Christy Fantz

Central Features Editor

Christy Fantz

Christy Fantz has been covering Boulder County's features beat for 20 years. She's the A&E editor for Boulder Daily Camera and Longmont Times-Call and is the editor for two community weeklies: Broomfield Enterprise and Colorado Hometown Weekly.

Gretchen Vahle holds a sign at the start of the Frozen Dead Guy Days parade in Nederland on March 12, 2016. FDGD kicks off its third year in Estes Park on March 27. (File photo)

Frozen Dead Guy Days will return to Estes Park for a weird winter, releases 2026 schedule

January 13, 2026 at 1:46 p.m.

Winter becomes weird again in Estes Park as it kicks off its third year of Frozen Dead Guy Days in the mountain town.

Actor/Director Robert Redford attends “The Company You Keep” Premiere at the 69th Venice Film Festival at the Palazzo del Cinema on Sept. 6, 2012 in Venice, Italy. The actor has died at age 89. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

Robert Redford鈥檚 legacy to shine on in Sundance鈥檚 new Boulder home

September 17, 2025 at 11:02 a.m.

Boulder County film editor: 鈥淗e truly loved and advocated for cinema of all shapes and sizes.鈥�

Emily Blim-Hockberger, left, Bobby Olson and Patrick Blim-Hockberger play Jenga during the annual BrewHaHa event in Broomfield on June 18, 2022. (Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)

Craft beer and live tunes on tap for Broomfield鈥檚 BrewHaHa

June 4, 2024 at 7:22 a.m.

The event is family-friendly and free, but beer tickets cost $5 cash. Leashed dogs can also join the party.

Bob Weir sings as Mickey Hart plays the drums during the Dead & Company concert Friday at Folsom Field on the University of Colorado campus in Boulder.

Golden Road to Dead &鈥塁ompany after parties, late-night munchies

July 5, 2019 at 6:56 p.m.

Welcome back to Boulder, Deadheads. Can we abide by traffic laws now? I鈥檓 looking at you, California. The blinker isn鈥檛 ornamental, fools. Now that you鈥檙e back and ready to dance...

Students model their designs at last year's Recycled Runway 8 at the Boulder Theater. This year's event is at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Boulder Theater. Courtesy photo

One person’s trash is another person’s clothes — at least at this Boulder fashion show

November 17, 2021 at 1:14 p.m.

Next week 33 aspiring Boulder County student fashion designers will walk the Boulder Theater runway in whimsical wares they've repurposed from discarded items for the ninth Recycled Runway show, scheduled...

A Guerrilla Fanfare band member plays the trumpet outside of the Boulder Theater during last year鈥檚 opening night of the Boulder International Film Festival. (Jeremy Papasso, Daily Camera)

Boulder International Film Festival announces new app, Elliot Gould appearance

November 17, 2021 at 1:18 p.m.

The Boulder International Film Festival has something new on the program this year -- the program. BIFF, which brought its first immersive Virtual Reality Pavilion to last year's festival, is...

Boulder teacher Cara Mentzel gives a high-five to her student, Lila Robbie, during class at Foothill Elementary on Oct 6. Mentzel, sister of Broadway star Idina Menzel, penned a memoir, "Voice Lessons: A Sisters Story." She'll be at the Boulder Book Store on Tuesday to sign copies.

Boulder elementary teacher pens memoir about star sister Idina Menzel

October 18, 2017 at 11:30 p.m.

"Voice Lessons: A Sisters Story" hit shelves last week.

Buddhist monks from the Gaden Shartse Monastic Community in Mungod, India, perform a sacred blessing ceremony on Tuesday at Naropa University in Boulder. The monks are visiting to create a Buddha Vajrasattva mandala at the Boulder Public Library's Canyon Gallery for Jaipur Literature Festival.

Monks from India perform cleansing ceremony in Boulder

September 13, 2017 at 8:59 a.m.

Monks from India's Gaden Shartse Monastic Community start Boulder visit with cleansing ceremony.

Michael Travis, drummer for The String Cheese Incident and member of Boulder electronic band EOTO, seen here in the Daily Camera's live recording studio Second Story Garage in 2015, has apologized for what some of his Facebook friends are calling anti-Semitic remarks.

String Cheese Incident drummer who said “Jewish banking agenda is fairly irrefutable” feels “like scum” about it

August 23, 2017 at 3:40 p.m.

Michael Travis, drummer for Colorado jam band The String Cheese Incident, has apologized for "extreme ignorance" after what some of his fans are calling anti-Semitic social media posts.

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Frozen Dead Guy Days will return to Estes Park for a weird winter, releases 2026 schedule

Robert Redford鈥檚 legacy to shine on in Sundance鈥檚 new Boulder home

Craft beer and live tunes on tap for Broomfield鈥檚 BrewHaHa

Golden Road to Dead &鈥塁ompany after parties, late-night munchies

One person’s trash is another person’s clothes — at least at this Boulder fashion show

Boulder International Film Festival announces new app, Elliot Gould appearance

Boulder elementary teacher pens memoir about star sister Idina Menzel

Monks from India perform cleansing ceremony in Boulder