Dairy Arts Center

Frequent Flyers' Aerial Dance Festival SHOWCASE PERFORMANCE
2025-08-01 20:00 - 21:15 (America/Denver) | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Frequent Flyer’s 27th annual Aerial Dance Festival PERFORMANCE SHOWCASE brings together the world-class Faculty Artists of ADF 2025 in performance.
You will never see this mix of artists together anywhere else!
Performers:
Artoor Voskanian, Seattle Washington: dynamic lyra
Summer Lacy, New York: dance trapeze
Issac Endo, Boulder / Montreal: devised dance trapeze
Danielle Hendricks, Fresno California, Bungee choreography on Laurel Johnson
Valerie Morris, Colorado: stilts with rope & harness
Anastasia Timina, Colorado: Silks
Nancy Smith, Colorado: Aerial Window
Casey Pottle, Colorado: Loops
Ariana Papousek, Colorado: lyra
Ariana Papousek & Peter Holben, Colorado: Aerial Pyramid
Shows: Friday August 1, 8pm
Saturday August 2, 8pm
Sunday August 3, 2pm
(All 3 performances are the same)

Friday Night Weird: The Sound
2025-08-01 20:30 - 22:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Aug 1
A group of climbers embarks on a dangerous climb that has been off-limits for years. What initially begins as an audacious expedition transforms into a battle for survival against a force that toys with them. (Brendan Devane, 2025, USA, 1:39, R)

Parlando School of Musical Arts presents New Musical Project
2025-08-02 14:00 - 15:30 | Grace Gamm Theatre, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Join the fourth annual New Musical Project, a showcase of new, unproduced musicals in Boulder, CO. NEW THIS YEAR: We have two different performances as a part of this year’s festival!
FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE- Saturday, August 2nd at 2pm & Sunday, August 3rd at 2pm
Come enjoy scenes from three brand new musicals: Do No Harm (Book & Lyrics by Amanda Yesnowitz, Music by Doug Katsaros); Nadia Half Dreaming (Book, Music, & Lyrics by Elle Tyler); Kairos (Book & Lyrics by Mel Hornyak, Music by Cassidy O’Connell). All together this show is jam-packed with exciting scenes and musical numbers from these brand-new works!
CABARET & STUDENT SHOWCASE PERFORMANCE- Saturday, August 2nd at 7:30pm
NEW THIS YEAR! One night only: a premiere of scenes and songs from Parlando student and New Musical Project alum Melody Blauw’s musical- The Happy Parts. In addition to this 30-minute premiere, NMP is also presenting a Cabaret featuring songs from the 10 NMP 2025 finalist musicals.
You don’t want to miss either of these spectacular performances!
Parlando’s 2025 Theatrical Season is generously sponsored by JenStuckeyHome. Whether buying, selling, or investing in real estate, Jennifer saves you time, every time. www.jenstuckeyhome.com
New Musical Project is generously sponsored by Lisa & Jeff Navarre.

Tapestry Theatre Company: Bye Bye Birdie
2025-08-08 18:00 - 20:00 | Grace Gamm Theatre, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Step back into the rockin’ 1950s with Tapestry Theatre’s summer production of Bye Bye Birdie, live on stage August 8–10, 2025! This beloved Broadway classic bursts with catchy tunes, big laughs, and high-energy dance numbers as teen idol Conrad Birdie shakes up the small town of Sweet Apple, Ohio. Watch as swooning fans, quirky parents, and starstruck teenagers get swept up in the excitement—and chaos—of one unforgettable farewell performance.
Join us for a heartwarming, hilarious celebration of music, mayhem, and the magic of live theatre. Whether you’re a longtime fan or discovering Bye Bye Birdie for the first time, you won’t want to miss this toe-tapping, family-friendly event. Mark your calendars and get ready to put on a happy face with Tapestry Theatre this August!

