Dairy Arts Center

Buddhist Arts and Film Festival: One Mind - A Zen Pilgrimage
2025-09-13 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Denver) | Grace Gamm Theatre, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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ONE MIND is a rare cinematic portrait of life inside one of China’s most austere and revered Zen communities. The monks at Zhenru Chan Monastery continue to uphold a strict monastic code established over 1200 years ago by the founding patriarchs of Zen in China.

Buddhist Arts and Film Festival: Women of Tibet Gylayum Chemo – The Great Mother
2025-09-13 14:00 - 15:40 | Grace Gamm Theatre, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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WOMEN OF TIBET: GYALYUM CHEMO – THE GREAT MOTHER, director Rosemary Rawcliffe
Women of Tibet: Gyalyum Chemo – The Great Mother recounts the compelling story of Dekyi Tsering, the mother of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Dekyi Tsering, known by Tibetans as ‘Gyalyum Chemo’ or ‘Great Mother,’ gave birth to 16 children, three of whom were recognized as incarnate lamas. Weaving anecdotal threads and personal reflections from her children, grandchildren, and friends, with never before seen photographs from their family collections and rare footage of Tibet, the film offers an intimate glimpse into Tibet’s first family and the woman who inspired them. His Holiness talks about how his mother helped shape the man he is today and the relationship between healthy family and healthy humanity, and how it all begins with a mothers love. Dr. Marion Woodman (Addiction to Perfection), Alice Walker (The Color Purple), and Angeles Arrien (The Second Half of Life) link this uniquely Tibetan story to a much broader perspective of motherhood and how the Great Mother lives within each of us. 97 minutes

Buddhist Arts and Film Festival: BORN I book reading and performance "Lyrical Dharma"
2025-09-13 16:15 - 18:15 | Grace Gamm Theatre, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Lyrical Dharma: A Journey through Music and Mindfulness. This will be an immersive experience blending spoken word, live performance and readings.

Autumn Exhibit Party
2025-09-13 17:00 - 20:00 | Dairy Arts Center, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
Join us for a celebratory evening as we launch three powerful new exhibitions at the Dairy Arts Center. The Autumn Exhibit Party brings together artists, curators, and community for an immersive night of art, conversation, and connection.
Explore three exciting new exhibitions that span borders, identities, and histories:
We Are From Iran, curated by Parisa Tashakori, features striking typographic poster design by 18 Iranian artists, offering a deeply personal view of cultural expression and resistance.
In Concrete Contrast, by Samira Hemmat, presents layered, abstract works that reflect on the silent tensions of survival, family, and language.
Marking the Space, an evocative mixed-media show by Steven Tassin, investigates the weight of memory, architecture, and personal mapping.
The evening will also feature a live dance performance by Delsie Khadem and delicious handmade desserts from Honeybird Sweets.
Come experience these thought-provoking exhibitions, meet the artists, and enjoy an unforgettable evening of creativity and community.
About the Performer: Delsie Khadem Ghaeini
Born in Mashhad, Iran and raised in Colorado, Delsie Khadem-Ghaeini is a Persian-Iranian dancer and choreographer based in Denver. Delsie is a co-founder of Iranian Dance Academy, artistic director of the Delnaz Dance Ensemble and teaches weekly Persian Pop and Traditional dance classes at Bella Diva World Dance Studio. Her Iranian dance experience includes what’s known in the West as “Persian Classical”, contemporary, “Ruhowzi”, Pop “Mehmooni”, Sama/Erfani/Mystical, Baba Karam, and regional folk dances including Bandari. Audiences describe her artistry as emotive, graceful, pure and authentic. Her other dance experience includes Egyptian Bellydance, Hip Hop, Flamenco, Salsa and other Latin dances.

