Dairy Arts Center

"Hands Up" Film Screening and Director Q&A
2026-03-10 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Denver) | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Join us at the Dairy Arts Center for a powerful evening of cinema and conversation with a screening of Hands Up, followed by a live Q&A with director Chuck Whitman.
Set against the backdrop of Chicago amid the rise of Black Lives Matter protests, Hands Up is a gripping and urgent coming-of-age drama that confronts systemic violence, grief, and the fight for survival in one of America’s most notorious murder capitals.
Film Synopsis
After his cousin is shot and killed by a white police officer, a Black inner-city teenager struggles to find a way out of Chicago as protests erupt across the city. Caught between trauma, anger, and limited options, he must navigate a world shaped by loss, injustice, and resilience.
Post-Screening Conversation
Following the screening, director Chuck Whitman will join us for a live Q&A, discussing the making of the film, its social and political context, and his approach to telling stories rooted in lived experience. The evening will also include a short trailer preview of Whitman’s upcoming film project.
Tickets: Free, registration required (capacity is limited)
This event is presented in partnership with Louise Cutler Studio.
Film Credits
Director: Chuck Whitman (Charles “Chuke” Whitman)
Writers: Robert Kreiling, Chuck Whitman
Starring: Jermaine Johnson, Jamal Woolard, LaRoyce Hawkins

The Upstart Crow presents "The Baltimore Waltz” by Paula Vogel; directed by Melissa Castaldo!
2026-03-08 14:00 - 15:30 | Carsen Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, Colorado, 80302, United States
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Anna and Carl are on a strange, madcap European vacation. The trip is Anna’s last hurrah after being diagnosed with a fatal disease: ATD, or Acquired Toilet Disease. All is not as it seems in this farcical play where two siblings attempt to outrun their grief on a wacky adventure, followed by the mysterious Third Man.
Thurs 2/26 – 7pm, Name Your Price Night (no ticketing)
Mon 3/2 – 7pm, Industry night Name Your Price (no ticketing)
Wed 3/4 – 7pm, An evening with Bent Improv, Name Your Price (no ticketing)
Thurs 3/5 – 7pm, Name Your Price Night (no ticketing)
TALKBACK: Sunday 3/1. Stay in the Carsen Theater after the show for an informal conversation with the cast and crew.
For Season Tickets, please visit: www.TheUpstartCrow.org/Season-Tickets
Current Season Ticket Holders, please make your reservation at: www.TheUpstartCrow.org/Reservations

Boulder Ballet: Rebels and Innovators | Mar. 6-8
2026-03-08 14:00 - 15:30 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
Image by Amanda Tipton Photography | FB- Amanda Tipton-Photographer | IG – @amandatiptonphotography
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Innovation doesn’t happen by playing it safe. Rebels and Innovators dives into the fearless spirit of creation, where breaking rules and challenging norms isn’t just encouraged—it’s essential. This dynamic program features bold, boundary-pushing works by renowned choreographers Amy Seiwert and Stephanie Martinez, alongside rising voices Ching Ching Wong and Ben Needham-Wood—their mentees and creative protégés. Through the power of mentorship and the rebellious drive to redefine tradition, these artists prove that to be an innovator, you have to think differently, take risks, and leap beyond the expected.
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BETC: Brooklyn Laundry | Feb. 20-Mar. 15
2026-03-08 14:00 - 15:30 | Grace Gamm Theatre, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Regional Premiere
From the Oscar-winning, Tony-winning, Pulitzer-winning writer of Moonstruck and Doubt comes a new play about three sisters, a guy who operates a laundromat and the random tricks life plays on them for better or worse.
Tragic and funny by turns, this deeply romantic story will remind you what is important in life and the sorrow and joy of fully embracing adulthood.
Like many of Shanley’s plays, the story pits the quest for love and happiness against the demands of family obligations.