BETC: Cry it Out
2025-08-08 19:00 - 20:30 | Carsen Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, Colorado, 80302, United States
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Jessie is a frazzled corporate lawyer in a cutthroat Manhattan firm. Lina dropped out of her community college and has a life circumscribed by her working class roots on Long Island. The two newly minted moms share one thing in common — they are both feeling isolated and trapped at home with their new babies.
In the yard between their houses — as far as their baby monitors will reach — they bond over sleep deprivation, unreliable childcare and “having it all.”
Molly Smith Metzler’s Cry It Out is a smart, candid comedy about parenthood and class in America today — and the hard choices all mothers make.

Colorado Brazil Fest
2025-08-09 17:00 - 21:00 | Boulder Bandshell, Canyon Boulevard, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Colorado Brazil Fest offers an exciting evening of live music and dance that celebrates the depth and energy of Brazilian culture. Get swept into the spirit of Brazil with Gisele Duquè, a bold new voice in Brazilian music, delivering a night of samba, soul, and swing with raw energy and refined artistry. Dance performances by Samba Colorado and Escola de Samba Denver bring colorful energy to the stage. The high energy continues with Dandha da Hora—a masterful singer and dancer from Salvador, Bahia and longtime member of the legendary Afro-Brazilian group Ilê Aiyê—joined by Ginga band and the powerful percussion of Bateria Alegria — bringing the festival to a joyful and unforgettable close.
Gisele Duquè started her singing career at the age of 12, performing at restaurants, private parties, and weddings. She spent this time hoping and eager for something bigger. When this hope came to fruition, it took her from her home in Brazil to tour through China, Hong Kong and Macau. The culmination of this tour saw her living at sea, performing for Celebrity Cruise Lines and bringing her music to over 13 different countries. Gisele’s all-embracing style has been influenced by the multitude of styles and languages she’s been exposed to, ranging from bossa nova and samba to soul and rock n’ roll. Singing in Portuguese, English, Spanish and sometimes even Chinese, Gisele is an eclectic songstress whose versatility and charm can carry her from an intimate show with a small crowd to a fervent carnival.
Dandha Da Hora: Born and raised in Salvador, Bahia, Dandha Da Hora has been a member of Ilê Aiyê, one of Brazil’s most important musical and cultural institutions, since she was 6 years old. A master dancer, as well as vocalist and percussionist, Dandha invokes the incredible spirit of Ilê Aiyê and Salvador, Bahia, each time she steps onstage. As a lead dancer with Ilê Aiyê, Dandha toured internationally and has shared the stage with many of Brazil’s most renowned artists such as Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Daniela Mercury. In addition to performing with Ilê Aiyê and SambaDá, Dandha has performed with Casa Samba (New Orleans, LA), SambaDendê and Bateria Alegria (Boulder, CO), Banda Remelexo and Bahia Soul (Bay Area, CA).
Members of Ginga: Cultivated in Boulder, Colorado and composed of some of the best jazz, classical and salsa musicians on the Front Range, Ginga is the powerhouse Brazilian band in Colorado. The members of Ginga accompanying Dandha are Greg LaLiberte (flute, saxophones, percussion, vocals), Bill Kopper (acoustic 6 & 7 string guitars, electric guitar, vocals), Bill McCrossen (Bass), Raoul Rossiter (drums, percussion, vocals), Carl Dixon (percussion, vocals), and Vincent Gonzalez (percussion, vocals).
Bateria Alegria is the primary performing ensemble of the Boulder Samba School, composed of 20-30 percussionists and led by Music Director Carl Dixon. The ensemble plays percussion-based styles of music from Rio de Janeiro (samba batucada) and Salvador (samba reggae). The music incorporates a mixture of African, European, and indigenous influences and traditions. These styles of music are traditionally played during the carnival parades throughout Brazil and can be heard in Brazilian concert stages, dance clubs, neighborhoods, and soccer matches.
Escola de Samba Denver with Bella Diva: Escola de Samba Denver is the newest international addition to the original Escola de Samba Sydney in Australia, directed by renowned performing artist and instructor Sashya Jay. Escola de Samba Denver carries on Escola de Samba Sydney’s dedication to providing progressive Brazilian dance education that is aligned with the latest and evolving dance techniques and artistic styles in Brazil, with authenticity and respect for the roots of the culture at its core.
Samba Colorado: Since its founding in 2013, Samba Colorado is devoted to bringing together people from all walks of life in an artistic, educational, and positive community by sharing the joy and beauty of Brazilian culture and dance. They offer classes, workshops, dance residencies as well as energetic and exciting performances for both community and private events.

