Manhattan Short Film Festival | Oct. 2-5
2025-10-01 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-10-02 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-10-03 13:00 - 14:30, 2025-10-04 16:30 - 18:00, 2025-10-05 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Denver) | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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This one-of-a-kind worldwide festival boasts a line-up of 10 short films that explore a wide range of topics relevant to everyone. Have a look at both dramatic and comical takes on migration, reconciliation, housing prices, parenthood and the price of silence, not to mention the trials and tribulations of growing into adulthood, especially when fantastical and dangerous griffins fly overhead and you have an OMG murderous mother. And what is it about golf anyway? Audiences will find it more difficult than ever to vote for Best Film and Best Actor.

Folk Tales | Oct. 1-4
2025-10-01 16:30 - 18:00, 2025-10-02 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-03 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-10-04 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-10-04 19:30 - 21:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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At the center of this heartwarming documentary is a folk high school in Arctic Norway where teenagers must rely on only themselves, one another, and a loyal pack of sled dogs as they all grow in unexpected directions. These teenagers choose to spend an unconventional “gap year” learning to dog sled and survive in hopes of finding connection and meaning in the modern world. Guided by patient teachers and a yard full of heroic Alaskan huskies, they discover their own potential and develop deep relationships with the land, animals and humans around them. (Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady, 2025, Norway, 1:45 NR)

The Last Class
2025-10-01 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-02 14:00 - 15:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
September 28 – October 2, 2025
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The Last Class is a nuanced and deeply personal portrait of master educator Robert Reich teaching his final course and reflecting on a period of immense transformation, personally and globally. It is a love letter to education. The former Secretary of Labor might be famous for his public service, best-selling books, and viral social media posts, but he always considered teaching his true calling. Now, after over 40 years and an extraordinary 40,000 students, Reich is preparing for his last class. (Elliot Kirschner, 2025, USA, 1:12, NR)

Moms Unhinged Standup Comedy Show
2025-10-02 19:00 - 20:30 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Join us for a night of laughter as we explore everything from motherhood, midlife crisis, marriage, divorce, online dating, and other things that irritate us. Men are welcome to the show, too.
Moms Unhinged has been selling out shows all over the country and is coming BACK to the Boulder Dairy with a different lineup of mom comedians.
We do clean (ish) comedy and this is a fun night out with your girlfriends, drinking club (I mean book club), neighborhood group or your own mom.
Performing: Andrea Marie, Rebecca Trejo, and headliner Lisa Lane
Headliner Lisa Lane has been featured on Netflix, and regularly performs at the Denver Improv, Comedy Works, Boulder Theatre, festivals and tours all over the country. She is the author of Teenagers Suck and Beyond Mama Bear.
Adult themes and language – 18+
Praise for Moms Unhinged:
“This show was definitely a Comedic Masterpiece!!! What talent! My face is still hurting from non-stop laughing! Thanks for a wonderful evening!! – Nancy
“You rocked it – that was such a fabulous show. Can’t wait for the next one!” – Sylvia
“I haven’t laughed that much in a long time!” – Kelly

BETC: The Thin Place | Oct. 3-26
2025-10-03 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-04 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-05 14:00 - 15:30 | Grace Gamm Theatre, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Can we communicate with the dead if we try hard enough? Hilda thinks she can, and she’s befriended Linda, an eccentric but persuasive medium to transport her to “the thin place,” the fragile boundary between the living and the dead.
Is Linda a con artist preying on the grief and suffering of the living, or is she bestowing the gift of believing upon her willing subjects?
Lucas Hnath’s brilliant play transforms the theater into an intimate seance, putting all of us who meet there into a very spooky state of mind.
A New York Times Critics’ Pick, The Thin Place won rave reviews when it was first produced in 2019.

