Free! Every Monday evening, 7-9p.m. All languages welcome. Facilitated by Kelvin Tavarez.

About Mountain Time: A Field Guide to Astonishment:

In Mountain Time, Renata Golden writes that mountains create a “constant hum” connecting the very core of the earth to our own skin.  She interweaves stories from her own life with riveting accounts about the Apache and Irish, yucca and Lehmann’s love grass, kangaroo rats and leopard frogs who have made a home somewhere and sometime in the complex topography of the southwestern borderland she loves. Golden’s gorgeous, instructive collection is the guidebook we need now. 

—Camille T. Dungy, author of Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden

"Golden unites nature and humankind into a breathtaking, give-and-take dance, transporting readers from immigrant stories and insightful explorations of displaced Indigenous peoples to considerations of the animals at her doorstep, all connected by threads of love and respect."
—Publishers Weekly

Renata Golden’s Mountain Time: A Field Guide to Astonishment would be at home with Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, or Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire. Or, best, with Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass, for humility and listening and deep awareness of multiple stories and voices. But these gemlike sentences are Golden’s own, and they woo me into an affair with a place I’ve never been. Fierce and beguiling, funny and brave, this is a book about love: how to love a place where you find yourself a visitor, and how to love the life you’ve won for yourself. 

—Joni Tevis, author of The World Is On Fire

"With her thought-provoking debut essay collection, Mountain Time: A Field Guide to Astonishment, Renata Golden grounds us in place and explores transformative relationships with the human and nonhuman community of the Chiricahuas. Golden encounters longtime ranchers, prairie dogs, leopard frogs, snakes, bluebirds, ants, and a special greyhound. These transporting essays take us on journeys of thought and emotion, and will give you a new lens to see the world, and you'll be grateful for that."

—Sean Hill, author of Blood Ties & Brown Liquor and Dangerous Goods

In this luminous collection, Renata Golden offers us an un-easy love story: with birds and people, mountains and family, history and place. Elegantly researched and exquisitely crafted, these essays have a depth and range that will delight and, yes, astonish.

—Susan Fox Rogers, author of Learning the Birds, Editor of When Birds Are Near

"Everyone in America should read this book." 

—Lynn Cline, Cline's Corner radio show

About Renata Golden:

Renata Golden’s essay collection Mountain Time: A Field Guide to Astonishment was published by CSU Press/UGA Press in March 2024 and is the winner of the 2024 Southwest Book Award. It also was a finalist for the New Mexico/Arizona Book Award and the River Teeth Nonfiction Contest. Individual essays have been finalists for literary awards including the Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award, Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction, and Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University Award. Renata was awarded residencies at Storyknife in Alaska and Write on, Door County and currently serves as reviews editor and board member for Terrain.org. She earned an MFA in creative writing from the University of Houston. Originally from the South Side of Chicago, she now lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Colorado launch of anthology: Winter in America (Again: Poets Respond to the 2024 Election:

5-6pm reading.  Poets will gather at 4:30 to socialize, sign, & sell books.

Join us in joyful literary resistance as we celebrate Winter in America (Again: Poets Respond to 2024 Election, an urgent and moving anthology featuring poets that capture this moment in history.

Poets Andrew Schelling, Matthew Cooperman, Aby Kaupang, Paul E. Nelson, Mari Brown, and Roxi Power. will gather at 4:30 to socialize, sign, and sell books and read from 5-6pm.

Mari Brown is an Allen Ginsberg Fellow at Jack Kerouac School. Her projects have been covered in The New York Times, The Economist, The Believer Magazine, ABC News and Al Jazeera English. She co-founded Word on the Street, a company that created documentary theater based on real-life interviews.

Matthew Cooperman has just been awarded a Guggenheim Award in poetry. He is the author, most recently, of the atmosphere is not a perfume it is odorless (Free Verse Editions/Parlor Press, 2024) and Wonder About The, winner of the Halcyon Prize (Middle Creek, 2023) and many other books,  He is Professor of English at Colorado State University.  http://matthewcooperman.org

Aby Kaupang’s most recent works include Radiant Tether (Verge), & there’s you still thrill hour of the world to love (chosen by Brenda Hillman),  & NOS, disorder not otherwise specified (w. Mattthew Cooperman). She hosts the reading series, EveryEye, and has served as Poet Laureate of Fort Collins.  abykaupang.com

Paul E. Nelson co-edited  Winter in America (Again: Poets Respond to 2024 Election  and the Cascadian Zen anthology series. He founded the Cascadia Poetics LAB & the Cascadia Poetry Festival. Books include DaySong Miracle (Past 62) (2024); Cascadian Prophets (Interviews 1999-2023)  and many others. He’s Literary Executor for the late poet Sam Hamill.

Roxi Power co-edited  Winter in America (Again: Poets Respond to 2024 Election  and founded the trans-genre anthology series, Viz. Inter-Arts at UC Santa Cruz where she teaches.  Her poetry book, The Songs That Objects Would Sing was published in 2023. Roxi podcasts for  The Hive Poetry Collective on KSQD Santa Cruz.

