Boulder Environmental Nature Outdoors Film Festival 2025: Age Group Winner
2025-07-19 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Denver) | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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In 1980 Jay Helgerson shocked the world, becoming the first person to run a marathon a week for a year – each race completed in under three hours. For the last ten years, his daughter, filmmaker Alexandra Helgerson, followed him with a camera in order to understand the eccentric man who raised her. What she gets are his projected anxieties, his struggles with physical age and emotional distress, all while he endlessly trains for the Boston Marathon. But as Jay trains, the film is nearly derailed by Alexandra’s encounter with a life threatening illness. Ultimately, AGE GROUP WINNER is an affirmation of the will to live.
Directed by: Alexandra Helgerson
Length: 83 mins

Filmmaker Lex Helgerson will join us for a discussion

Alexandra Helgerson has worked as a filmmaker, actor, teacher and musician. She earned a degree in Mass Communications from the University of California, Berkeley, where she played basketball her freshman year. After working in publishing at Town&Country Magazine in New York, she began a career in acting. Notable roles include Viola and Rosaline for the American Shakespeare Center, Vivien in VIVIEN, and Brynn in HAPPY ENDING, a horror-comedy to be released for streaming and video on demand by Buffalo 8 on June 27th. AGE GROUP WINNER is her directorial debut. A recent survivor of sarcoma, Helgerson discovered Taylor Swift after chemotherapy, and cites Swift’s songwriting as an influence for her debut album HALCYON DAYS, which will be released in the fall of 2025.

Boulder Environmental Nature Outdoors Film Festival 2025: Earth Protectors
2025-07-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Earth Protectors addresses our need to adapt as a species to the Anthropocene: the new era in which the impact of humans overwhelms natural cycles with fires, floods, pollution, super typhoons, and a deadly virus. These challenges provide incontrovertible evidence for the necessity of systemic change. On Anne’s expeditions creating her art installations, she meets a new generation of women and men who are working to save our planet and is inspired by their commitment and their achievements. Her narrative recounts the stories and the diversity of these young protagonists, whom she calls “Earth Protectors”
Anne de Carbuccia, an environmental artist, captures the stories of a motley crew of people who decided to dedicate themselves to the planet’s wellbeing.
Directed by Anne de Carbuccia
Runtime: 96 Mins

Anne de Carbuccia

Anne de Carbuccia is an artist and filmmaker from Corsica, France. Since 2013 she has travelled to the world’s most remote locations to artistically document endangered environments, species and cultures. The focus of her work is to move past the human-centered era of today. Her art has been exhibited in museums and public institutions throughout Europe and the United States.
She is currently creating a mixed-media art series Follow the thread and Sacred Bodies, a photography project. She is also filming a five episode documentary series, Choose Earth.

Boulder Environmental Nature Outdoors Film Festival 2025: Half-Life of Memory: America's Forgotten Atomic Bomb Factory
2025-07-19 16:30 - 17:30 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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In the suburbs of Denver, the U.S. secretly manufactured thousands of atomic weapons, leaving behind a toxic legacy that will persist for generations.
The Rocky Flats plant produced a staggering 70,000 atomic bombs, each serving as a “trigger” for thermonuclear warheads. Concealed by government secrecy, the plant’s fires, leaks, and illicit dumping of nuclear waste contaminated the Denver area with long-lived radioactive toxins.
A major—and highly visible—plutonium fire sparked a decade of mass protests, culminating in an unprecedented FBI raid that ultimately shuttered the plant. Today, the radioactive legacy of Rocky Flats continues to threaten public health, yet surprisingly few people are aware the plant ever existed.
Through powerful testimonials and extraordinary archival media, Half-Life of Memory exposes Rocky Flats’ dark past and enduring impact, prompting critical reflection on the implications of the nation’s renewed nuclear weapons buildup.
Directed by Jeffrey Gipe
Runtime: 55 minutes

