World Premiere Boulder Kirtan Fever
2025-10-16 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Denver) | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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For over 20 years a unique community in Boulder, Colorado has been gathering every Sunday night for the magic of Kirtan – the transformative energy of live music, chanting and dancing. What started in India with the chanting of Sanskrit Mantras over two thousand years ago is now in the US, a fusion of East and West that soothes the soul and calms the mind. Boulder Kirtan Fever tells the story and shares the experience of the dedicated people who founded Bhakti Shakti Kirtan and keep it vibrant as part of a growing community of participants, musicians and leaders.

Sundance Film Festival and Dairy Arts Center: Rebuilding
2025-10-14 20:00 - 21:45 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
Josh O’Connor and Lily LaTorre appear in Rebuilding by Max Walker-Silverman, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Bleecker Street | photo by Jesse Hope.
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A special screening presented by Sundance Film Festival and Dairy Center for the Arts
A gently humanist story of the American West from Max Walker-Silverman (A Love Song), Rebuilding follows Dusty (Josh O’Connor), a reserved, divorced father whose ranch has burned down in a devastating wildfire. Now living in a trailer community on a government-run campsite, Dusty finds solace with his new neighbors who have also lost everything, quietly reassembles his life, and starts reconnecting with his ex-wife Ruby (Meghann Fahy) and young daughter Callie-Rose (Lily LaTorre). Filmed against the rapturous backdrop of southern Colorado, Rebuilding is a ruminative, moving portrait of resilience and human connection in the wake of loss.
Rebuilding premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and will be released in theaters on November 14, 2025. Film courtesy of Bleecker Street.
5:00 p.m.: Screening #1 followed by a Q&A with writer-director Max Walker-Silverman, moderated by Paula DuPré Pesmen, Managing Director, Sundance Film Festival Relocation
7:00 p.m.: Meet and greet with Sundance Institute staff
8:00 p.m.: Screening #2 followed by a Q&A with writer-director Max Walker-Silverman, moderated by Paula DuPré Pesmen, Managing Director, Sundance Film Festival Relocation
Tickets are $5 plus fees. Proceeds will be donated to the Sister Carmen Community Center.
The film will be screened with Open Captions.

IRL Movie Club Presents: My Omaha
2025-10-12 18:00 - 19:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Oct 12
The IRL (In Real Life) Movie Club is a nonprofit on a mission to strengthen democracy through the power of shared experience and dialogue.
My Omaha is a powerful and intimate portrait of a left-leaning filmmaker and his terminally ill, MAGA-supporting father as they embark on a series of raw, searching conversations—set against the backdrop of a racially and politically divided Omaha. As activist movements rise in North Omaha and the filmmaker forms a deep bond with a local leader, the film becomes both a personal reckoning and a moving exploration of how love, grief, and honest dialogue can transcend even the deepest divides. (Nick Beaulieu, 2025, USA, 1:25, NR)

Naked Ambition | Oct. 8-12
2025-10-12 16:00 - 17:30 | 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)

Indigenous Peoples' Day 2025: Breaking Barriers to Native Education For All
2025-10-12 11:00 - 17:00 | Dairy Arts Center, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Right Relationship Boulder presents
Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2025: “Breaking Barriers to Native Education For All”
Positioning the greater Boulder Valley area at the international forefront of innovative, indigenized education supporting the academic persistence, success and interrelational wellness of every student, parent, educator, administrator and community member via Native Education for All.
Sunday, October 12, 2025
10am-5pm
For students, parents, educators, administrators, and Change Leaders
Fun activities for ages pre-K to adult!
More details and updates here
Family Storytime & Activities
Educator Resource Collaborative
Native Art Market
Breathing Healing Bus
Distinguished Speakers & Panelists
Native-Indigenous Food Vendors

Deep appreciation to our Community Partners! Creative Nations, Dairy Arts Center, and the City of Boulder Human Relations Fund
Keynote Address:
“Honoring Our Obligations: Building an Education System that Serves Native Students and All of Colorado”
Dr. Terri Bissonette explores the history and future of Indian Education for All in Colorado, highlighting how education built on Native land must now honor Native students. This keynote calls for truth in curriculum, support for educators, and dedicated resources to build an equitable system that serves all Colorado children.
Keynote Speaker Bio:
Dr. Terri Bissonette, EdD, brings over 20 years of experience in K–12 education, specializing in curriculum development, teacher training, and school leadership with a strong emphasis on equity, diversity, and culturally responsive learning. Her background spans K–9 classroom instruction, school leadership, higher education teaching, and the creation of innovative, culturally relevant curricula.
She was the founder of the American Indian Academy of Denver (AIAD), a community-driven school that operated in Denver and was designed to serve Native American and Latino students. In addition to her work in school design and leadership, Dr. Bissonette has led professional learning initiatives focused on trauma-informed practices and Indigenous education.
Guided by a commitment to inclusive and empowering learning environments, she draws on her comprehensive teaching experience and leadership skills to advance culturally responsive education that supports all learners.

Sketch | Oct. 8-11
2025-10-11 19:30 - 21:00 | 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)

Raw Groove Presents: Tenets | Oct. 10-11
2025-10-11 19:00 - 20:00 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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TENETS is Raw Groove’s movement manifesto, a full-bodied expression of the principles that guide our creative practice.
Drawing from the fusion of Black diasporic dance forms such as Afrobeats, Hip Hop, House, and beyond, this work explores how movement holds memory. Each rhythm, each gesture, is part of a lineage: passed down, reshaped, and reimagined. These are our tenets. The foundations we return to. The structures we spring from.
This dance theatre production reflects our process of learning, honoring, and evolving. We study the roots and experiment by intertwining tradition with new patterns that excite and inspire. The result is something alive, layered, and future leaning.
TENETS blends choreography with live music, spoken word, and comedy to create a rhythmically rich experience. It is a celebration of movement as philosophy, memory, and imagination.

Friday Night Weird: The Addiction
2025-10-10 20:30 - 22:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Oct 10
A New York philosophy grad student turns into a vampire after getting bitten by one, and then tries to come to terms with her new lifestyle and frequent craving for human blood. (Abel Ferrara, 1995, USA, 1:22, NR)

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!

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.

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

Manhattan Short Film Festival | Oct. 2-5
2025-10-05 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.

Folk Tales | Oct. 1-4
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)

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/

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)

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”.

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

The Last Class
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)

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)

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.

By the Stream
2025-09-28 16:30 - 18:30 | 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!
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.

Miss Manhattan: A New Musical
2025-09-28 14:00 - 16:15 | 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

It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
2025-09-28 14:00 - 16:00 | 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)

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!

Goodnight Moon A Fiber Tale with Impact Playback Theatre Ensemble
2025-09-27 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)

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)

The Blind Cafe Music & Dinner In The Dark Experience
2025-09-21 17:00 - 19:00 | 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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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/