Black Futures in Art: Guided Tour & Talk With Curator
2026-03-03 17:00 - 20:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Join us for an evening of reflection, dialogue, and shared imagination as part of Black Futures in Art 2026, marking the fifth year of the exhibition. The event begins with a guided tour of the exhibition led by curator Adderly Grant-Lord, starting in the McMahon Gallery and moving throughout the exhibition spaces. The tour will be followed by a seated conversation in the Boedecker Theatre with Dr. Danielle Hodge and Adderly Grant-Lord, exploring the exhibition’s themes, its wider cultural impact, and the evolving legacy of Black Futures in Art over the past five years. The evening will conclude with audience Q&A.
Tickets are free but reservation is required due to limited capacity. Event duration is approximately two hours, tour will start precisely at 5PM!
About the Speakers:
Dr. Danielle Hodge is an Assistant Professor of Communication, a 2024-2025 Andrew W. Mellon Civic Engagement and Voting Rights Teacher Scholar, and the 2024-2025 Center for African and African American Studies (CAAAS) Faculty Fellow at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research employs a critical race theoretical approach to identity, culture, and language, and bridges Communication and African American Studies to examine how systems of oppression are discursively reproduced, maintained, and resisted. Her work can be found in the Journal of Multicultural Discourses, Critical Discourse Studies, Communication Teacher, Communication and Democracy, and the Journal of Applied Communication Research.
Adderly Grant-Lord is a visual artist and curator whose work centers joy, lineage, and the lived experiences of Black communities. A recipient of the Boulder Chamber’s 2024 Women Who Light the Community honor and the 2023 Best of the West Readers’ Choice Art Award, she is the founder and curator of Black Futures in Art, now in its fifth year. Grant-Lord has exhibited widely across Colorado, serves on the NoBo Art District board, and is currently an Afrofuturist curator and featured artist with the Museum of Boulder.
Participating Artists: Adderly Grant-Lord, Adri Norris, Clifton Henri, Gedion Nyanhongo, James Dixon, Lydia Carlis, Louise Cutler, SaToro Tafura, Sir James McArthur Cole, Thomas Lockhart, and Zin Maisiri.

ScorpiusFest 2026: Dreamland Awaits
2026-03-01 19:35 - 21:05 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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The story follows Josh, a seasoned but troubled detective hardened by 20 years of confronting life’s darkest corners. When his wife and two daughters are kidnapped by a mysterious figure, Josh is forced into a harrowing game of survival.
ScorpiusFest returns with a bold new chapter. New team, new home. Now based in Boulder, Colorado, our mission remains unchanged: to present thought-provoking films, shorts, and documentaries that challenge conventions and push creative boundaries. This year’s program brings together emerging voices and established filmmakers from around the globe, sharing powerful cultural stories and daring explorations of the unknown.

ScorpiusFest 2026: The Quirk
2026-03-01 18:10 - 19:15 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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BLOCK 6: The Quirk
FILMS: The Visitor / When Life Gives You A Lawnmower / Symptoms May Include Death / Don’t Bury It / Dying To Meet You
These films offer a twisted, playful and darkly comedic lens of absurd fates. The Angel of Death visits a shopkeeper, a 1950’s husband prepares for company, a couple’s love is tested by zombie symptoms, a man buries his problems until they catch up with him, and a family dinner goes awry when a woman brings home her zombie boyfriend to meet the family.

ScorpiusFest returns with a bold new chapter. New team, new home. Now based in Boulder, Colorado, our mission remains unchanged: to present thought-provoking films, shorts, and documentaries that challenge conventions and push creative boundaries. This year’s program brings together emerging voices and established filmmakers from around the globe, sharing powerful cultural stories and daring explorations of the unknown.

ScorpiusFest 2026: Final Broadcast
2026-03-01 16:05 - 17:50 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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FEATURE 5: Final Broadcast
As the world teeters on the brink of nuclear catastrophe, a television studio keeps broadcasting what might be the final show ever aired. Final Broadcast is a darkly satirical chamber drama unfolding in real time—where media spectacle, fear, and the collapse of truth collide in humanity’s last 90 minutes on screen.

ScorpiusFest 2026: The Heart
2026-03-01 14:00 - 15:45 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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BLOCK 5: The Heart
FILMS: I’m Not Work Anymore / Mannequined / To Write The Ending / 2389: Coming Home
These films invite us to question what remains constant when everything else can change: A shepherd’s day takes a turn when a missing sheep reveals a life-altering secret. A young woman fights to hold onto love when her boyfriend turns mannequin. A street poet discovers a typewriter with the power to shape
reality. And in a future where Earth has fallen, two visitors face a choice that could rewrite humanity’s return.

