All Discussions Tagged 'Arts' - MyTown Colorado2024-03-29T08:41:35Zhttps://www.mytowncolorado.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=Arts&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHEISENBERG, by Simon Stephens, Last Weekend!tag:www.mytowncolorado.com,2018-08-14:2021996:Topic:1886542018-08-14T22:06:14.753ZDrala Productionshttps://www.mytowncolorado.com/profile/DralaProductions
<p>The production of <strong style="font-style: italic;">HEISENBERG</strong>, by Simon Stephens, draws to a close this weekend, 8/31 and 9/1, at <a href="http://thedairy.org/Online/Heisenberg" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Dairy Center for the Arts.</a> </p>
<p>The title has nothing to do with the character in AMC’s “Breaking Bad”. British playwright Simon Stephens borrows his title from the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle of quantum physics. The play tells the story of an electric…</p>
<p>The production of <strong style="font-style: italic;">HEISENBERG</strong>, by Simon Stephens, draws to a close this weekend, 8/31 and 9/1, at <a href="http://thedairy.org/Online/Heisenberg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Dairy Center for the Arts.</a> </p>
<p>The title has nothing to do with the character in AMC’s “Breaking Bad”. British playwright Simon Stephens borrows his title from the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle of quantum physics. The play tells the story of an electric encounter that thrusts two strangers, Georgie, a 42-year-old bipolar woman, and Alex, a 75-year-old butcher, into a fascinating and life-changing game. In the words of renowned physicist, Richard Feynman, “I will not describe it in terms of an analogy with something familiar. I will simply describe it.” (<u>See</u> Richard P. Feynman, “The Messenger Lectures”, 1964, MIT.) And that is exactly what Stephens does with his unconventional take on the opposites attract theory of relationships; he simply describes it and leaves it up to us to struggle with our desire to see it in terms of something familiar. In a nod to quantum entanglement, the play is also a study in the way that two people can change each other, in this case for the better.</p>
<p><em><strong>HEISENBERG</strong></em> is directed by Chris Thatcher, an acting coach and director formerly from Los Angeles. Thatcher has run the “Chris Thatcher Acting Studio” in Boulder for over a decade, and is the founder of “Drala Productions”. He says “we chose this play to expose our community to the diversity of human relationships free from judgment or bias.” Thatcher happens to have another auspicious Boulder connection: He was an undergrad theater major and advisee of the late Boulder theatre luminary, Gordon Wickstrom. (<a href="http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailycamera/obituary.aspx?n=gordon-wickstrom&pid=172520768">http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailycamera/obituary.aspx?n=gordon-wickstrom&pid=172520768</a>)</p>
<p>Playwright Simon Stephens is internationally renowned for his award-winning play, <em>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time</em>. Boulder’s production of <em><strong>HEISENBERG</strong></em> stars Kasey Lohman and Danny Mann, and is running at the Carsen Theater at The Dairy Center for the Arts in an intimate audience configuration as it was in the original Off-Broadway and Broadway productions. General admission tickets available from $20-$25, at the Dairy Center Box Office, <span><a href="https://thedairy.org/Online/Heisenberg">https://thedairy.org/Online/Heisenberg</a></span></p> Mother's Day Gift Make-and-Take Workshoptag:www.mytowncolorado.com,2017-03-28:2021996:Topic:1797592017-03-28T16:56:06.013ZNikoletta Friedberghttps://www.mytowncolorado.com/profile/NikolettaFriedberg
<p>This year, make mother's day extra special by making the mom in your life a handmade gift. Mothers don’t want or need another gift from the mall, it’s just not as special as she is. And spending hundreds of dollars getting all the tools and materials to make a gift is just too costly. And then there’s all the stuff that has to be stored somewhere. Wouldn’t it be great if you could pay one small fee, and get all the materials you need and the use of all the tools necessary to make a beautiful…</p>
<p>This year, make mother's day extra special by making the mom in your life a handmade gift. Mothers don’t want or need another gift from the mall, it’s just not as special as she is. And spending hundreds of dollars getting all the tools and materials to make a gift is just too costly. And then there’s all the stuff that has to be stored somewhere. Wouldn’t it be great if you could pay one small fee, and get all the materials you need and the use of all the tools necessary to make a beautiful and unique gift? That’s what this event is all about!</p>
<p>Come to a very special workshop and choose from a collection of beautiful gift kits you can make on-site, at your own pace to honor the mom in your life. Drop-in hours available on both Saturday May 6 and Sunday May 7. For more information and to register, please visit: <a href="http://www.creativewaves.eventbrite.com">www.creativewaves.eventbrite.com</a>.</p> New “Arts Village” Coming to Louisvilletag:www.mytowncolorado.com,2014-08-02:2021996:Topic:1586312014-08-02T04:19:54.208ZLori Joneshttps://www.mytowncolorado.com/profile/LoriJones547
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">July 31, 2014</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Contact:</font> <a href="mailto:jcwilliams@bouldercounty.org"><font color="#0000FF" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Jim Williams</font></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">, Boulder County Housing & Human Services, 303-441-1260</font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Contact:</font> <a href="mailto:jcwilliams@bouldercounty.org"><font color="#0000FF" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Jim Williams</font></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">, Boulder County Housing & Human Services, 303-441-1260</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font><a href="mailto:lori@artunder.org"><font color="#0000FF" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Lori Jones</font></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">, Art Underground, 720-879-2290</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font><a href="mailto:emilie.v.parker@gmail.com"><font color="#0000FF" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Emilie Parker</font></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">, Louisville Artists Cohousing, 303-317-4558</font></p>