Andrew Schelling has taught poetry and Sanskrit language at Naropa since 1990. Among his twenty odd books, the underground classic, Tracks Along the Left Coast: Jaime de Angulo & Pacific Coast Culture and most recently, Forests, Temples, Glacial Rivers (Empty Bowl Press).  10 books and anthologies of poetry from India’s old tradition have made bhakti literature and the Upanishads part of American consciousness. 

And Now...Featuring: is a monthly variety show that features local artists of all kinds. Poets, Music makers, Comedians, Dancers, Performance Artists...

Come early for the open jam session from 6-6:30pm (bring an instrument, borrow one!)

Then, stay for the Variety Show from 6:30-8!

Hosted by Aimee Herman

For more info or to feature for an upcoming month, email: aimeeherman@gmail.com

Hailing from the lively music scene of Boulder, Colorado, Huck n’ Pray formed in fall

2023 through deep dorm jams and pop-up performances on campus. A shared love for Phish,

Grateful Dead, and King Gizzard united lead guitarist Cory Shishik with rhythm guitarist Fintan

Canning when they met on their first day of college. The two became inseparable and knew that they had to form a band, but were missing a rhythm section. The parking lot of a Phish concert is where the duo met drummer Axel Pearson, and the addition of bassist Will Berbaum completed the group’s lineup a short while later. 

Huck n’ Pray quickly picked up momentum in the Boulder music scene, playing a show at the iconic Fox Theatre as just their fourth gig as a band. They continued to grow a loyal fanbase in the front range area, before being invited to play at the prestigious Electric Honey and Coat Check “Circus” in December of 2024. The 500+ person festival acted as a springboard for Huck n’ Pray as they continued to pack venues like The Roots Music Project, The Fox Theatre, and countless local shows.

Huck n’ Pray has created a new and electrifying sound that they are eager to share with the world. With a new year underway and an Album in the works, the band plans to continue developing their genre-bending attack and captivating audiences with their eccentric live performances.​​ The band has got some really exciting things coming up–especially this summer–that you won’t wanna miss out on.

Jazz + poetry form the roots of the word but fail to capture the life of the event. Original words composed by local writers are spoken live over completely improvised music. What the poets bring to the mic varies as much as the musical styles and soundscapes explored. The band is Von Disco: an local trio that blends hip hop, neo-soul, and evolving sonic atmospheres. They have provided the backbone of Jazzetry since its inception in 2015, and the event continues to be an adventure for all involved.

Live performance video:https://youtu.be/pxWIhS8dJU0?si=tpA2Osb46KNu8MKC

Music video:https://youtu.be/7lAg96LzPBk?si=5ZXs7as7X-t9xvli

Spotify singles: https://open.spotify.com/artist/56DZzYmf7oFmLv4gzwSndN?si=HBSJdZkMQ9CYMrDPNcrUDg

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave_endlessly/

Free! Every Monday evening, 7-9p.m. All languages welcome. Facilitated by Kelvin Tavarez.

It's Always Been Me

Tuesday June 24th at 630PM

About It's Always Been Me:

For fans of Lily King and Jojo Moyes, a contemporary women’s novel about a woman navigating love, loss, and the whispering call of her neglected artistic dreams.

Right after Sabina watches her rock star husband walk out on their marriage, a phone call reveals that her beloved grandmother is in the ICU in Santa Cruz, CA. So, Sabina hits the road with a tear-stained face, a bad hangover, and no plan for her future.

After arriving, she rediscovers a number of old loves: ocean swimming, process painting, and a high school sweetheart named Graham—all of which force her to reckon with how she buried her dream of being an artist to support her husband. But strange things are afoot. Sabina hears a mysterious voice and wonders if it’s a Selkie, one of the mythical shape-shifting seal folk from her grandmother’s tales. The voice seems to be guiding her, but can she trust it?

While her marriage and her grandmother’s health deteriorate, Sabina returns to her painting asking big questions: Is it too late to live her dream? Must she choose between her dream and love? And is the voice she’s hearing a sign she’s lost it or a key to unlocking her true self?

About Megan Walrod:

Megan Walrod is a published author, women's empowerment coach, and founder of Live Your Yes. For over 16 years, she’s supported women to break free from their “good girl” conditioning and create bold, audacious lives. She’s currently living in Bali as a digital nomad. She has a thing for mermaids, cupcakes, and skinny dipping. It’s Always Been Me is her first novel.

