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Leonard Bernstein

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    David Amram: "Playing jazz reminds me all the time of how important every note is, every person is, every situation is"

    David Amram, who will perform at the Neal Cassady birthday tonight at the Mercury Cafe and tomorrow night at Dazzle, shared a close connection with Cassady, Jack Kerouac and other Beats, while also being a jazz musician who collaborated with Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus and Oscar Pettiford. Amra ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 22, 2011

    Laurents's updated West Side Story comes to Denver

    David Amram, who will perform at the Neal Cassady birthday tonight at the Mercury Cafe and tomorrow night at Dazzle, shared a close connection with Cassady, Jack Kerouac and other Beats, while also being a jazz musician who collaborated with Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus and Oscar Pettiford. Amra ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 22, 2011

    Something's Coming, Something Good

    David Amram, who will perform at the Neal Cassady birthday tonight at the Mercury Cafe and tomorrow night at Dazzle, shared a close connection with Cassady, Jack Kerouac and other Beats, while also being a jazz musician who collaborated with Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus and Oscar Pettiford. Amra ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 21, 2011

    Pop Composition

    David Amram, who will perform at the Neal Cassady birthday tonight at the Mercury Cafe and tomorrow night at Dazzle, shared a close connection with Cassady, Jack Kerouac and other Beats, while also being a jazz musician who collaborated with Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus and Oscar Pettiford. Amra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Month of Photography continues with a black-and-white look at the Jewish side of LIFE

    ​ People who grew up in a certain time can almost plot their pasts in terms of the pictures in Henry Luce's LIFE Magazine: Long before there was an internet, with its constant bombardment of instantaneous imagery, the photojournalism tableau that was LIFE was packed with the stuff of memories ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Kanye West on Twitter: His ten most amusing tweets so far

    ​Hours after dissing Twitter in a freestyle at Facebook HQ, Kanye West became a part of the Twitterverse, joining ranks of millions of other users of the micro-blogging service. Since then, he's already produced nearly a hundred tweets, ranging from the inane to, well, the really inane. He's a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of December 1, 2009

    ​As music critics -- and people who generally think about, talk about, listen to and make music -- the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to right now?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation. For t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    Today's featured event: Go, man, go, but not like a yo-yo, tonight at Forest Room 5

    ​Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim probably didn't have a literary reading in mind when they wrote "Cool" for West Side Story. But I can't help hearing those high-tension lyrics in my head -- Breeze it, buzz it, easy does it. Turn off the juice, boy! -- when I imagine what things will be ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 10, 2008

    West Side Story

    Tonight is not the night for this musical.

  • Calendar

    March 6, 2008

    Short But Sweet

    Tonight is not the night for this musical.

  • Calendar

    July 5, 2007

    A Little Night Music

    Central City hosts West Side Story and the Yellow Rose Ball.

  • Music

    June 7, 2007

    Wayne Horvitz Is Jazzed!

    Who needs a rhythm section when your players are this good?

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Who needs a rhythm section when your players are this good?

  • Calendar

    October 21, 2004

    Seers for Years

    Dylan, McGuinn keep the fires burning

  • Film

    August 8, 2002

    Free Willies

    The Cockettes brings back nostalgia for a gay old time.

  • Culture

    July 20, 2000

    Smooth Sailing

    On the Town overcomes some choppy spots.

  • Culture

    July 13, 2000

    Voltaire in the Air

    Romance, comedy and tragedy mix well in Central City's Candide.

  • Calendar

    July 6, 2000

    Right on Key

    Marin Alsop spreads her wings.

  • Culture

    August 12, 1999

    Kiss of Death

    Marin Alsop spreads her wings.

  • Culture

    July 29, 1999

    They Feel Pretty

    Marin Alsop spreads her wings.

  • Calendar

    May 21, 1998

    Night & Day

    May 21 - 27, 1998

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    February 12, 1998

    Calendar

    May 21 - 27, 1998

  • Culture

    October 3, 1996

    Lenny and the Jets

    May 21 - 27, 1998

  • Calendar

    September 19, 1996

    Thrills for the week

    May 21 - 27, 1998

  • News

    April 18, 1996

    Throw Away the Keys

    Every good boy does fine? Not according to this Denver music teacher's new system of music notation.

  • Calendar

    May 18, 1994

    THRILLS

    Every good boy does fine? Not according to this Denver music teacher's new system of music notation.

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