Apr 30 2015
The Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s 58th annual season opens June 5th with a professional acting company that includes television and film star Peter Macon, perennial favorites and fresh new faces. Emmy Award winner Macon stars as Othello, reprising a role he played at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival 2008 & Minneapolis’ Guthrie Theater in 2014. In addition …
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Apr 22 2015
People are living longer these days than ever before and they are healthier, too, as a result of breakthroughs in medicine, but innovative uses of information technology might play an increasingly important role, as well, in the future, according to the Association of Mature American Citizens. A new report published by Kaiser Health News suggests …
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Apr 14 2015
Here’s the pitch: A rich mélange of sex, crime and politics when the hit Netflix series House of Cards meets a classic early Italian opera. That’s what audiences can expect to see onstage April 23-26 when CU-Boulder’s Eklund Opera Program stages the 17th-century drama, L’incoronazione di Poppea (The Coronation of Poppea), by Claudio Montiverdi, the inventor of …
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Apr 10 2015
Planting a garden from scratch can sound like a daunting task, especially for those who are new to the hobby. But with the right knowledge, you can have a successful, fruitful space and a great harvest. To get a head start on your garden, start seedlings indoors and transplant them into an outdoor garden. This …
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Mar 31 2015
A journey along Colorado’s Scenic and Historic Byways can combine new and old interests for a multi-day trip, or an adventure with one specific purpose in mind. Here are a few thought starters for your enjoyment: Theaters and Opera Houses. For those new to the arts or those with an existing appreciation for the arts, …
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Mar 24 2015
…celebrates America’s Greatest Generation through the jazzy, sentimental and patriotic music of Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Erskine Hawkins, The Andrews Sisters, Frank Sinatra and other idols of the 1940s. The show’s music arrangements, costumes and choreography are as authentic as it gets. This brassy, nostalgic, romantic, upbeat 1940s musical …
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Mar 20 2015
Snacks can be a fun and valuable part of a person’s healthful eating plan – but they can also add unneeded calories, sugar, sodium and fat. During National Nutrition Month®, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics offers smart snacking ideas that help everyone “Bite into a Healthy Lifestyle.” “If you choose carefully, and plan ahead, …
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Mar 10 2015
The ‘21st-century Eye’ is the focus of American Optometric Association’s Save Your Vision Month public awareness campaign throughout March, offering consumers a healthy reminder about eye health from their eye doctors. • Give your eyes a break. An AOA survey found that 83% of children between the ages of 10 and 17 use an electronic …
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Mar 03 2015
When Mozart’s comic opera Così fan tutte debuted in 1790, the Viennese audience didn’t consider it the least bit risqué. Never mind that it’s basically about fiancée swapping. But to more uptight 19th- and early 20th-century audiences, the opera—its somewhat enigmatic title, literally translated, “thus do they all,” is more colloquially understood as, “women are …
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Feb 24 2015
The Dairy Center for the Arts has been named the recipient of a substantial grant from Boulder residents Gordon and Grace Gamm. The passage of Ballot Measure 2A assured The Dairy of the funding required to renovate the former operating dairy and upgrade the quality of its performance theaters. In delivering the grant, Gamm stated, …
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Feb 17 2015
Another star is born… MorningStar of Boulder. This new assisted living and memory care community on Tantra and Table Mesa is the debut of MorningStar Senior Living within the city. Over the last 11 years, the Denver-based company has built a reputation for excellence under a mission to honor God, value all seniors, and invest …
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Feb 13 2015
Interfaith Quilters of Longmont is celebrating the 29th Annual Quilt Show and Sale on March 6th and 7th, 2015, at the First Lutheran Church, 803 Third Ave., Longmont. The proceeds of these beautiful hand and machine quilted quilts benefit O.U.R. (Outreach United Resource) Center and the Safe Shelter of St. Vrain Valley. This annual show …
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