Nov 11 2024
Experience a timeless narrative of love, rebellion, and the indomitable will to challenge authority in Jean Anouilh’s gripping adaptation of “Antigone.” Penned in the shadows of Nazi-occupied France, this version of the age-old saga echoes with defiance against oppressive regimes. Anouilh’s masterful reimagining of Sophocles’ drama offers a potent commentary on the human spirit’s unwavering …
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Oct 01 2024
Created by Yaron Lifschitz and the Circa Ensemble, Circa reimagines “Swan Lake,” the world’s most romantic ballet, as a circus spectacular—full of the company’s signature physicality, cheeky humor and thoroughly contemporary energy. Be swept away by this tale of swans and hapless princes, sparkling with quirky touches like a sequinned flipper-wearing duck army and a …
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Aug 05 2024
Keep Shakespeare Weïrd: Fates, Weirdness, And Weyward Women! The 1603 coronation of James I united England and Scotland under one ruler. James was fascinated by witches; he presided over many 16th-century witch trials and published a 1597 treatise about witch-hunting (Daemonologie). James was reportedly descended from the Scottish thane Banquo, though this story was apparently …
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Mar 11 2024
The idea of staging the tragic saga of the “Titanic” as a Broadway show must have seemed preposterous when it premiered in 1997. Some may have thought it was disrespectful of the 1,500 who went down with the ship on its maiden voyage in 1912. Not to mention the logistics of staging its demise. Yet …
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Jan 30 2024
It’s fitting that Step Afrika!, one of the top 10 African-American dance companies in the United States, will perform on a university stage when it comes to Boulder on February 2nd. Stepping–a high-powered, dynamic art form where the body is both dancer and instrument–uses stomping, clapping, and spoken word to create complex sonic choreography. Modern …
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Aug 02 2023
The 2023 season of Shakespeare’s Festival ends in mid-August with five wonderful plays. The season ends with Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear, One Man Two Guvnors, The Winter’s Tale, and The Comedy of Errors (sold out with wait list only). The production of Much Ado About Nothing has Beatrice and Benedick loving to bicker. …
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Jan 01 2023
The Grammy-winning Takács Quartet has moved audiences and sold out halls at CU Boulder for more than three decades and counting. The group’s powerfully compelling dynamic has proven time and again that Takács members are “matchless, their supreme artistry manifest at every level.” —The Guardian Their program will consist of Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in …
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Nov 08 2021
Scientists and engineers with the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) from the University of Colorado Boulder are collaborating with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Space Agency for another space project that will help humans adapt to space. The team plans to launch a robotic space station in 2028 when Venus and Earth align …
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Jan 01 2019
Don McKinney, director of bands and associate professor of conducting, was announced Friday as a 2019 Grammy nominee in the category Best Classical Compendium. McKinney was nominated as a producer—alongside University of Texas at Austin conductor Jerry Junkin—on the Dallas Winds recording “John Williams at the Movies.” The album was released this past summer. The …
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Jul 10 2018
Technology is advancing at breakneck speeds, and every day more people are falling behind the learning curve. Eight out of ten older adults indicate needing some assistance using a new device. Even the typical smartphone user only knows how to use 5% of the device’s function! The lack of understanding and comfort with technology creates …
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Feb 01 2018
These free events are Feb. 5-7. ‘Recreate Your Roots’ reworks timeless melodies in a modern context. It’s little like summer camp in the city and a great way to ring in the new year: rousing (and free!) folk music performances, TED-style talks and fun family programs with world-class artists. The University of Colorado Boulder’s American …
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Sep 12 2017
Many of you are familiar with Via, some of you might even use Via’s services or know someone who does. Over the years, Via has grown into more than a simple paratransit service. Like many nonprofits, the quest for sustainability and new sources of revenue has led Via to consider social enterprise, generally defined as …
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