Kirk Margoles is a singer-songwriter guitarist, based in Boulder, Colorado. He has performed at numerous venues in Colorado and also in Massachusetts and California as a solo artist, as part of the Margoles Duo and with the vocal duo "Kirk and Kate." His melodic, lyrically poetic and rhythmic songs explore themes of love, self realization, nature, and the wild spirit within us all. Notable influences include Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Mark Knopfler, John Lennon, and Gillian Welch. Inspired by folk, jazz, classical and rock, Kirk’s songs take the art of song into dynamic new dimensions.

http://www.youtube.com/@kmargoles

https://kirkmargoles.bandcamp.com/album/songs-from-the-fields-of-life

Jack and Emily Campbell

Colorado-based Jack Campbell & the Head Mess draws on the Minneapolis songwriting tradition of stuffing infectious pop earworms and unique harmonic flavors into a fuzzy garage rock package. Their danceable indie rock veneer, akin to influences such as Sondre Lerche, the Replacements, and Elvis Costello, conceals deeper themes of mental health and relationship struggles. This performance at Trident will feature the group's duo configuration with Emily Campbell on woodwinds and the addition of several special surprise instrumentalists.

Becca Hasselbrook

Musician and singer-songwriter Becca Hasselbrook has been composing for over 20 years. Her songs infuse creative melodies with piano-driven stylings, emphasizing texture and harmony. An avid listener of many styles of music, she draws on genres including alternative, jazz, folk, pop, and occasionally classical. Lyrically, she is reflective and poetic, at times personal, and often mystical. Becca is based in Westminster, CO and enjoys playing open mics and shows in the area.

Free! Every Monday evening, 7-9p.m. All languages welcome. Facilitated by Kelvin Tavarez.

Tuesdau July 1, 2025

Lyle Smith

Blood, Sweat & Spikes

About the Book:

At the height of the first American Running Boom, a small town in New Jersey emerged as something of a magical place in the sport. Tiny Bernardsville, in the Somerset Hills produced dozens of local, state, age-group, and national champions and claimed a place in the pantheon of American distance running. A junior program fed a high school team of boys and girls that claimed legend status. Before he was one of the best collegiate distance running coaches on the planet, Mark Wetmore was the young, ambitious, experimental coach of this program. BLOOD, SWEAT & SPIKES is one story of one of those runners in that town and the people who made it unique in the history of the sport.

About Lyle

Lyle Smith is the author of the memoir, BLOOD, SWEAT & SPIKES and WHY YELLOW MATTERS, that explores the importance of asking “why?” in everything we do. He makes his home in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado with his wife, Heather, and son Aiden. It is a place he’s wanted to return since he first ran the Junior Olympic Cross Country nationals here at age 11. Originally from Bernardsville, NJ, he can proudly say he was a part of The Long Red Line of Bernards distance running as a two-time high school All-American, 16-time NJ state champion and twice a member of the Penn Relays high school boys distance medley Championship of America team.

Praise:

“We chase happiness in grace, pleasure and more importantly, what the Greeks called “arete." Excellence. To get good at something molds us into better human beings not quite chasing windmills, but a pursuit to be better at distance running. But it really could be anything. Lyle Smith,  with “Blood sweat and spikes,” has shown us a peek of a world once lived before the internet and social media. A time and place and story that should be told.”

- Brad Hudson, Elite Marathon Coach, Author of “Run Faster.”

Bring an acoustic instrument and sit in with Boulder Old-Time Jam! Every first Thursday on the Trident Patio, starting at 6 p.m.

Free! Every Monday evening, 7-9p.m. All languages welcome. Facilitated by Kelvin Tavarez.

The Elaborate Owl is a writer, producer, and performer of Electronic Music. His music is very emotional and introspective and his goal is to express his own life experience and emotions through creating and to touch those who listen to it. People who have seen his live performances have reported they were inspired to dance, cry, laugh, and sometimes even go home and express their own truths through various art forms. His unique live performance consists of him DJ’ing samples of his own music from his launchpad; playing various elements live on his MIDI keyboard, guitar, and saxophone; and singing, rapping, and speaking. He is excited to debut a brand new live performance for his new album at Trident!

Brock Stephen is a folk and country singer-songwriter whose music reflects a deep connection to storytelling and the open road. Traveling across the country in a converted van, he brings heartfelt songs to life in small towns, city streets, and intimate venues throughout the U.S.

Rooted in the spirit of the traveling troubadour, Brock's songwriting captures the beauty, hardships, and quiet moments of life on the move. His latest project, The Hyde Park Demos, was born from these experiences—an honest collection shaped by countless miles, roadside performances, and evenings spent refining songs in a studio in Austin, Texas.

A true independent artist, Brock handles every aspect of his work—from writing and recording to engineering and producing—creating a sound that is raw, organic, and deeply personal. His performances offer listeners a chance to slow down, connect, and experience music the way it was meant to be shared: through stories, songs, and a sense of genuine community.

---- Boulder based indie folk rockers “Ronjo V” formed out of the longtime musical project of Ryan Joseph. Relocated from Austin TX in 2022, Ryan was soon joined by fellow producer, studio partner and bassist Nick Joswick. Nick and Ryan formed and ran Austin’s 5th Street Studios with credits including “Leon Bridges” “Black Pistol Fire” and “White Denim.” Since arriving in Boulder, Ronjo V has teamed up with drummer- Davis Rowan, keyboardist - Wyatt Dubois and guitarist - Walt Palmer. Currently working on their first album expected for a 2025 summer release.---

He is a guy! Oh yes indeed, Keone Lee exists and is as real as the earth is round (if you can believe in such things). He has played some music here and then some over there. Having studied guitar with Larry Snitzler, a student of Andrés Segovia, Keone's music is rich with the trappings of many a classical work. Having listened to copious indie/alternative bands, his music is also part garbage. One thing can be said for certain, and that is this: you are sure to have an enjoyable time!