Bella Diva’s link: https://belladivadance.com/
Photographer: M.C. Maxwell https://mcmaxwell.com/

Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet: LOLA RUN
2025-09-13 19:00 - 20:00 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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A Mesmerizing New Work by Internationally Recognized Choreographer Robert Sher-Machherndl in Collaboration with Renowned Concert Pianist George Lopez
Lemon Sponge Cake performs the mesmerizing poetry of LOLA RUN, a new work by choreographer Robert Sher-Machherndl. With a lean, elegant, modernist, almost mechanical impressionism, the audience faces the beauty of how bodies move in space without explanation. Sher-Machherndl takes movements and gestures, some of which recognizable from everyday life and transforms them into a style of dance that doesn’t tell what to think, what to feel, or what to believe. A new form of beauty stripped of signposts and melodrama.
“… it’s my curiosity that drives me to uncover new movement language, to redirect one’s mind, and take the audience on an intriguing journey,” says Sher-Machherndl.
Sher-Machherndl and dancers are to share the stage with highly-accomplished guest artist and dynamic concert pianist George Lopez, a Bowdoin College Artist in Residence.
“Working with Robert Sher-Machherndl again after almost ten years is a real joy. He’s such a creative force—so spontaneous and deeply musical. I love how his choreography with Lemon Sponge Cake feels both free and grounded. It will be a fun and inspiring collaboration, and I’m excited to see where the movement and music take us this time.” says George Lopez.
Lemon Sponge Cake operates in a place full of curious combinations and in doing so gives a world as big, and as deep, and with as many possibilities as the world we live in. You must sometimes dig for it, that’s for sure, but in every production there’s a freedom offered, a freedom that empowers the audience to follow its own path with the piece without the fear of being ‘wrong’.
“ … highlight of the program.” – The New York Times.
“When your way of seeing beauty is changed, your way of seeing the world is changed. It’s this that makes Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet Company so irreplaceable and vital to the cultural conversation around art’s place in society. With the ‘Technological Age’ about to enter a new and uncertain chapter with the advent of AI as part of daily life, of fact and fiction being almost impossible to tell apart, I can think of no greater place, no more important a place, no more essential a place for an artist to create than a world that reminds us to create our own beauty. Lemon Sponge acts like a solvent on reality, and with it, we’re given a chance to see beauty in everything.” Michael French | Director Writer

Buddhist Arts and Film Festival 2025: O Mother Gaia The World of Gary Snyder
2025-09-13 19:00 - 20:45 | Grace Gamm Theatre, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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O MOTHER GAIA – THE WORLD OF GARY SNYDER, director Colin Still
This is the first feature-length film documenting the life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet/activist Gary Snyder. A participant in the famed 1955 Six Gallery poetry reading in San Francisco that launched the Beat era (and the careers of Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac), Snyder later lived and studied in Japan, becoming a Zen teacher. He is the model for the character of Japhy Ryder in Jack Kerouac’s bestselling novel, The Dharma Bums.
The film was skillfully assembled and remastered from the filmmaker’s original 1990s 16mm footage shot for British television, and offers a vivid self portrait of the famously elusive poet and essayist through his poems and commentary. Filmed on location at his Kitkitdizzie/Ring of Bone Zendo home in the Sierra and other locations connected with him, it also features key archival footage from the 1950s and 1960s, as well as contemporaneous readings and commentary by Peter Coyote, Jane Hirshfield, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Shoemaker, and Michael McClure, and a precious interview with Snyder’s late wife Carole Koda. 102 minutes.

Buddhist Arts and Film Festival: The Lion's Roar
2025-09-14 10:30 - 11:30 | Grace Gamm Theatre, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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THE LION’S ROAR, director Mark Elliott
This is the masterful portrait of the late 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, the great Tibetan Buddhist master known as the Black Hat Lama. The Karmapa is the head of the Karma Kagyu lineage, one of the four great lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. His line of successive reincarnations has its origins in the 13th century when it was the first to identify tulkus, reincarnations of Buddhist teachers. He is recognized as the embodiment of the teachings of his lineage, one that traces its source from teacher to disciple through Tibet’s great teachers Milarepa and Marpa to India’s Naropa and Tilopa all the way back to the Shakyamuni Buddha. 50 minutes

