TICKETS Begotten has no characters in the ordinary sense. Its final credits name three principal figures: God Killing Himself. Mother Earth. Son of Earth — Flesh on Bone. The entire film is what those names do to each other and to the earth. God Killing Himself tears open his body and dies. Mother Earth rises […]
TICKETS Robert Sher-Machherndl, choreographer and artistic director of Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet, presents a dynamic new work, ‘FLESH’ Highly sophisticated and transformative, ‘FLESH’ embodies the intensity, creative imagination, and profound emotional depth that are hallmarks of Sher-Machherndl’s choreographic voice. A rigorous exploration of movement, body form, and highly specialized arm épaulement is at play. […]
TICKETS Dancing on the Planet is a curated dance film screening featuring shorts from Colombia, India, Italy, France, Germany, the US, and the UK, and it will remind you just how small you are, and how big this world can be. This collection of art shorts repositions the viewer in relationship to the Earth and […]
TICKETS Improv is one of the most effective tools an actor can use to strengthen performance skills. This workshop focuses on active listening, emotional truth, spontaneity, and staying present in the moment. Actors will learn how improvisation can improve scene work, deepen character choices, enhance audition confidence, and create more authentic performances both on stage […]
TICKETS What happens when a work of art becomes the starting point for a story, poem, or personal reflection? Fireside Ink Writers Workshop is thrilled to partner with Off the Page at the Dairy Arts Center for an immersive writing workshop inspired by visual art. Surrounded by the exhibition in the McMahon Gallery, participants will […]
TICKETS Improv is one of the most effective tools we can use to build confidence, better learn to trust our instincts, develop collaboration skills, and find joy in the unknown. This workshop focuses on active listening, emotional truth, spontaneity, and staying present in the moment. Participants will learn how improvisation can improve their daily lives. […]
TICKETS Jack Hadley’s 2020 release is “Daybreak In Alabama - The Langston Hughes Project.” The guitarist/singer has written nine songs based on the poetry of Langston Hughes, a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Here we have universal themes of spirituality, oppression, resilience, love and hope. The original concept was to write modern roots music […]
TICKETS In a world often overtaken by cell phones and digital distraction, we crave genuine, human connection. We crave the embrace of the dance, the nonverbal dialogue of music, and the physical and emotional encounter that defines Argentine Tango. “Tango Love Stories” explores the very heart of human connection. The story follows a woman in […]
TICKETS Meet Kati Kelli, the late outsider video artist whose subversive online uploads pushed the boundaries of the digital form. GIRL INTERNET SHOW: THE KATI KELLI MIXTAPE unearths and reintroduces a surreal, singular body of work by the enigmatic artist. For nearly a decade before her passing in 2019, Kelli ran “Girl Internet Show,” a […]
TICKETS Face Vocal Band has been captivating audiences for 25 years with their all-vocal rock performances that blend powerful harmonies, familiar hits, and joyful energy. Their shows offer something for everyone—whether it’s the thrill of hearing classic songs reinvented, the laughter from their playful banter, or the sheer talent that radiates from every note. From […]
TICKETS These five, Spanish-language, award-winning short films (all subtitled in English) tell both dramatic and documentary stories that take place throughout the Americas. All have recently played at major film festivals, including Sundance and SXSW, and some of the films have played at Roadshow events in Boulder before. They include the films: Foxhole, Pretend I'm […]
TICKETS There is no such thing as a perfect first draft. Yet many writers face the blank page with the pressure to get everything right the first time. Join Boulder author Wallis Kinney for a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of her internationally bestselling debut romantic fantasy novel, A Dark and Secret Magic. Through drafts, […]
TICKETS Four short films from oceans and rivers, and the staircases and bookstores of New York. These award-winning short films, both documentary and dramatic, have recently played at major American festivals like SXSW and Mountainfilm. They have not screened in Boulder before. They include the surf photography film, "First In, Last Out", the last-exit-before-marriage film, […]
TICKETS Join Venture Partners at CU Boulder for the Lab Venture Challenge (LVC) Community Showcases Oct. 21 and 22, where teams of top innovators from the University of Colorado will pitch to a panel of judges and a live audience for a share of more than $1 million in grants for their early-stage projects in […]
TICKETS Hiraeth (n., Welsh) — a deep and wistful, nostalgic sense of longing for home; a home that is no longer, or perhaps never was. What if we were the authors of our lives? In this solo memoir-theater piece, performer and storyteller Steve Oskard imagines a life designed before we were born — nothing random, […]
TICKETS Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s haunting French remake of his 1998 classic. In the suburbs of Paris, Albert, a freelance reporter, vows to take revenge for the brutal murder of his young daughter while Sayoko, a Japanese female doctor, assists him in his quest for revenge. With Sayoko’s skillful guidance, the two get closer to the truth […]
TICKETS Step inside the creative engine of Boulder Ballet. Dancers’ Choice is not a traditional performance - it’s a living laboratory. Created, produced, and led entirely by the artists, this program invites you to witness the process of becoming: choreographers emerging, ideas taking shape, and dancers stepping beyond the stage into the roles that define […]
TICKETS First Annual Comedy Fempire Festival Get ready for a powerhouse night of comedy as the Dairy Arts Center presents the First Annual Comedy Fempire Festival, Saturday, October 24 at 7 p.m. in the Grace Gamm Theater. Hosted by Jene Suplee, this one-night comedy celebration brings together a fantastic lineup of funny, sharp, and wildly […]
TICKETS An accidental French Army deserter’s harebrained scheme to save himself leads to a series of misadventures that turn ever darker. In this serio-comic farce, a bumbling French buffoon pretends to be Jewish to escape Nazi- occupied France. But as he throws his lot in with a group of Jews desperate to reach the Free […]
TICKETS The enduring strength of a French Moroccan mother’s love makes her a zealous advocate for her disabled son in this high-spirited story of determination and faith. Recently selected by Jewish film festival directors across the world as their favorite film of the year, this heartwarming French drama also won more audience awards than any […]
TICKETS You will laugh, you will cry as you experience the best in short-form cinema, including Oscar-nominated documentaries, animation, and narratives from France, England, Israel and the U.S. Join us for this popular program curated by Judith Dack and the shorts selection committee.
TICKETS With Director Abby Ginzberg in person. When the founder of Hadassah died in 1945 at the age of 84 - in the same Hadassah Hospital she helped to build in Jerusalem - the New York Times obituary described her as "the most brilliant woman in America." Founded in 1912, Hadassah recruited Jewish American women […]
TICKETS With Director Abby Ginzberg in person. When the founder of Hadassah died in 1945 at the age of 84 - in the same Hadassah Hospital she helped to build in Jerusalem - the New York Times obituary described her as "the most brilliant woman in America." Founded in 1912, Hadassah recruited Jewish American women […]
TICKETS On the surface, it seemed an unlikely match. Woody Guthrie was a rough-hewn balladeer from Oklahoma who tramped across the country singing his original protest songs. Aliza Greenblatt, who arrived in America from Bessarabia in 1900, was deeply involved in Zionist and Jewish cultural organizations and was already a prominent Yiddish poet when her […]
TICKETS Our final documentary in this series is a captivating exploration into the minds and hearts of five accomplished artists (all of whose work has appeared at the Dairy Arts Center in one form or another.) Each with their unique perspective and medium - be it animation, ceramics, installation art, or large-scale sculpture - they […]