Arts & Culture at UCCS

Upcoming Events

 

Through March 22

styrobot: nothing comes from nothing | Michael Salter | GOCA 1420 | 5 - 8 pm | Free

Michael Salter is a self-proclaimed "obsessive observer", sifting through the avalanche of mass media and corporate branding to find poignant, absurd, and baffling pieces which become part of his work. His work bridges all disciplines from product and toy design, to kinetic sculpture, logotypes, animation, and signage.

 

Through April 12

CERAMICA: Contemporary Clay | Daniel Bare & Valerie Zimany | Jerry Morris | Elaine Ng | Mark Wong | GOCA 121

Opening Reception February 8, 2013 | 5-8 pm | Free
CERAMICA features five contemporary artists breaking the mold in their handling of this ancient medium.

 March 13 – 24

UCCS Theatre Students and THEATREWORKS Present: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson | Book by Alex Timbers, Directed by Kevin Landis, Music and Lyrics by Michael Friedman | Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theater

Times and dates vary | Reserved: $15; UCCS Students: FREE

Old Hickory, our greatest rock star president, promises America the best sex we’ve ever had. Our all-student musical, a New York sensation, is a smart and intoxicating embrace of populism on a roll.

April 2

UCCS Peak Frequency | Instant Composers Pool | Berger Hall |  7:30 pm | Free

The ICP or Instant Composers Pool is a long-standing Amsterdam-based group that blends European improvised music, jazz, chamber orchestra and executes that in the Dutch irreverant style known as "Dutch Swing." All these forces combine into a highly sophisticated yet enjoyable music that has astonished and impressed music lovers for several decades.

 April 6  – 7

NT Live Presents: People |  A new play by Alan Bennett | UCCS Centennial Hall Auditorium

Saturday April 6 at 6 pm and Sunday April 7 at 4 pm | $15; Subscribers: $13; UCCS Students: Free

Award-winning writer Alan Bennett is reunited with director Nicholas Hytner and Olivier Award-winning actress Frances de la Tour. People spoil things; there are so many of them and the last thing one wants is them traipsing through one’s house. But with the park a jungle and a bath on the billiard table, what is one to do? Dorothy (Frances de la Tour) wonders if an attic sale could be a solution.

 

April 12 – 13

Peak Frequency Presents: Pauline Oliveros, Composer | UCCS

Meet and Greet | April 12 | 3:00 pm | Heller Center Guest House | Free

Concert | April 13| 7:30 pm | Centennial Hall Auditorium | Free

Pauline Oliveros is a senior figure in contemporary American music. Her career spans fifty years of boundary dissolving music making. In the '50s she was part of a circle of iconoclastic composers, artists, poets gathered together in San Francisco. Recently awarded the John Cage award for 2012 from the Foundation of Contemporary Arts, Oliveros is Distinguished Research Professor of Music at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, and Darius Milhaud Artist-in-Residence at Mills College. We are delighted to have this legendary musician at UCCS! Parking is free on campus all day Saturday.

 

April 25 – May 12

THEATREWORKS Presents: The Wild Duck | By Henrik Ibsen, Directed by Murray Ross | Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theater

 Times and dates vary | Reserved: $35; Children under 16: $15; UCCS Students: Free

 “Tell the truth and shame the devil”--but what if the truth is told by a devil? You’ll be on the edge of your seats when the cold clear light of day threatens a happy home. A classic of suspense from Norway’s greatest playwright.

 

April 28

Prologue Series Presents: Kevin Landis & Murray Ross | Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theater

Sunday, April 28, 2013 | 2:30 pm | Free

The director of the theatre program and the director of The Wild Duck will be with us to chat about topics that they are both passionate about. Ibsen and the Nordic artistic legends will be discussed… and since it is the last Prologue of the season, we will probably bring in some Scandinavian treats!

 

June 1 – 2

NT Live Presents: This House | A new play by James Graham | UCCS Centennial Hall Auditorium

 Saturday June 1 at 6 pm and Sunday June 2 at 4 pm | $15; Subscribers: $13; UCCS Students: Free

It’s 1974 and the corridors of Westminster ring with the sound of infighting and backbiting as Britain’s political parties battle to change the future of the nation, whatever it takes. In this hung parliament, the ruling party holds on by a thread. Votes are won and lost by one, fist fights erupt in the bars, and ill MPs are hauled in to cast their votes.

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