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<p><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">New “Arts Village” Coming to Louisville</font></b></p>
<p><i><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Boulder County is partnering with Art Underground and Louisville Artists Cohousing</font></i></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman"><b><font size="3">Boulder County, Colo.</font></b> <font size="3">– A new partnership between Boulder County and two Louisville arts organizations has led to a plan for an “arts village” development on the city’s northeast side. The Boulder County Housing Authority is collaborating with The Art Underground and Louisville Artists Cohousing to incorporate designs for a 210-seat theater and shared studio and living spaces for artists into plans for an affordable housing development in the area.</font></font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Boulder County recently expanded affordable housing options in the Lafayette area with the Josephine Commons and Aspinwall developments, which include nearly 150 new units for low-income members of the community. The collaboration in Louisville will provide more affordable options for low-income residents in an area that has seen significant increases in both home and rental prices in recent years.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">“We couldn’t be happier with this emerging partnership and the opportunity to combine arts and housing,” said Willa Williford, Housing Division Director for the Boulder County Department of Housing and Human Services. “A thriving arts community is a vital part of Boulder County’s culture, and this development will help provide more housing, studios and performance spaces for many of our east county artists.”</font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The Louisville development will be situated on 13 acres along Highway 42 just north of S. Boulder Road. Boulder County purchased the property in March 2013. Construction on the development is expected to begin in 2015.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">“The missions and goals of The Art Underground and Louisville Cohousing closely align with those of the Boulder County Housing Authority,” said Lori Jones, Director of the Art Underground. “We know that together we’re going to build a diverse and strong community that welcomes people of all ages, income levels, and backgrounds.”</font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Art Underground currently operates in a downtown Louisville location, and would move its offices and classroom spaces to the new development once it is complete.</font></p>
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<p></p> The Boulder Tattoo Projecttag:www.mytowncolorado.com,2013-07-15:2021996:Topic:1458322013-07-15T19:38:52.965ZChelsea Pohlhttps://www.mytowncolorado.com/profile/ChelseaPohl
<p><a href="http://www.bouldertattooproject.com" target="_blank">http://www.bouldertattooproject.com</a></p>
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<p>Residents of Boulder who have a deep love, commitment and connection to the city are needed to create the canvas of an artwork, the second of its kind in the nation, created by Kentucky-based artists Kurt Gohde and Kremena Todorova.</p>
<p>The Boulder Tattoo Project currently is recruiting volunteers who want to be part of the artwork. Participants receive free tattoos…</p>
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<p>Residents of Boulder who have a deep love, commitment and connection to the city are needed to create the canvas of an artwork, the second of its kind in the nation, created by Kentucky-based artists Kurt Gohde and Kremena Todorova.</p>
<p>The Boulder Tattoo Project currently is recruiting volunteers who want to be part of the artwork. Participants receive free tattoos designed by the artists that, when photographed and shown together, reveal a hidden image.</p>
<p>The tattoos are words and phrases of a poem that is, in essence, a love letter to the city of Boulder written by poet <a href="http://www.annewaldman.org/">Anne Waldman</a>, one of the founders of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poets at Naropa University.</p>
<p>Gohde and Todorova created the project in Lexington, Ky., where they are both professors – of art and American literature, respectively – at Transylvania University. The pair has collaborated on numerous artworks during the past seven years.</p>
<p>“We have traveled the country working together on various projects,” said Todorova. “We never imagined we would receive such a positive and inspiring response from a work we created in our hometown. It was amazing.”</p>
<p>The Lexington Tattoo project received national media attention and drew interest from people around the country who wanted the artists to create a similar project in their locales.</p>
<p>Chelsea Pohl, owner of Locheart Arts and originally from Lexington, Ky., heard about the project’s success in Lexington and thought it was a perfect pairing with the Boulder art scene. So she contacted the artists.</p>
<p>“The project marries multiple art forms and establishes community in a provocative and unequivocal way,” said Pohl, who serves as project manager for The Boulder Tattoo Project. “There is also an opportunity for local businesses and individuals to receive recognition for support of the arts through sponsorship. This is an exciting project and, so far, we’ve received great feedback.”</p>