Free! Every Monday evening, 7-9p.m. All languages welcome. Facilitated by Kelvin Tavarez.

And Now...Featuring: is a monthly variety show that features local artists of all kinds. Poets, Music makers, Comedians, Dancers, Performance Artists...

Come early for the open jam session from 6-6:30pm (bring an instrument, borrow one!)

Then, stay for the Variety Show from 6:30-8!

Hosted by Aimee Herman

For more info or to feature for an upcoming month, email: aimeeherman@gmail.com

Amanda Crumley is a singer-songwriter who is re-emerging.  Equal parts Radiohead and Dolly Parton (among countless others) influence songs that are fully her own. After pursuing jazz in graduate school and a few years beyond, she established herself in Chicago as a songwriter, performer and bandleader. After releasing her second and final album with her former band, Mandy and the Bandits, sunnier days beckoned, and she moved to Los Angeles from where inspiration had been calling her.  Since then she has been quietly and consistently writing, and getting her sea legs as a solo performer.  Denver has proven to be fertile creative ground,  and she is now planning to record a new album of original music. Among the many threads of her music comes a new offering: self-acceptance.

Ben Tonak has been playing across Colorado and Wyoming for more than 20 years. In 2021, he released the full-length album "Places for Everything." He currently performs solo and with his live band as Ben Tonak and the Bad Fix. In 2024 he released the single "Halloween".  He has just released a new full-length album "To Believe" in February 2025.

Kate Grigsby (Katie Gee) grew up in Colorado and has played guitar and sang in several bands, including the Hollyfelds and Ben Tonak and The Bad Fix. She’s a neurospicy teacher, mom, and lover of animals, and occasionally has time to play music. 

A local musician with over 15-years of live performing experience specializing in modern acoustic guitar, utilizing my jazz and blues background. Over the past 25+ years, I've worked extensively to incorporate Colorado sounds to create dynamic arrangements and include them in originals and exciting covers. This work recently culminated in my first album, "Time's Possibilities," which I released in January.  

Free! Every Monday evening, 7-9p.m. All languages welcome. Facilitated by Kelvin Tavarez.

About their new album, Apocalypse Dance Party:

"At its core, Apocalypse Dance Party is about resilience," said OPLIAM. "It's about finding hope and connection in a world that often feels on the brink of collapse. Through music, we can navigate the chaos and emerge stronger together." From the infectious energy of dance floor anthems to the raw emotion of introspective ballads, Apocalypse Dance Party showcases OPLIAM's versatility as an artist and his unwavering commitment to authenticity. With searing lyrics and unforgettable melodies, OPLI AM invites listeners on a journey of self-discovery and social awakening, challenging them to question the status quo and embrace change.

Gigi Goldberg “I am a 20-year-old alternative country singer-songwriter with the voice of a 78-year-old. At my concerts and through my music, I want YOU, the listener, to feel seen and heard. If I can give YOU an escape or release from your life through my music, then I've done my job.”

Singer-songwriter Paula Gayatri delivers poetic, intimate performances dripping with soul. Early influences like Joni Mitchell, Indigo Girls, and Bach weave with her years of chanting and meditation at a yoga ashram. Her songs of personal healing and collective resilience welcome us home to the heart, the human tribe where we all belong. Check out her new album, Between Music & Love, and learn more at gayatridevillier.com

Mira Devi's music is a soul-stirring blend of East and West, weaving folk melodies with poetic storytelling. Drawing inspiration from artists like Shawn Colvin, The Band, and Gregory Alan Isakov, her thoughtful musicianship and evocative lyrics explore love, loss, motherhood, and the search for connection in a beautifully imperfect world.

Justin Bloss is an alternative/folk/americana singer songwriter based out of Tulsa, OK. Drawing inspiration mostly from literature, his songs read as dark poetry often telling stories of war, drugs, and nature's battle with humanity. A nearly twenty year career with limited releases, playing mostly small dives, 2024 has been a year of growth including multiple tours opening for John Moreland and American Aquarium, along with the release of an EP and full length album titled Claymore. A solo singer songwriter, devoted to the craft, refusing to leave anything unsaid. 

Jackson Cloud is an artist out of Boulder CO, with influences of many different genres including psychedelic rock, atmospheric/electronic, shoegaze and R&B. You will experience many different moods through Jackson's original material, now doing a solo act with guitar, synthesizers and a drum machine!

Free! Every Monday evening, 7-9p.m. All languages welcome. Facilitated by Kelvin Tavarez.