Nosilla Dance Project Presents (un)Forgotten | Feb. 27 - Mar 1
2026-03-01 14:00 - 15:30 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Wake Up! We Were Here Once Before!
“(un) Forgotten” is a bold evening-length dance production choreographed by Artistic Director Alli Jones that confronts war, division, and loss as urgent reflections of our present world. Through powerful imagery rooted in the history of the Holocaust, the performance invites audiences to feel, connect, and recognize how cycles of hatred and silence repeat as memory fades.
With a set crafted for this work by Justin Kalvin and costumes designed by former Naropa Arts Professor Joan Anderson, the work is brought to life with striking visual elements. Invoking memory through movement, dancers Cassy Clark, Nicola Elder, Angela Gumieniak, Mira Kaplan, Jethro Paine, Claire Schlutt, and Eva Wilder move through moments where escape and luck were once the only chances for survival. Drawing from Artistic Director, Alli Jones’ Jewish-European roots, “(un) Forgotten” invites a conversation about the consequences of forgetting, the patterns we repeat, and the histories we carry; it is a recollection of what our world was, is, and may be becoming.
Sunday, March 1, 2:00 PM: Pay What You Can ($5.75 minimum)

ScorpiusFest 2026: Oldest and Newest Places on Earth
2026-03-01 11:50 - 13:40 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Feature 4: Oldest and Newest Places on Earth
It all started with a simple question: Is it possible to travel to the oldest and newest places on Earth? YouTuber Joe Scott looked into it, and it turned into the trip of a lifetime. Actually, billions of lifetimes.

ScorpiusFest returns with a bold new chapter. New team, new home. Now based in Boulder, Colorado, our mission remains unchanged: to present thought-provoking films, shorts, and documentaries that challenge conventions and push creative boundaries. This year’s program brings together emerging voices and established filmmakers from around the globe, sharing powerful cultural stories and daring explorations of the unknown.

ScorpiusFest 2026: Documentary Duo
2026-03-01 09:30 - 11:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Documentary Duo: Why We Ride & The Snake and The Whale
• This short documentary explores the experiences of women who cycle, particularly within the Denver community.
• Over the past fifty years, four federal dams impounding the Lower Snake River in Washington State have been identified as the root cause for the demise of all of Idaho’s anadromous fish.

ScorpiusFest returns with a bold new chapter. New team, new home. Now based in Boulder, Colorado, our mission remains unchanged: to present thought-provoking films, shorts, and documentaries that challenge conventions and push creative boundaries. This year’s program brings together emerging voices and established filmmakers from around the globe, sharing powerful cultural stories and daring explorations of the unknown.

ScorpiusFest 2026: The Thrills
2026-02-28 21:10 - 22:25 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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BLOCK 4: The Thrills
FILMS: Across The Blue Line / Amarre (Love Spell) / /The Black Dog / The Beneath
Step into the shadows with our horror/thriller shorts block.Starting off with a thrilling tale of revenge, then we explore three horror shorts with mysterious creatures, demons, and more.

ScorpiusFest
ScorpiusFest is an international film festival showcasing thought-provoking features, shorts, and documentaries that push creative and cultural boundaries. Now based in Boulder, Colorado, the festival highlights both emerging and established filmmakers from around the world.

ScorpiusFest 2026: Spectacular By Comparison
2026-02-28 19:00 - 20:50 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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FEATURE 3: Spectacular By Comparison
In Park City, Utah a group of independent filmmakers attend a shoestring film festival and experience the oft-regular disillusionment of the low budget film world.
ScorpiusFest
ScorpiusFest is an international film festival showcasing thought-provoking features, shorts, and documentaries that push creative and cultural boundaries. Now based in Boulder, Colorado, the festival highlights both emerging and established filmmakers from around the world.

ScorpiusFest 2026: The Voices
2026-02-28 16:55 - 18:40 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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BLOCK 3: The Voices
FILMS: One For The Road / Stay / Whispers Beyond Bars / See You Later / The Axe Forgets / Broken Reality
This block brings together stories of reckoning- across realities, generations, and the depths of human emotion.These films provide voices and reflections of how our decisions can lead to uncertain moments… Yet, connection and redemption can still be found.
ScorpiusFest
ScorpiusFest is an international film festival showcasing thought-provoking features, shorts, and documentaries that push creative and cultural boundaries. Now based in Boulder, Colorado, the festival highlights both emerging and established filmmakers from around the world.

