Screengrab of "It's a Wonderful Life"

Classic holiday film gets Heggie and Scheer’s operatic treatment

Oct. 16, 2019

Esteemed composer Jake Heggie and renowned librettist Gene Scheer’s brand new opera “It’s a Wonderful Life” returns home to the Eklund Opera Program and Macky Auditorium after being workshopped at CU NOW in 2016.

Artwork for the Veretski Pass concert

Attend a klezmer concert Sept. 16 with Veretski Pass

Sept. 6, 2019

Cookie Segelstein and Joshua Horowitz of klezmer music group Veretski Pass will host a free concert featuring music from their latest release, The Magid Chronicles.

Virtue of Reality rehearsal

First-ever Experience Design cohort brings virtual reality, immersive performance to Boulder

Sept. 5, 2019

Virtue of Reality, a free production running from Sept. 20–22, will transport audiences to a dystopian future in Carlson Gymnasium.

Fireworks display at Folsom Field

Catch fireworks, entertainment at Ralphie's Independence Day Blast

July 2, 2019

Admission and parking are free at Boulder's annual Fourth of July celebration at Folsom Field. Entertainment starts at 8:30 p.m., and fireworks begin at dark.

Tom Cipullo rehearses with opera performers

CU New Opera Workshop public performances June 14, 16

June 11, 2019

Composer and librettist Tom Cipullo, whose “Glory Denied” is one of the most frequently produced 21st-century American operas, comes to CU NOW to workshop the comedy “Hobson’s Choice.”

Outdoor Mary Rippon Theatre at night

A rundown on this year’s babyֱapp Shakespeare Festival

May 28, 2019

On June 7, the babyֱapp Shakespeare Festival kicks off a season of Shakespeare’s most popular plays and one award-winning new play with a Shakespearean twist. Get your tickets now.

Macky Auditorium full house

Bluebird Music Festival at Macky featuring Jim James, more May 25

May 21, 2019

The Bluebird Music Festival at Macky Auditorium includes the afternoon Strings & Stories event and an evening acoustic set, both featuring Jim James of My Morning Jacket and other artists.

Alexx Shilling, choreographer, and movement artist/ Photo Credit: Julia McGhee

Archive Transformed public presentations May 23

May 21, 2019

Join the 2019 Archive Transformed cohort for a presentation of their projects at Boulder Public Library. Archive Transformed is a first-of-its-kind artist-scholar collaborative residency.

Turn of the Screw actors

Eklund Opera wraps up season with operatic ghost story

April 16, 2019

The Eklund Opera Program will present the haunting “The Turn of the Screw,” an operatic thriller, in the the Imig Music Building’s Music Theatre April 25–28.

Scene from Hair the musical

Production to celebrate life of musical creator of ‘Hair’

April 16, 2019

The tribute performance, called “Let the Sunshine In,” is a celebration of Galt MacDermot’s 50-year career. The rock-and-roll cabaret will be showing April 19 and 20 at the Dairy Arts Center.

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