Classics with Jeffrey Kash: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
2025-08-11 19:00 - 20:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Aug 11
Winner of the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar® at the 1964 Academy Awards®, this is a sparklingly original comedy that casts Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren in three different stories set throughout Italy. In Naples, they are poor but resourceful, selling black market cigarettes on the streets. In Milan, Loren is costumed in Christian Dior and debates her preference for a Rolls Royce or her husband. And in Rome, Mastroianni is an industry scion who helps Loren’s prostitute set a wavering priest back onto the spiritual plane. This episode features Sophia’s famous striptease, which was recreated 30 years later in Robert Altman’s Ready To Wear. Witty and unforgettable, this gem from master filmmaker Vittorio de Sica (Two Women, Marriage Italian Style) is picture-postcard beautiful and effortlessly hilarious. (Vittorio de Sica, 1963, Italy, 1:59, NR)

BETC: Elizabeth I: In Her Own Words
2025-08-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Carsen Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, Colorado, 80302, United States
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Having thrilled audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, BETC favorite Tamara Meneghini and her artistic collaborators now bring their riveting, one-woman show to Boulder!
This passionate and revealing play – threaded throughout with the monarch’s own words and passages from Shakespeare’s plays –shares the humanity, demands, and deep complication of being a woman and a leader nearing the end of her life.

Sunlight
2025-08-13 16:30 - 18:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Aug 13-17
This hilariously dark and unconventional love story, presented by Christopher Guest (Spinal Tap), has a surprisingly authentic emotional core. In New Mexico, Roy, a dysfunctional Radio host is pulled from the noose by Monkey-clad Jane, who is escaping a controlling relationship with her dead mum’s toyboy husband. Together they dig up the grave of Roy’s blackbelt-in-dipshit dad to retrieve the watch they hope will fund a new life built on a shaky dream. This is beauty and the beast in reverse. Love grows between Roy and Jane, who finds a ballsy new voice from within the fur but feels she can’t come out until she is truly loved. (Nina Conti, 2025, USA, 1:36, treat as R)

Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
2025-08-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Aug 13-17
In 1987, at the age of just 21, Marlee Matlin shattered expectations as the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award® for her groundbreaking performance in Children of a Lesser God. Catapulted into the spotlight, she seized the moment to challenge an industry unprepared for her immense talent, emerging as a trailblazer not only as a performer but also as an author and activist. Matlin’s incredible journey continued with standout roles in acclaimed projects such as The West Wing and the Oscar-winning CODA, all while relentlessly advocating for greater inclusion and accessibility both within Hollywood and beyond its borders. Matlin opens up about her personal and professional struggles – her meteoric rise to fame, the challenges of navigating a predominantly hearing industry, the pain of a tumultuous high-profile relationship, getting sober and years of being overlooked by Hollywood – alongside her many triumphs. (Shoshannah Stern, 2025, USA, 1:36, NR)
TALKBACK: Stay after the film on Aug. 13 for a Talkback led by Kevin Finkelstein.