Local Theater Company: A Case for Black Girls Setting Central Park on Fire | Oct. 2-25
2025-10-03 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-10-04 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-10-05 14:00 - 15:30 | Carsen Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, Colorado, 80302, United States
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A World Premiere Play written by Kori Alston and directed by Betty Hart brings to life an incredibly powerful story. A brilliant 12-year-old Black girl runs for her life from Brooklyn to Harlem. Over the course of her dusk-to-dawn journey she is aided by her Rottweiler, the ghost of Nat Turner, and a fire-wielding Oracle. This new American myth uses poetry, gospel music, and long-distance running to burn through pain.
Local Theater Company subscribers make sure to use your subscriber discount code. Contact Levi if you need support at levi@localtheaterco.org. Learn about Subscriptions and Local Theater Company www.localtheaterco.org/s15
The Come Together program is Local Theater Company’s community engagement series. Come Together events are free and open to the public. They include:

10/3 COME TOGETHER Post-Show Convo with the Playwright + Denver Actors Fund night
10/5 COME TOGETHER Pay-What-You-Will
10/11 COME TOGETHER Out Night – LGBTQ+ guests are invited for a special event
10/18 COME TOGETHER Post Show Convo with Betty Hart
10/19 COME TOGETHER Post show Convo about black girls with Sade Cooper, ED of CHIC Denver
10/24 COME TOGETHER Community Meal

Zikr Dance Ensemble presents "Ritual"
2025-10-03 19:30 - 21:30 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Showcasing an international cast of world class dancers, Zikr Dance Ensemble’s “Ritual” will feature the company’s premiere of internationally acclaimed Moroccan/Belgian choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s “In Memoriam” pas de deux. This is a rare privilege—no other dance company in Colorado has a piece by Cherkaoui in their repertoire. Zikr’s Board, staff and dancers are extremely honored to be selected to premiere this amazing and simply beautiful work. This is not to be missed!
Also featured on the program will be two world premieres by Artistic Director David Taylor, “Vesica Piscis” and “Arcturian”.

Drácula (1931 Spanish version)
2025-10-03 20:30 - 22:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Oct 3
As the classic Dracula was being made, Hollywood was aware of an international audience that it wanted to reach, so each evening after shooting, a different cast and crew would come to work making a Spanish-language version of Drácula. Originally released in Cuba and forgotten by most, now rediscovered, this version is considered by many to be superior to the one most people know. About 30 minutes longer and much livelier, with more camera movement and less studio oversight, this is a Drácula not to be missed. (George Melford, 1931, USA, 1:44, NR)

Colorado Queer Comedy Festival
2025-10-04 19:30 - 21:00 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Produced by Rocky Mountain Equality, the Colorado Queer Comedy Festival highlights LGBTQ+ comics from Colorado and beyond, giving them access to the stage through a weekend of hilarious content in all of Colorado’s biggest cities and queerest stages.
CONTENT WARNING: Not clean comedy. Blue material. Descriptions of sex or lewd material, substances, etc.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DA3-nk0yzvb/

Global Roots Ensemble: A World Music Experience
2025-10-05 16:00 - 17:30 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Sunday, October 5 – Global Roots Ensemble creates original world music inspired by modal jazz, Indian ragas, Delta blues, and melodic folk. Listeners join an immersive journey of enchanting melodies, spontaneous improvisation, and memorable narratives. A tapestry of songs and stories that will spark the imagination and dissolve boundaries between genres, cultures, and people. Join us after the show for a Q&A/Meet & Greet with the musicians at 5:30 PM.
Elden Kelly – fretted and fretless guitars, arranger
Sheela Bringi – bansuri (Indian bamboo flute), harp, harmonium, voice
John Gunther – saxophones and woodwinds
Bill McCrossen – acoustic and electric bass; West African Kamalay N’goni
Bobby Bringi – composer, percussion, storyteller