About Fallout:

Told in three points-of-view, with a nearly all-women “cast,” FALLOUT is a timely exploration of the power of women to radicalize for a just cause against forces of opposition.

Journalist Justine Goodman’s professional interest has turned to obsession with Project Nemesis—an all-women group of eco-anarchists set on dismantling a dirty energy company and its power -hungry CEO. She risks everything to gain entry into their inner circle, but tragedy strikes just as she’s close to her goal.

Zoe Rasmussen, wearied by her role as energy magnate Phil Rasmussen's wife, clings unhappily to her situation to avoid facing off with her past. When grief-stricken Justine appears with a demand, Zoe is torn between terror and excitement. But Justine's actions have attracted dangerous forces, pulling Zoe’s 19-year-old daughter, Hannah into their midst. As all these women hurtle towards inevitable collision, they each face the choice: uphold the status quo, or risk shattering their lives in the name of what’s right.

About Jordan: 

Jordan Rosenfeld is author of the novels Fallout, Women in Red and Forged in Grace, and six books on the craft of writing, including the bestselling Make a Scene and How to Write a Page-Turner, Writing the Intimate Character, A Writer’s Guide to Persistence, Writing Deep Scenes and Write Free: Attracting the Creative Life. Her freelance essays and articles have been published in hundreds of publications, including The Atlantic, The Rumpus, LitHub, Publisher’s Weekly, The Cut, Scientific American and many more.

About TANNERY BAY:

Enter a world where time stands still, and summer never ends.  In the enchanted town of Tannery Bay, it’s July 37th, and then  July 2nd again, but the year is a mystery. Trapped in an eter nal loop, the residents embark on an extraordinary journey  of self-discovery, unity, and defiance against the forces that  seek to divide them. 

Otis and Joy, intrepid siblings, work with their family and  friends to oppose a formidable adversary: The Owners. These  cunning and ruthless old men, driven by insatiable greed,  hold the town hostage, exploiting its resources and dividing  its people. 

In this powerful #ownvoices narrative, Tannery Bay is a captivating tale of Black Joy and Queer Joy, and the ways in which  family is both biological and chosen, where love transcends  boundaries, and where art is a vehicle for change.

About Steven: 

Steven Dunn (a.k.a. Pothole, cuz he’s deep in these streets) is a Whiting Award winner who was shortlisted for Granta Magazine’s Best of Young American Novelists. He’s the author of three novels: Potted Meat, water & power, and Tannery Bay (FC2/University of Alabama Press, 2024), which is co-authored with his homie Katie Jean Shinkle.

Elonzo Wesley is a singer-songwriter based in Charlotte, NC. Raised on a farm in South Carolina's lowcountry, his childhood among the woods and fields deeply shaped his artistic voice. Rooted in Americana, Davis blends the timelessness of regional folk traditions with the fresh perspectives of modern indie music. His songs reflect a reverence for the beauty and sorrow of the past while embracing hope for a brighter future.

Elonzo Wesley has shared stages with acclaimed acts like The Devil Makes Three, Susto, Mipso, Greensky Bluegrass, and Shovels and Rope. The group has also graced prominent festivals, including Tuck Fest, Shakori Hills, Virginia Creeper Fest, and Brewers & Music Fest, while independently touring across the United States.

Bwandon is a singer-songwriter from Chicago, based here in Boulder. Inspired by Elliot Smith and Randy Newman, Bwandon’s music mixes pop songwriting with fun, often times satirical lyrics about love, nature, consciousness, and everything in between. 

On their annual summer return to Trident, Annie and the Bang Bang are a four-piece Minneapolis rock band. Inspired by eclectic tunes they heard as kids during family road trips in the ‘70s, and by the heading-banging mixtapes they made in the '90s, their vibe is Fleetwood Mac meets Nirvana or Heart meets R.E.M. They’re a heart-driven, riff heavy sonic adventure, translating the human experience through the medium of rock and roll. Sometimes you gotta feel good. 

Free! Every Monday evening, 7-9p.m. All languages welcome. Facilitated by Kelvin Tavarez.

Bring an acoustic instrument and sit in with Boulder Old-Time Jam! Every first Thursday on the Trident Patio, starting at 6 p.m.

For nearly a decade in New Orleans, Americana singer/songwriter Tom Andes has been delighting audiences with his stories of love and loss. His sound draws from influences including Delta blues, traditional country, Western swing, and gospel, his baritone voice and cinematic lyrics taking the listener into scenes from the lives of the down-and-outsand dreamers who populate his songs.

Tom’s two EPs, “Static on Every Station” and “Those LA Nights,” received acclaim in Offbeat and airplay on legendary New Orleans community radio station WWOZ. In February 2025, Southern Crescent Recording Co. re-released both EPs on vinyl underthe title The Ones That Brought You Home. Tom is also a prize-winning fiction writer, with a detective novel, Wait There Till You Hear from Me, forthcoming from Crescent City Books in 2025. His stories have appeared in Best American Mystery Stories 2012, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, and Santa Monica Review. A born storyteller adept at playing small, intimate rooms as a solo act and rocking out with a full band, Tom plays his own songs and covers favorites by everyone from Prince to Dolly Parton. His latest project, Tom Andes and Delta Stomp, combines those New Orleans roots with the sights, stories, and sounds of his new home, New Mexico, and is sure to get folks on their feet and out on the dance floor. He also tours as a solo performer.

