"Imitation of Wife" ENCORE performance for the Boulder County AIDS Project

“Gender Illusion Technician” brings her “one-woman” show back, by popular demand, on January 21 & 22, 2011 to benefit the Boulder County AIDS Project.

Gender Illusion Technician, Jeffrey A. Kash (aka “Ms. Eda Bagel”) returns to the Dairy Center for the Arts for two performances of “Imitation of Wife.” Kash splices together film dialogue, show tunes and comedy routines – drawing heavily from sources from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s – to tell the story of Eda Bagel, a repressed housewife with no domestic skills. Kash’s lip-synching is spot-on, with facial expressions used to great comic effect.

The encore performance (which sold out in November, 2010) will benefit the Boulder County AIDS Project (BCAP), helping to fund the agency’s crucial services related to HIV/AIDS relief, educational & advocacy efforts.

WHEN: Friday, January 21 and Saturday, January 22. Show begins at 7:30 pm.

WHERE: Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO

TICKETS: $20 (+ service fees) with proceeds to benefit Boulder County AIDS Project, available at the Dairy Box Office, or by calling (303) 444-7328. Ages 18+.

Enjoy this video preview!

Support the Arts in Lafayette at the Dead Artists Ball - TONIGHT!

Enjoy a ghoulishly good time at the Dead Artists Ball, a fundraiser to support the arts in Lafayette, October 30th, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. at the Library. Come dressed as your favorite dead artist and leave the little gremlins at home for this spirited adult event. (The Bob Burger Recreation Center will be offering a Kids Night Out for ages 8-14.)


Enjoy appetizers, cash bar, music by Flatirons Jazz and best costume prizes. Tickets are $20.00 per person in advance, include a complimentary glass of wine and are now available at the Library's Circulation Desk. Tickets will be $25 per person if purchased at the door.

Lafayette Library is located at 775 West Baseline Road
Tickets and information at 303-665-5200 x3802

Cutest Race in Town

Cutest Race in Town is
Saturday, September 12

The Children’s Museum of Denver promotes health and fitness for every member of the family; even those crawling or toddling to the finish line!

Hop, Skip & a Jump Start The 3rd annual fitness fundraiser at the Children’s Museum of Denver is a stroller-friendly, 5k, Infant Crawl, Toddler Trot and Kid Course. Proceeds support the Children’s Museum of Denver’s educational programming, innovative Playscapes, outreach initiatives and learning through play!

Day of activities including:

• Pom-Pom Making with momslikeme.com
• RUFF Flyball Demonstration immediately following the mini-meets
• Face Painting with Denver Vail Orthopedics
• Award Medal Creation
• Bunny & Froggie Hat Construction

Saturday, September 12th
Race Day Registration opens at 7:30 a.m. on the Children’s Museum Plaza
5k starts at 9:00 a.m.
Mini-meets begin at 10:00 a.m.
Activities & Expo - 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Children’s Museum of Denver Plaza
121 Children’s Museum Drive
The 5K goes along the Platte River

Cost:

5K Registration ~ $35
Mini-Meet Registration* (Infant Crawl, Toddler Trot and Kid Course) ~ $15 with 5k registration, $25 without
*Limit 2 children per 5k participant. Registration for each additional child is $20.

Registration includes: Race bib, Museum admission, t-shirt/onesie, post-race snacks and activities.


Contacts:
Zoe Poltawec, Marketing and Communications Manager
303.561.0111 – office
732.407.9233 – cell
zoep@cmdenver.org
Amy Burt, Senior Manager of External Affairs
303.561.0105 - office
720.771.4991 - cell
amyb@cmdenver.org

"Beat It" Down to the Hotel Boulderado!

1st ANNUAL MICHAEL JACKSON DANCE PARTY
Benefit for “Make-A-Wish” Foundation® of Colorado
Saturday, August 29th, 2009
7-11pm
Boulderado Ballroom

$19 per person ~ Proceeds to benefit “Make-A-Wish” Foundation®
($15 of every ticket goes to the Foundation)

Be a part of history! Join the Hotel Boulderado as they host their 1st Annual Michael Jackson Dance Party,” a fundraiser benefitting the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

On August 29th, Michael Jackson’s birth date, “Beat It” down to the Boulderado’s Ballroom for dancing, plentiful hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar, and “One More Chance” to celebrate the life, music, and contributions made by Jackson, the original moonwalker.

Featuring DJ Chris, special lighting effects from Lighting and Design by Scott, and break-dance performances, this dance party will surely be the “Thriller” of the season. Costumes are optional – but encouraged!

A raffle will be held with prizes from the Hotel Boulderado and other local businesses to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation®.

Dance Performances by Streetside Studios, Casablanca Dance Studio, Break EFX

Even if you can’t get “Billie Jean” for a date, “Don’t Stop til You Get Enough” dancing done in one night to last a lifetime. Whether you’re “Black or White,” a “Man in the Mirror,” or “Dirty Diana,” you will dance your white socks right out of your black shoes for a great cause!

For reservations, call (303) 440-2880 or book online.

Read the Story Behind the Mission, see a list of some of the fabulous prizes, and get more information. Go to Michael Jackson Dance Party on the Hotel Boulderado website.