<p>The Boulder Tattoo Project includes commissioning a love poem to Boulder, written by <a href="http://www.annewaldman.org/">Waldman</a>, tattooing words and phrases from the poem on participants, documenting the process and photographing the finished work. It will be an ongoing project that will culminate with a short film that showcases the finished tattoos and unveils the image that can only be seen when each of the tattoos are shown as one image.</p>
<p>To participate, volunteers must:</p>
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<li>Be at least 18 years of age.</li>
<li>Consider Boulder home.</li>
<li>Love Boulder.</li>
<li>Be willing to participate in meet and greets and other events.</li>
<li>Be willing to be photographed and filmed during the process.</li>
<li>Be in or around Boulder for the next year or so to participate in related events.</li>
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<p>Interested participants and potential sponsors should contact Pohl at chelsea@locheartarts.com. Waldman’s poem will be released near Aug. 1. Tattooing, by <a href="http://www.clawandtalontattoo.com">Claw and Talon Tattoo</a> is slated to start late in the year. </p>
<p>Gohde and Todorova traveled to Boulder in April to start initial work on the project. The artists plan to return in late October.</p>
<p>“Residents of Boulder have begun to take interest and we’re looking forward to working closely with all of them,” said Gohde. “This project really is a community collaborative. If you feel a special connection with Boulder – no matter your age, race or gender – we’d love to have you participate. All comers are welcome.”</p>
<p>For more information about the Boulder Tattoo Project, visit <a href="http://lexingtontattooproject.com/">bouldertattooproject.com</a>. Join the Boulder Tattoo Project online community on Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheBoulderTattooProject">https://www.facebook.com/TheBoulderTattooProject</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.locheartarts.com">www.locheartarts.com</a></p> The Art Underground Launches Take-A-Seat Campaign to Support New Community Arts Center and Theater Located at Steel Ranch Development in Louisville, COtag:www.mytowncolorado.com,2012-10-04:2021996:Topic:1331062012-10-04T18:06:45.961ZJackie Greinerhttps://www.mytowncolorado.com/profile/JackieGreiner
<p>The Art Underground (TAU), a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization offering dance, theater, film and visual arts classes for all ages, recently announced its Take-A-Seat Campaign to support a new theatre and community arts center at Louisville’s Steel Ranch development in Louisville, CO.</p>
<p>In the Take-A-Seat campaign, patrons who donate $350 will receive a brass plaque with an inscription of their choice mounted on a theater seat in the 200 seat theater planned to break ground in January…</p>
<p>The Art Underground (TAU), a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization offering dance, theater, film and visual arts classes for all ages, recently announced its Take-A-Seat Campaign to support a new theatre and community arts center at Louisville’s Steel Ranch development in Louisville, CO.</p>
<p>In the Take-A-Seat campaign, patrons who donate $350 will receive a brass plaque with an inscription of their choice mounted on a theater seat in the 200 seat theater planned to break ground in January 2013. This campaign allows community businesses, families and individuals to support The Art Underground’s mission of increasing community and individual awareness, participation, appreciation and enjoyment of the arts in Boulder County.</p>
<p>The Art Underground, located in historic downtown Louisville, has been addressing the need for arts in Boulder County since its opening in 2007. As the arts community in East Boulder continues to flourish, and the demand for TAU’s classes continues to grow, TAU will be joining with other community organizations in the use of this new arts facility, The Arts Hub, as part of the Steel Ranch development in Louisville. The 200 seat theater included in the development will serve as a community resource and venue for a variety of performances.</p>
<p>“The opportunity to purchase a theatre seat at the new arts center located at Steel Ranch through our Take-A-Seat campaign is truly a unique opportunity to support arts in our community,” said Lori Jones, Founder and Executive Director, The Art Underground. “The Art Underground will serve as the managing organization of the Arts Hub at Steel Ranch although the beautiful new facility will house several non-profit arts organizations, in addition to TAU. Many will benefit from the build of this community based arts center.”</p>
<p>The first seat funded in the Take-A-Seat Campaign was purchased by the Tri-City Elks Lodge in Louisville, a longtime supporter of the arts in the Louisville community. Space is limited as more than 20 of the total 200 theater seats available have already been sold in the initial launch of this program. All Take-A-Seat donations are 100% tax deductible. Contact Heather Frim, Chair, TAU Board, at hfrim@comcast.net to participate in Take-A-Seat program.</p>
<p>About the Art Underground<br/>The Art Underground, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization located in historic Downtown Louisville, has offered dance, theater, film and visual arts classes for all ages since 2007. In addition to providing a wide variety of high quality arts classes, The Art Underground hosts workshops, art galleries/exhibits and other events, and promotes opportunities for patrons and artists to connect and support a growing arts community in Boulder County. Learn more about The Art Underground, where Louisville gets creative, by visiting <a href="http://www.artunder.org">www.artunder.org</a>.</p>
<p>Contacts:<br/>Heather Frim <br/>Board Member<br/>The Art Underground <br/>hfrim@comcast.net<br/>(303)229-1127</p>
<p>Lori Jones<br/>Founder and Executive Director<br/>The Art Underground<br/>info@artunder.org<br/>(303)229-1127</p> Two Boulder artists on a "Path of Beauty"tag:www.mytowncolorado.com,2010-11-16:2021996:Topic:931182010-11-16T00:42:08.404ZElizabeth Blackhttps://www.mytowncolorado.com/profile/ElizabethBlack