Free! Every Monday evening, 7-9p.m. All languages welcome. Facilitated by Kelvin Tavarez.

Presenting Lady Grey Growls: the dynamic music duo of Emma Patterson on vocals and keys and Will hettel on drums. Their fusion of jazz, soul, and singer-songwriter genres creates infectious rhythms and captivating melodies. This set will also feature Emma's talented voice and piano students from her Lafayette-based music studio. Get ready to groove to covers and original sounds from Lady Grey Growls and featured students!

Earth to Aaron is a Boulder based band, bringing together a mix of alt-country, folk, pop, bluegrass and rock. Sounds like Grateful Dead meets James Taylor.

Free! Every Monday evening, 7-9p.m. All languages welcome. Facilitated by Kelvin Tavarez.

And Now...Featuring: is a monthly variety show that features local artists of all kinds. Poets, Music makers, Comedians, Dancers, Performance Artists...

Come early for the open jam session from 6-6:30pm (bring an instrument, borrow one!)

Then, stay for the Variety Show from 6:30-8!

Hosted by Aimee Herman

For more info or to feature for an upcoming month, email: aimeeherman@gmail.com

Abigael Elizabeth is a folk singer songwriter currently based in Boulder, CO. Her music weaves a sonic tapestry of emotional storytelling exploring themes of love, loss, and healing. Embracing the full spectrum of human experience, Abigael's music is a reminder of the beauty that can emerge when we allow ourselves to feel it all. On a mission to deeply understand love in its many different expressions, Abigael hopes that her heart songs will offer solace and joy, and ultimately contribute to the vision of a more loving and compassionate world.

Abigael is currently working on recording her highly anticipated first full length studio album, "The Things I've Found", which is set to be released Fall 2025.

Free! Every Monday evening, 7-9p.m. All languages welcome. Facilitated by Kelvin Tavarez.

Internationally touring Boulder based musician, Rebecca Folsom, hosts a diverse group of singer songwriters for an evening of original heart opening and soul uplifting music. Rebecca’s songs have been described by Westword magazine as “Hitting like little earhquakes.”, and by Americana Highways as “Worthy of awe.” Join us for an evening of enlivening and inspiring music.

Free! Every Monday evening, 7-9p.m. All languages welcome. Facilitated by Kelvin Tavarez.

Free! Every Monday evening, 7-9p.m. All languages welcome. Facilitated by Kelvin Tavarez.

Tuesday September 9th

Trident Author Series

Amanda Giguere

Shakespeare & Violence Prevention

“In this guide, Giguere details a practical and proven method of utilizing Shakespeare as a teaching tool. This is an important contribution to studies in both applied Shakespeare and violence prevention, and it will be impactful in the hands of both practitioners and educators.”

—Dr. Lezlie C. Cross, The Guthrie Theater

“For those of us who believe Shakespeare provides opportunities for deep inquiry, personal expression, and powerful learning, it is essential that we find ways to explore the plays that engage today’s students by connecting with their lived experience. This is a clear, accessible handbook for replication that is useful for educators everywhere.”

—Mary Hartman, Director of Education, Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival

Shakespeare and Violence Prevention is a handbook that guides educators through an exploration of Shakespeare’s potential to address the public health issue of youth violence. Amanda Giguere presents Shakespeare’s plays as a tool to understand, address root causes of, and prevent violence in our own communities. Performance-based engagement with the plays in an educational setting allows students to explore violence-prevention strategies, practice empathy, and build safer communities. Youth violence is an all too relevant topic, and this text helps educators, theatre companies, and academic theatre departments understand new ways in which the performing arts can positively impact young people.

Framed by examples from Giguere’s work with the Shakespeare & Violence Prevention program, an interdisciplinary outreach project for K–12 schools developed at the University of Colorado Boulder, the text offers helpful entry points, digestible research, and practical exercises to align a violence-prevention curriculum with Shakespeare’s plays. It provides a condensed overview of key findings from violence prevention, clear synopses of the plays, and practicable strategies to implement the program. Guided by firsthand experience with a tried-and-true school program that reaches thousands of K–12 students annually, Giguere shares the Colorado Shakespeare Festival method, which focuses on “upstander” roleplays to practice violence-prevention strategies. Using a clear distillation of Shakespeare studies and violence-prevention research, she shows how the two fields naturally reinforce the concepts of teamwork, empathy, change, and hope.

Shakespeare and Violence Prevention  is a new spin on these classic texts that empowers teachers and community leaders to use these tools to create research-guided university engagement programs, theatre company outreach programs, and K–12 student engagement with Shakespeare, even for those without expertise in violence prevention or Shakespeare.