ScorpiusFest 2026: Cat Cam
2026-02-28 14:45 - 16:35 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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FEATURE 2: Cat Cam
When two cat owners decide to put up pet cameras in their new home while they’re away on a trip, they soon make a terrifying discovery as to why their cat has been acting so strange.
ScorpiusFest
ScorpiusFest is an international film festival showcasing thought-provoking features, shorts, and documentaries that push creative and cultural boundaries. Now based in Boulder, Colorado, the festival highlights both emerging and established filmmakers from around the world.

ScorpiusFest 2026: The Bold
2026-02-28 13:15 - 14:25 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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BLOCK 2: The Bold
FILMS: Boiling Point / A Letter of Last Resort / Structural Theory of a Broken Bowl / The Camcorder / Downsized
Together, these films explore the place where loss meets longing- and where the impulse to hold on collides with the need to let go. Storiesspan from: men that battle their morales, a DID system that navigates heartbreak, and the peculiar downsides to using untested technology.
ScorpiusFest
ScorpiusFest is an international film festival showcasing thought-provoking features, shorts, and documentaries that push creative and cultural boundaries. Now based in Boulder, Colorado, the festival highlights both emerging and established filmmakers from around the world.

ScorpiusFest 2026: The Animation
2026-02-28 11:25 - 12:55 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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BLOCK 1: The Animation
FILMS: The Family Photo / Unstable: A Ponytale / Cat-Tastrophe / Neon Blue / Powder Monkey
Cell Buddies / In Half / Now You Don’t / Croc-Topic
A film block showcasing the incredible art, world-building, and storytelling of animation. Expect a variety of artistic styles as we explore stories that are funny, heartfelt, whimsical, strange, and everything in-between.
ScorpiusFest
ScorpiusFest is an international film festival showcasing thought-provoking features, shorts, and documentaries that push creative and cultural boundaries. Now based in Boulder, Colorado, the festival highlights both emerging and established filmmakers from around the world.

ScorpiusFest 2026: Rotten Apple
2026-02-28 09:30 - 11:05 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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FEATURE 1: Rotten Apple
A truly groundbreaking docu-drama, ‘Rotten Apple’ is an alarming exposé on the dark epidemic of grooming and sexual assault in public schools and the eminent ripple effect.
ScorpiusFest
ScorpiusFest is an international film festival showcasing thought-provoking features, shorts, and documentaries that push creative and cultural boundaries. Now based in Boulder, Colorado, the festival highlights both emerging and established filmmakers from around the world.

Musical Vanguards at the Dairy presents Taarka
2026-02-22 16:00 - 18:00 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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“Their voices sound fantastic together…Enion is a marvelous violin player, and David is her equal on mandolin and guitar.” -No Depression
Taarka seamlessly fuses brilliant instrumental chops with songwriting of great depth and creativity, cooking up musical “sustenance that stays with you long after you’ve pushed away from the table.” Adventurers through the many landscapes of music and true world travelers, veterans of 1000-year floods and veggie oil tour buses, David (voice, mandolin, guitar, and octave mandolin) and Enion Pelta-Tiller (voice, 5-string violin) spin stories and melodies that delight, inspire, and move all who listen. Now joined by their son, 17 year old bass prodigy Aesop Pelta-Tiller, Taarka embodies the most cohesive and entrancing version of their music.
Taarka and its members have performed with members of Old and In the Way, the Grateful Dead, Phish, and String Cheese Incident, and shared stages with Linda Ronstadt, The Decembrists, Darrel Scott, John Cowan, Yonder Mountain String Band, Peter Rowan, Darol Anger, Joe Craven, ALO, Keller Williams, Danny Barnes, Steve Kimock, Taj Mahal, Widespread Panic, The Samples, and Aquarium Rescue Unit, Kaki King, Rob Wasserman, Tony Furtado, The Motet, Dan Bern and The Everyone Orchestra.