<font size="3">Christopher Brown and Elizabeth Black, a long-time Boulder artist-couple, met 25 years ago when they were both working on the Colorado River, guiding raft trips through the Grand Canyon. On Friday November 19th, a show of their Grand Canyon photographs and paintings will open at Mary Williams Fine Arts. <br></br><br></br>Entitled "<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Path of Beauty, 3 Visions of the Grand Canyon from the 19th through the 21st Centuries</span>", the art…</font>
<font size="3">Christopher Brown and Elizabeth Black, a long-time Boulder artist-couple, met 25 years ago when they were both working on the Colorado River, guiding raft trips through the Grand Canyon. On Friday November 19th, a show of their Grand Canyon photographs and paintings will open at Mary Williams Fine Arts. <br/><br/>Entitled "<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Path of Beauty, 3 Visions of the Grand Canyon from the 19th through the 21st Centuries</span>", the art show takes its title from Brown's recently published book of Grand Canyon photographs, spanning 30 years of the photographer's career. <strong style="font-weight: normal;">Brown's book, <span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;">"Path of Beauty, Photographic Adventures in the Grand Canyon"</span> includes 75 color
photographs as well as a series of his essays covering geology, a boatman's life, the photographic process and and his own personal quest for "First Sight".<br/><br/></strong>The art show includes Brown's large format color photographs, all of which are in his book, as well as 23 of Elizabeth' Black's oil paintings and watercolors. In addition, Mary Williams will be showing antique prints of the Grand Canyon from her extensive collection, <strong style="font-weight: normal;">including chromo-lithographs by Thomas Moran and Lois Akin, and a complete original copy of <a href="http://www.marywilliamsfineart.com/artwork.php?artist_id=0000000238"></a></strong>Dutton's <span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;">Tertiary History of the Grand Canyon</span>. <br/><br/>Black and Brown just recently completed a second "<strong style="font-weight: normal;">honeymoon-trip" down the
Colorado river in the Grand Canyon. They had done another one-boat two-person trip back in 1986, and decided to float the river one more time, just the two of them, while they still were able to.<br/><br/>"We had slightly different equipment this time though: an 18 foot
self-bailer instead of a leaky Shoshone; oil paints instead of watercolors; and Chris had a digital camera instead of his 4x5 sheet-film eating Baby Deardorff.</strong><strong style="font-weight: normal;"> We were less agile and energetic than we were 25 years ago, and the rapids were a little more intimidating. But it was wonderful to be back in the Canyon, alive and wild in the heart of it! We both got some wonderful art and source material from the trip, enough to keep us creating new images of the Canyon for years to come". says Black.</strong><strong style="font-weight: bold;"><br/><br/></strong><strong style="font-weight: normal;">Although they frequently paint and photograph other subjects, both artists keep returning to the Grand Canyon for inspiration. "My view of the Canyon, from the inside out, is distinctly not the Grand Canyon most people expect to see. I never know what to expect when I go to the Canyon, just that it will be different -- and this is what keeps me coming back for more!", says Brown. <br/><br/>Like the many multi-hued layers of rock which make up the Colorado Plateau, the art in this show builds a multi-hued image of the Grand Canyon, layer upon layer. Views of serene sunrises, ancient Indian ruins, shaded intimate slot canyons, and vast panoramas of the stinking hot desert combine and build a many-splendor-ed vision of our very own World-Wonder, the Grand Canyon. It is indeed Grand!<br/><br/>All of the art in the show glows with the artists' affection for the Canyon, from Moran's romantic overblown and inexact renditions, to William H. Holmes' meticulously exact line drawings. The Grand Canyon has burrowed into all the artists' hearts. As Elizabeth Black says, "The Grand Canyon has taught me to paint and to row big water. It introduced me to my husband and many life-long friends. Over the years, the Canyon has revealed great beauty, and showed me how to endure and to see. It has taught me how to live lightly on the earth and how to hold up half the sky. The Canyon has given me many gifts. I am just trying to pass some of them on to you in my paintings."</strong></font><strong style="font-weight: bold;"><br/></strong><br/>
<p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal">Path of Beauty, 3 Visions of the Grand Canyon from the 19<sup>th</sup> through the 21<sup>st</sup> Centuries</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What:</span> An exhibit of art about the Grand Canyon, featuring the photography of Christopher Brown, original paintings by Elizabeth Black, and a collection of antique prints from Mary Williams Fine Arts</p>
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br/>When:</span> November 18 to December 15, 2010 Opening Reception: Friday November 19 from 5-8PM <br/>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Where:</span> Mary Williams Fine Arts, 2116 Pearl St, Boulder CO 80302</p>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Hours:</span> Mon-Fri 10AM to 6PM; Sat 10AM to 5PM <br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Website:</span> <a href="http://www.marywilliamsfineart.com/">http://www.marywilliamsfineart.com/</a> To see a preview of Elizabeth Black's paintings in the show go to <a href="http://elizabethblackart.com/index.html">http://elizabethblackart.com/index.html</a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br/><br/>Telephone:</span> 303-938-1588
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Admission:</span> FREE<br/></p>