About Amanda:

Amanda Giguere is the Director of Outreach for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, where she oversees all education and outreach programming. She also teaches for CU Boulder’s Applied Shakespeare certificate program. She holds an MA and PhD in Theatre from CU Boulder.

Free! Every Monday evening, 7-9p.m. All languages welcome. Facilitated by Kelvin Tavarez.

Elizabeth Jacobson's new poems are both profound and transparent, which is rare. Also rare is their intimacy with the natural world, rendered in language memorable for its near-microscopic observation and precision. Set in the desert, the tropics, and the human mind, the poems move fluently from family to ecological grief to the life of the spirit and beyond. Curious, eloquent, surprising, and probing, this book takes a hard, compassionate look at what it means to be human right now, moment to moment, on this injured planet. It's a book that deepens every time I read it. -Chase Twichell, author of Things as It Is

Elizabeth Jacobson was the fifth poet laureate of Santa Fe, New Mexico and an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow. Her new collection, There Are as Many Songs in the World as Branches of Coral is just out (Free Verse Editions/Parlor Press, 2025). Her previous collection, Not into the Blossoms and Not into the Air (FVE/Parlor Press, 2019), won the New Measure Poetry Prize selected by Marianne Boruch, and the 2019 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for both New Mexico Poetry and Best New Mexico Book. She is also the author of Her Knees Pulled In (Tres Chicas Books, 2012); two chapbooks from Dancing Girl Press, “Are the Children Make Believe?” and “A Brown Stone”; and “Everything Feels Recent When You’re Far Away, Poetry and Art from Santa Fe Youth During the Pandemic” which she co-edited (Axle Books, 2021). Jacobson’s community projects have received nine consecutive grants from the Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry. She is a reviews editor for the on-line magazine Terrain.org and directs the poetry programs at Santa Fe’s Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA).

And Now...Featuring: is a monthly variety show that features local artists of all kinds. Poets, Music makers, Comedians, Dancers, Performance Artists...

Come early for the open jam session from 6-6:30pm (bring an instrument, borrow one!)

Then, stay for the Variety Show from 6:30-8!

Hosted by Aimee Herman

For more info or to feature for an upcoming month, email: aimeeherman@gmail.com

Free! Every Monday evening, 7-9p.m. All languages welcome. Facilitated by Kelvin Tavarez.

Trident Author Series

Janet Ward Schofield & Discovering Bhutan

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025

About: Discovering Bhutan: Land of Gross National Happiness

About Discovering Bhutan:
Discovering Bhutan provides an engaging and informative introduction to this remote and little-known Himalayan kingdom. It describes Bhutan’s extraordinary natural environment, discusses the ways in which its steep topography has impacted its development and examines the consequences of its strong environmental sustainability policies for everyday life.  It examines how fundamental tenets of Bhutan’s tantric Buddhism are evidenced in the daily lives of monks and demonstrates how animist beliefs help preserve the environment. Core aspects of Bhutanese identity including devotion to the monarchy, respect for authority, and deep connection to community and the extended family are highlighted as are evolving gender roles and marital practices. Finally, the origin of the idea of Gross National Happiness is explained and the extent to which Bhutan has moved toward its goals in that regard is discussed. This travelogue intertwines material from newspapers, folktales and other sources with the author’s extraordinary experiences during her decade in Bhutan to provide a vivid picture of a unique country and to stimulate Western readers to reflect on what can be learned from it.

About Janet Ward Schofield:

Prize-winning author Janet Ward Schofield has travelled to over one hundred countries on five continents. Bhutan, where she went on a one-year contract to help establish the country’s first private college and stayed for over a decade, is her favorite.  Before that, she was a professor of psychology for many years at the U. of Pittsburgh, and before that she taught at Spelman College. 

She has had Fulbright Fellowships in Poland and North Macedonia and consulted for Singapore’s National Institute of Education, Cambodia’s Center for the Study of Peace and Conflict and Germany’s WZB Berlin Social Science Research Centre.  She has given invited talks on five continents from Abu Dhabi and Australia to Uzbekistan. Her professional activities within the US range from leading a workshop for US Senators and Congressional Representatives to serving on National Academy of Sciences Boards and Committees. She was also elected to the governing body of the 173,000 member American Psychological Association, representing the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence on the APA Council of Representatives.

Janet earned her AB, MA and PhD from Harvard University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Her previous books on topics including intergroup relations and education have been characterized as   “brilliant,” “stunning” and “important” in reviews and commentary by noted individuals and her newest one, Discovering Bhutan,  has received similar accolades including “superb, ” “insightful and fascinating” and “A must read.” She now lives in Boulder.

Presenting Lady Grey Growls: the dynamic music duo of Emma Patterson on vocals and keys and Will hettel on drums. Their fusion of jazz, soul, and singer-songwriter genres creates infectious rhythms and captivating melodies. This set will also feature Emma's talented voice and piano students from her Lafayette-based music studio. Get ready to groove to covers and original sounds from Lady Grey Growls and featured students!

