What’s Happening at The Dairy (through June 2023)

Hyperlink, formed in 2014, is a nebulous artist collective dedicated to alternative artistic experiences, practices, opportunities, and expanding community. With Fan Mail 2.0, Hyperlink aims to straddle the boundary between virtual connection and physical action by asking members to select an artist they are interested in, inspired by, and a fan of and then inviting them to show their work in the context of our community.

Featured Artists: Holly Berg, Kathryn Cameron, Roger Allan Cleaves, Marina Eckler, Philippe Hyojung Kim, Christopher Lin, London Matthews, Aida Lizalde, Ricardo iamuuri Robinson, and Claire Simpson

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HEALING WITH SOUND + VOICE + ART | FEB. 5-MARCH 19

Join us in this creative healing series to deepen your conscious connections to yourself, others, and the earth using sound, voice, and art.

• Reduce stress & anxiety
• Transmute stuck energy and feel lighter
• Increase your self-confidence
• Deepen in community connection
• Learn and develop skills that you can use during stressful situations to self soothe

In this interactive workshop, Expressive Arts Therapist Janis Wille guides you on a journey through your energy centers combining visualizations, the elements, sound, and art making to integrate. [TICKETS]

SOLIDARITY & ANTI-RACISM LEARNING PROGRAM | FEB. 7 – JUNE 6

Facilitated by Betsy Blohm Gonzalez and Harvest of All First Nations, this program is designed to help participants heal internalized white supremacy and internalized oppression, looking specifically at the ways they show up as obstacles in even well-intentioned efforts at anti-racism and community work. The program meets monthly between February and early June 2023. [TICKETS]

SQUARE PRODUCT THEATER: CELEBRATION FLORIDA | MAR. 15-18

Featuring two unrehearsed performers who have never met, CELEBRATION, FLORIDA by Greg Wohead is a quietly surreal show for anyone who has ever missed anyone or anything. Veering between reality and simulation, the piece orbits around ideas of surrogacy; a stand-in to replace a person you miss, a re-creation of an experience you can’t stop thinking about, nostalgia for a place that perhaps never existed. Greg will speak to the audience through two performers using pre-recorded audio and headphones. They will know almost nothing about the show when they walk onstage. [TICKETS]

PARLANDO: THIRD THURSDAYS! | MAR. 16

There is free music in the Dairy Arts Center lobby every third Thursday of the month! Music is provided by Parlando School of Musical Arts. Come enjoy some live music and refreshments from the cafe! All are welcome! [FREE]

LIVING THE LIMITLESS: IMMERSION EXPERIENCE FOR FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS | MAR. 17-19

Make more money in less time without working harder! In a world where women feel manipulated by men, power, money, and sales, it is time to shatter the illusion of scarcity and unleash our feminine power to create a limitless life we love. CLICK HERE more info on Dr. Kelly and this live immersion experience for female entrepreneurs. [TICKETS]

TARA CLUCK DANCE: DUALITY IN MOTION | MAR. 17-19

Duality in Motion is an exploration of the endless dynamic movement towards the balance of all things. We’re showing the transitions between joy and sorrow. Through artistic representations of darkness and light, we want to evoke your memories. Memories of dancing in your bedroom by yourself along with the memories of crying in your bathtub. Our show is the expression of the moments of bubbly bliss, along with the dark and dismal, and how they all mesh together to form your cohesive story. We hope to share these ideas with you in order to connect on shared experiences and grow as a community. [TICKETS]

COMEDY IN THE BOE WITH JANAE BURRIS | MAR. 18

JANAE BURRIS is a comedian, writer and actor. She is a Los Angeles native and an alumna of the California Institute of the Arts School of Theater. Winner of the 2016 Comedy Works New Faces Contest, Janae is a regular performer at both Comedy Works locations in Denver. Other Colorado comedy greats on the bill are Shanel Hughes, Peter Trinh, Sunshine Holmes, and Tobias Livingston. The fabulous Katie Bowman is guest host for the evening. [TICKETS]