<br/> <br/><p style="text-align: left;"><a class="noborder" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1051675320?profile=original" target="_blank"><img width="298" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1051675320?profile=RESIZE_320x320" alt=""/></a></p>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Downstream from Saddle Canyon, 9AM</span> Oil painting by Elizabeth Black<br/><br/><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1051675101?profile=original" alt=""/></p>
Elizabeth Black painting from the raft at Lee's Ferry, at the start of the couple's second "honeymoon trip".<br/><br/><p style="text-align: left;"><a class="noborder" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1051675276?profile=original" target="_blank"><img width="225" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1051675276?profile=RESIZE_320x320" alt=""/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Chris Brown photographing in Matkatameba Canyon on the couple's second "honeymoon trip."<br/></p>
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<br/><br/> Taiwanese Gung Fu Master Visits Bouldertag:www.mytowncolorado.com,2010-10-09:2021996:Topic:766712010-10-09T02:01:28.532ZLucy MacMillanhttps://www.mytowncolorado.com/profile/LucyMacMillan
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Liu Chang-I, world renowned Feeding Crane master, will be teaching this Saturday and Sunday at the Academy of Chinese Cultural and Martial Arts in Boulder.</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"></br><br></br><span>Taiwanese master Liu Chang-I is the lineage holder of the Feeding Crane school of White Crane Gung Fu. Feeding Crane was brought to Taiwan from Fuzhou, China, in the early part of the 20th century, and
the system has been passed down unchanged in the Liu…</span>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Liu Chang-I, world renowned Feeding Crane master, will be teaching this Saturday and Sunday at the Academy of Chinese Cultural and Martial Arts in Boulder.</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><br/><span>Taiwanese master Liu Chang-I is the lineage holder of the Feeding Crane school of White Crane Gung Fu. Feeding Crane was brought to
Taiwan from Fuzhou, China, in the early part of the 20th century, and<br />
the system has been passed down unchanged in the Liu family. It is a<br />
complete and traditional curriculum, including power-development<br />
(kung'li) exercises, application drills, forms, chi'gung, and body<br />
conditioning, as well as herbal medicine and other traditional<br />
practices. Even in small and subtle movements, Liu sifu demonstrates<br />
explosive power and precise technique that combine to produce a<br />
devastating art. The system also shows clear connections to Okinawan<br />
karate, making it of unique interest to those curious about the roots<br />
and influences of Okinawan martial arts.<br/><br/></span>Liu sifu will teach several short-power exercises ("gung'li") which develop the ability to deliver the incredible kinetic shock that is characteristic of Feeding Crane technique. He will introduce (with plenty of hands-on and partnered work) a collection of applications and training practices from the Feeding Crane system, ranging from gentle redirections to brutal counters, locks, breaks, and throws. Fundamental forms including 3 Battles (Samchien/Sanchin) will also be taught.<br/><br/>These training methods and power generation drills should be of particular interest to Okinawan karate practitioners and students of traditional Chinese martial arts, but are also appropriate for those with no martial arts background who want to improve their overall athletic form and performance.<br/><br/>More details at <a href="http://frkodokan.org/liu2010/">http://frkodokan.org/liu2010/</a><br/><br/>Dates and times:<br/><br/> * Saturday, October 9 9am-5pm<br/> * Sunday, October 10 10am-5:30pm<br/><br/>Location: Academy of Chinese Martial and Cultural Arts<br/>1750 38th Street, Boulder, CO<br/><br/>To register or for group discounts, please contact:<br/>Jack Schaefer: (303) 648-4066, acuwellnessinfo@gmail.com or<br/>Ole Craig: (413) 204-9440, seminar@frkodokan.org BCAA Members Arts & Crafts Fairetag:www.mytowncolorado.com,2009-11-19:2021996:Topic:438602009-11-19T15:24:17.991ZMaryan Jarosshttps://www.mytowncolorado.com/profile/MaryanJaross
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Support local artists for the Holidays! Central City Opera Announces 2009 Festival Seasontag:www.mytowncolorado.com,2009-04-14:2021996:Topic:224722009-04-14T19:20:52.971ZCentral City Operahttps://www.mytowncolorado.com/profile/CentralCityOpera
The slate of internationally renowned artists have been selected for Central City Opera’s (CCO) 2009 Festival featuring three productions of works spanning the centuries. Running June 27 to Aug. 2, the Festival features a new production of Gaetano Donizetti’s <i><b>Lucia di Lammermoor</b></i>, the popular Italian bel canto style opera about feuding families in Scotland and young Lucia’s forbidden love; a new production of Stephen Sondheim’s <i><b>A Little Night Music</b></i>, the Tony Award…
The slate of internationally renowned artists have been selected for Central City Opera’s (CCO) 2009 Festival featuring three productions of works spanning the centuries. Running June 27 to Aug. 2, the Festival features a new production of Gaetano Donizetti’s <i><b>Lucia di Lammermoor</b></i>, the popular Italian bel canto style opera about feuding families in Scotland and young Lucia’s forbidden love; a new production of Stephen Sondheim’s <i><b>A Little Night Music</b></i>, the Tony Award winning musical that portrays the romantic lives of couples in Swedish society; and a new production of George Frideric Handel’s Italian opera <b><i>Rinaldo</i></b>, a heroic story of battle and love set in the time of the First Crusade.<br />
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“In these difficult economic times, we have safeguarded the artistic integrity of our season while making adjustments in other areas of the company,” commented General/Artistic Director Pelham (Pat) Pearce. “While we’re not immune to the issues affecting our world today, we have truly creative people involved who will ensure that the Festival will continue to be the same – an exciting, thoughtful theatrical experience, beautifully sung and played.”<br />
