It’s often been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. In the case of the Zimbabwe AIDS Treatment Assistant Project (ZATA), a picture has the potential to save a thousand lives. Founded five years ago by Denver doctors Thomas Campbell and Robert Schooley in cooperation with the University […]
An eclectic blend of reflection and visions for the future of Colorado will kick off the 2009–10 Newman Center Presents series on Sept. 26. Bolero Colorado will consist of collaboration from the professional dancers of Larry Keigwin and Company from New York City, EcoArts Connections from Boulder, the Denver School […]
Family pictures are as old as photography itself, but many artists still find ways to put their personal stamps on the classic family portrait. Three such photographers — Janet Delaney, Todd Hido and Cecil McDonald Jr. — are featured in “The Family Stage,” a new exhibit opening Thursday, Sept. 24, […]
The world has changed a lot since Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater premiered choreographer Donald McKayle’s Blood Memories in 1976. A deeply symbolic piece about the black experience, Blood Memories centers on two rivers — the Nile in Africa and the Mississippi in America — as centers of community life. […]
The University of Denver’s Magness Arena is packing the rock ’n’ roll into one October week this fall. The venue has announced an Oct. 21 concert by rock legend Bob Dylan, the 68-year-old composer of timeless hits including “Like a Rolling Stone,” “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “The Times They […]
For the second year in a row, Colorado Ballet will leave its home stage — the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in downtown Denver — to open its season at DU’s Newman Center. Playing at the Newman Sept. 11–13, All Pointes West kicks off the company’s 49th season. The Colorado-themed show […]
After his mother abruptly moves out prior to the family’s annual sailing trip, 16-year-old Luke and his angry and confused father set out alone on the weeklong voyage. The routine journey becomes a fight for survival when an unexpected summer storm pulls Luke’s father overboard. Without anyone to rely on […]
Many successful people attribute their achievements to the tough childhoods they had to overcome. Not so for Dana Cain, founder of the Denver Modernism Show. “I’ve always loved advertising, I’ve always loved television, my mom made sure I saw every movie that came out,” says Cain (BA mass communication ’81). […]
“Andy Warhol in Colorado,” an eagerly awaited show featuring photographs and films by the pop-art legend, will open in the winter of 2010 in DU’s Victoria H. Myhren Gallery in the Shwayder Art Building. But before that, the gallery will feature displays of innovative photography, digital art, paintings and more […]
Works from famed Colorado photographer John Fielder grace the walls of the Driscoll University Center as part of a new art installation. Nine large photographs of Colorado scenery have been purchased and installed in the Fireside Room, the hallway outside of the meeting rooms, Jazzman’s Café and the Campus Activities […]
“Andy Warhol in Colorado,” an eagerly awaited show featuring photographs and films by the pop-art legend, will open Sept. 23, 2010, in DU’s Victoria H. Myhren Gallery in the Shwayder Art Building. But before that, the gallery will feature displays of innovative photography, digital art, paintings and more as part […]
DU’s Lamont School of Music will host the Rocky Mountain Cello Festival Sunday, July 26, through Thursday, July 30. This is the fourth year Cello Fest has hosted the four-and-a-half day program at Lamont. This year, 33 participants will attend daily master classes, technique classes, enrichment classes and supervised practice […]
Four portraits drawn by Deborah Howard, associate professor of art and art history, were accepted into the permanent collection at the New Holocaust Art Museum in Jerusalem. The museum is part of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial. It houses some 10,000 works and according to the museum is the largest […]
The 1200 block of South Pearl Street is typically a quiet place — craft studios and residences sandwiched between Lincoln’s Roadhouse and the Duffyroll Café. All that changes July 11. At the stroke of noon — rain or shine — nine well-seasoned national and local blues bands will take over […]
In Mia Mulvey’s world, odors aren’t just things you can smell. You can see them, too. Mulvey, an assistant art professor at DU, has an exhibit of ceramic sculptures of molecules on display at Detroit’s Pewabic Pottery through June 28. Inspired by research on smell, Mulvey crafted her sculptures to […]