Arts and Culture

Traveling ballet company stops by Newman Center

Traveling ballet company stops by Newman Center

The name of the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, as it turns out, is a bit of a misnomer. Though the company has headquarters in both cities, and most of its dances are created in Aspen, the bulk of its performances are on the road. This season alone, the 10-person dance […]

‘Warhol in Colorado’ on display at the Myhren Gallery

‘Warhol in Colorado’ on display at the Myhren Gallery

DU’s Myhren Gallery will present “Warhol In Colorado” — an exhibition featuring screen prints, photographs, films, record album covers, posters and other works by and about Andy Warhol — Jan. 20 –March 13. The exhibition is built around 158 Warhol Polaroid photos and silver prints gifted to the gallery by […]

Theater professor shares New York experience with students

Allison Horsley, an assistant professor of theater at DU, recently finished work on Buddy’s Tavern during its developmental workshop in New York. It’s one of many ways Horsley keeps her dramaturgy skills up-to-date and offers her students real-life teaching moments. “We learn by doing, and for me, being inside the […]

Athletics, performing arts centers to adopt new online ticketing system

This summer, Ticketmaster will issue its last ticket to DU sports and arts patrons. The University will switch from the online ticket service provider to a new system, Paciolan on July 1. The switch should mean lower service fees and a better showcase for DU Athletics and Newman Center for the Performing […]

Lamont Symphony Orchestra to commemorate 9/11

Lamont Symphony Orchestra to commemorate 9/11

The Lamont Symphony Orchestra under the direction of conductor Lawrence Golan will present a concert in commemoration of the 10-year anniversary of September 11th. The concert is a collaboration of the Lamont School of Music and the Bridges to the Future lecture series as part of the series’ continuing programming […]

Boston chamber orchestra makes A Far Cry at Newman Center

Boston chamber orchestra makes A Far Cry at Newman Center

Music has long been heralded for its power to bring people together, but the Boston-based chamber orchestra A Far Cry takes the idea of musical community to a whole new level. The collaborative group of 16 young string players performs without a conductor, connects with fans via blogs and online […]

African drum master to teach and perform at DU for Black History Month

African drum master to teach and perform at DU for Black History Month

Lamine Touré, an African sabar drum master, will teach and perform at the Lamont School of Music as part of DU’s Black History month programming. Touré, who was born into a family of percussionists in Senegal, will hold dance and drumming master classes with students Jan. 31–Feb. 4. The week […]

‘Bruce Almighty’ director Tom Shadyac brings his personal documentary to DU

Back in November, the Internet was abuzz about a Los Angeles Times profile of Tom Shadyac, the director of Hollywood blockbusters such as Bruce Almighty and Liar, Liar, who had given away most of his Hollywood fortune and moved into a small trailer park in Malibu, Calif. Three years after […]

Yale’s Whiffenpoofs bring classic a cappella sound to Newman Center

Though they’ve been around longer than all of them, Yale University’s Whiffenpoofs don’t sound much like the beat-boxing, current-hit-performing a cappella groups that are all the rage on college campuses these days. It’s a point that was driven home when the Whiffs appeared on the second season of NBC’s a […]

Guitar legends Frisell, Fisk to share Newman Center stage

Guitar legends Frisell, Fisk to share Newman Center stage

Guitarist Bill Frisell is no stranger to collaboration. Over a career spanning more than 30 years, he’s played with a host of jazz and pop luminaries including Elvis Costello, Ginger Baker, Rickie Lee Jones, Ron Carter, John Scofield and Lucinda Williams. When Frisell performs at the Newman Center on Jan. […]

Two DU poets win national arts grants

Two DU poets win national arts grants

Two poets with DU ties were among 42 poets from across the nation awarded literature fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in November 2010. Sandra Meek (PhD poetry ’95) and current PhD student Jennifer Denrow each were awarded $25,000, as were the 40 other grant recipients. According […]

DU trustee exhibits artwork at Women’s College

DU trustee exhibits artwork at Women’s College

The artwork of local artist Ralph Nagel, namesake of the University’s Nagel Hall and a member of the DU Board of Trustees, will be on display in the Chambers Center throughout January. The paintings show an evolution of Nagel’s work and a visual journal of his travels. Nagel begins a […]

Norwegian jazzers bring contemplative Christmas to Newman Center

Norwegian jazzers bring contemplative Christmas to Newman Center

Those who want to fully embrace the American holiday experience have any number of shopping malls or ice skating rinks to visit. Those who prefer to spend the season in a more contemplative mode have another option: A Night in Bethlehem. The Christmas-themed jazz show, which brings its national tour […]

Flobots member guest-directs Spirituals Project’s ‘home’ concert

Flobots member guest-directs Spirituals Project’s ‘home’ concert

The Spirituals Project had a lot of issues it wanted to tackle with its annual concert this year: immigration, racism, homophobia and more. To guest artistic director Stephen Brackett — aka rapper Brer Rabbit of Denver-based hip-hop band Flobots — it all boiled down to one concept: home. “A good […]

New professor debuts clarinet skills in Nov. 18 concert

New professor debuts clarinet skills in Nov. 18 concert

Jeremy Reynolds wants to hike every 14er in Colorado. Although he’s already hiked two, the rest are going to have to wait. Reynolds — the Lamont School of Music’s newest faculty member and the school’s first full-time clarinet instructor — is too busy practicing four hours a day to get […]