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<u><b><i>Lucia di Lammermoor</i></b> (June 27 – Aug. 2)</u><br />
Donizetti’s <i>Lucia di Lammermoor</i>, including the famous “Mad Scene,” premiered in 1835 at Teatro San Carlo in Naples and today remains one of the leading bel canto (“beautiful singing” in Italian) style operas in the standard repertoire. The piece’s Italian libretto is by Salvatore Cammarano after Sir Walter Scott’s historical novel, <i>The Bride of Lammermoor</i>. A dramma tragico (tragic opera) <i>Lucia di Lammermoor</i> follows two feuding families, the Ashtons and the Ravenswoods, in the Lammermuir Hills area of Lowland Scotland and the forbidden love between Lucia, an Ashton, and Edgardo, a Ravenswood. A new production set in 17th century Scotland sung in Italian with English supertitles.<br />
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<u><b>Performing Artists</b></u><br />
Central City Opera’s Music Director John Baril conducts this production after leading performances of <i>West Side Story</i> last summer. Having started his work with the company in 1992, Mr. Baril has conducted a wide range of productions during his tenure such as the regional premiere of Adamo’s <i>Little Women</i>; Bizet’s <i>Carmen</i>; and Massenet’s <i>Les contes d’Hoffmann</i> and <i>Cendrillon</i>. Mr. Baril also recently led <i>Don Giovanni</i> with Nashville Opera. Russian soprano Lyubov Petrova* makes her Central City Opera debut as Lucia. Touted by Opera News as “a soprano of ravishing, changeable beauty, blazing high notes and magnetic stage presence” for her Cleopatra in <i>Giulio Cesare</i> at Glimmerglass Opera last summer, Ms. Petrova has received accolades for her performances worldwide from the Metropolitan Opera to Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy. She works again under the direction of Catherine Malfitano for this production after their recent collaboration on <i>Rigoletto</i> last March at Washington National Opera. Colorado native, tenor Vale Rideout, returns as Lucia’s forbidden love interest Edgardo after his acclaimed performances as Sam in <i>Susannah</i> and the Male Chorus in <i>The Rape of Lucretia</i> last summer. A former Central City Opera Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Apprentice Artist, Mr. Rideout has since performed throughout the United States and in Europe and makes his debut this season with the New York Philharmonic performing Britten’s <i>War Requiem</i>. Baritone Grant Youngblood returns as Lucia’s brother, Enrico, after his performances last summer as Reverend Olin Blitch in <i>Susannah</i>. Other recent engagements for Mr. Youngblood include Amonasro in <i>Aida</i> with Opera Omaha and Scarpia in <i>Tosca</i> with Connecticut Opera. Bass-baritone Richard Bernstein returns as Lucia’s chaplain and tutor, Raimondo, after his debut with the company as Mustafa in <i>L’Italiana in Algeri</i>. Featured in the Grammy Award nominated recording of <i>Eugene Onegin</i> live from the Met, Mr. Bernstein has performed many times with the Metropolitan Opera in productions such as the world premiere of <i>An American Tragedy</i>, <i>A View from the Bridge</i> and standard repertoire such as <i>Die Zauberflöte</i> and <i>La Bohème</i>.<br />
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<b><u>Production Team</u></b><br />
Catherine Malfitano, the famed soprano who made her directorial debut with <i>Madama Butterfly</i> (2005) at Central City Opera, and returned in 2007 to stage <i>The Saint of Bleecker Street</i>, will direct this production. Having performed the role of Lucia herself, this will be Ms. Malfitano’s debut directing the Donizetti opera. Recent directing credits include <i>Rigoletto</i> at Washington National Opera and <i>Don Giovanni</i> for the Merola Program at San Francisco Opera. Wilson Chin, who made his company debut collaborating with Ms. Malfitano on the set design for <i>The Saint of Bleecker Street</i>, returns with his designs including ancestral maps of Scotland, detailed forest scenes and beautiful home interiors for this production. Mr. Chin also worked with Ms. Malfitano providing set design for <i>Don Giovanni</i> for San Francisco Opera’s Merola Program and has recently designed <i>Dido and Aeneas</i> for New York Chamber Opera as well. Terese Wadden has designed the period costumes, complete with Scottish tartan, highlighting its important role in everyday life at the time in her debut with CCO for this production. Ms. Wadden most recently collaborated with Christopher Alden on Elliot Carter’s opera <i>What Next?</i> at Columbia University and designed costumes for the short film <i>The Getaway</i>, directed by Ellen Novack. The wig/makeup designer for all three productions in 2009 is Alison Mizerski, who returns for her fifth summer in residence with Central City Opera.<br />
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<u><b><i>A Little Night Music</i> (July 4 - July 31)</b></u><br />
A Tony award winner for Best Musical, Best Book and Best Score, Sondheim’s music is set almost entirely in waltz time and includes the famous song “Send in the Clowns.” The book by Hugh Wheeler was inspired by the Ingmar Bergmann film <i>Smiles of a Summer Night</i>. <i>A Little Night Music</i> premiered on Broadway in 1973 and was revived in London both in 1989 and 1995. Set in Sweden at the turn of the century, the musical follows the lives of several couples from all walks of life and their views on life, love and sex are explored with compassion and humor. This work has become part of the repertoire of several opera companies including the New York City Opera, which performed it in 1990, 1991 and 2003, the Houston Grand Opera who performed it in 1999 and Los Angeles Opera with a production in 2004. A new production sung in English.<br />
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<u><b>Performing Artists</b></u><br />