Buddhist Arts and Film Festival 2025: Wisdom of Happiness
2025-09-14 12:00 - 13:30 | Grace Gamm Theatre, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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WISDOM OF HAPPINESS, directors Barbara Miller & Philip Delaquis
WISDOM OF HAPPINESS is a deeply intimate and highly cinematic documentary featuring the Dalai Lama, who, at nearly 90 years old, offers practical advice for navigating the 21st century’s challenges. The film captures the Dalai Lama speaking directly to viewers, creating a sense of a private audience, and shares his timeless wisdom on achieving inner peace and happiness for everyone.
WISDOM OF HAPPINESS is a profound, new cinematic exploration of the innermost world of the Dalai Lama, perfectly attuned to our times. In an intimate heart-to-heart, the world’s greatest ambassador of compassion invites everyone along for a journey to the source of happiness. 90 minutes.

Buddhist Arts and Film Festival 2025: Brakhage on Brakhage
2025-09-14 14:00 - 16:00 | Grace Gamm Theatre, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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BRAKHAGE ON BRAKHAGE, director Colin Still
Working outside the mainstream, the wildly prolific, visionary Stan Brakhage made more than 350 films over a half century. Challenging all taboos in his exploration of “birth, sex, death, and the search for God,” he turned his camera on explicit lovemaking, childbirth, even autopsy. 94 minutes.

Buddhist Arts and Film Festival: BORN I Guided Meditation and Sound Bath
2025-09-14 16:30 - 18:00 | Grace Gamm Theatre, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Presence and sound, guided meditation and sound bath. This offering will include a short dharma talk on self-compassion and presence, followed by a guided meditation and immersive sound bath.

Buddhist Arts and Film Festival: Blessings The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns Of Tibet
2025-09-14 18:30 - 20:15 | Grace Gamm Theatre, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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BLESSINGS: THE TSOKNYI NANGCHEN NUNS OF TIBET, director Victress Hitchcock
In 2005, Tsokyni Rinpoche, a renowned Buddhist teacher, led a group of Western women on a journey into a remote mountainous region of Eastern Tibet to visit nunneries where 3000 women were practicing an ancient yogic tradition of Buddhist teachings. This is the original longer version of the film that documented this extraordinary journey. 104 minutes
Celebrating 20 years since the pilgrimage, the film will be followed by a discussion and Q&A with the director Victress Hitchcock along with other members who were on the journey.

The Short Game
2025-09-17 14:00 - 16:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Sept 17-20
Jeremy Avery is vying for a college golf scholarship, but his preparation and game are affected by family pressures related to his younger autistic brother Ethan. Jeremy’s path leads him on a journey of discovery both internal and of his brother’s savant-like gifts, that if embraced can create an unstoppable pair. But on the brink of his greatest victory, Jeremy is forced to make a life-altering decision, finally achieving his own personal dreams or standing by his brother. (Frank Sanza, 2025, USA, 1:33, PG)

Humans and Other Animals
2025-09-17 16:30 - 18:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Sept 17-20
This documentary takes viewers on an epic journey—from witnessing firsthand how animals think, use language and feel love, to dangerous investigations of powerful industries using custom-built surveillance equipment and never-before-attempted tactics. Inquiries into evolution, animals’ emotional intelligence and the deconstruction of speciesism lay the groundwork for a profound philosophical idea that may forever change how we view other animals…and ourselves. (Mark Devries, 2025, USA, 1:24, NR)

The Unruly Mystic: Saint Hildegard
2025-09-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Sept 17, the feast day for Saint Hildegard of Bingen
The Unruly Mystic: Saint Hildegard is an inspirational documentary of how the filmmaker reaffirms his life’s work when he fell in love with a 12th century Saint. It’s a must-watch for anyone interested in spirituality, history, music, or the power of the human spirit to transcend limitations. Hildegard von Bingen is venerated for her widely recognized impact on today’s theologians, artists, musicians, doctors and educators.