The Catamounts present Burning Bluebeard by Jay Torrence | JAN. 31 - FEB. 21
2026-02-21 18:00 - 19:30 | Carsen Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, Colorado, 80302, United States
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Blending comedy, vaudeville, clowning, and meta-theatrical play, BURNING BLUEBEARD reimagines the 1903 Chicago Iroquois Theatre fire from the perspective of the performers. The piece is both a reckoning and a love letter—an exploration of why we gather, what we risk in live performance, and how theater holds us together in moments of joy and catastrophe.
Of the original Chicago production, Newcity Stage wrote:
BURNING BLUEBEARD represents the cumulative potential of theater as an art form: a poetic, terrifying, gut-buster tour de force that tells the audience exactly what this show is going to be—a deconstructed retelling of the 1903 Iroquois Theatre Fire from the eyes of the artists who worked on “Mr. Bluebeard,” the production that sent the theater up in flames—even while building the sense that this time fate may be averted, we might see the second act, and the victims of that fire could be saved.
Directed by Artistic Director Amanda Berg Wilson, The Catamounts bring their signature immersive approach to the work, transforming the Carsen Theater into a shared environment where audience and performers exist together inside the story. The result is a theatrical experience that is playful, unsettling, and deeply communal—inviting us to imagine what it means to care for one another in the dark.
Sunday performances on February 1, 14, and 21 will be followed by a community gathering. Tickets include food and drink, with options available for those with and without dietary restrictions.
To donate to The Catamounts please visit https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/TheCatamounts

Science Riot
2026-02-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Stand-up comedy meets TED talks – come join a night of laughing and learning! Real scientists teach you about their real expertise in a way you’ve never learned science before!
It’s Real Science, Real Funny.
Science Riot is a nonprofit organization promoting public enthusiasm for science. Since 2016, we’ve been taking scientists and teaching them how to do public outreach throughstandup-style comedy about their field of expertise. We make science entertaining and relatable – without sacrificing accuracy.

Black Futures in Art Exhibition Opening Reception
2026-02-20 17:00 - 20:00 | Dairy Arts Center, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
On View Feb 19 – March 29 | Opening Reception: Feb 20, 5 – 8 PM
Fourth Annual Exhibition at the Dairy Arts Center | Curated by Adderly Grant-Lord
Now in its fourth year at the Dairy Arts Center, Black Futures in Art is a sweeping, annual exhibition presented in celebration of Black History Month and in ongoing recognition of Black artistry and excellence year-round. Curated by Adderly Grant-Lord, the exhibition brings together Black artists from Colorado and across the United States, highlighting a broad range of practices, voices, and visions shaping contemporary art today.
This year’s exhibition is grounded in the theme “The excellence beneath our feet lives in our bones,” a poetic meditation on legacy, inheritance, and resilience. The exhibition looks to what has been buried, erased, or overlooked in both past and present, while honoring the enduring knowledge, creativity, and excellence that persist across generations. Through visual art, the exhibition considers how memory, land, body, and ancestry carry stories forward, and how art becomes a conduit for community, reflection, and dialogue around the past, present, and future.
Black Futures in Art creates space for both celebration and critical engagement, inviting audiences to witness how artists navigate history, imagine possibility, and cultivate collective understanding. The exhibition is accompanied by a robust slate of public programming, including film screenings, artist talks, a lecture series, and hands-on workshops, further extending the exhibition’s commitment to conversation, education, and connection.

Local Theater Company: Bad Books | Feb. 5 - 14
2026-02-14 19:30 - 21:30 | Grace Gamm Theatre, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Bad Books By Sharyn Rothstein
Directed by Nick Chase
A concerned mother. A dedicated librarian. The quietest place in America turns into the battleground for a fiery debate about parenting and censorship that starts a chain of events no one saw coming.
Sponsored in part by Mark & Jamie Ragan on behalf of the Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company (BETC) and co-sponsored by Diana & Mike Kinsey
Co-produced by Curious Theatre Company and Local Theater Company, this world premiere production is part of a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere. Curious Theatre Company engages the community in important contemporary issues through provocative modern theatre. Learn more HERE.
Come Together Events

Thu, Feb 5, 7:30 pm – Denver Actors Fund (DAF) Night*
Fri, Feb 6, 7:30 pm – OPENING NIGHT
Sat, Feb 7, 7:30 pm – Post-Show Conversation w/ Betty Hart, Co-Artistic Director*
Sun, Feb 8, 2 pm – Post-Show Conversation w/ Colorado librarians* + Pay What You Will* performance
Sun, Feb 8, 7:30 pm – Pay What You Will* performance
Thu, Feb 12, 7:30 pm – Battle of the Bookclubs Literary Trivia*
Fri, Feb 13, 7:30 pm – Community Meal*
Sat, Feb 14, 2 pm – OUT Night*
Sat, Feb 14, 7:30 pm – Gal-en-tines 2-for-1 tickets* CLOSING NIGHT

*COME TOGETHER event. The Come Together program is Local Theater Company’s community engagement series. Come Together events are free and open to the public. If you would like to learn more about specific events visit: Come Together — Local Theater Company.