Associate Conductor and Chorus Master for Central City Opera since 2005 and previously an assistant conductor in 2004, Christopher Zemliauskas makes his debut as Principal Conductor with the company leading <i>A Little Night Music</i>. Mr. Zemliauskas is currently the Assistant Musical Director of the Opera Program at CU Boulder and previously worked as Resident Artist Conductor for the Minnesota Opera. Other companies where he has served on the music staff include San Francisco Opera, Opera Colorado and Indianapolis Opera. Baritone Robert Orth returns as the central character of <i>A Little Night Music</i>, Frederik Egerman, after his most recent appearance with the company as Horace Tabor in the 50th anniversary production of <i>The Ballad of Baby Doe</i> (2006). Having appeared with the company many times, some of his previous appearances include Lescaut in <i>Manon</i> (1994) and Eisenstein in <i>Die Fledermaus</i> (1991). Highly touted for his portrayal of the role of Richard Nixon in <i>Nixon in China</i>, he performed the role in Denver with Opera Colorado last June. He is joined by Grammy Award winning artist Sylvia McNair who returns to Central City Opera as Desiree Armfeldt, after her debut with the company as Helena in <i>A Midsummer Night’s Dream</i> in 2002. Ms. McNair’s 25 year career spans from opera and oratorio to cabaret and musical theater, taking her from the Metropolitan Opera to the Rainbow Room. A breast cancer survivor, her new biographical one-woman show “Subject to Change” is scheduled to be released soon and she continues to perform as a regular guest vocal and violin soloist in America and Europe. Soprano Sarah Jane McMahon returns as Anne Egerman after her acclaimed performances as Maria in <i>West Side Story</i> and as Lucia in <i>The Rape of Lucretia</i> last summer. A past CCO Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Apprentice Artist, Ms. McMahon has since gone on to perform with such opera companies as New York City Opera and Los Angeles Opera (in <i>Parsifal</i> opposite Plácido Domingo), in addition to a wide array of musical theater credits. Mezzo-soprano Myrna Paris returns to Central City Opera as Madame Armfeldt after her most recent appearance with CCO as the Old Lady in Bernstein’s <i>Candide</i> (2000) and previously as Mamma McCourt in <i>The Ballad of Baby Doe</i> (1996), a role she has particularly received acclaim for at opera houses throughout the U.S. such as New York City Opera and Pittsburgh Opera. Ms. Paris has also been touted for her Gilbert & Sullivan and musical theatre roles. Stephanie Nelson returns as Petra after her acclaimed debut with the company last summer as Anita in <i>West Side Story</i>. Ms. Nelson is an accomplished singing, dancing actress who recently performed at the Metropolitan Opera in <i>Iphigenie en Tauride</i> with Placido Domingo, and has also appeared with companies such as Seattle Opera, Houston Grand Opera and Kansas City Lyric Opera. Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm is portrayed by baritone Jeffrey Mattsey, who returns after his CCO debut in the title role of <i>Don Giovanni</i> (2006). Having performed often at the Metropolitan Opera, Mr. Mattsey has also performed abroad at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires and is known for his Gilbert & Sullivan roles. Mezzo-soprano Sarah Kleeman, a Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Apprentice Artist with CCO in 2007, returns as Countess Charlotte Malcolm in <i>A Little Night Music</i>. Recent credits include Cherubino in <i>Le Nozze di Figaro</i> with Pacific Repertory Opera and Suzuki in <i>Madama Butterfly</i> with Bear Valley Music Festival.<br />
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<b><u>Production Team</u></b><br />
Stage director Ken Cazan returns to CCO after his direction of the sold out production of <i>West Side Story</i> last summer and previous credits with the company including <i>L’Incoronazione di Poppea</i> (2006) <i>Paul Bunyan</i> (2005) and <i>Le Jongleur de Notre Dame</i> (2004), to name a few. The Resident Stage Director for the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, Mr. Cazan is also one of America’s most sought after directors, having directed more than 100 productions for more than 40 opera companies. Cameron Anderson, who made her debut with Central City Opera last summer with <i>West Side Story</i>, returns as scenic designer for <i>A Little Night Music</i>. Having designed extensively for both opera and theater, her recent designs include <i>Don Pasquale</i> for Pittsburgh Opera and <i>The Language of Trees</i> for Roundabout Underground Theatre in New York City. Costume designer Alice Marie Kugler Bristow returns for this production after her design work for <i>West Side Story</i> last summer. Having designed for the company many times, Ms. Bristow is also an Assistant Professor of Costume Design at Berry College.<br />
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<u><b><i>Rinaldo</i> (July 11 - Aug. 1)</b></u><br />
The first Italian opera composed specifically for the London stage, <i>Rinaldo</i> was first performed in Her Majesty’s Theatre in Haymarket in 1711. A great success, the piece appealed to many Baroque artists due to its inclusion of two castrato roles (now played by mezzo-sopranos or countertenors). The Italian libretto written by Giacomo Rossi is based on episodes of Torquato Tasso’s Gerusalemme liberate (“Jerusalem Delivered”). It is a story of love amidst battle during the First Crusade (1096 – 1099) between Almirena, daughter of the General of the Crusade, Goffredo, and the knight, Rinaldo, who are torn apart during battle and must overcome adversity to be together. A new production sung in Italian with English supertitles.<br />
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<u><b>Performing Artists</b></u><br />