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Hotel Boulderado
2115 Thirteenth St.
Boulder, Colorado 80302
www.boulderado.com
303-440-2880

ONE NIGHT ONLY! Bicycle Film Festival Rolls Into Boulder

This summer, The Bicycle Film Festival, presented by 42BELOW, rolls through Boulder for ONE NIGHT to present a cultural phenomenon like no other. Originating in New York City, the festival is a voice for the most powerful and culturally relevant movement of the past decade: the urban bike movement. The BFF brings together many creative communities, including fashion, music and art as well as various bicycling communities – including fixed gear, BMX, and road cycling - over a shared passion for bike riding.

Coming to Boulder for the first time in its nine-year history, The Bicycle Film Festival presents one night – August 13 – of bike films at Old Main Theater on the CU Campus (Pleasant Street & Old Main, see CU Campus Map). They will be showing two programs at 7pm and 9pm featuring various shorts and one feature film.

At 7pm, the feature film is Where Are You Go directed by Benny Zenga and Brian Vernor. Documenting four months on a bicycle between Cairo, Egypt and Cape Town, South Africa en route with the Tour d' Afrique, the world's longest bicycle race and expedition, BFF Alumni the Zenga Bros. and Brian Vernor share a universal love of the bicycle with Africa's roadside mechanics, sporting racers and curious strangers. Traveling more than 70 miles per day, 50 racers and expedition riders experienced the boundless Nubian desert of Sudan, the great majesty of Victoria Falls, and finally the cold rush of the Atlantic Ocean. The 7,000 mile expedition is a constant adventure full of playfulness and mysterious beauty, and is a testament to the endurance of human curiosity.

Later at 9pm, see various Fun Bike Shorts including Made in Queens, directed by Joe Stevens and Nicholas Randall. In Queens, a group of teens from Trinidad attached speakers to their bikes. The music was never quite loud enough and they had to go bigger and bigger with the sound systems.

Also showing is Anima D’Acciaio (Soul of Steel) – a portrait of the legendary Italian Frame Builder Giovanni Pelizzoli aka "Ciocc." Ciocc shares his wisdom and life story while hand building a revolutionary new frame for urban fixed gear cycling. Ciocc demonstrates that the tradition and craft of frame building’s Golden age can be re-born and push the technical frontier of Cycling's future. Also features Ed "Wonka" La Forte and Antonio Colombo with an original soundtrack by Blonde Redhead.

Directly following the second program, movie-goers are invited to the after party to close the Festival. To purchase tickets and see a full list of events in Boulder for the Bicycle Film Festival, please visit Bicycle Film Festival website.

Tweet Your Support!

As a special part of the Bicycle Film Festival, 42BELOW Vodka is putting out a call to action to take part in supporting the Alliance for Biking & Walking by encouraging tweeters to follow the ride on Twitter (twitter.com/WeLikeBike42). If 20,000 people follow the ride on Twitter, 42BELOW will make a $42K donation to the Alliance.


About the Bicycle Film Festival

In 2001, Brendt Barbur, Founder and Director, was compelled to start the Bicycle Film Festival after being hit by a bus while riding his bike in New York City. Instead of being deterred by this experience, it inspired him to create a festival that celebrates the bicycle through music, art, and film. Now in its ninth year the festival is held in 39 cities worldwide. 250,000 people are expected to attend this year.

The 9th annual Bicycle Film Festival North American Tour is presented by 42 BELOW Vodka.

9th Annual Bicycle Film Festival
August 13, 7 and 9pm
Old Main Theater, CU Campus
Schedule and tickets: Bicycle Film Festival website

Tariro: Hope and Health for Zimbabwe's Orphans

Come down to the Boulder Farmers' Market on Wednesday, July 29 from 4-7pm to enjoy music from Zimbabwe performed by local musicians in this benefit concert for Tariro.

Founded in 2003, Tariro works in Zimbabwe to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS by educating young women. Located in the high-density neighborhood of Glen Norah in Harare, Tariro enables young women who have been orphaned by AIDS to complete a secondary school education, thereby dramatically reducing their risk of contracting HIV/AIDS.

The concert will be held near the corner of 13th and Canyon, and will feature the Kutandara marimba ensemble, VaHera mbira ensemble, the Kutandara Youth Marimba Ensembles and the Kamp Kutandara marimba classes.

Learn more about Tariro and what you can do to help the orphans of Zimbabwe at tariro.org.

Benefit Concert for Tariro
Boulder Farmers' Market
13th/Canyon
4-7pm
Rain or shine!
http://www.tariro.org

HIPPOPOTOMONSTROSESQUIPPEDALIOPHOBIA--the fear of long words

BATTLE OF THE WORD NERDS

An ALL STAR creative spelling bee with beer and brats and benefiting Curious Theatre Company

Saturday, July 18, 2009
7:00pm - 9:00pm

An ALL STAR group of Denverites go head-to-head in a creative spelling bee benefiting Curious Theatre Company in which creativity, chutzpah and entertainment value factor in as much as accuracy!  The hour-long contest will be followed by beer, brats and DJ Savior Breath in the parking lot.  At Curious Theatre. $10/advance; $12/door. Cash bar and barbecue.  

Curious Theatre Company is a mid-sized professional theatre, located in the heart of the Golden Triangle neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. Known for its provocative, modern theatre, Curious produces five main-stage shows per season and is host to many events and programs including Curious New Voices, the award-winning teen playwriting program. Curious recently purchased its home of ten years, previously known as The Acoma Center, a renovated church built in 1880. Curious has extensively renovated the building including new seating and the addition of a new bar/lounge 'The Sanctuary,' located in the balcony of the theatre.

Curious Theatre Company
1080 Acoma St.
Denver
303-623-0524