BOULDER MAGIC SHOW WITH BEN YOUNG AND BRADEN CARLISLE | MAR. 24-25

Direct from Las Vegas! Comedy Magician Ben Young, who has appeared on the hit CW TV show Penn and Teller: Fool Us and thrills audiences worldwide, brings his interactive and absolutely hilarious magic show to the Dairy Arts Center! He’s toured internationally, thrilling U.S. troops and their families at over 70 military bases, and performs regularly in major Las Vegas casinos. Come to the Dairy Arts Center for this very special FAMILY FRIENDLY event. Tickets are very limited and expected to sell out, so book now! [TICKETS]

ROGUE CO. DANCE: UN/BECOMING | MAR. 24-25

Rogue Co. Dance Company presents its newest evening-length work, un/becoming. This body of work aims to evoke thought about the process in which we become our true selves. The transformations and evolution we undergo within a lifetime are often viewed as a sum of the experiences that build who we are. What if, instead, we approached this process, often uncomfortable and unflattering, as a shedding of unnecessary and inauthentic layers to reveal who we truly are? [TICKETS]

ZING FOR ZONTA: BOULDER’S GOT TALENT | MAR. 31

Are you ready to ZING? Then you won’t want to miss Zing for Zonta: Boulder’s Got Talent a showcase of local performers sharing their talents to support The Zonta Foothills Foundation. Musicians… Comedians…Dancers…Jugglers…Performing dogs? You can see it all at a night of fun and entertainment. And it’s for a great cause; all proceeds support Zonta Foothills programs that help to Build a Better World for Women and Girls. Since 2011, Zing has raised funds to support education, health, economic stability, and safety. [TICKETS]

T2 DANCE CO: THE COLOR WHEEL PROJECT | APR. 2

Featuring T2 Dance Company performing choreography inspired by the visual artworks of students from Bear Creek ES, Coal Creek ES, Flatirons ES, Friends School, Lafayette ES, Meadowlark School, and Red Hawks ES. Choreography by T2 Dance Company Director and Dancers. [TICKETS]

LETTERS FROM HOME: THE 50 STATES TOUR | APR. 3

As the official Colorado stop of their 50-States Tour, Letters From Home will bring back the style of the USO with a high-energy performance featuring Erinn Dearth and Dan Beckmann! This duo has performed over 900 shows across the United States for veterans and their families, and performed at the 75th Anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France. The show is filled with singing, tap dancing, knee-slapping jokes and audience interaction that make up a spectacular performance geared towards uniting the nation through music. [TICKETS]

BOCO FLAMENCO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL: DORANTES AND PASTORA GALVAN | APR. 4

The International BOCO FLAMENCO Festival is proud to present world-renowned flamenco visionary Dorantes and Pastora Galván, one of the most sought-after flamenco dancers in the world. With Cheyén (percussion)

Special guest: Flamenco harpist Ana Crismán

$10 per ticket discount if you purchase tickets to both April 4th and April 5th performances.

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BOCO FLAMENCO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL: ANTONIO CANALES | APR. 5

The International BOCO FLAMENCO Festival is proud to present world-renowned flamenco director, dancer & choreographer Antonio Canales in “La Guitarra Canta”.

$10 per ticket discount if you purchase tickets to both April 4th and April 5th performances.

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BOCO FLAMENCO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL: WORKSHOP WITH PASTORA GALVAN | APR. 4-6

A 3 day “Beginning Bulerías and Flamenco aesthetic“ Flamenco dance workshop, 90 minutes per day. Taught by the legendary Pastora Galvan. April 4-6, 2023 from 1-2:30pm. Registration is for all three days. [TICKETS]

BETC: EDEN PRAIRIE 1971 | APR. 6-29

On the night Apollo 15 lands on the moon, a draft dodger steals home from Canada to Eden Prairie, Minnesota. He risks arrest to deliver a message to a young woman from his high school class. This beautifully etched play challenges notions of our own bravery and the true cost of freedom. Join BETC for this bittersweet romance in the heart of America.

