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The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain will tear up the Newman Center on Thursday. Really!

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain doesn't have a flashy name or even a flashy look. But don't let that fool you. While the ensemble takes its collective picking skills quite seriously and its vocals are better than average, its real strength is in doing exactly what the audience doesn't expect. ... More >>

An opera's survival of the Holocaust inspired A Journey of the Human Spirit

Running two nights only -- tonight and tomorrow at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts -- A Journey of the Human Spirit is an incredible three-part look at life before, during and after the Holocaust. Based on composer Viktor Ullmann and librettist Peter Kien's fifty-minute opera The Emperor o ... More >>

The Spirit Lives On

DU isn't all about presidential debate and politics: School gets straight to the art

The University of Denver isn't all about political debates. The Lamont School of Music is offering 250 free concerts this year, for example. And in Now Showing, Westword's fall arts guide, DU arts administrators gave particularly intriguing answers to questions about the city's cultural scene.

New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast talks Steve Martin and alien abductions tonight

The New Yorker might be just as well known for its cartoons as it is for its 10,000-word stories, and one of its illustrators, Roz Chast, who's been cartooning for the magazine since 1978, will speak tonight at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts, with a book signing to follow. Aside from dra ... More >>

Funk It Up

Pop Composition

Avoid at All Costs

Gray Areas

Is There a Comic in the House?

Time traveler Sarah Vowell pops in for Denver Post Pen & Podium lecture series

​Sarah Vowell is in town tonight for The Denver Post Pen & Podium lecture series at Newman Center for the Performing Arts, following the success of her book The Wordy Shipmates. We caught up with her for a quick interview just after she'd put the finishing touches on her next book, Unfamiliar ... More >>

Be Here. Aloha!

Sing the Body Eclectic

The Music Man

This weekend's featured events: Get out and savor the last weekend of summer

​Here are just a few of our favorite things to do while the sun still shines: A good place to start is with something nice to eat, and you'll get your wish at Sabor, a public beer, wine and food tasting hosted by the Denver Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the USHCC National C ... More >>

Today's Night & Day featured event: A night of jazz and more at the Newman Center

Mark Patterson. To call the talented alumni of DU's Lamont School of Music merely "distinguished" seems conservative at times. And that's a fine reason to make tracks for tonight's Lamont Distinguished Alumni Series concert, particularly if you're a fan of well-played jazz and don't often get to he ... More >>

Ethiopian Dreams

Either/Orchestra blows through the Horn of Africa.

Musical Medicine

Light From the Desert is a harmonic bid for peace.

Four Christmases

The Turtle Island String Quartet plays an unusual blend of holiday music.

Global Village

Tunes and talk carry this unique show.

Funny Girl

Paula Poundstone stands up for KBDI-TV at the Newman Center.

Universal Language

Slanguage tackles urban issues using poetry and theater.

Raising the Bard

Michael Pennington knows how sweet it is to be a Shakespeare fan.

Jon Stewart's Denver Visit Highly Anticipated By at Least Two People

Rik's Trip

Rik Reppe takes listeners to New Orleans before and after Katrina.

Beyond the Bush

The Urban Bush Women join forces with Compagnie Jant-Bi.

Trock Out

These ballet guys are dolls.

Badi Music

A multitasking virtuoso stops at the Newman Center.

Beatbox Thespians

Gypsy Wind

Blue Angel

Mongol Mania

Talking Shop

There’s plenty to enjoy along Upper 15th Street.

Day-by-Day Picks

From the week of October 20, 2005

They Vant to Suck Your Blood

There are vampires galore at Starz.

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Dangerous Sounds

The Experimental Playground blasts classical-music cliches.

Rubber Made

Chakaia Booker keeps rolling along.

Jazz Rejuvenation

The Mingus Big Band follows in the legend's footsteps.

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Voices Carry

Harmony has something to sing about

East Meets West

Tan Dun's Passion merges cultures

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Women on the Verge

Musical celebrates the "M" word -- loudly

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Electric Company

Les Ballet Jazz brings the heat

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Homage to Heroes

Touching tribute launches new arts center

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