Music at The Dairy Presents Jennifer Knapp, with Megan Burtt
2025-10-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Oct 7, 7:00pm
Jennifer Knapp is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, author, speaker, and advocate, known for her musical talents and commitment to social causes. With a rich history spanning over two decades, Knapp has left an indelible mark on the music industry. Her career includes the remarkable achievement of selling over one million albums with her first three releases: the Gold-certified “Kansas” (1998), “Lay It Down” (2000), and “The Way I Am” (2001). Alongside this commercial success, Knapp has been honored with four Dove Awards and garnered two Grammy nominations.
Megan Burtt is an international touring singer/songwriter decorated with national recognition. She is the winner of the Kerrville NewFolk, Rocky Mountain Folk Festival and Westword Music Award and a finalist in Mountain NewSong, Songwriter Serenade and Great American Song Contest. Megan has toured as a headlining artist, and as support for acts including Gregory Alan Isakov, Mark Cohen, Brett Dennen, Glenn Phillips of Toad The Wet Sprocket, Lissie, Stephen Kellogg and Leanne Rimes. In 2015 she collaborated with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra as a featured artist.

Naked Ambition | Oct. 8-12
2025-10-08 16:30 - 18:00, 2025-10-09 19:00 - 20:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Bunny Yeager, once heralded as the world’s prettiest photographer, had a huge influence on 20th-century pop culture, though few people know her name. Whether by popularizing the bikini, helping discover Bettie Page, shaping the image of Playboy, or inventing the selfie, Bunny was a trailblazer whose work bucked against conservative 1950s America and helped pave the way for the feminist movement and the sexual revolution. Yet the very changes she helped usher in would soon render her a forgotten relic… until now. Featuring testimonies from Dita Von Teese, Bruce Weber, and Larry King, Naked Ambition is a rediscovery of a brilliant yet overlooked artist. (Dennis Scholl & Kareem Tabsch, 2024, USA, 1:15, NR)

Sketch | Oct. 8-11
2025-10-08 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-09 16:30 - 18:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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When a young girl’s sketchbook falls into a strange pond, her drawings come to life—unpredictable, chaotic, and dangerously real. As the town unravels, she and her brother must track down the creatures before they leave permanent damage. Their father, racing to find them through the fallout, must navigate a town in crisis to reunite his family and stop the disaster they never meant to unleash. (Seth Worley, 2025, USA, 1:33, PG)

An Introduction to the Colorado Women's Art Museum
2025-10-09 17:00 - 21:00 | McMahon Gallery, Walnut Street, Boulder, Colorado, 80302, United States
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The Colorado Women’s Art Museum is excited to expand and meet artists and art lovers in Boulder County.
We are delighted to personally embrace the Boulder Arts Community on October 9th at the Dairy Center for the Arts , 5-8pm with a meet and greet and presentation!
CWAM is seeing a bright future for Colorado women artists and women identified artists, with a museum all their own! Be a part of this important project and learn more!

CANCELED - Local Theater Company: A Case for Black Girls Setting Central Park on Fire | Oct. 2-25
2025-10-09 19:30 - 21:00 | Carsen Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, Colorado, 80302, United States
CANCELED
A World Premiere Play written by Kori Alston and directed by Betty Hart brings to life an incredibly powerful story. A brilliant 12-year-old Black girl runs for her life from Brooklyn to Harlem. Over the course of her dusk-to-dawn journey she is aided by her Rottweiler, the ghost of Nat Turner, and a fire-wielding Oracle. This new American myth uses poetry, gospel music, and long-distance running to burn through pain.
Local Theater Company subscribers make sure to use your subscriber discount code. Contact Levi if you need support at levi@localtheaterco.org. Learn about Subscriptions and Local Theater Company www.localtheaterco.org/s15
The Come Together program is Local Theater Company’s community engagement series. Come Together events are free and open to the public. They include:

10/3 COME TOGETHER Post-Show Convo with the Playwright + Denver Actors Fund night
10/5 COME TOGETHER Pay-What-You-Will
10/11 COME TOGETHER Out Night – LGBTQ+ guests are invited for a special event
10/18 COME TOGETHER Post Show Convo with Betty Hart
10/19 COME TOGETHER Post show Convo about black girls with Sade Cooper, ED of CHIC Denver
10/24 COME TOGETHER Community Meal