Eden Prairie, 1971 is produced at Butterfly Effect Theatre of Colorado as part of a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere. Other Partner Theaters are Riverside Theatre (IA) and New Jersey Repertory Company (NJ). [TICKETS]

METAMORPHOSIS: BOULDER TEC RUNWAY | APR. 6

Boulder TEC Cosmetology Department is proud to present Metamorphosis, an experiential runway show exploring hair sculpture, live hair cutting and styling, and makeup. Seating is first come, first serve the day of event. [TICKETS]

SAMBA COLORADO PRESENTS AGO! A DANCE THEATER PERFORMANCE | APR. 7-9

Announcing Samba Colorado’s premiere of “AGO!”, a dance theatre performance and fundraiser directed and choreographed by Afro-Latina Founder and Artistic Director Kebrina Josefina De Jesús. It is with great honor to feature our mentors and master teachers from Brasil, Rosangela Silvestre and Jorge Alabe’s collaboration and mentorship on this special event. Live music performed by Mestre Alabe, Samba Colorado musicians, Michael Paff, Andre Rogers and special guests. Join us for this incredible event. [TICKETS]

BOULDER BACH FESTIVAL: SONIC ALCHEMY | APR. 8

This program compares and contrasts the mystical Byzantine influence in the music of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt with Mozart’s music from the European Enlightenment. The two styles are brought together with poetic and imagematic works of Latvian composer Peteris Vasks. [TICKETS]

MUSICAL VANGUARDS PRESENTS: ELLIS PAUL & JULIA KIRKWOOD  | APR. 14

Though some may refer to him as a folk singer, he is more, for lack of a better word, a singular storyteller, a musician whose words reach out from inside and yet also express the feelings, thoughts, and sensibilities that most people can relate to in one way or another, regardless of age or upbringing. The exhilaration of the open road. A celebration of heroes. The hope for redemption. Descriptions of those things that are both near and dear. The sharing of love…, intimate, passionate, and enduring.

Bubbly and infectious but grounded in soulful understanding and bold self-revelation, young singer-songwriter Julia Kirkwood’s music merges pop with hints of folk, rock, and electronica. [TICKETS]

VIVA THEATER PRESENTS: PETER PAN  | APR. 14-23

We all know the story: Peter Pan is a boy who refuses to grow up. He lives with other motherless boys and a tiny fairy named Tinkerbell on a faraway island called Neverland. One night he entices a girl named Wendy and her two little brothers to fly away with him to his magical home. There, Wendy bakes pies and tells stories to the enthralled Lost Boys. They fight off the scurrilous Captain Hook and his band of pirates. In the end, Wendy returns home to finish the task of becoming an adult, but Peter stays forever a boy. [TICKETS]

STORYBOOKS ON STAGE | APR. 15

Join us for family entertainment as professional actors perform children’s literature geared towards preschool and elementary school-aged kids. The show will feature stories designed to delight both your folks and their parents alike! [TICKETS]

ZIKR DANCE: MYSTERIES, RITES & REVELATIONS | APR. 16

Featuring T2 Dance Company performing choreography inspired by the visual artworks of students from Bear Creek ES, Coal Creek ES, Flatirons ES, Friends School, Lafayette ES, Meadowlark School, and Red Hawks ES. Choreography by T2 Dance Company Director and Dancers. [TICKETS]

BOULDER BALLET: SPRING GALA | APR. 20

Join Boulder Ballet for this special evening that celebrates our 40th season and supports the company’s ongoing growth. You’ll enjoy wine, cocktails, deliciously curated small plates, live and silent auctions, and of course DANCE! Finally discover who is responsible for the murder in EviDance, our Murder Mystery event introduced last fall. Follow Boulder Ballet on Instagram or visit our website for all the juicy clues leaked in advance! [TICKETS]

UPSTART CROW PRESENTS: LOVE’S LABOR’S WON | MAY 4-21

If Shakespeare ever wrote the sequel, it hasn’t survived the ravages of time.  But TUC is happy to announce the next best thing: the world premiere of Katherine Dubois’s play Love’s Labor’s Won, which takes up the action after that year has passed.  There’s no attempt to copy Shakespeare’s style (except for the bad puns), but most of the characters are back. [TICKETS]

