TICKETS Sept 9-16 The great Willem Dafoe lends his delicate gravitas to the role of Ed Saxberger, a forgotten New York poet who works in the post office. After an eager and flattering young admirer (Edmund Donovan) appears on his doorstep, Saxberger is beckoned into a coterie of twentysomething admirers who anoint him as a […]
TICKETS CenterStage and Tapestry Theatre are overjoyed to announce our third annual "Heart for the Arts" fundraiser! Join us on Thursday, September 10, 2026, at the Dairy Arts Center to help raise funds to support CenterStage and Tapestry Theatre's mission of bringing the magic of theater to Boulder County youth. This fun-filled evening will begin […]
TICKETS A community's fears are stoked into paranoia by a mysterious force, who uses the town to summon itself into their reality. But is it the residents of the fictional seaside town — or the audience — who is doing the summoning? Undertow is an improvised theater production, featuring original music by Jared Allen Lacy, […]
TICKETS After a debt-collector finds a portal to hell in a washing machine at his local laundromat, he’s propositioned into feeding hell sinners to save his neighbor’s soul, maybe even at the expense of his own. (Woody Bess, 2025, USA, 1:33, R)
TICKETS“Beautifully Done!” – Penn & Teller "Your kid's favorite summer camp counselor" – Halifax Fringe Festival The award-winning magic show returns to the Dairy Arts Center for this very special FAMILY FRIENDLY event – an absolutely amazing magic show designed to delight the whole family! Tickets are very limited and expected to sell out, so […]
TICKETS An unforgettable one-man storytelling experience inspired by one of the most beloved stories of all time. What if The Lion King was more than a movie? Created and performed by Andy Dooley, The Lion King Storytelling Experience is a funny, moving, and surprisingly powerful live performance that uncovers the deeper hero's journey hidden inside […]
TICKETS Boulder native Paula DuPré Pesmen has been associated with so many great films, including three Harry Potter films, The Cove, Chasing Ice, Chasing Time, and now the Oscar-nominated documentary Porcelain War. Under roaring fighter jets, Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind. Defiantly finding beauty amid destruction, they show that although […]
TICKETS When a work of art resonates with our own experience, we recognize it. Through that recognition, we begin to build meaning, connection, and understanding. Join Fireside Ink Writers Workshop for a unique writing workshop inspired by Off the Page at the Dairy Arts Center. Using artworks from the exhibition as a starting point, participants […]
TICKETS Sept 16-20 A beautifully rendered autobiographical tale, Romería is celebrated Spanish director Carla Simón's touching portrait of family origins. In a bravura performance, Llúcia Garcia stars as 18 year-old Marina, who travels to the glittering seaside town of Vigo determined to uncover information on her father. Gradually tracking down his siblings, she slowly learns […]
TICKETS Sept 16-20 Inspired by Fred Ross Sr, one of the most influential grassroots organizers of the 20th century, AMERICAN AGITATORS is a documentary about the importance of patience and deep listening in organizing. Beginning in the 1930s, Ross organized Dust Bowl refugees and during WWII he helped Japanese Americans find jobs and housing after […]
TICKETS "No Contract" is a one-woman show exploring a mother’s request not to endure dementia. It asks: “is there a way to have dementia without tragedy, when ‘to be or not to be’ is always the question?” Created by Kirsten Wilson in honor of her mother and loved ones everywhere, experiencing or caring for people […]
TICKETS Director Yeon Sang-ho (Train to Busan) returns to the zombie genre with COLONY, a new evolution in horror starring Gianna Jun (Assassination) and Koo Kyo-hwan (Peninsula). Professor Se-jeong is thrust into a bloody nightmare when a rapidly mutating virus is released during a biotech conference causing authorities to seal the facility. Trapped inside with […]
TICKETS Sept 20 & 23 Colorado-based films and artists pepper this lineup, representing the diverse dancers of the Front Range and beyond, of various ages, abilities, and styles. (Runtime, approx. 1 hr)