Local filmmakers in attendance. Join us in 2026 to walk in the footsteps of Saint Hildegard. Learn more: https://www.sainthildegardway.eu/
(Michael M. Conti, 2014, USA, 1:04, NR)

The Blind Cafe Music & Dinner In The Dark Experience
2025-09-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Carsen Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, Colorado, 80302, United States
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Rosh & The Blind Cafe Orchestra + Richie Flores Project and Special Guest Artist James Carson (on Sept 20-21 only)
Join us for an award-winning social impact music and dinner in the dark experience at the Dairy Arts Center. Enjoy a tapas-style dinner, social impact discussion with legally blind ambassadors, and live music in 100% darkness—no blindfolds!
Tickets: $125 General Admission
Early Bird $110 General Admission – Before September 1st
$89.00 Seniors / Students
$79.00 Early Bird Seniors / Students
Limited Sliding Scale Tickets Available – contact Admin@theblindcafe.com
Volunteer in the dark – – contact Admin@theblindcafe.com
Contact: admin@theblindcafe.com
What’s Included
Dark Chocolate Tasting: Social reception to awaken your senses.
Wine and Drinks Available for purchase before entering dark at Dairy Arts cafe : ARRIVE before 6:30PM to purchase your drinks to be ready for entering dark at 7:00pm
Mystery Tapas Menu: Dietary friendly (bread and butter), shared table items, designed for sharing at communal tables to foster connection.
Dietary questions? Contact: admin@theblindcafe.com
Social Impact Discussion: Led by legally blind ambassadors James Jackson and Richie Flores, sharing personal stories and engaging in Q&A.
Live Music in the Dark: Intimate performances by Rosh & the Blind Cafe Orchestra, Richie Flores Project, and special guest James Carson.
Pianist James Carson has developed a new form of music and over the last twelve years has produced and directed Cabin Music, a feature film, to share it with the world. A childhood prodigy born with perfect pitch, Carson composed complete songs at age four and had his music performed by the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra at age sixteen, leading him to be called “one of the most gifted rising stars” by the Edmonton Journal. When he attended the New England Conservatory, however, his studies with Joe Maneri, Cecil Taylor, and the poet Robert Creeley led him to a dramatic life change: he walked away from music and spent two years backpacking and farming overland from Spain to Japan. After his return to Northern Alberta, Canada, he then spent five years designing, building, and practicing in a remote strawbale cabin. The musical result was multilayered, detailed, meditative, and harmonious. “I wanted to play the whole piano at once,” says Carson, “in the same way that a single breeze can cause the entire forest to dance and tremble in unison.” (performing on Sept 20-21 only)
Our Mission
The Blind Cafe inspires positive social change by fostering connection and compassion through darkness-based experiences, encouraging participants to engage beyond visual conditioning and social norms.
Our Story
Founded in 2010 by Rosh, inspired by a Reykjavik “cafe in the dark,” The Blind Cafe Experience has evolved into an internationally touring pop-up event. Partnering with blind ambassadors James Jackson and Richie Flores since 2011, it combines music, dining, and dialogue for transformative social impact.
Testimonials
“I cried during ‘Transcend’… knowing I was invisible made it easier to feel. Our table held hands and swayed together!” —Katie Maginnis, Seattle
“An incredible, enlightening experience… professional and impactful.” —Brian Johnson, The Marquee Music Magazine
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Miss Manhattan: A New Musical
2025-09-19 19:00 - 21:15 | Grace Gamm Theatre, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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MISS MANHATTAN is a new musical inspired by the true story of Audrey Munson, America’s “first supermodel,” whose often-nude statues adorn the New York City skyline. Allegedly cursed as a child, Audrey’s meteoric rise to fame meant brushing elbows with Rockefellers, Whitneys, and Astors, but her abrupt fall was punctuated by scandal and murder.
Why has Audrey been largely forgotten, despite her image enduring around the world? In modern day, precocious but awkward 8th grader Claire seeks to learn more about Audrey and what it means to be “beautiful.”
Their stories come together with a compelling score by Graham and Kristina Fuller (off-Broadway’s “That Parenting Musical,” f/k/a “In the Trenches”), and a book by the Fullers and Stephanie Ronco. The star-studded cast includes Anne Terze-Schwarz, Megan Van De Hey, Sophia Dotson, Vidushi Goyal, Scott Rathbun, Katja Podsiadly, Elton Tanega, Graham and Kristina Fuller (the composers), and more.
The producers of Miss Manhattan believe theater should be accessible to everyone. If the cost of tickets would prevent you from attending this production, please email us at 19kproductions@gmail.com