Jeffrey GIPE, Director’s Statement

As the director of Half-Life of Memory, I am honored to share this film, which explores the complex and contested legacy of the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant. This project is profoundly personal to me, as my father is among those who worked at Rocky Flats and endured the severe consequences of the nuclear arms race.
Half-Life of Memory is not just a film; it is a personal mission to unveil the concealed realities of Rocky Flats and to amplify the voices of those who have been affected. Through meticulous research and heartfelt testimonials, Half-Life of Memory exposes the lasting impacts of nuclear arms production on individuals and communities.
With rising nuclear tensions and a new buildup of nuclear weapons underway, addressing the radioactive legacy of Rocky Flats is more urgent than ever to ensure that lessons from its past are not ignored.
Half-Life of Memory stands as a tribute to my father, to all the workers who sacrificed their well-being, and to the countless lives impacted by nuclear weapons production. It is my hope that this film will honor their stories and serve as a catalyst for meaningful

Boulder Environmental Nature Outdoors Film Festival 2025: Nature and Outdoors Short Films Program
2025-07-19 16:00 - 17:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Finalists of short films Program curated from over 100 submissions to the festival in 2025 – An eclectic mix of environmental Advocacy, Wildlife conservation, and artistic expressions of nature and what it all means to us.

LIST OF SHORT FILMS SELECTED WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY JULY 1st.

Boulder Environmental Nature Outdoors Film Festival 2025: Lost Wolves of Yellowstone
2025-07-19 13:00 - 14:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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THE LOST WOLVES OF YELLOWSTONE
A captivating film from Yellowstone National Park, where a group of biologists led by a charismatic woman set out to bring back the wolves – a project that changed their own lives forever.
The wolf holds a special place in the animal kingdom. The proud and feared predator is almost a mythological creature in the story of humanity’s own history. So when the decision was made in 1995 to reintroduce the wolf to the vast Yellowstone National Park, it was not without opposition.
Leading the project was charismatic biologist Mollie Beattie, who, along with her colorful and sympathetic team of colleagues, was charged with bringing wolves back at a time when they had been extinct for 50 years. But not everyone was thrilled with the idea that wolves would soon be allowed to roam free again. The project became a political battle that required all of Beattie’s skills as a biologist, diplomat and storyteller.
The documentary ‘Lost Wolves of Yellowstone’ unfolds this magnificent story as an epic drama with a twinkle in the eye – not least from Beattie’s idealistic and charming colleagues, who experience the amazing and beautiful footage from back then for the first time. This event is in collaboration with the Rocky Mountains Wolf Project.

Boulder Environmental Nature Outdoors Film Festival 2025: The American Southwest
2025-07-18 19:30 - 21:00 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Producer Dr. Len Necefer will join us afterwards for a discussion
The American Southwest is a thrilling wildlife movie that chronicles life and death along the Colorado River…and advocates for its return.
The feature-length film follows the Colorado River from its headwaters in the Rocky Mountains, through lush forests and iconic canyons, and down diversion tunnels and irrigation canals on its 1,400-mile journey to sustain both the natural world and humanity. Along the way, the river nourishes diverse ecosystems that are bursting with life, and provides water to more than 40 million people. From the recovery of elk and beavers to the endangerment of cutthroat trout and jaguars, the movie showcases wildlife stories that speak to our society’s ability to both destroy and recover the natural world.
Narrated by Quannah ChasingHorse, The American Southwest is set to be the first-ever blue chip natural history film narrated by an Indigenous voice. Through collaboration with Natives Outdoors, the film also features incredible artwork, architecture, and culture of Indigenous peoples who have lived in relative harmony with the region for over one thousand generations.
With a changing climate, rapidly growing population, and continuous over-allocation of the world’s most litigated river, there has never been a more important time to inspire conservation efforts that ensure wildlife, rivers, and humans thrive. The American Southwest aims to foster a love for the region, ignite hope for conservation success, encourage action to return healthy river flows, and raise awareness before the Colorado River Compact is renegotiated in 2026.
Directed by Ben Masters
Runtime: 102 mins