About Moving The Bones:

A vulnerable and honest collection of poems exploring lineage, love, and the pandemic, from one of the most acclaimed poets of his generation.

“You are told to believe in one paradise / and then there is the paradise you come to know,” begins Rick Barot. What follows is an account of the rich and thorny valley between those poles. Moving the Bones dwells in liminal spaces—of love and memory, the pandemic’s singular domesticity, a serene cemetery of ancestral plots, dawn. In precise and tender verse, Barot captures the particularities of being in the middle of one’s life, reflecting on the joys and sorrows of the past and confronting the inevitabilities that lie ahead.

For Barot, this presence of mind is an art of being lost in thought. “My mind has a slow metabolism, it is slow / to understand what anything means,” he confides, “but understands that if you look at something / long enough, it will have something / to say to you.” Appreciating a Rembrandt, standing in a Goodwill, watching a boy with a flower behind his ear—we encounter ephemeral murmurs of meaning everywhere, but only by slowing down, listening. If we take time to notice the enduring insights of daily moments, if we praise cherry blossoms, lungs, and crying, we might find it easier to bear the loss of a loved one, the sting of solitude, the body’s decline.

By laying bare his own experiences, Barot brings us close enough to witness the lyrical work of consciousness. Patient and attentive, this collection illuminates the everyday and invites us to find pleasure in doing the same, at every stage of life.

About Rick Barot:

Rick Barot's most recent book of poems is Moving the Bones, published by Milkweed Editions in 2024.  His previous collection, The Galleons, was longlisted for the National Book Award.  His work has appeared in numerous publications, including Poetry, The New Republic, The Adroit Journal, and The New Yorker.  He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Stanford University.  He lives in Tacoma, Washington and directs The Rainier Writing Workshop, the low-residency MFA program in creative writing at Pacific Lutheran University. 

About The End of Childhood:

A tender and provocative collection of poems interrogating the troubles and wonders of both childhood and parenthood against the backdrop of global violence.

From accomplished poet Wayne Miller comes a collection examining how an individual’s story both hues to and defies larger socio-political narratives and the sweep of history. A cubist making World War I camouflage, a forlorn panel on the ethics of violence in literature, an obsessive litany of “late capitalist” activities, a military drone pilot driving home after work—here, the awkward, the sweet, and the disturbing often merge. And underlying it all is Miller’s own domestic life with two children, who highlight the hopeful and ingenious aspects of childhood, which is “not // as I had thought / the thicket of light back at the entrance // but the wind still blowing / invisibly toward me / through it.”

The End of Childhood, Miller’s sixth collection of poems, is his most intimate, juxtaposing his own fraught youth with that of his children amid insurrection and pandemic, vacation and vocation, art and war. This piercing book spares nothing as it searches for a measure of personal benevolence and truth in today’s turbulent, brutalizing world—which it confronts through a singularly candid and lyrical voice.

About Wayne Miller:

Wayne Miller is the author of six poetry collections: The End of Childhood (2025), We the Jury (2021), Post- (2016), The City, Our City (2011), The Book of Props (2009), and Only the Senses Sleep (2006). His awards include the UNT Rilke Prize, two Colorado Book Awards, a Pushcart Prize, an NEA Translation Fellowship, six awards from the Poetry Society of America, the Bess Hokin Prize from Poetry, and a Fulbright Distinguished Scholarship to the Seamus Heaney Centre in Northern Ireland. He has co-translated two books from Albanian into English—most recently Moikom Zeqo’s Zodiac (2015), shortlisted for the PEN Center USA Award in Translation—and has co-edited three books, most recently Literary Publishing in the Twenty-First Century (2016). He lives in Denver, where he co-directs the Unsung Masters Series, teaches at the University of Colorado Denver, and edits Copper Nickel.

REX OGLE is an award-winning author and the writer of nearly a hundred children’s books, comics, graphic novels, and memoirs—most notably Free Lunch, which won the ALA/YALSA award for Excellence in Non-Fiction.  

He has written under several pseudonyms, including Trey King and Honest Lee, but is currently focused on reimagining classic literature as modern or fantastical graphic novels as REY TERCIERO, under which he penned bestselling Meg, Jo, Beth, & Amy, as well as Northranger, nominated for both a Harvey and GLAAD Media Award. 

Born and raised (mostly) in Texas, Rex moved to New York City after college to intern with Marvel Comics before moving over to DC Comics, Scholastic, and Little Brown Young Readers.  As an editor, he championed over a dozen NY Times Bestsellers and worked (and often wrote) on major brands such as X-Men, Justice League, Star Wars, LEGO, Power Rangers, Transformers, Minecraft, Assassin’s Creed, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Neil Patrick Harris’s Magic Misfits.  

Now, Rex lives in Los Angeles where he writes every day—that is, when he’s not outdoors hiking with his dog, playing MarioKart with friends, or thinking up new ideas for books