Friday Night Weird: Somnium
2025-09-19 20:30 - 22:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Sept 19
After a painful breakup, small-town Gemma moves to Los Angeles with the hopes of making it big. To get on her feet, she takes a job working the overnight shift at Somnium – a mysterious, experimental sleep clinic where dreams are made real. Meanwhile, Gemma throws herself into the cutthroat world of Hollywood auditions. But as the pressure to succeed mounts, she begins to experience strange and unsettling phenomena, and soon finds herself trapped in a nightmarish spiral as she discovers a darkness lurking within the clinic walls. (Racheal Cain, 2025, USA, 1:32, NR)

Sans Souci: Locals Only - A Dance Film Screening
2025-09-21 13:00 - 14:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Sept 21 & 24
Colorado-based films and artists pepper this lineup, representing the diverse dancers of the Front Range and beyond, of various ages, abilities, and styles. Directly after the screening, you’ll have a chance to connect with attending filmmakers in a Q&A and interactive discussion.
This screening runs approximately 46 minutes with no intermission.
Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema is one of Boulder’s longstanding favorite arts organizations, and we’re so happy to return to one of our most beloved venues, the Boedecker Cinema at Dairy Arts Center. We will also be presenting 2 other programs, Dancing on the Planet in October and Dancing as Ourselves in November — search for “Sans Souci” on Boe cinema page for details. Film Lineup and more info available at https://sanssoucifestival.org/ssf-the-boe-2025

Elevate Boulder & Motus Theater: Storytelling Project from Participants of Boulder’s Guaranteed Income Pilot Program
2025-09-21 15:00 - 17:00 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Join Motus Theater and Elevate Boulder participants for an afternoon of storytelling about their experience as part of the City of Boulder’s guaranteed income pilot program. In this innovative, inaugural program, 200 participants received $500 a month without conditions for two years. Participants will share experiences of the impact of Elevate Boulder, how it has strengthened our community, and speak about the challenges of living on a low income.
Prior to the performance, starting at 2:00 pm in the MacMillan Family Lobby at the Dairy Arts Center, don’t miss the opportunity to engage with Elevate Boulder participants, nonprofit partners, and city staff about their project experiences and impacts, through photographs, video, and collected objects.
Made possible with support from the City of Boulder and Community Foundation Boulder County.
**En español**
Acompaña a Motus Theater y a participantes de Elevate Boulder para una tarde de narración de historias sobre su experiencia como parte del programa piloto de ingresos garantizados de la Ciudad de Boulder.
En este innovador programa inicial, 200 participantes recibieron $500 al mes, sin condiciones, durante dos años. Los y las participantes compartirán cómo Elevate Boulder ha impactado sus vidas, cómo ha fortalecido a nuestra comunidad, y hablarán de los retos de vivir con ingresos bajos.
Antes de la presentación, a partir de las 2:00 pm en el vestíbulo MacMillan Family del Dairy Arts Center, no te pierdas la oportunidad de conocer y conversar con participantes de Elevate Boulder, organizaciones comunitarias y personal de la ciudad sobre sus experiencias e impactos en este proyecto, a través de fotografías, videos y objetos recopilados.
Realizado con el apoyo de la Ciudad de Boulder y la Community Foundation Boulder County.