Producer Dr. Len Necefer

Dr. Len Necefer is the CEO & Founder of NativesOutdoors, a media and consulting company focused on environmental advocacy, outdoor recreation, and sustainability. He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University and has held positions at the U.S. Department of Energy and the University of Arizona.
In addition to his work at NativesOutdoors, Len serves as President of the Board for the Honnold Foundation, supporting global solar energy access initiatives. His expertise bridges engineering, policy, and business, using storytelling to drive impact in environmental and social issues. His work has been featured in National Geographic, Alpinist, and over 50 film festivals worldwide.
An avid packrafter, skier, climber, and mountaineer, Len integrates his passion for outdoor adventure with broader discussions on sustainability, land management, and climate change. His expeditions have taken him deep into remote landscapes, exploring the intersections of water, conservation, and outdoor recreation. Through these experiences, he advocates for responsible stewardship of rivers and wild places while showcasing the power of adventure as a tool for environmental awareness.Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

Boulder Environmental Nature Outdoors Film Festival 2025: Her Shark Story
2025-07-18 19:00 - 20:15 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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HER SHARK STORY
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Produced over the course of four years, this inspiring feature-length documentary takes us to one of the most unique places in the world – the enigmatic Galapagos Islands, for a journey of self-discovery, adventure, and redemption.
Through their shared passion for finding and studying the biggest shark in the world, Sofia Green and her father Jonathan must face the reality of their past, so they can reconnect a lost bond and embrace their future.
Accompanied by a compelling soundtrack and spectacular cinematography, this is a film of female empowerment, family relationships and passion for the natural world. It’s a beautifully woven story that will resonate with all who watch it, as no matter the situation – parents and our need for connection, are universal.
Directed by Ignacio Walker
Runtime: 76 mins

Filmmaker Ignacio Walker will Join us For discussion

Director/Producer/Cinematographer: Ignacio Walker – Chilean Emmy nominated cinematographer for the Netflix Series “Our Great National Parks” and award winning director of the short film “Quito My Story

Boulder Environmental Nature Outdoors Film Festival 2025: Out There: A National Park Story
2025-07-18 16:30 - 17:45 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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discussion with Dir. Brendan Hall via Zoom
“Our national parks are places of discovery about nature, history, our nation and ourselves. Out There: A National Parks Story beautifully captures and shares the emotions friends, family and visitors feel watching a Grand Canyon sunset, a walk amongst the Redwood giants, or a cold dip in a mountain stream. Through their eyes and voices, and superb visuals, you will share their sense of awe. It reminds us that these national park experiences are there for us all.” – Jon Jarvis, 18th Director of the U.S. National Parks Service
“It was worth the struggle, the resilience, the hard work, and the courage as this majestic film is a true ‘tour de force’ and it will amaze you by its beauty and its spirituality.” – Emmanuel Itier, filmfestivals.com
A young filmmaker sets out on a 10,000-mile exploration of the national parks with his childhood friend during the centennial year of the formation of the National Park Service. Along the way, the two record stories of the people that work in the parks and those that come to enjoy them, as part of the rich tapestry of the history of the park system emerges. They hear profound stories of people from all ages, walks of life, and cultures that come to the parks seeking tranquility, healing, motivation, and connection to the natural world. Between spectacular visuals of the parks and compelling interviews are colorful bits of old maps, posters, and travelogues. This stunning road trip is a tribute to the national parks and their history, and is also a recognition of the people that appreciate them and work to maintain their beauty.
Directed by Dir. Brendan Hall
Runtime: 75 mins

DireCTor Brendan Hall

Brendan Hall is a documentary filmmaker telling stories in the natural world and beyond. His projects have brought viewers on adventures that explore the frontiers of our human spirit. In his work, Brendan is committed to sharing the wonders of our planet in hopes that we may be inspired to care for it. In 2022, Brendan was globally announced as a crew member of the dearMoon lunar mission led by Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa. Selected from over 1 million artists and creatives around the world, he will join Maezawa and 7 other crew members on the first ever civilian flight around the moon with SpaceX as soon as 2023. While Brendan is a director, cinematographer and editor, he is also a night sky photographer, scuba diver and amateur juggler.