Kevin Finkelstein is a graduate student in CU Boulder’s Theatre & Performance Studies program whose work bridges decades of professional experience and a deep commitment to accessible, socially engaged performance. Over the past 30 years, Kevin has worn many creative hats—playwright, director, composer, producer, actor, and filmmaker—contributing to productions from Manhattan to Miami, and from NPR to the AFI Silver Theatre.
As a hard-of-hearing artist and award-winning theatre maker, Kevin is passionate about reimagining classic texts for contemporary audiences and using performance as a tool for civic dialogue. His current research in Colorado explores how disability and integrated performance intersect with activism and classical works. Kevin holds a BA in History and Philosophy from UMGC, where his capstone focused on the Federal Theatre Project, Orson Welles, and the so-called Voodoo Macbeth. More information can be found here.
If you require a an ASL interpreter for the talkback on Aug. 13, please contact us at info@thedairy.org.

Friday Night Weird: Brush of the God
2025-08-15 20:30 - 22:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Aug 15
For decades master model-maker and effects artisan Keizo Murase has crafted memorable monster costumes for the GODZILLA, GAMERA,
DAIMAJIN, KAMEN RIDER and ULTRAMAN franchises. At the age of 88, Murase has completed his first feature film as a director, and it’s truly something special. The kaiju scenes are of course a joy, but more than it is a generously self-referential rolic, a venerable master’s reflection on his extensive legacy. In this movie a boy comes across a rabbit, guardian of a magical brush to prevent the Yamata no Orochi from re-emerging in the modern world. (Keizô Murase, 2024, Japan, 1:14, NR)

Off-Beat Symphony with REEMA GURUNG HODA
2025-08-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Off-Beat Symphony with REEMA GURUNG HODA, a live musical concert with some of the most talented performing artists. Prajwal Lama on the Piano, Sarbajit Rai on Bansuri, Surendra Maharjan on the Tabla & percussion and Sumit Maharjan on guitars.
Reema is undoubtedly one of the leading artists of Nepali music scene with over two decades of her work in the world of Nepali music and literature both as a singer and a record producer.
One can experience the rare solo performance of this kind in the heart of Boulder, Colorado.

Performing artists:
Prajwal Lama, Piano
Sarbajit Rai, Flute
Surendra Maharjan, Tabla & Percussion
Sumit Maharjan, Guitars

Event By:
Kokomhendo Ensemble

Supported by:
Menuka Memorial Foundation
Nepali Jatra
Garlic Naan – Restaurant & Bar

Dairy Comedy in the Boe
2025-08-16 20:30 - 22:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Headliner Miriam Moreno is a Denver raised comedian. Her humor makes any dark topic seem laughable. She’s been featured on High Plains Comedy Fest and has won the Phone it In sketch contests several times. She is the host of Good Night Denver.
Also on the bill, the delightfully band-nerdy Emily Kingsley, as well as the clinically depressed former host of an HGTV show, Aaron Foster. And Ricky Ramos, the founder of the bilingual comedy festival “Vatos Locos” fills out this great line-up, with our beloved host Zoe Rogers bringing it all together.

For The Living
2025-08-18 18:30 - 20:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Co-presented with the Boulder Jewish Community Center
For centuries, Humankind has grappled with the tension between the two extremes of our nature: Dehumanization and Empathy. Darkness and Light. From the genocide of Indigenous peoples of the western hemisphere to the horrors of the Holocaust to the genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda we realize that numbers make us numb. The more who die, the less we care. But, in 2019 another journey from darkness to light called “Ride for the Living” offered a way forward. Originating at the universal symbol of absolute evil (Auschwitz-Birkenau) 250 cyclists from 12 different countries came together to re-trace the WWII liberation path of a single 10-year Holocaust survivor across the Polish countryside to reach a destination symbolizing our common humanity: Krakow, Poland.
Alternating between the intimate story of this one Holocaust survivor and the startling similarities among individuals in all genocides, these parallel journeys bring to life how we can grow our empathy to encompass millions. And how the American educational system has long overlooked—and in 2025 now threatens to whitewash–these stories and the insights we need to prevent future genocides. Inciting the urgent conversation: When will we stop building monuments for the Dead and get busy re-humanizing the Living? When will we finally say NEVER AGAIN and truly mean it? (Marc Bennett & Tim Roper, 2024, USA, 1:57, NR)

