In 1981, several staff members on Capitol Hill decided to break from the House and Senate and form their own group called Capitol Steps. But instead of debating immigration or health care, Capitol Steps’ only policy was to make people laugh at Congress. The political staff-turned-comedy team has now released […]

For the final show of the season and the first time in the seven-year history of Newman Center Presents, a bluegrass show takes the stage at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts on May 8. The American Bluegrass Masters Tour unites Grand Ole Opry legend Bobby Osborne with other […]

KVDU has its finger on the pulse of the Denver music scene, and to prove it, DU’s web-only radio station has put together a 13-track CD of live in-studio performances from a who’s who of local bands, including Everything Absent or Distorted, Paper Bird, Widowers, Kissing Party and Dualistics. All […]

Wang Gungwu, an expert in Chinese culture and immigration, will speak at the next Bridges to the Future event, which will start at 7 p.m. on April 28 in DU’s Newman Center for the Performing Arts. Wang, chairman of the East Asian Institute and University Professor at National University of […]

The University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies will honor former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, MillerCoors CEO Leo Kiely and his wife, Rev. Susan Kiely, and J. Landis Martin, founder and managing director of Platte River Ventures, at the 13th annual Korbel Dinner on Aug. 27. Rice […]

Greg Campbell, author of Blood Diamonds (Westview Press, 2002), will speak at noon April 20 at DU’s Driscoll Ballroom as the Fourth Annual Library Author’s Lecture. “The Penrose Library/Provost’s Annual Author’s Lecture gives us the opportunity to not only showcase the importance of books as a gateway to knowledge about […]

Every professor has that outside-the-classroom activity that helps define him or her as an academic. For some it’s scientific research; for others it’s novels or poetry. For DU Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Professor Jim LaVita, it’s modern dance. LaVita is the co-founder (with his wife, choreographer Katie Elliott) and […]

DU’s Italian program is hosting its first Italian Film Festival, which will premiere five recent Italian films. The festival — sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago and the Consulate General of Italy in Chicago — is free and open to the public. Each film will be shown at […]

The Lamont School of Music Opera Program and Lamont Symphony Orchestra will present The Magic Flute April 15­–18 at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts. “It’s a beautiful and satisfying story,” says Steve Seifert, executive director of the Newman Center. “It’s an incredibly deep, meaningful, confident work of art.” […]

Best-selling novel The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd will buzz the Newman Center stage on April 10. “I have seen this piece performed and was both amazed by the skills of the actress taking on so many characters, and by the emotional power of the performance,” says […]

Watch out, Hollywood. A real 2012 expert is about to contradict the catastrophe predicted for the end of the Mayan calendar. Some people think Dec. 21, 2012 will be an apocalypse. Others don’t believe the hype and think it’ll be just another day in history. But Mayan spiritual guide Miguel […]

When one of the nation’s biggest annual writing events comes to Colorado, it’s no surprise the University of Denver’s writing program is a major sponsor. The Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) — which hosts its annual convention in Denver this week — has earned its prestige in the […]

Brazil is “the nation of the guitar,” and Marcus Tardelli has risen quickly to be one of its greatest stars, according to Steve Seifert, executive director of the Newman Center. Tardelli will perform works by Alexander Scriabin, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Baden Powell, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Claude Debussy at the Newman […]

DU’s Department of Theatre held its last departmental performance in the Little Theatre in Margery Reed Hall in February 2010 with a production of Closer. While students have already been working in the Byron Flexible Theater and the University’s Newman Center for the Performing Arts, the Little Theatre is a […]

The Newman Center will release a few standing-room-only tickets for the sold-out Ladysmith Black Mambazo show March 16. The tickets will go on sale at the Newman Center box office starting at 6 p.m. the day of the show and will cost $30. Ladysmith Black Mambazo became widely known after […]