Boulder Environmental Nature Outdoors Film Festival 2025: When We Cycle and Cycling Without Age
2025-07-18 16:00 - 17:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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WHEN WE CYCLE
In the film WHEN WE CYCLE, we will look into the great unknown. What are the different developments in society and what might be the role of the bike in these possible futures? Does the fast efficient cyclist get priority or are other scenarios conceivable? And how will that effect the city of the future? Various experts and everyday cyclists will take you on this journey through different imaginable futures for cycling.
Co-director Gertjan Hulster
Runtime: 70 mins.
CYCLING WITHOUT AGE
CYCLING WITHOUT AGE – an idea and a non-profit which started in Copenhagen in 2012 and is now present in 40 countries worldwide. This captivating film promises to take you on a journey of compassion, community, and the joy of cycling. The film explores the impact of a social initiative that uses volunteers to cycle with senior citizens in trishaw bikes. The initiative, also known as Cycling Without Age, aims to reconnect older adults with their communities and the outdoors.
Directed by Isaac Seigel-Boettner
Runtime: 17 mins.

Boulder Environmental Nature Outdoors Film Festival 2025: Lost Wolves of Yellowstone
2025-07-17 19:30 - 21:00 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Film at 7:30PM at Dairy Arts Center: Gordon Gamm Theater is SOLD-OUT. Tickets are available for at 1 PM on Saturday, July 19th in the Boedecker.
THE LOST WOLVES OF YELLOWSTONE
A captivating film from Yellowstone National Park, where a group of biologists led by a charismatic woman set out to bring back the wolves – a project that changed their own lives forever.
The wolf holds a special place in the animal kingdom. The proud and feared predator is almost a mythological creature in the story of humanity’s own history. So when the decision was made in 1995 to reintroduce the wolf to the vast Yellowstone National Park, it was not without opposition.
Leading the project was charismatic biologist Mollie Beattie, who, along with her colorful and sympathetic team of colleagues, was charged with bringing wolves back at a time when they had been extinct for 50 years. But not everyone was thrilled with the idea that wolves would soon be allowed to roam free again. The project became a political battle that required all of Beattie’s skills as a biologist, diplomat and storyteller.
The documentary ‘Lost Wolves of Yellowstone’ unfolds this magnificent story as an epic drama with a twinkle in the eye – not least from Beattie’s idealistic and charming colleagues, who experience the amazing and beautiful footage from back then for the first time. This event is in collaboration with the Rocky Mountains Wolf Project.

The Penguin Lessons
2025-07-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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July 15-17
Inspired by the true story of a disillusioned Englishman who went to work in a school in Argentina in 1976. Expecting an easy ride, Tom discovers a divided nation and a class of unteachable students. However, after he rescues a penguin from an oil-slicked beach, his life is turned upside-down. (Peter Cattaneo, 2024, Spain/USA/UK, 1:50, PG-13)

Boulder Environmental Nature Outdoors Film Festival 2025: Opening Night Reception and Film
2025-07-17 17:30 - 21:00 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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2025 ALL ACCESS PASS
Thursday, July 17 at 5:30PM to 9:00PM
Reception at Hilton Garden Inn Boulder on Canyon. Outdoor Courtyard
Heavy Appetizers & Libations (cocktails, wine, beer, or soft drink)
Live Music by The Atom Collective, a jazz band making people happy on Colorado’s front range since 2019.
Kyle Banker at Piano, Tobin Munsat on Drums, Adisa Nickerson on Trumpet, & Todd Van Selus on Bass.
Film at 7:30PM at Dairy Arts Center: Gordon Gamm Theater
THE LOST WOLVES OF YELLOWSTONE
A captivating film from Yellowstone National Park, where a group of biologists led by a charismatic woman set out to bring back the wolves – a project that changed their own lives forever.
The wolf holds a special place in the animal kingdom. The proud and feared predator is almost a mythological creature in the story of humanity’s own history. So when the decision was made in 1995 to reintroduce the wolf to the vast Yellowstone National Park, it was not without opposition.
Leading the project was charismatic biologist Mollie Beattie, who, along with her colorful and sympathetic team of colleagues, was charged with bringing wolves back at a time when they had been extinct for 50 years. But not everyone was thrilled with the idea that wolves would soon be allowed to roam free again. The project became a political battle that required all of Beattie’s skills as a biologist, diplomat and storyteller.
The documentary ‘Lost Wolves of Yellowstone’ unfolds this magnificent story as an epic drama with a twinkle in the eye – not least from Beattie’s idealistic and charming colleagues, who experience the amazing and beautiful footage from back then for the first time. This event is in collaboration with the Rocky Mountains Wolf Project.

