Tag Archive for: COVID-19

The Importance of Arts and Culture in a Post COVID World

By Hassan Salem, U.S. Bank Head of Commercial Banking, and Trustee & Capital Campaign Chair, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Now more than ever, arts and cultural organizations in the cities and towns where we live need our support, and here’s why. The economic fallout from the COVID-19 crisis has hit the arts and […]

Central City Opera makes company history with outdoor opera festival

After postponing the 2020 Festival to 2021 due to COVID-19, Central City Opera recently announced a partnership with Hudson Gardens & Event Center to present the 2021 Festival productions. CCO will produce Rodgers & Hammerstein’s beloved musical Carousel and Verdi’s Rigoletto as open-air, socially-distanced events at Hudson Gardens in Littleton while Purcell’s hour-long opera Dido and Aeneas and the CCO Al Fresco concert […]

It's All Bueno

El Teatro VolARTE Presenta…It’s All Bueno

Su Teatro Cultural & Performing Arts Center’s Cultural Arts Education Institute announces El Teatro VolARTE’s production of It’s All Bueno, written by Sigrid Gilmer for Cornerstone Theatre Company and directed by Jose “Jozer” Guerrero.

Women's Day on Broadway

Disney on Broadway celebrates International Women’s Day

In celebration of International Women’s Day, Disney on Broadway announces free registration, programming, and participants for the 4th annual “Women’s Day on Broadway” virtual event on Friday, March 12, 2021, beginning at 1 pm EST. All gender identities and expressions are welcome. Free registration is now open at www.womenofbroadway.com.

Colorado Symphony

Virtual Concert Experience Brings Comfort To Colorado Cancer Patients

Our colleagues at the Colorado Symphony along with our mutual sponsor, UCHealth, believe in the healing power of music. This past year has been challenging for so many, but none more so than those battling difficult diseases. Read more about their project to connect patients to the power of music.

Reimagining Arts Education for Remote Learning

Reimagining Arts Education for Remote Learning

While DCPA Education typically offers nearly a dozen programs for more than 500 schools, four options were best suited for a virtual reimagining.

Buell Theatre

Top five reasons that draw people to the theatre year after year

We asked our social media followers what traditions they especially treasure at the theatre. Here are the top five (or six) reasons that draw people to the theatre year after year.

Colorado Children’s Chorale

Colorado Children’s Chorale presents Comfort and Joy

If you’re looking for uplifting music to fill your holiday season, look no further than our cultural colleague — Colorado Children’s Chorale.

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance

Granny dances into homes worldwide this holiday season

In 1991, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance (CPRD) presented its inaugural production of Granny Dances to a Holiday Drum. What began as a story recounting global holiday traditions through dance is now — for the first time — being shared with audiences around the world.

A Homemade Christmas Carol

Making something new this holiday season with A Homemade Christmas Carol

Does thinking about the holidays this year make you feel a bit like a Scrooge? We understand the feeling. It can be hard to stay merry when there’s so much going on in the world. For the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, the inability to produce our annual tradition of A Christmas Carol this year came as a disappointment. The Wolf Theatre renovations are nearly complete, but with current CDC and city guidelines in place for slowing the spread of COVID-19, it simply wasn’t possible to make it happen this year. We found ourselves saying, “Bah, humbug,” more times than we care to admit.