Mr. Blake at Your Service
2025-08-20 16:30 - 18:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Aug 20-24
French Romantic Comedy starring John Malkovich, Fanny Ardant, Emilie Dequenne, Philippe and Eugenie Anselin. Mr. Andrew Blake, a recently widowed ultra-successful British businessman, by happenstance takes a job as a butler in a manor house in northern France in a bid to get closer to the memory of his late French wife. His life takes an unexpected turn as he finds himself befriending not only the household staff but the charming lady of the house as well. (Gilles Legardinier, 2024, France, 1:50, NR)

The Last Class + Talk Back
2025-08-20 19:00 - 20:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
Aug 20-24
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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)
TALKBACK: Stay after the film for a Talkback with Jack Hanley.
Jack Hanley is a Boulder-based film scholar, podcaster, and critic. He is a programmer with the Chicago Underground Film Festival, Slamdance’s Indie Awards, and the Boulder International Film Festival. He is one-half of Blindspotting: A Film Discovery Podcast and the founder of the Reel Horrors Film Festival. He recently hosted the Dairy Center’s own HOW TO WATCH A MOVIE series. You can follow him on Hanley on Film.

Wishbone Theatre Collective: Join, or Die!
2025-08-21 19:30 - 21:30 | Grace Gamm Theatre, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Somewhere in the former United States, sometime in the future, six people secretly meet to build a government while zombies rampage outside. Join us after the show on Friday 8/22 for a Q & A!

Friday Night Weird: Together
2025-08-22 20:30 - 22:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Aug 22
Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country. With tensions already flaring, an encounter with an unnatural force threatens to corrupt their lives, their love and their flesh. (Michael Shanks, 2025, Australia, 1:42, R)

Oracle Performance Ensemble: Reminisce
2025-08-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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OPE began in 2005 with the desire to perform our art, a fusion of contemporary dance and colorguard. Since then, we have produced multiple performances throughout the Denver/Boulder area, involving over 100 performers who would not have otherwise had an opportunity to perform.
Oracle Performance Ensemble invites you to an inspiring evening of Color Guard and Dance at the beautiful Dairy ARTS Center in Boulder, CO. Coming back for our 15th season, OPE is proud to present – Reminisce — a stunning celebration of movement in artistry. Nine creatively unique pieces set by our talented team of choreographers, and our special guest Michael James!

The [M] Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause
2025-08-25 18:30 - 20:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
The M Factor Official Film Poster.
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Co-presented with the Boulder Jewish Community Center
Menopause remains one of the last taboos in our permissive, talk-about-everything pop culture. Even though every woman will go through some form of this chemical “reordering,” menopause is still regarded as a condition or a disease. Most people understand it as just another “normal” phase in a woman’s life, a phase that is essentially dismissed as a mere bookend in a women’s evolution from puberty through the end of her reproductive years. As a result, this transition has been inadequately examined. Instead, menopause has remained largely in the shadows, whispered in horror stories and overplayed in tasteless punchlines. Women are fed up. It’s time to stand up and be heard! It’s time to create a society in which all women feel prepared for and supported in their journeys to and through menopause
This feature-length documentary film centers on the lived experiences of women across the U.S. Cameras follow women into their doctors’ offices, at work, and in their homes to expose the challenges they face—including racial biases, gender-ignorant care, inequitable structures and systems, and barriers due to the lack of basic healthcare research. The women featured here open up about their experiences and share their stories of enduring debilitating symptoms while being ignored, ridiculed and/or shamed—and left untreated. Now there’s a movement to fix the broken system, change the culture and transform our future. “The [M] Factor” turns the spotlight on the progress being made. With input from emboldened physicians, healthcare advocates and leaders in the menopause movement, the film focuses on what is being done to address this public health crisis and offers solutions that can be replicated in medical communities and workplaces across the country. (Jacoba Atlas, 2024, USA, 0:57, NR)