Porcelain War
2025-07-17 16:30 - 18:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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July 15-17*
Amidst the chaos and destruction of the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine, three artists defiantly find inspiration and beauty as they defend their culture and their country. In a war waged by professional soldiers against ordinary civilians, Slava Leontyev, Anya Stasenko, and Andrey Stefanov choose to stay behind, armed with their art, their cameras, and, for the first time in their lives, their guns. Despite daily shelling, Anya finds resistance and purpose in her art, Andrey takes the dangerous journey to get his young family to safety abroad, and Slava becomes a weapons instructor for ordinary people who have become unlikely soldiers. As the war intensifies, Andrey picks up his camera to film their story, and on tiny porcelain figurines, Anya and Slava capture their idyllic past, uncertain present, and hope for the future. (Brendan Bellomo & Slava Leontyev, 2024, USA/Ukraine, 1:27, R)
*July 16, 7 PM screening will be followed by a post film conversation with Academy Award winning film producer, Paula DuPré Pesmen!

Familiar Touch
2025-07-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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July 9-15*
Ruth (Kathleen Chalfant), a retired cook, prepares breakfast in her sunny and cozy kitchen — a dish she seems to have made many times before, although smal and puzzling errors now punctuate her comfortable routine. When her son (H. Jon Benjamin) arrives to dine with her, she mistakes him for a suitor. Their “date” takes them to an assisted living facility, which Ruth does not remember that she had previously selected for herself. Among her felow memory care residents, Ruth feels lost and adrift, certain she has found herself somewhere she does not belong. As she slowly begins to accept the warmth and support of care workers Vanessa (Carolyn Michele) and Brian (Andy McQueen), she finds new ways to ground herself in her body, even as her mind embarks on a journey al its own. Writer-director Sarah Friedland’s coming-of-old-age feature compassionately follows the winding path of octogenarian Ruth’s shifting memories and desires while remaining rooted in her sage perspective. (Sarah, Friedland, 2025, USA, 1:39, NR)
*July 15, 7 PM screening will be followed by a post film Q&A with lead actress, Kathleen Chalfan!

Familiar Touch
2025-07-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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July 9-15
Ruth (Kathleen Chalfant), a retired cook, prepares breakfast in her sunny and cozy kitchen — a dish she seems to have made many times before, although small and puzzling errors now punctuate her comfortable routine. When her son (H. Jon Benjamin) arrives to dine with her, she mistakes him for a suitor. Their “date” takes them to an assisted living facility, which Ruth does not remember that she had previously selected for herself. Among her fellow memory care residents, Ruth feels lost and adrift, certain she has found herself somewhere she does not belong. As she slowly begins to accept the warmth and support of care workers Vanessa (Carolyn Michele) and Brian (Andy McQueen), she finds new ways to ground herself in her body, even as her mind embarks on a journey all its own. Writer-director Sarah Friedland’s coming-of-old-age feature compassionately follows the winding path of octogenarian Ruth’s shifting memories and desires while remaining rooted in her sage perspective. (Sarah, Friedland, 2025, USA, 1:39, NR)

Classics with Jeffrey Kash: The Facts of Life
2025-07-14 19:00 - 20:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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July 14
Unlike the typical Bob Hope and Lucille Ball vehicles, The Facts of Life is essentially a domestic drama with comic undertones. Hope is married to Ruth Hussey, while Ball is the wife of Don DeFore. All four are old friends, who for many years have taken each other for granted. A series of unforeseen circumstances requires Hope and Ball to spend a great deal of time together without their spouses, and as a result they fall in love. Though the affair is never consummated, Hope and Ball are prepared to run off together, but in the end they decide that adultery at their age just isn’t worth the trouble. Long unavailable for viewing due to legal tangles, The Facts of Life has gained legendary status as one of the few Bob Hope films of the 1960s to concentrate on character development rather than silly one-liners. Recent viewings have revealed that, though a far more mature work than one might expect from Hope or Ball, Facts of Life still relies to a great extent on the sort of TV sitcom material that the fans of the two stars had come to expect by 1960. Still, the film was considered offbeat enough to warrant an Oscar nomination for best screenplay (Melvin Frank, 1961, USA, 1:43, NR)