BOULDER PHIL PRESENTS: JARABE MEXICANO – FIESTA EN FAMILIA | MAY 6 | FREE

The Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra is proud to present the Mexican-American border band Jarabe Mexicano on Saturday, May 6, 2023. The band is back on the road with a versatile songbook of Mexican Folk as well as Rock & Roll, Tex-Mex, Latin Rock, and Reggae-Cumbia. Performing on stringed folk instruments accompanied by lively percussion, the band’s down-to-earth charm and harmonized vocals in Spanish and English have gained them acclaim from audiences across the country. This family-friendly border fiesta is the first Boulder Phil Presents event ever, and will have you on your feet. Doors will open at 11:30 AM with children’s snacks and activities. [TICKETS]

BOULDER BALLET: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM | MAY. 19-21

A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This timeless comedy, based on Shakespeare’s popular play, hilariously explores what happens when meddlesome fairies interfere with the lives of humans. Felix Mendelssohn’s original score creates a mystical atmosphere to compliment the story of the feuding fairies, Titania and Oberon, the mischievous Puck, and the mixed-up love of Helena, Hermia, Lysander and Dimitrius. This classical ballet is choreographed by Artistic Director Ben Needham-Wood and can be enjoyed by all ages. [TICKETS]

MOTUS THEATER: POWER PLAYBACK | MAY 27

Motus Theater invites you to a special adventure of improvisational theater where you share a short reflection or a story, and then watch professional improv actors enact YOUR story on the spot using movement, music, and dramatic spoken word. [TICKETS]

SAVE-THE-DATE: THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2023

You won’t want to miss this one-of-a-kind event!

Every year the Dairy hosts our unique Gala to further connect to our community and honor outstanding philanthropic supporters while raising critical funds for our award-winning arts experiences and educational programs. PEEK is a rare opportunity for Dairy supporters to experience all art forms with exclusive PEEKS into inspiring experiences – for ONE NIGHT ONLY! This year we are celebrating the future of the Dairy with the theme space odyssey.

You’ll enjoy wine, cocktails, and small plates all while supporting the Dairy!

This exhibition explores the ever-expanding boundaries that are contained within and make up the idea of a vessel. What truly is a vessel, and how can we singularly contain its definition? The answer: we can’t. The vessel is at one time one thing and at the same time something completely different. A work of art can be a functional object and an idea can be an incubator. What is being contained and the container in which it is settled can morph, merge, or disappear completely. Creators are using the vessel as a means to understand something, to contain something, or to put something into a specific place and explore within that space.

Participating artists: Tyler Alpern, Virginia Diaz Saiki, thnhdnh, Personal Geographies (Becky Wareing Steele and Shannon Geis), Jane Glotzer, Andrea Gordon, Dylan Griffith, Brenda Jones, Hannah Leathers, Marsha Mack, Peter Manion, Evan Mann, Layl McDill, Andra Stanton, Lindsay Stripling, Robert Sunderman, Lucas Thomas, Chase Travaille

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DANCE ETOILE: THE BRONTE SISTERS | JUNE 2-3

Told with compelling music and choreography, the Bronte Sisters is about three young women daring to form themselves, to embrace their true nature, despite the consequences. It is a love letter to women today, especially young women, a calling to them to challenge themselves to connect with their authentic voice and potential. [TICKETS]

PUPPET OPPERA FESTIVAL: COLORADO SKY | JUNE 4

Presented by Boulder Opera/ Art Song Colorado. the world premiere of a new opera for families by Ben Morris and Laura Fuentes. This local story about the reintroduction of wolves to Colorado is brought to life by cinematic shadow puppetry, a string quartet, and a cast of three singers. The plot follows a wolf cub named Sky as he learns to make friends and be himself.

The opera lasts 35 minutes and is recommended for ages 3 and up.

Following the performance, we will hold a 30-minute puppet-making workshop. [TICKETS]

HOCUS FOCUS MAGIC CAMP | JUNE 19-23

Discover Magic is a magic curriculum that not only teaches magic, but cleverly gets kids to put down their phones & tablets, interact with others, & learn important life skills.

Each lesson includes custom-made props for kid-sized hands, magic file folder, top-notch instruction, practice sessions, and a lot of fun! Plus, kids get a secret key card to access the video vault with more magic & lessons. Whoa!

But that’s not all: Each class also focuses on one of the 8 Traits of a True Magician–Respectful, Prepared, Enthusiastic, Confident, Humble, Creative, Authentic, & Giving! [TICKETS]