British conductor Matthew Halls makes his Central City Opera debut with <i>Rinaldo</i>. Artistic Director of the internationally renowned Baroque ensemble, The King’s Consort, and a regular guest conductor with The English Concert, Portland Baroque Orchestra and Holland Baroque Society, Mr. Halls has established a reputation as one of the leading performers/conductors of the younger generation of Baroque musicians. An accomplished keyboard player, with expertise on harpsichord and organ, he has been a member of the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra since 1999 and has played with many of the world’s leading Baroque orchestras. Mezzo-soprano Phyllis Pancella returns as Rinaldo after her acclaimed appearances as Lucretia in last summer’s <i>The Rape of Lucretia</i> and her CCO debut as Nerone in <i>L’Incoronazione di Poppea</i> (2006). Renowned for her artistic versatility and musicianship, Ms. Pancella has an extensive repertoire ranging from the Baroque era to the current century. Recent credits include Dejanira in Handel’s <i>Hercules</i> with Music of the Baroque under Jane Glover, Sesto in <i>La Clemenza di Tito</i> with Opera Boston and Mrs. Noye in Britten’s <i>Noye’s Fludde</i> with Los Angeles Opera. Countertenor David Walker returns as the captain of the Crusade force, Goffredo, after his role as Ottone in <i>L’Incoronazione di Poppea</i> (2006) and Oberon in CCO’s <i>A Midsummer Night’s Dream</i> (2002). Mr. Walker also performed in Handel’s <i>Hercules</i> with Music of the Baroque under Jane Glover this past fall and other recent credits include Raphael in the North American premiere of <i>Tobias and the Angel</i> with Opera Vivente in Maryland and the Paris premiere of the title role in <i>Elephant Man</i>. Known for his interpretations of Baroque roles, he has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera and Santa Fe Opera, to name a few. Kathleen Kim, touted as a “tiny dynamo” who “nailed her stratospheric coloratura aria with a precise, penetrating soprano,” by John von Rhein of the Chicago Tribune, makes her debut with Central City Opera as the enchantress, Armida. The young Korean American soprano made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera as Barbarina in <i>Le nozze di Figaro</i> in the ’07-08 season and returned as Oscar in <i>Un ballo in maschera</i>. She also made her debut this fall with Minnesota Opera as Blonde in <i>Die Entführung aus dem Serail</i> and makes her European debut with the Bilbao Opera in Spain as Marie in <i>La Fille du Régiment</i>. Canadian baritone Joshua Hopkins returns to CCO as Goffredo’s enemy, Argante. Mr. Hopkins made his debut with the company last summer as Junius in <i>The Rape of Lucretia</i>. He also recently appeared with Houston Grand Opera in his role debut as Marcello in <i>La Bohème</i>, with Arizona Opera as Papageno in <i>Die Zauberflöte</i> and with the Verbier Festival in Switzerland as Guglielmo in <i>Così fan tutte</i>. Countertenor Jason Abrams returns as Goffredo’s brother, Eustazio, after his appearance as Arnalta in <i>L’Incoronazione di Poppea</i> (2006). A former Studio Artist in CCO’s Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training Program, Mr. Abrams joined the roster of New York City Opera this past season in <i>King Arthur</i> and appeared as Nireno in <i>Giulio Cesare</i> with both Lyric Opera of Chicago and Florida Grand Opera. His extensive oratorio experience includes a debut last season at Carnegie Hall singing <i>Messiah</i> with Oratorio Society of New York. Soprano Megan Hart returns to the company as Rinaldo’s love interest, Almirena, after her appearances last year as a Studio Artist in Central City Opera’s Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training Program, including her performance as The Spirit of the Boy in the acclaimed church parable, <i>Curlew River</i>. A Seattle Opera Young Artist, she will be performing in <i>Hänsel and Gretel</i>, <i>Eugene Onegin</i> and <i>A Midsummer Night's Dream</i> there in 2008-09.<br />
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<u><b>Production Team</b></u><br />
Having worked often with Central City Opera, Marc Astafan returns to direct <i>Rinaldo</i>, after his most recent successes in <i>Cendrillon</i> (2007) and <i>Don Giovanni</i> (2006). Mr. Astafan’s recent credits include <i>Die Fledermaus</i> with Opera Providence, <i>Hänsel & Gretel</i> with Nevada Opera and his debut with Connecticut Opera directing <i>Tosca</i>. A frequent collaborator with Mr. Astafan, Caleb Wertenbaker returns as scenic designer for <i>Rinaldo</i> after his work on <i>Cendrillon</i> (2007). Recent credits for Mr. Wertenbaker include <i>Le nozze di Figaro</i> at New England Conservatory, <i>Dust</i> at West Side Theatre in New York City and <i>Amistad</i> at the Spoleto Festival, USA. His design for this new production of <i>Rinaldo</i> set in the Middle East at the time of the First Crusades features such elements as a medieval map scrim, a rolling sea and the mysterious cave of the Sorcerer. Sara Jean Tosetti, who designed the “eye-catching styles” for Central City Opera’s <i>Cendrillon</i> (2007) that were labeled a “coup de theatre” by the Rocky Mountain News, returns to design the costumes for <i>Rinaldo</i> which range from opulent to rough and multi-dimensional. Ms. Tosetti’s recent credits include <i>Manuscript and The Exonerated</i> at the Darryl Roth Theatre, <i>Artifice with Complexions, Inc</i> at the New Victory and several productions at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival.<br />
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<u><b>Single Tickets on Sale Now!</b></u><br />
Single tickets are now on sale for Central City Opera’s 2009 Festival, ranging from $50 to $99. Subscriptions to see Lucia di Lammermoor and A Little Night Music (with exclusive subscriber-only pricing for Rinaldo) during the 2009 Festival start at just $95 and go up to $183. Bus subscriptions are available, as well as at 15% discount for groups of 10 or more and special discounts for seniors and students. NEW THIS YEAR: Tuesday and Friday night performances start early at 7:30 p.m. with Thursday and Saturday night performances starting at 8:00 p.m. To purchase tickets or for more information, call the Central City Opera Box Office at 303-292-6700; 800-851-8175 or go online to <a href="http://www.centralcityopera.org">www.centralcityopera.org</a>.<br />
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