Hildegard Speaks
2025-09-21 16:00 - 18:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Sept 21
“Hildegard Speaks” is a 72-minute film that brings the wisdom and spirit of 12th-century mystic Hildegard von Bingen to life. Based on Dr. Annette Esser’s book “Saint Hildegard Speaks,” the film features Dr. Esser who embodies Hildegard, sharing her insights and experiences through a series of captivating presentations. Filmed along the Hildegard Pilgrimage Way in Germany, the film invites viewers on a journey of spiritual discovery and inspiration, connecting them to the landscapes and legacy of this remarkable woman.

Local filmmakers in attendance. Join us in 2026 to walk in the footsteps of Saint Hildegard. Learn more: https://www.sainthildegardway.eu/

Classics with Jeffrey Kash: I Know Where I'm Going
2025-09-22 19:00 - 20:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Sept 22
From the prestigious Powell And Pressburger team comes a story of learning the difference between money and happiness. Joan Webster leaves her home town to marry a wealthy tenant of a tiny Hebridean island. When there is a storm, however, she is washed towards the Island of Mull. There she meets a new world of people, where there is much happiness but little money. She encounters Torquil, a landowner. The two fall in love, and Joan has to decide for herself where and how her life will be lived. (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1945, UK, 1:32, NR)

By the Stream
2025-09-24 14:00 - 16:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Sept 24-28
In the wake of a scandal involving several of her students, Jeonim, an artist and lecturer at a women’s university, asks her uncle Chu Sieon to step in and direct a short play for the skit festival put on by her department. Her uncle is an actor-director, recently blacklisted after a scandal of his own. He decides to direct the short play because of a similar experience directing a play at the same university 40 years earlier. It doesn’t take long before Sieon develops feelings for Jeonim’s colleague, Professor Jeong, a textile professor. Meanwhile, the circumstances surrounding the scandal grow more complicated, the moon waxes in the sky each night, and every morning Jeonim goes to the stream and sketches to grasp its patterns. For his 32nd feature film, Hong Sangsoo returns to the campus setting of films like Oki’s Movie (2010) and Our Sunhi (2013) and revisits thematic concerns and modes of expression he hasn’t touched on in his cinema for some time. (Hong Sangsoo, 2024, South Korea, 1:51, NR)
9/28/2025: Cinema Club Conversations
Immediately following the screening, join us in the McMahon Gallery for a discussion facilitated by the Dairy Arts Center staff and programming committee. Pizza & soda provided!
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This series is generously sponsored by Belzer Law LLC.

It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
2025-09-24 16:30 - 18:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Sept 24-28
With bonus 26 minutes of live performance only available in theaters, not online.
Jeff Buckley, a rising star with an otherworldly voice, left the 90s music world reeling when he died suddenly after the release of his debut album. In a tragic accident, Buckley drowned in the Wolf River in Memphis in 1997, leaving behind an unfinished second album and a legion of devastated family, friends and fans. Told through never-before-seen footage from Buckley’s archives and intimate accounts from his mother Mary Guibert, former partners Rebecca Moore and Joan Wasser, Jeff’s former bandmates, including Michael Tighe and Parker Kindred, and luminaries like Ben Harper and Aimee Mann, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Amy Berg crafts an illuminating portrait of one of modern music’s most influential and enigmatic figures. (Amy Berg, 2025, USA, 1:46, NR)

Goodnight Moon A Fiber Tale with Impact Playback Theatre Ensemble
2025-09-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Goodnight Moon: A Fiber Tale is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see your favorite children’s story brought to life like never before. Created by artists Dundee and Lee, this one-of-a-kind installation is handcrafted with over 150 miles of yarn and nearly six million stitches, capturing every detail of The Great Green Room in breathtaking scale. Overflowing with nostalgia and wonder for all ages, the experience is brought to life in a whole new way through imaginative, interactive performances from Boulder’s own Impact Playback Theatre Ensemble. Don’t miss this rare and extraordinary celebration of storytelling, craft, and childhood magic.