Member Movie Pick: Cinema Paradiso
2025-08-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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FREE for members; regular cinema pricing for non members

Salvatore, a famous film director, returns to his hometown for the funeral of the local theater’s film projectionist, Alfredo. He reminisces about his life as a young boy falling in love with cinema. 1989 Academy Award winner of Best Foreign Language Film and voted on by Dairy Arts Center members for the 1st annual member movie pick! (Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988, Italy, PG, 2:54)

Don't Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight
2025-08-27 16:30 - 18:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Aug 27-31
Based on Alexandra Fuller’s memoir of the same name, DON’T LET’S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT captures the childhood of 8-year-old Bobo on her family farm in Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) at the end of the Zimbabwean War for independence in 1980. Growing up in the midst of this long running war, Bobo internalizes both sides of the struggle. Conflicted by her love for people on opposing sides, she tries to make sense of her life in a magical way. Through her eight-year-old gaze we witness Rhodesia’s final days, the family’s unbreakable bond with Africa, and the deep scars that war leaves on survivors. (Embeth Davidtz, 2024, South Africa, 1:38, R)

CenterStage/Tapestry Theatre Company Annual Fundraiser
2025-08-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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CenterStage and Tapestry Theatre are overjoyed to announce our third annual “Heart for the Arts” fundraiser!
Join us on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, at the Dairy Arts Center to help raise funds to support CenterStage and Tapestry Theatre’s mission of bringing the magic of theater to Boulder County youth. This fun filled evening will begin with a meet and mingle reception in the Dairy Center lobby with Cash Bar and snacks for purchase at 6:00p.m.
$85.00 per ticket for a total of $92.50 (inc. $7.50 service charge)
Following the reception, we will gather at 7:00p.m. in the Grace Gamm Theater for an evening featuring our student actors who will be presenting a selection of songs from shows we’ve performed during the 2024/2025 season, and an award ceremony to honor CenterStage and Tapestry’s key contributors as well as selected students.
We can’t wait to share this amazing night with you!

Standing Above the Clouds
2025-08-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Aug 27-31
Standing Above the Clouds highlights the movement to protect Mauna Kea through the intergenerational stories of women in three Native Hawaiian families as they stand for the sacred mountain. The film follows teacher and community organizer Pua Case and her two daughters — artist-activists Hāwane Rios and Kapulei Flores — who have been called to stop the telescope since 2010. Their lives quickly become consumed with frontline actions and court proceedings and immersed in ceremonies and cultural practices. As they face opposition and arrests, they are joined by a community who have dedicated their lives to protecting Mauna Kea.
The film is an intimate journey through the women’s lives both on and off the mountain, and explores the physical and emotional toll of sustaining a grassroots movement. After nine months of living on the mountain, blocking construction, and establishing a frontline camp, Standing Above The Clouds shows their journey to heal once they return to their homes in March 2020. In the face of challenges and tragedy, the mountain gifts each woman with hope and strength and the understanding that victory is in standing in unity for sacred places and that healing occurs through the sisterhood they have created along the way. (Jalena Keane-Lee, 2024, USA, 1:25, NR)

Save the Farm, Save the Future Documentary Film & Discussion Panel
2025-08-28 17:30 - 20:30 | Grace Gamm Theatre, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Farms are disappearing. Solar energy is rising. Could combining the two help save farmers and the planet? Introducing agrivoltaics.
Farming in America is harder than ever. Drought, extreme weather, rising costs, development pressures, and labor challenges are pushing farmers to their limits. Meanwhile, climate change—the very force behind many of these struggles—is driving a surge in demand for clean energy, transforming farmland into solar fields. Save the Farm, Save the Future follows Colorado farmers and ranchers—from sheep and cattle ranchers to peach growers and small organic farmers—as they explore agrivoltaics, a promising new approach that combines solar power and agriculture on the same land. Can this innovation help save farms while meeting society’s need for renewable energy?
Join us for the debut showing of this film that was created in collaboration with Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center. Funded in part by the Walton Family Foundation.
There will be networking time before the film and Q&A following the showing with the filmmaker Chad Weber and Byron Kominek of Jack’s Solar Garden.
The Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center showcases clean energy generation coupled with local food production to educate and inspire our community into taking action to improve land stewardship within solar arrays. https://www.coagrivoltaic.org/