Sabbath Queen
2025-07-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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July 9-13
Co-presented by the Boulder Jewish Community Center
Shot over 21 years, it follows Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie’s epic journey as the dynastic heir of 38 generations of Orthodox rabbis including the Chief Rabbis of Israel. He is torn between accepting his ancestral destiny or following his heart to become a drag queen rebel, a queer father, and the founder of Lab/Shul – an everybody-friendly, experimental congregation. As SABBATH QUEEN opens, Lau-Lavie is newly arrived in New York in the late 1990s, a young gay man declaring “Artists are the new rabbis” and appearing around the city in drag as Rebbetzin Hadassah Gross, the widow of six Hasidic rabbis (all from the same extended family). As the years pass, Lau-Lavie embraces a range of creative spiritual endeavors including Storahtelling and Lab/Shul – until he shocks everyone with his decision to become a rabbi himself, studying in the Conservative tradition of Judaism. Director Sandi Dubowski will be present for Q&A at the first two screenings. (Sandi Simcha Dubowski, 2025, USA, 1:45, NR)

CenterStage / Tapestry Theatre Company: Chicago Teen Edition
2025-07-13 13:00 - 15:15 | Grace Gamm Theatre, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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CenterStage is delighted to be returning to the Dairy Arts Center for our 2025 summer mainstage production which will be presented in the 117-seat Grace Gamm theatre at the Dairy Arts Center in Boulder.
In “Roaring Twenties” Chicago, chorus girl Roxie Hart murders a faithless lover and convinces her hapless husband, Amos, to take the rap…until he finds out he’s been duped and turns on Roxie. Convicted and sent to death row, Roxie and another “Merry Murderess,” Velma Kelly, vie for the spotlight and the headlines, ultimately joining forces in search of the “American Dream”: fame, fortune, and acquittal. This sharp-edged satire features a dazzling score that sparked immortal staging by Bob Fosse.

Friday Night Weird: Hot Springs Shark Attack
2025-07-11 20:30 - 22:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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July 11
There have been cases of disappearances of hot springs visitors in Atsumi city, Japan. When the victims are found dead with injuries mysteriously resembling a vicious shark attack, the towns people being to investigate. (Morihito Inoue, 2024, Japan, 1:10, NR)

Matter Over Mind Visual Arts Opening Reception
2025-07-11 17:00 - 20:00 | Dairy Arts Center, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
Join us for the opening reception for the Matter Over Mind exhibition. Be the first to see the art and a chance to meet the artist. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be available for purchase.
Exhibit On View: 11 July – 31 August, 2025
Artists: ATLAS Institute’s Emergent Nanomaterials Lab (Joshua Coffie, Meenakshi Skandarajan, Caitlin Rogers, and Alexandra Felderman), Ana González Baragan, Andrea Garcia Vasquez, Anna Tsouhlarakis, Belgin Yucelen, Carson Besser, Heather Schulte, Netta Ofer, Steven Frost
Matter Over Mind is an exhibition that explores multidisciplinary innovation, boundary-pushing research, and the brilliant, experimental space where art and science collide. Learn how creative practices are redefining our relationship with the physical world — using matter as a tool to rethink, reimagine, and reshape how we live, learn, and create.
The exhibition brings together a vibrant community of radical thinkers and hands-on makers — artists who are also researchers, inventors, teachers, and students. Many of the exhibiting artists are affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder and its ATLAS Institute, an interdisciplinary hub for creativity and invention, where bold ideas come to life through hands-on experimentation, collaboration, and critical inquiry.
From the ATLAS Institute’s Emergent Nanomaterials Lab — where Joshua Coffie, Meenaksi Skandarajan, Caitlin Rogers, and Alexandra Felderman develop smart tattoo inks for the human body — to Netta Ofer’s slime mold experiments exploring nonhuman intelligence, to Ana González Barragán’s transformation of discarded Colorado quarry stone into poetic interventions, each artist pushes material to its edge and invites us to think differently.
Rather than “mind over matter“, this exhibition proposes the reverse: Matter Over Mind — a celebration of those who think unconventionally, experiment boldly, and let the material world lead the way toward new possibilities.