TICKETS Sept 23-27 “Burned, beaten, abandoned, donkeys look back at us humans with indifference, and bray.” this documentary– filmed over 5 years––subtly subverts the notion of the “dumb beast” as it captures donkeys communicating emotionally with each other in the midst of healing from human cruelty and neglect. A poetic text threads through scenes “acted” […]
TICKETS Sept 23-26 Award-winning director Agnieszka Holland is embarking on her most ambitious project to date, a biopic of the iconic 20th-century Czech writer Franz Kafka. Conceived as a kaleidoscopic mosaic, the film follows the imprint Kafka left on the world from his birth in 19th-century Prague to his death in post-WW1 Vienna. FRANZ will […]
TICKETS Two rock-bottom drivers transport a wealthy teen to rehab, but their simple job spirals into a chaotic journey of drugs, danger, and crime as their passenger derails their plans. "It’s a clever flick with an undercurrent of social commentary about how the bar for just being considered worthwhile in this world can depend on […]
TICKETS Sept 27-Oct 1 From Oscar®-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker Poh Si Teng, American Doctor follows three American physicians— Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian—united by a single oath to save lives. After volunteering in besieged hospitals in Gaza, they return home determined to fight for the patients and colleagues they left behind, taking their battle from […]
TICKETS Beloved London-born, Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Teddy Thompson has returned with the exquisitely crafted Never Be The Same, his first collection of original material since 2020. Across ten tracks, Thompson refines his craft via an exploration of music’s enduring preoccupations — love, longing, and the uneasy passage of time. Called “one of the most gifted singer-songwriters […]
TICKETS Executive Producer Dan Cooper has spent over two decades bringing powerful stories to life. A trip to Guatemala with entrepreneur Mel Torrie introduced him to the Beeline Wheelchair Company, where he witnessed lives transformed one chair at a time. Reuniting with longtime collaborators T.C. and Kristen Johnstone (Rising from Ashes), the team set out […]
TICKETS Sept 30 - Oct 4 Join us in The Boe as over 100,000 film lovers across the world will unite in over 500 cities on six continents for one reason...to view and vote on the Finalists' Films in the 29th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival.
TICKETS Join Boulder-based writer, musician, and contemplative artist Ahnara for a unique evening of ambient music, spoken readings, meditation, and personal reflection, surrounded by beautiful artworks in the McMahon Gallery. The guided gathering will begin at 5:30 PM and conclude at 6:30 PM. Guests are invited to arrive anytime after 5:00 PM to explore the […]
TICKETS Drag Queen Magic or The Torturous Purgatorial Experience of One Miss Letta Celebrate by Ian August, directed by M. Graham Smith In this world premiere comedy, Drag Queen Letta Celebrate just wants to live her life lip-syncing Lady Gaga at birthdays, weddings, and the occasional bar mitzvah, but when a strange woman asks for […]
Poster for Georgia Bernstein's NIGHT NURSE. TICKETS As a series of perverse scam calls unsettles an idyllic retirement community, a starry-eyed nurse becomes entangled with her mysterious patient. "Night Nurse brings back the dirty pleasurable indulgence in something repulsive but highly attractive." -Jaylen Salah, Geek Vibes Nation (Georgia Bernstein, 2026, USA, 1:35, NR)
SUBSCRIBE TICKETS Camden Shaw, cellist of world-renowned Dover Quartet, joins CORE performing four roles in a single concert—orchestral cellist, chamber musician, soloist in an unaccompanied suite, and concerto soloist. This program compares and contrasts the work of father and son: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1715-1788). It also compares late-Baroque style […]
TICKETS Join us on October 7, 5–8 PM in the Dairy Arts Center's McMahon Gallery for Word/Play!, an open mic evening hosted by Aspen Everett in conjunction with the Off the Page exhibition. Off the Page explores the power of language—how words shape identity, transmit knowledge, build community, and inspire creativity. Now it's your turn! […]