest Lotterhos and Ellie Swenson on Confessional Poetry), six of the BAFS poets headed over in the softly falling snow to …
The large, round mahogany table, surrounded by tall maroon leathered upholstery, sat in a dimly lit corner of License No. 1, the former Catacombs bar, just off the Pearl Street walking mall. Circling the mahogany perimeter: A double Jameson with just a couple of rocks in a whiskey glass; a ruby-red Negroni aperitif with an orange …
The popular reading series, Bouldering Poets, returns this month to Trident Booksellers and Café (940 Pearl Street). Three features and an open mic, beginning at 8pm on September 20th. Perhaps this is all we need to hear about it. A valued and valuable avenue for performers and performance space continues to reach out to/within Boulder. …
Hey, hey, my, my, The Boulder Poetry Tribe can never die There's more to the picture than meets the eye Hey, hey, my, my... - Neil Young, RockStar Neil Young wrote these words after witnessing The Tribe up close on a 1970's trip to Boulder. I was not there at the time, and this …
Continue reading Hey, Hey, My, My, The Boulder Poetry Tribe Can Never Die by Jonathan Montgomery