Plight - Official Boulder Premiere - Red Carpet Event
2025-07-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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July 6-7
When a tragic hit-and-run leaves a young couple shattered, a grieving father and a resilient caregiver forge an unlikely alliance. Plight follows Valentina, a Ukrainian woman searching for peace, and Joe, a working-class man losing faith in justice, as they uncover secrets buried in a forgotten Pennsylvania steel town. Bound by loss, their pursuit of truth reveals just how far people will go when justice slips away. (MJ Alhabeeb Jr, 2025, USA, 1:20, NR)

Official Boulder Premiere – Red Carpet Event
This will be a Red Carpet event. Formal attire suggested, although not required. Photos on the Red Carpet to precede the Premiere. Q&A with Cast & Crew following the screening

Memoir Writing with Brenda Kahn: 6 Weeks
2025-07-07 10:00 - 12:00 | The Vandeveer Workshop (Rm. 220), Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Transform your personal experiences into stories with universal appeal. Through engaging discussions, writing exercises, readings and sharing our written work, we’ll explore the art of writing memoir. Discussions include: truth-telling, memory, first-person narration, and the balance between showing and telling. Sessions are designed to uncover the deeper meaning in your story while fostering a supportive and encouraging community of writers.
Class is limited to 8 participants and welcomes writers at any stage of their journey.
Instructor: Brenda Kahn
Brenda Kahn is a Boulder-based artist, celebrated for her poignant, lyric-driven music that blends personal narratives with broader social commentaries. She gained acclaim in the ’90s with her punk-folk music, leading to a deal with Columbia Records and praise for her album “Epiphany in Brooklyn.” She toured with musical greats Bob Dylan and Jeff Buckley and authored “Ode to Chores,” a humorous take on motherhood in verse. Her 2024 single “Alright OK” is available on YouTube and Spotify. Kahn’s memoir, set to explore the transformative power of music and writing against the backdrop of the East Village music scene in the ’90s, is forthcoming.

When Fall Is Coming
2025-07-06 16:30 - 18:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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July 2-6
After a tumultuous life in Paris, Michelle (Hélène Vincent) has retired to a quiet existence in Burgundy, tending her garden and attending services at her parish. The voracious hostility of her adult daughter Valérie (Ludivine Sagnier) remains Michelle’s great puzzlement: how can a child for whom she sacrificed so much treat her with such contempt and suspicion? When Valérie drops off her son for a week with his grandmother, Michelle sees an opportunity to repair the relationship, but a culinary accident soon undercuts whatever trust remains. With the help of her best friend Marie Claude (Josiane Balasko), whose son (Pierre Lottin) has recently been released from prison, Michelle plots a path towards restoring the family life so long denied her. With a deceptively placid surface, master stylist François Ozon cooks up a twisty and destabilizing thriller where family ties remain the most mysterious ingredient of all. (François Ozon, 2024, France, 1:44, NR)

Secret Mall Apartment
2025-07-06 14:30 - 16:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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July 2-6
In 2003, eight Rhode Island artists created a secret apartment inside the busy Providence Place Mall and lived there for four years, filming everything along the way. They snuck in furniture, tapped into the mall’s electricity, and even constructed a wall, smuggling in more than two tons of cinderblock. Far more than just a wild prank, the secret apartment became a deeply meaningful place for its inhabitants. It was a personal expression of defiance against local gentrification, a boundary-pushing work of public/private art, a clubhouse in which large-scale charitable art projects were planned, and, finally, a 750 square-foot “F you” to The Man. Featuring never-before-seen footage of the space and revealing the identities of all the participants for the first time, SECRET MALL APARTMENT is more than just a bonkers true story. Director Jeremy Workman (Lily Topples The World, The World Before Your Feet, Deciding Vote) delivers a poignant exploration of a group of artists who discovered their purpose within the most commercial and improbable places. (Jeremy Workman, 2025, USA, 1:31, NR)