BETC: Fireflies
2026-02-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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A Valentine’s outing featuring champagne, roses, and a staged reading of Matthew Barber’s romantic comedy, Fireflies.
Eleanor Bannister is a retired school teacher and a model of respectability. She lives a quiet and lonely life until Abel Brown comes to town. A handyman and drifter, the smooth-talking Brown does more than fix Eleanor’s roof. The town begins to talk. Can Abel be trusted?

Life: A Delightful Show About Fear and Grief
2026-02-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Embark on a thought-provoking experience that will leave you feeling connected and inspired.
Life: A Delightful Show About Fear & Grief portrays the infinite need to honor the challenges and move through the pain served up by life, while maintaining connection, meaning, and love.
Blending comedy, storytelling, and spoken word poetry, the show explores the awful, hilarious, and utterly human experience of fear, grief, and ultimately acceptance. With humor and heart, this show offers a fresh lens on these timeless and difficult emotions.
Fear and grief are not just inevitable — they are sacred rites of passage. A catalyst for transformation and resilience. And they belong to all of us. This performance invites you into that shared space and encourages a path toward healing. Topics include addiction, loss, love, health, dementia, and more. Join us and experience the power of connection, compassion, and community.
“So many beautiful moments; they had the full attention of every single individual lucky enough to have been there to experience greatness in writing, character, and humility.” – Suzanne D.
”The show was nothing like I’ve seen before. There was laughter, joy, and tears at different times and each artist had a unique style of delivery that made the show engaging, real, and raw. If you are curious or intrigued, definitely make the time to see it. You will be happy you did!” – Jean D.
“I was honored to witness such a comical, beautiful, gut-wrenching, and passionate show! This was some amazing work. Thank you for putting your heartfelt stories out there.”– Leah D.
“Your performance was awe-inspiring. The entire performance of the 3 of you was one of the most moving emotionally I have ever experienced. From the depths of sorrow to the heights of laugher it flowed seamlessly and effortlessly. Ya’ll had the audience every second. Not a dry eye in the room. Brilliantly organized and choreographed. Your ending with the message of hope and love was more than perfect. Wow, I’m still enthralled.” – Bruce M.
Performing: Katie Mason, Elaina McMillan, Andrea Sodergren
Andrea Sodergren is a head strong powerhouse. Her drive for success is indisputable as evidenced by winning athletic competitions, conquering businesses, and jet-setting across the country for her wildly successful stand-up show, Moms Unhinged. But once she finally slows down and gets quiet, the emotions begin to flow. Deep love pours through as she remembers her late father, navigates post-divorce dating, and embraces empty nesting. This show has helped Andrea find her tender side allowing her to practice strengthening her softness and vulnerability.
Elaina McMillan is all heart. The kind of fluttering, optimistic, sweet heart typically found in the innocence of a child. This heart is her blessing to this world and her challenge to face, as she unfolds into the fear and grief associated with slowly losing her mother to Alzheimer’s, navigating her son’s fentanyl addiction, and facing the new reality of a chronic illness. How can this hypnotist, belief coach, and comic make peace with pain when her tendency is to move away from it? Hear her journey as Elaina deepens in the trust that she can be with ALL of life and still keep her sweet heart open.
Katie Mason IS soul. She infuses depth and intention into everything she does because she cannot be any other way. As a Poet Laureate and psychotherapist, Katie embodies a commitment to both spiritual and personal growth. When she shares herself, she brings a courageous openness to grief along with a grounded, authentic presence. Her gift to this show is to create space for others to explore and embrace their own truth as she shares hers.