The Upstart Crow presents "Medea” by Euripides; directed by Katherine Dubois Reed
2025-08-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Carsen Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, Colorado, 80302, United States
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Medea’s shock and grief when her husband Jason discards her to marry King Creon’s daughter quickly turns to rage. She vows revenge—but how much revenge is enough? Euripides explores how a person’s pride can lead to deadly recklessness regarding consequences.
Thursdays 8/28 & 9/11 are Name-Your-Price-Nights. Seats are available on a first come, first served basis. *NO reservations needed & NO ticket needed* – just show up at the Carsen Theater for the show. Donations of any amount are accepted in lieu of purchasing a ticket.
For Season Tickets, please visit: www.TheUpstartCrow.org/Season-Tickets
Current Season Ticket Holders, please make your reservation at: www.TheUpstartCrow.org/Reservations
Medea is a powerful revenge play not suitable for children due to violent descriptions.

Friday Night Weird: 40 Acres
2025-08-29 20:30 - 22:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Aug 29
After a series of plagues and wars leaves society in ruins, the Freemans are surviving — even thriving — on a farm in the middle of nowhere… so long as they repel the occasional raiding party. Former soldier Hailey (Danielle Deadwyler) and her partner Galen (Michael Greyeyes) fled the collapse along with their children, training them to fight (and, yes, kill). But now Hailey’s eldest Emanuel (Kataem O’Connor) is a young man, and when he meets a young woman (Milcania Diaz-Rojas) in the forest beyond the fence, his need for human contact could place the whole family in jeopardy. (R.T. Thorne, 2024, Canada, 1:53, R)

Bad Shabbos
2025-09-03 16:30 - 18:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Sept 3-7
David and his fiancée Meg are about to have their parents meet for the first time over a Shabbat dinner on New York’s Upper West Side when an accidental death (or murder?) gets in the way. With Meg’s Catholic parents due any moment, this family dinner soon spirals into a hilarious disaster. With Milana Vayntrub, Kyra Sedgwick and Method Man. (Daniel Robbins, 2025, USA, 1:24, NR)
Talkback: Join us after the screening on September 4 for a talkback with Boulder Jewish Film Festival founder Kathryn Bernheimer. This film is co-presented by the Boulder JCC.

Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan and T. Rex
2025-09-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Sept 3-7
The complex and revolutionary music and lyrics of Marc Bolan and T. Rex, the glam rock powerhouse behind “Bang a Gong (Get it On)” and other iconic songs. Featuring archival performances and interviews with Elton John, Ringo Starr, and David Bowie, plus filmed musical interpretations by artists such as Nick Cave, John Cameron Mitchell, Joan Jett, Macy Gray, U2, and Father John Misty. (Ethan Silverman, 2025, USA, 1:39, NR)

Creative Connections: 60s Songs and West Side Story
2025-09-04 12:00 - 15:30 | Dairy Arts Center, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Join us for an afternoon of music, memories, and movie magic, specially designed for older adults. We’ll kick things off with a live pianist leading a sing-along featuring iconic tunes from the 1960s, followed by a private screening of West Side Story (1961) on the big screen.
This free pilot event is part of the Dairy’s new Creative Connections series, bringing older adults together through the arts.
Schedule:
12:00–12:50 PM – Sing-Along (Dairy Lobby)
1:00–3:30 PM – West Side Story Screening (Boe Theater)
All are welcome – come sing, connect, and take a step back into the sixties with us!
In Partnership with Circle of Care Project
Mobilizing the Arts and Culture to Enrich the Lives of Older Adults
