Hassan Salem DCPA Trustee, Capital Campaign Chair and new head of Commercial Banking at U.S. Bank

Get to know Hassan Salem – DCPA Trustee, Capital Campaign Chair and new head of Commercial Banking at U.S. Bank

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Hassan Salem is a mile-high banker who loves the great outdoors, enjoys golf, is an accomplished skier (not to mention one of the top bankers in the skiing industry), and an avid football fan who never misses a Broncos game if he can help it. He’s also engaged in the theater, predominantly behind the stage, where he is intent on keeping the arts alive and healthy – even in the middle of a global pandemic.

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Frankie J. Alvarez, Tania Verafield, and Valentina Guerra_Photo by Adams VisCom

Giving voice to Colorado’s growing Latino community

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Last winter, playwright Tony Meneses asked our community to consider identity. More specifically, he asked our Latino community to consider its identity, its place in society and — most importantly — its responsibility in shaping the future of community.

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twenty50 Commuity board

Imagine the world in 2050: What will society look like?

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We asked the playwright, director and cast of the world-premiere play ‘twenty50’ to imagine what American society will be like in the year 2050. Video by DCPA Video Producer David Lenk. DCPA community boards reveal both hope and fear for the future During the 2019 Colorado New Play Summit, Patrick Berger, the DCPA’s Audience Development […]

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Sterling Prison Theatre. Photo courtesy DU Prison Arts Initiative

Prison theatre: Finding freedom and purpose in the power of making art

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This article was published on September 16, 2019 Nathan Ybanez has spent his life being watched with suspicion, lust and disgust – both before and after he was sentenced to life in prison at age 16. But for a few fleeting recent hours inside the maximum-security prison that has housed him for the past 20 […]

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