Turn the Page with Colorado Matters and Josh Blue, an Evening of Comedy and Conversation
2026-02-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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He’s “the comic who puts the cerebral in cerebral palsy.” Denver’s Josh Blue, winner of Last Comic Standing, has written an autobiography. “Something To Stare At” is our latest pick for Turn The Page with Colorado Matters. The night will start with a short comedy set from Blue before senior host Ryan Warner joins him on stage for an evening of conversation and your questions. “You may think you know me,” says Blue, “but after reading this, you’re probably going to know more than you want to.”
Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with the program beginning at 7 p.m. A book signing will follow the event.

Creative Connections: Elvis Sing-Along and Screening of Viva Las Vegas
2026-02-12 12:00 - 14:30 | Dairy Arts Center, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Join us for an afternoon of music, memories, and movie fun – this time celebrating the one and only Elvis Presley. We’ll start with a live pianist leading an Elvis-themed sing-along, followed by a private screening of Viva Las Vegas (1964) on the big screen.
This free event is part of the Dairy Arts Center’s Creative Connections Series, designed to bring older adults together through shared arts experiences that inspire joy and connection.
Schedule:
12:00–12:45 PM – Elvis Sing-Along (Dairy Lobby)
1:00–2:30 PM – Viva Las Vegas Screening (Boedecker Theater)
In partnership with Circle of Care Project
Mobilizing the Arts and Culture to Enrich the Lives of Older Adults

Classics with Jeffrey Kash: Ball of Fire
2026-02-09 19:00 - 21:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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This 1941 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks was nominated for four Oscars. It is praised for the sharp and witty dialogue, thanks to Billy Wilder, and the on-screen chemistry between Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. In the movie, a group of professors working on a new encyclopedia while living in a Manhattan mansion take in a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover. (Howard Hawks, 1941, USA, 1:51, NR)

Science on Screen® You Can't Miss What You Forget | Feb 8
2026-02-08 13:00 - 15:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Science on Screen® You Can’t Miss What You Forget
Digital Memory and the Trouble with Letting Go
What happens when we try to move on, but our data won’t let us?
Following Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Dr. Anthony T. Pinter explores how our online “data shadows” preserve relationships, identities, and memories long after they’ve ended.
As our lives change, the data that represents us often doesn’t, leaving behind digital versions of ourselves that no longer fit who we are now. The potential for incongruence between us and our online “data shadows” can be problematic during life transitions, or moments where our identities change significantly (e.g., coming out, dying, becoming a parent, amongst others). We may move on, but our data shadows follow; resurfacing data to make recommendations and encouraging us to reminisce.
Much like sorting through the physical objects of sentimental value, our data must also be considered in the aftermath of life transitions; some want to delete everything, others prefer to keep and revisit it. Drawing from research on romantic breakups and digital identity, this talk looks at how people decide what to do with the data left behind after a relationship ends. From the framework of two curatorial philosophies – the archivist and revisionist – Dr. Pinter will discuss how people make decisions about what to do with their data, how they enact those decisions, and how to contend with the algorithmic curator.
Blending themes of memory, loss, and control, this Science on Screen conversation asks a deceptively simple question: in a world where forgetting isn’t entirely up to us, what does it really mean to let go?
Introduction & film screening: 1:00 PM; Scientific Lecture 3:00 PM
This event is FREE for Dairy Arts Center Members as part of the Science on Screen® series

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
DR. ANTHONY T. PINTER is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Creative Technology & Design in the ATLAS Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder. He holds a BS and MS in Information Sciences and Technology from the Pennsylvania State University, and an MS and PhD in Information Science from the University of Colorado Boulder. Dr. Pinter’s scholarship focuses on the experiences people have during life transitions and how those experiences are translated into data and online identities. He is specifically interested in how people make decisions about what to do with the data left behind after a romantic relationship ends, how those decisions contribute to the formation of post-break-up identities, and how to design systems to support that decision-making. Dr. Pinter’s work has appeared in top-tier journals and conferences such as the ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW).

ABOUT THE FILM

ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
After a painful breakup, Clementine (Kate Winslet) undergoes a procedure to erase memories of her former boyfriend Joel (Jim Carrey) from her mind. When Joel discovers that Clementine is going to extremes to forget their relationship, he undergoes the same procedure and slowly begins to forget the woman that he loved. Directed by Michel Gondry, this visually arresting film explores the intricacy of relationships and the pain of loss. Recently named one of the 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century. (Michel Gondry, 2004, USA, 1:48, R)