Friday Night Weird: Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
2025-09-26 20:30 - 22:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Sept 26
A stop-motion/live-action masterpiece inspired by the works of Jewish-Polish author and artist Bruno Schulz. A ghostly train journey on a forgotten branch line transports a son, Jozef, visiting his dying Father in a remote Galician Sanatorium. Upon arrival, Jozef finds the Sanatorium entirely moribund and run by a dubious Doctor Gotard, who tells him that his father’s death, the death that has struck him in his country, has not yet occurred and that here they are always late by a certain interval of time of which the length cannot be defined. Jozef will come to realize that the Sanatorium is a floating world halfway between sleep and wakefulness and that time and events cannot be measured in any tangible form. (Stephen Quay & Timothy Quay. 2025, UK/Poland, 1:15, NR)

Dairy Comedy in The Boe
2025-09-27 20:30 - 22:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Sept 27, 8:30pm
Janae Burris is a comedian, actor and writer based in Denver Colorado. A native of South Los Angeles and a California Institute of the Arts alumna, her comedy style is something similar to a one-woman show. She is the New Talent Coordinator at Comedy Works where you can find her performing regularly. Also catch her nationally opening for Josh Blue and headlining with Moms Unhinged.
Stacy Pederson’s journey began with a diagnosis of terminal illness in her first husband. From there, she faced a failed marriage, single parenting, financial collapse, and job loss. But her resilience shone through these setbacks. With a health challenge of her own, a mis-diagnosis of 12 years led to multiple hospital stays, near-death experiences, and surgery that changed her life. Stacy’s deep understanding of hope, joy, and laughter, born from these struggles, infuses every talk she gives with heart and authenticity. With a BFA in Theatre, Stacy has performed across stage, film, standup comedy, and radio. She is currently a National Touring Comedian with the, “Mom’s Unhinged”, Stand-Up Comedy Show.
Mark Masters is Colorado’s 2nd cleanest comedian. He is a comedy club headliner, event host and dive bar open-mic’er. He has performed and been featured in media outlets around the world. He hosts and books the Vail Comedy Show in Vail, CO. He runs LoDo Comedy Show. He tapes a weekly video podcast on Mondays called “Always Bookin’ Comedy”. He denies writing all of this in the third person.
Catherine Shea is a single mom with none of the facts but all of the answers! Charming audiences with her warm yet subversive hot takes, Catherine will forever change the way you think about single parenting, dating, and being incredibly hot. Catherine takes her comedy inspiration from all four Golden Girls combined. Come see what that is all about!
Kari Stern is a mom of two, Parent Coach, and Stand Up Comedian. Drawing her inspiration from the ordinary and extraordinary moments of life, including the wild ride of parenting, she’s constantly searching for the funny side of things. Now, she’s bringing her hilarious insights and comedic adventures to venues all across Colorado, including the Boulder Comedy Festival.
And hosted by Zoe Rogers!

Cinema Club Conversations: By the Stream
2025-09-28 18:30 - 19:30 | McMahon Gallery, Walnut Street, Boulder, Colorado, 80302, United States
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Immediately following the screening, join us in the McMahon Gallery for a discussion facilitated by the Dairy Arts Center staff and programming committee. Pizza & soda provided!
Not a member yet? Join Now! or contact us at memberships@thedairy.org for more information.
This series is generously sponsored by Belzer Law LLC.

The Last Class
2025-09-28 19:00 - 20:30 | 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)

National Silent Movie Day: Battleship Potemkin
2025-09-29 19:00 - 20:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Sept 29
Silent Movie Day is an annual celebration of silent movies. We believe that silent motion pictures are a vital, beautiful, and often powerful part of film history. With the most famous and most quoted film sequence in cinema history, Battleship Potemkin has inspired generations of filmmakers. In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel’s officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre. (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925, Soviet Union, 1:09, NR)

Manhattan Short Film Festival | Oct. 2-5
2025-10-01 14:00 - 15:30 | 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.