No Other Land
2025-07-06 14:30 - 16:00 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Presented by Boulder Nablus Sister City Project, and Boulder Showing up for Racial Justice.
Oscar‑winning feature documentary. For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight. “Given the conditions of its production, NO OTHER LAND would be vital even in a more ragged form. But the filmmaking here is tight and considered, with nimble editing (by the directors themselves) that captures the sense of time at once passing and looping back on itself.” – Guy Lodge, Variety (Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor, 2024, Occupied Palestinian Territory, 1:32, NR)

Friday Night Weird: Dangerous Animals
2025-07-04 20:30 - 22:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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July 4
When Zephyr, a rebellious surfer, is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer and held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below. (Sean Byrne, 2025, Australia, 1:38, R)

Boulder Comedy Festival
2025-06-29 19:00 - 20:30 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Come laugh with the Boulder Comedy Festival in its 5th year highlighting women and diversity in comedy! Join us for a hilarious shows featuring comics from across the country, including comics from Late Night national headliners. Celebrate comedy that’s fresh, bold, and inclusive in the vibrant heart of Boulder. Grab your tickets now for an unforgettable experience—because life is better with laughter!
Featured Comedians for Sunday, June 29 at 7pm include:
Andrea Vahl
Stephanie McHugh
Chip Nicholson
Miriam Moreno
Zoe Rogers
John Novosad
Janae Burris
Neeraj Srinivasan
Peter Liu

Close Up Magic Show - Cancelled
2025-06-29 18:00 - 19:30 | Grace Gamm Theatre, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
Surround yourself with great vibes and better magic at the mind-blowing night out that will leave you gasping at tricks that are so insane you’ll be saying “what the f—?!”. Innovative feats of magic are fused with close–up conversation as magician and comedian Braden Carlisle takes audiences on a journey of mini-miracles.
In this theatre, a world of illusion and mystery exists for one night only. A place outside of time, where the rules of reality no longer apply. Will you join us for the evening?
A Vegas Magician and a Con Artist Expert – who are your performers??
Braden Carlisle delivers a spectacle packed with magic, comedy, and miracles in sold-out theaters across North America and extended residencies in Denver and New York. Magic happens both in your hands and your mind while everyone is involved in an unforgettable performance designed to amaze and enthrall.

Most People Die on Sundays
2025-06-29 17:00 - 19:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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June 25-29
David is in his 30s, overweight, gay and with a crippling fear of flying. He regretfully returns to his native Argentina to attend his uncle’s funeral. There he will reconnect with his mother and his Jewish family, while embarking on a quest across Buenos Aires to quench his anxiety via driving lessons, seeking cheap healthcare and trying to sleep with any man that shows him a little attention. (Iair Said, 2024, Argentina/Italy/Spain, 1:15, NR)

Bank Job
2025-06-29 15:00 - 16:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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June 25-29
Artist/filmmaker team Dan Edelstyn and Hilary Powell live in an area plagued by debt – mortgage debt, credit card debt, public debt – which impoverishes families, communities and public services. So they recruit their neighbors to set up a bank in their High Street to print their own currency which they then sell as art works. The plan is to raise money to support the local school and community projects and, more daringly, to buy up over $1 million of the debts of local people. These debts are being sold on the market for a small fraction of their face value.
BANK JOB follows Dan and Hilary as they succeed in their aim, eventually (and spectacularly) blowing up the debt in the shadow of London’s financial district. Along the way, they meet with economists, politicians and anti-debt campaigners in America (including the late anthropologist David Graeber) to discover how debt is created in our economy and ask important questions about how the system of money creation might be altered in society’s favor…not just to the banking system’s benefit.
With wit, insight, and gunpowder, BANK JOB argues that these debts are a result of a monetary system which is impoverishing multitudes by design, and which could be changed. (Daniel Edelstyn & Hilary Powell, 2021, UK, 1:21, NR)
