September 2019 – Word from the West

September 23, 2019September 23, 2019 Erica ReidLeave a Comment

[Review] Everybody (The Catamounts)

Everybody by playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is a… hm. You see, it… huh. It’s a stumper, at least when it comes to describing it. It’s the kind of stumper you should see. Based on a 15-century morality play called Everyman, Everybody is a ponderous and philosophical exploration of life and death, posing chewy questions about what […]

September 19, 2019September 18, 2019 Erica ReidLeave a Comment

St. Vrain Cidery

Even *I* can’t eat dinner at 4pm. Okay, we all know that’s a lie. However, when an errand that Dan and I were running in Longmont, Colorado wrapped up early, we decided to visit a local cider shop to kill an hour until the much more respectable 5pm dinnertime. Even though cider options seem to […]

September 16, 2019September 15, 2019 Erica ReidLeave a Comment

[Review] Tiny Beautiful Things (Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company)

Hurray: the 2019-20 theater season has opened! My first opportunity this season came through Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company (BETC)’s production of Tiny Beautiful Things, a one-act play based on a compilation of essays by author Cheryl Strayed, recounting her interactions with strangers through an advice column she penned. Strayed anonymously contributed to the column Dear […]

September 12, 2019September 11, 2019 Erica ReidLeave a Comment

Power Trip bus tour

I tell ya, the opportunities for civic engagement in Fort Collins are never-ending. I have been truly impressed. This week Dan and I took advantage of a free all-day bus tour to better understand our local water and energy utilities. (If that doesn’t interest you, you can stop reading now — it doesn’t get less […]